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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

The USDA grading has to do with marbling of fat. My steaks wouldn't even be 
graded; they are pasture-raised and have no marbling. But mine are 
consistently more tender and flavorful than anything I've ever bought in a 
store. I think you never know what you are getting from a store, despite the 
USDA grade.

Lynn Wigglesworth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chicken farm pollution


> 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?
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --- 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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