"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
:

> Corned beef is from cows that have been raised in corn fields. They
> graze on the corn and get fattened and ready for slaughter. In the
> fall, just before the harvest, the cattle are rounded up. Unlike the
> cattle graving in grasslands of the prairies, the corned beef are
> difficult to see because of the height of the stalks. A specially
> trained dog, usually referred to as a corn dog, assists in the
> roundup. They scurry around moving the cattle towards the barns.
>
> It is also of note that some of the females are milkers. They are
> different than the cows you seen at a regular dairy farm in that their
> udders are not exposed to the sun where they get bleached and give
> only white milk. The corn stalks protects them from the harmful UV
> rays so they can give chocolate milk.
>
> Cattle, just like people, have different characteristics depending on
> their diet. The old saying "you are what you eat" applies in the
> animal kingdom also. Tomorrow, we'll learn about hamburgers and hush
> puppies..
>

Thanks Ed! Knowledgeable as always. I did my own corned beef from brisket
yesterday. I looked at a lot of recipes and the spice blend they all
seemed to contain reminded me so much of regular "pickleing blend" from
for instance McCormick that I chose to use that. We'll see in a couple of
weeks how it turns out. I'm not sure the cows I used were corn fed though


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