To me, enough is enough.
The article that ignited this firestorm was from a writer for Forbes who has made no claim that I can find that he has actually eaten Kobe or Waygu beef.
May have missed it, but I think not.
His bitch was about labeling and marketing, nothing more, nothing less.
His last post that I can find is:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryol...wagyu-beef-final-thoughts-and-clarifications/
I freely admit there are labeling and nomenclature problems--those exist in a lot of industries.
I freely admit that some of the outragous pricing needs to be looked at.
But, I have been cooking Australian Waygu briskets for the last couple of years and I can tell ya, from actually doing it, that the Waygu is well above any domestic "prime" I have ever cooked.
Period---day in--day out!
I buy Australian Waygu for $5.45/lb (with no shipping or tax) and my price for CAB Prime is at (or over) $3.00/lb
Unlike the writer who started this, I have been there and cooked/eaten Waygu and I willl never go back for the "critical" uses like comps.
This is an "academic" discussion that has grown way beyond it's worth.
As to quality, if someone has not done it, it is all theory and of little use to me. :mad2:
Just my thoughts.
Do with it what you want.
TIM
The article that ignited this firestorm was from a writer for Forbes who has made no claim that I can find that he has actually eaten Kobe or Waygu beef.
May have missed it, but I think not.
His bitch was about labeling and marketing, nothing more, nothing less.
His last post that I can find is:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryol...wagyu-beef-final-thoughts-and-clarifications/
I freely admit there are labeling and nomenclature problems--those exist in a lot of industries.
I freely admit that some of the outragous pricing needs to be looked at.
But, I have been cooking Australian Waygu briskets for the last couple of years and I can tell ya, from actually doing it, that the Waygu is well above any domestic "prime" I have ever cooked.
Period---day in--day out!
I buy Australian Waygu for $5.45/lb (with no shipping or tax) and my price for CAB Prime is at (or over) $3.00/lb
Unlike the writer who started this, I have been there and cooked/eaten Waygu and I willl never go back for the "critical" uses like comps.
This is an "academic" discussion that has grown way beyond it's worth.
As to quality, if someone has not done it, it is all theory and of little use to me. :mad2:
Just my thoughts.
Do with it what you want.
TIM
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