Grass Fed Beef

[got14u]

Ya and maybe get some government grant to pay for it.....lmao:laugh:

lets have a music festival to promote grass fed beef

 

[jestridge]

Maybe not gamy but more of a beefy taste. he fat will also taste different. I was raise on grass feed , but I like grain feed better.

 

[landarc]

I buy grass fed beef from specific ranchers, I also buy grain finished beef from specific ranchers or brands, I do ths because there are differences. In tems of cooking, I have found that grass fed and finisehd is leaner and will typically cook slower, but, will dry out sooner and at lower temperatures than grain finished beef. I prefer Northern California cattle for grass finished as it is finished on sweet grass. For grain finished, I get beef from Central CA, as the grain is sweeter, rendering sweeter fat.

I have cooked several grass fed briskets and chucks with excellent results. They can be cooked in very similar ways with regular commodity beef with similar results.

 

[JD08]

JD I'm interested to know how the other cuts taste. I wonder if the guys in the 'Competition' forum might have some ideas?

If it's to gamey try adding a little cumin with your seasoning. We eat a lot of whitetail deer which is pretty gamey and a little cumin always seems to mellow it out a bit.

All of the grass fed I've eaten came from the same pasture, so I have to believe it's the fat content of the cut vs the type of grass. The gamey flavor isn't very bad, it just needs to be seasoned a bit. Once seasoned, the meat becomes full of beef flavor. More than the usual supermarket stuff.

I'd bet cumin would work wonders. I don't get the grass fed steaks very often, only when the pasture owner offers them. It's happening even less now that he's advancing in years, but I'll try adding a bit of cumin should he offer them again.