Comments on: About Certified Angus Beef http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/29/about-certified-angus-beef/ Recipes from scratch and a lot of chatter about food ( plus a little about politics ) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:15:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/29/about-certified-angus-beef/#comment-6655 ellaella Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:20:00 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3606#comment-6655 Hi, John! My apologies for taking so long to reply, but I'm in the throes of moving several hundred miles and time and internet access have both been elusive. Yes, marbling is another word for fat, which means flavor and tenderness. When I buy Choice I always look for the marbling. I figure if I'm treating myself only a few times a year, it's not an issue. I hope... Thanks for the info on the business end of cattle. I love knowing stuff like that! Hi, John! My apologies for taking so long to reply, but I’m in the throes of moving several hundred miles and time and internet access have both been elusive.

Yes, marbling is another word for fat, which means flavor and tenderness. When I buy Choice I always look for the marbling. I figure if I’m treating myself only a few times a year, it’s not an issue. I hope…

Thanks for the info on the business end of cattle. I love knowing stuff like that!

]]> By: John http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/29/about-certified-angus-beef/#comment-6644 John Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:23:00 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3606#comment-6644 you need to remember for a steer or heifer to grade prime it has to be extremely fat to have the marbling in the cuts. It costs more money to put on a pound of fat than it does a pound of muscle so cattle feeders will sell the yearlings before they get that fat due to economics. Cattle are fed in pens of 50-100 and are sold as a pen or group. There may be one or two in the groupl who have gotten extremely fat, and those are the ones that grade prime. Most feeders feed their cattle so that the average is in the low choice grade which is the most economical for them. Happy eating! you need to remember for a steer or heifer to grade prime it has to be extremely fat to have the marbling in the cuts. It costs more money to put on a pound of fat than it does a pound of muscle so cattle feeders will sell the yearlings before they get that fat due to economics. Cattle are fed in pens of 50-100 and are sold as a pen or group. There may be one or two in the groupl who have gotten extremely fat, and those are the ones that grade prime. Most feeders feed their cattle so that the average is in the low choice grade which is the most economical for them.

Happy eating!

]]> By: ellaella http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/29/about-certified-angus-beef/#comment-5782 ellaella Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:53:43 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3606#comment-5782 You've been in the real world, Tess? Hmph, what's that like? :) Good to see you! I think most supermarkets have come a long way in the past 10 - 15 years and continue to improve. Food's hip, I guess, and certainly serious cooking's no longer limited to the coasts and a few upscale areas in between. Still a loooong way to go in that regard, though. You’ve been in the real world, Tess? Hmph, what’s that like? :) Good to see you!

I think most supermarkets have come a long way in the past 10 – 15 years and continue to improve. Food’s hip, I guess, and certainly serious cooking’s no longer limited to the coasts and a few upscale areas in between. Still a loooong way to go in that regard, though.

]]> By: Tess http://foodpluspolitics.com/2009/06/29/about-certified-angus-beef/#comment-5777 Tess Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:17:58 +0000 http://foodpluspolitics.com/?p=3606#comment-5777 Happy Fourth to you! You reminded me that I haven't visited your blog in a while. My daughter is in town for a couple of weeks so I've been engaging in the real world! Interesting article. Seems like all the stores around here offer that brand. It's sometimes on sale for less than the unbranded (or store labeled) "Choice" and "Select" grades. There are several places that offer "Prime" cuts, though they are more up-market places than I usually frequent. This didn't used to be a very "foodie" town, but for some reason it has become so. We have 2 Whole Food Stores, and they are both the large version of the whole paycheck chain! Plus a fairly big "Plum Market," which I believe is a chain. And two locally owned up-market groceries. Even the Krogers and Meijers carry more exotic things than I've seen in other Michigan stores only a few miles away! It's got to be a tough market for them, with all the competition, but the sales they have are great for me! .-= Tess´s last blog ..<a href="http://1tess.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/chirashizushi/" rel="nofollow">Chirashizushi</a> =-. Happy Fourth to you! You reminded me that I haven’t visited your blog in a while. My daughter is in town for a couple of weeks so I’ve been engaging in the real world!

Interesting article. Seems like all the stores around here offer that brand. It’s sometimes on sale for less than the unbranded (or store labeled) “Choice” and “Select” grades. There are several places that offer “Prime” cuts, though they are more up-market places than I usually frequent.

This didn’t used to be a very “foodie” town, but for some reason it has become so. We have 2 Whole Food Stores, and they are both the large version of the whole paycheck chain! Plus a fairly big “Plum Market,” which I believe is a chain. And two locally owned up-market groceries. Even the Krogers and Meijers carry more exotic things than I’ve seen in other Michigan stores only a few miles away! It’s got to be a tough market for them, with all the competition, but the sales they have are great for me!
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