Bobo Bonobo® said...

> Andy, I've had buffalo burgers (grass fed), as well as grass fed
> beef. I have relatives who are in a different economic stratum than
> myself. I like it, but never got the 9-10 dollars a pound for
> hamburger thing. I feel the same way about grass fed steaks. In the
> olden days, they used to grass feed and corn finish. Now it's mostly
> either grass fed to the end, or way too much supplemental corn before
> corn finishing. Given a choice, I prefer the flavor of the latter,
> though I realize it is both less healthy and less environmentally
> friendly.
> Perhaps I should have written, "In my experience, 'Grass fed buffalo
> does tend to be blander than corn finished beef.'" Hey, it's me who
> has the cheap tastes, right?


Bryan,

Could be a taste bud thing? I've had corn fed buffalo and it tasted no
different than ground chuck.

A couple (for me) advantages of free range buffalo is I can have a bloody
rare burger or steak without worrying about ecoli. Don't remember where I
learned that. The other is, compared to beef, it has next to no effect as
far as gout attacks go. Why? I dunno!

I've seen ostrich at Whole Foods which looks super-lean. No clue how it's
raised OR tastes.

Best,

Andy
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Eat first, talk later.