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This does not make any sense to me http://skinnybeef.com/index.html

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It's not impossible, just ridiculously undesirable. I mean they're even grass-feeding their cows and then throwing out any extra fat they might have on them to market to fat-phobes. What the hell. I wonder if I call them up if they'll give me the suet for free...

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It makes sense to me. Frankly if they are picking breeds naturally less fat, and not letting them fatten up, the result will be very lean beef.

But frankly, I bet it tastes like ass.

This is the main reason why no one eats CAFO pork anymore unless it's heavily "reconstituted" with a salt solution, or in bacon/sausage. It's because years ago, the Pork industry wanted to make pork "lean", and now it's just chicken with an oink... squeaky, tough meat with no flavor or fat.

I buy grassfed Angus beef that is not fattened from a local rancher, and most people I know who are acclimated to CAFO beef think it is dry and gamey. I can only imagine this is worse, considerably.

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It's worse than that, they have drugs now to produce lean pork, perhaps they fed the same, or same kind of thing to cows? – raydawg Jan 8 2012 at 14:50
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Yup, a quick google found it. They're probably feeding Paylean® (Ractopamine hydrochloride) to cattle now, probably the Optaflexx version.

There was some controversy with this being fed to pigs to the point where China refused to accept pigs fed with Paylean unless they were off it for a few weeks before butchering. Yes, that paragon of pollution realized that this stuff is carcinogenic and would not want to feed it to their own population.

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did you call the company and ask them if they use this stuff? – sage_ Jan 8 2012 at 21:09
I've no interest in super lean beef, why would I go through the hassle of calling them? If I were interested in ordering from them, then, yes, I would. – raydawg Jan 9 2012 at 10:52
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Sounds like venison, that's something you don't want to eat the fat on - unless you like fat that will coat the roof of your mouth with something that tastes like the outside of the deer smells like.

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Pffft. $8.00 a pound. Must have been invented by a Goldman-Sachs farmer.

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Do they also sell alcohol-free vodka?

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