[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'H')owever, what would something like that cost today and how many pounds would you expect and which cuts would be included?

[jboogy]

Tex, you would probably want to buy a steer at auction, take him to the butcher and tell him what cuts you want, butchering will run you about .50 a pound, with an approx. 50.00 kill fee, you'll need a couple freezers. current prices are available on the internet and your prices will be per 100 lbs. , last I checked a 800 lb. steer was in the range of 85.00 per 100 lbs., but this was a while ago and I may be mixing it up with other cow prices. Try this link

http://www.lmic.info/priprod/pandp.html

[leal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'G')oat is not on my list, nor is yak, ostrich, monkey brains, dog, nor are such unpalatable entrees as beef sweetbreads, tongue, mountain oysters, pancreas, or spleen.

[Ludi]

http://www.eatwild.com/products/texas.html

http://www.rossfarm.com/beef/graze.html

http://www.texasgrassfed.com/

[jboogy]

Wild piggy-wiggy, yummy and free, no season or limit down here. My youngin' got this bad girl.

[Pretorian]

Chinchulines anyone? its a thin intestine of a calf, ideally of one who had never ate anything but milk. This stuff is boiled for an hour or so and then grilled on argentinian parilla. DAMN ITS SO GOOD!

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'H')owever, what would something like that cost today and how many pounds would you expect and which cuts would be included?

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')http://www.texasgrassfed.com/

[Ludi]

Mmmmm ground sloth....

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'N')ow regarding ecologic damage The livestock we eat today were buffalo, elk, mastodon

[BlisteredWhippet]

A cow is...

Disgusting. A horribly ugly animal, distended, unnatural. Filthy, dirty, obscene, helpless, and idiotic.

You are what you eat.

[jboogy]

Blis-whip wrote
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hats it like to do the wrong thing, the immoral thing, the evil thing?

[TWilliam]

Humans are omnivores. We've been omnivores since we were the size of shrews. Get over it already...

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', 'J')Boogy, There is a theory I read somewhere recently that BSE didn't actually come from sheep, it came from human remains, infected with CJD, dredged up with the remains of everything else that gets retrieved from the rivers, in India, processed into fertilizer, and bone meal. People have made cows sick, not other cows, nor sheep, originally anyway.

Here's an article from BBC.

The first cases of BSE or "mad cow disease" could have been caused by animal feed contaminated with human remains, says a controversial theory.

Some raw materials for fertiliser and feed imported from South Asia in the 60s and 70s contained human bones and soft tissue, the Lancet reports.

Bone collectors could have picked up the remains of corpses deposited in the Ganges river to sell for export.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4201072.stm

[IgnoranceIsBliss]

Threadbear, I'm so sorry about your mother.

My mother in law has CJD. She is 64. She was diagnosed by the Mayo Clinic in San Fran, and was on one of their experimental drugs. She was actually steady and improved a little, but then they took her off the drug (it destroys the liver) and she instantly got a lot worse. So she could go any day now.

We had the genetic testing done and thankfully it is not the familial kind, just "sporadic" as they call it.

Needless to say, my husband and I have sworn off beef after this. I can't even think about eating it after seeing her and wondering what the heck caused this.

[threadbear]

So sorry to hear about your mother in law, Bliss. 64 years old? That's pretty young, still. My mother has had a fairly long and happy life for the most part, so that makes it a little easier to take. I read the stats and know she is VERY lucky to have made it this far. Her first symptoms were about a year and a half ago. We will know eventually, if it's a definitive diagnosis and also whether it's a type that is passed on. The doctors are very interested in her case and really want to study her more, but we won't allow it.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jboogy', 'W')ild piggy-wiggy, yummy and free, no season or limit down here. My youngin' got this bad girl.

[deMolay]

My grass fed Highland Beef is the best in the world. Why would I not eat it, it is healthier than vegetables that have been sprayed with oil by products.