Taste vs "healthy"

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(06-25-2024, 10:55 AM)specops56 Wrote:
(06-25-2024, 10:46 AM)tommag Wrote: Today it seems like lean meats are the norm.  USDA prime is nowhere to be found, replaced by USDA choice.  I do see waygu beef that is very nicely marbled but oh boy, the price.  I used to buy pigs from a neighbor that had nice fat pigs.  I don't know if that was the breed or diet, probably a combination.  The pork I see in the store now has little marbling and the exterior fat is trimmed very thin.  A lot of folks won't eat fat, but to me fat makes the taste.
I just cooked a beef cross rib roast that had zero visible marbling and a fat cap that was less than 1/4" thick.  It turned out a bit dry, even after coating it with an herbed butter I mixed up. 
Does anyone else miss the unhealthy stuff we used to get?

The quality of meat, especially in restaurants, has more than gone downhill it's taken a dive off a cliff!

Terry
Another factor with beef is not hanging it in the cooler to age.  Theres a fair bit of weight kept by what they call cryo aging where it's vacuum packed and chilled vs dry aging on the hook.
At one time I dreamt of buying a small slaughter house and marketing my own high end beef. My advertising slogan would've been ******* Meats. Naturally aged. Naturally better!
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2024, 11:19 AM by tommag.)
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Messages In This Thread
Taste vs "healthy" - by tommag - 06-25-2024, 10:46 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by specops56 - 06-25-2024, 10:55 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by tommag - 06-25-2024, 11:02 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by Rampy - 06-25-2024, 07:55 PM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by tommag - 06-25-2024, 09:40 PM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by Rampy - 06-26-2024, 03:18 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by srjdsmith - 06-26-2024, 07:34 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by Rampy - 06-26-2024, 12:18 PM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by srjdsmith - 06-27-2024, 11:50 PM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by specops56 - 06-26-2024, 08:45 AM
RE: Taste vs "healthy" - by pierceg - 06-26-2024, 02:31 PM



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