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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

You are right , Robert.  When I go to Market, I go to the stores (ususally 
the same one(s) with the best reputation, the cleanest stores, etc.  But, 
when I buy a frozen chicken, whether Tyson, or Sanderson, I have no idea how 
it has been treated or fed.  How could I know?

I have a question kind of concerning this subject.  I always buy "USDA Chice, 
Grade A " steaks, usually they also say "aged".  A while back I was at market 
and the butcher was marking down some steaks that sell date was the next day. 
 He told me " this is a hell of a deal on these steaks".  

They were porter houses, "USDA Choice, Grase A , Aged".  I bought a bunch of 
them, the price was fantastic.  Now, I have cooked those steaks occasionally, 
over over two months now; we had a couple last night.

  They are the best tasting damn steaks I think I have ever bought at market. 
 They are as good as at Ruth Chris or Morton's.  I have bought plenty of 
steaks over the years also marked with the same grading, etc.  

Why were these steaks so much more flavorful, so much tastier, even the 'fat 
' of the steaks was fantastic.  Normally steaks graded like I said do taste 
fine, but not fantastic.  How do I buy fantastic tasting steaks in the future 
, from market?


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--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chicken farm pollution
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 1:02 PM
> That article said they are adding something to the feed
> (didn't say
> what) to lessen the amount of phosphorus in the manure.
> That's a new
> additive to me.
> 
> I really, really wonder at the people of this country, that
> they don't
> even question the crap that is fed to their food.
> 
> Rob - Va
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:52 AM, 
> <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> >Commercial chickens live on a steady diet of
> antibiotics.  Tylan is added
> >> to
> >> the water and I imagine that the food has
> additives, too. I've read some
> >> studies that composting breaks down antibiotics,
> but I still wouldn't want
> >> in in my soil. Given how they are raised, it
> can't be healthy stuff.
> >>
> >
> > As if that weren't bad enough itself, the cages,
> chutes, floors, etc, are all
> > continually washed with disinfectants, fungicides, and
> pesticides.
> >
> > If a dumptruck full of the stuff showed up free .....
> I'd pass.
> >
> >
> > James
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