What do you think about it? Worth a premium? Better for you?

Do tell.

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I went to an American Grassfed event last year. As far as a great party where you could eat yourself sick on cow, sheep, bison and grass-fed dairy products, all the while enjoying industry-education, it was great. As far as telling the difference between grassfed and my regular grain fed angus that comes from dad's farm in NC--my palet isn't that sophisticated, sorry.

I used to think that cows ate grass.


I think they still do in France, where food tastes much better than here. I'm sure it's better for you, though the only evidence I have for that is the overall unhealthiness of Americans.

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...and they import American beef.

To me, American beef raised with hormones and corn tastes much better. The difference between grass fed and "trad" raised beef is in the marbling and fat content. Grass fed has less fat obviously, and the color is a darker red, not the brighter red that general consumers like. I feed my kid hormone free beef, me, it's too late for me. I like my Black Angus beef.

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We have a supplier that we buy beef from. I dont think it is fully grass fed but it is hormone and anti biotic free and i know they do graze at least part of the time. the beef is pretty lacking in fat and has excellent flavor.

Tom W

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I thought that the meat is tougher? Not as tender because the cow moves a lot more and developers more muscles?

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They grow the limosene breed from france. It may not be as tender as some but it is very good imho.

Tom W

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I don't know what it is, but the food there is just better. The beef is good, vegetables are gigantic and more flavorful, and of course the bread and cheese. The only thing they can't seem to get a handle on is a sandwich.

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Me like cow that been fed other cow part

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Last time I was in France, and it's been awhile, steak au cheveau (sp?) was quite popular at the rest stops on the auto route. Dunno if it was grass fed. It might not matter.

A cow is a cow is a cow. Milk is still milk and a steak is still a steak no matter what it's been fed.

Foods do taste different and sometimes better in other places because of climate and location near the ocean. I agree that food does taste better in Europe, but the last time I had a steak in Europe and Australia, for that matter, an American Steak, was still Superior to my taste. This was in Sydney, where the fish was as good as any I have ever tasted! The beef was great, but still not as good to my pallette.

I have a friend who owns a few restaurants in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. His Prime-Rib Restaurant, features Alberta Beef, raised in the Alpine Meadows of the Canadian Rockies. It is smaller, leaner, and has a natural herbal flavor, that I just LOVE, and have not been able to find anywhere else. He has shipped me steaks and prime-rib roasts, when I lived in Ann Arbor. It does not taste the same, the altitude, the mountain air, the water of the mountains, the season, add the flavor distinctivness.

It's all good, some just a little better!

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I've had New Zealand and Australian beef before. To be honest, I don't know if they were serving beef or leather that has been boiled.

Yes, it makes a difference what they were fed. Take Southern WI deer and Northern WI deer. One is corn fed and the other eats from the wild. Meat tastes different.

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Well I don't know about milk, but I can tell you for sure that you're wrong about steak. We get all our meat and poultry from a specialty butcher. Everything is raised naturally, no hormones, steroids, antibiotics, etc. The beef is all grass fed. Not only does it have a much more pronounced flavour, but it has a completely different "mouth feel" as well. This guy is something of an extremist when it comes to sourcing his product. He doesn't do any of it for health reasons, although its always good to have fewer drugs in the food we eat. He does it all because it just tastes better. Its more expensive, for sure. But after two years with this guy, I definitely notice the difference when I eat a steak from the grocery store.

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