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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Bob, it is advertising.  It became the industry standard back in the Kansas 
City stockyard days.  The rich folks got the fancy beef which was "corn fed" 
and now folks don't have a clue.  They want the "pretty red" color and the 
bottomline is that simply means no oxygen has gotten to the meat.  Folks, 
generally speaking, haven't a clue what *real* beef, or any other meat for 
that matter, tastes like.

You can literally take a grassfed piece of beef that is properly aged and 
cut it with a fork.  And, while a young steer/cow is your best bet, even an 
old cow that was always been living the good life is a good piece of meat 
when properly aged!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> I wondered about the exotic animals bit.  I know, out here, ostrich and emu 
> ranching went bust a while back and the ranchers donated their animals to 
> the sheriff to serve inmates (cheaper to donate than to feed-  for some 
> reason, no customers to buy them?).  Do you feed your cows any corn?  Why 
> do the commercials and ads say "corn-fed beef"?