at Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:22:27 GMT in >,
(Dee Randall) wrote :

>
>"Alex Rast" > wrote in message
...
>> at Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:27:14 GMT in
>> <52h922hfjnm5gh4s4k0p9vqqs1nm8d94st@ 4ax.com>,
>> (Terry Pulliam Burd) wrote :
>>
>>>After the recent discussion about grass fed beef vs. grain fed beef, I
>>>ordered our usual Allen Bros. ribeyes (grain fed)
>>>http://www.allenbrothers.com/ and also ordered our newly-found Neff
>>>Family Ranch ribeyes (grass fed) http://www.nfrnaturalbeef.com/
>>
>> I wonder if that's the deciding factor? I'd hazard a guess that the
>> quality
>> of grain fed beef and of grass-fed beef ranges from farm to farm. And
>> I have a suspicion that quality differences between farms are more
>> significant than those between feeding practices....
>
>http://www.mercola.com/2005/apr/23/beef.htm
>When you think of a cow in its natural environment, doing what it
>naturally does, you likely will picture it grazing. Is it grazing on
>stalks of corn? Of course not! It's grazing on GRASS.
>

I'm making no claims as to *nutritional* quality or the ethicality of
different practices. Even there there are probably large differences from
farm to farm but it's wide of the point. My comment is directed at
*sensory* quality - how good does the beef taste? Here I would be willing
to hazard a guess that the variation is too large to make broad categorical
statements.

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Alex Rast

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