Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Grass fed beef.

It was the mound of rock salt that made all the difference.

Grilled steak tonight. Worked out quite nicely.

So I open two Explorer windows and have the Axiom boards open on both.

First I read a couple of posts in the Steak Thread and then take a long swig from the Beer Thread. Back and forth between the two for awhile, until I find my way to this thread to read about chipotle corn.

When I'm done, I feel the need to visit the Fitness Thread.

If we can start a sex thread, I'd date this board.

CV is doing his best to mimic a sex thread in the shout box...

Hey, Charles, this is a call! You can be our Carrie Bradshaw, and this can be your forum...

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Anybody feel like they're already dating this board?

"Honey, where are you?"
Upstairs, checking my messages...
"Are you chatting with those audio [pick one: snobs/nerds/guys] again?!"
Yes, dear...
"When do you plan on joining us for some family time?!"
Almost done, you should see this funny thing that [Peter/Ken/Mark/Sean/Charles/other] said ...
"Isn't that great, maybe you can marry him next time"

etc

J/K, it's not that bad. Yet?!

You guys crack me up.

I agree completely with the Iowa caucus on the beef topic. I've tried to enjoy grass-fed beef a few times, but it's just not as luscious as grain-fed.

Grass fed cattle are walking around, looking for food, and spending more energy to digest it once they find it. Grain-fed cattle are just standing around easily converting delicious corn into pure, fatty yumminess.

I don't think that the health benefits of grass-fed beef are going to be "enough" to warrant a switch. If you want healthier red meat, perhaps Elk or Buffalo would be a better choice.

But, well, I'm just an enthusiastic omnivore, not a scientist.

Thanks everyone, I've decided to give the grass fed a shot, I can't buy it anywhere locally so I ordered a few steaks from Alderspring in Idaho.

As Ken pointed out they can't be cooked like a grass fed steak, since they are leaner they cook much faster.

The health benefits are that Grass-fed beef not only is lower in overall fat and in saturated fat, but it has the added advantage of providing more omega-3 fats.

Of course none of that means anything unless they taste good.

I've had Elk, Buffalo and Ostrich, I'm a city boy and can't eat anything that tastes gamey or looks like Bigbird.

I'll report back in a few days after we've tried a couple of the steaks.

I haven't had the gaminess problem with buffalo. Odd. I tend to use it ground, though.

Not as luscious, but more seductive.