grass fed hamburger

prairie dog wrote:Love it as well , but I recall reading somewhere that people said that grass feed beef tasted bad ? something about yellow fat or something .I had free range Prime Rib in Alberta a few years back .......best I ever had !

prairie dog wrote:Love it as well , but I recall reading somewhere that people said that grass feed beef tasted bad ? something about yellow fat or something .I had free range Prime Rib in Alberta a few years back .......best I ever had !

Country Thyme Farm wrote:I believe it's just that many North Americans get upset when their taste buds are stimulated, and sometimes they seem scared of things that aren't white.

authenticfarm wrote:

Country Thyme Farm wrote:I believe it's just that many North Americans get upset when their taste buds are stimulated, and sometimes they seem scared of things that aren't white.

Have you tried corn-fed American beef? It's just gross.

ChickenTeam wrote:I never liked beef roasts until this past fall when a friend gave us a grass fed steer. I am so sad that there are only 4 roasts left in the freezer, and some t-bone steaks and stew meat (8 people go through meat fast), which is amazing considering how much I disliked roasts before. The ground was used up long ago. I really hope we can find some more again somewhere.

Prairie Chick wrote:Don't like grass finished beef at all grain finished only for us

lady leghorn wrote:The only way you will get yellow fat is if the animal was---Jersey/Gurnsey/ or Ayreshires ( sp) ?

Those breeds all have yellow fat. Still darn good beef though.

Grass Fed Beef

The definition of Grass fed beef generally means beef from cattle that have eaten only grass or forage throughout their lives, however some producers do call their beef grass fed but then actually finish the animals on grain for the last 90 to 160 days before slaughter.

Grass Finished Beef

A more specific definition is Grass Finished Beef. Finishing is just another word for the time that cattle are normally fattened for the last few months before processing. Typically, feed lots finish cattle for 90 to 160 days on grain, usually corn, whereas, grass finished cattle are fattened on grass only, until the day that they are processed.

Pastured Beef

Another important thing to remember, besides just the literal definition of grass fed beef, is that you want to obtain grass fed and finished beef that has been pastured all of its life and not kept in confinement. It’s possible that a producer could keep cattle in confinement and feed them grass hay and still be able to call them grass finished for now, since there is currently no standardized definition of grass fed or finished beef. So you always want to make sure that your grass fed beef has been pastured all of its life too.

Organic and Natural

Almost all commercial beef, as well as most organic and natural beef, are finished with grain. The only distinction with organic or natural is that the feed grain is certified organic or natural.

Don’t mistake organic beef for grass fed. While some grass fed is organic, not all organic beef or natural beef is grass fed or finished. Many of the organic and natural products are grain fed, in confined feedlots; it’s just that the grain that is fed is certified organic or natural.