On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:48:11 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Feb 19, 2:39*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:26:19 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
>>
>>
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >On Feb 19, 2:17*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:42:06 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>> >> >ImStillMags > wrote:
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>> >> >> Someone posted in another thread about the foods we used to love as
>> >> >> kids and young adults and when we try them now they just don't taste
>> >> >> the same.
>>
>> >> >ImStillMags,
>>
>> >> >In our youth, ground hamburger was delicious raw. We'd pinch at the supply
>> >> >while we could, without getting hand-slapped by Mom.
>>
>> >> >Today it's flavorless and unsafe.
>>
>> >> Not if you grind it yourself.
>>
>> >Or buy it from a reputable butcher counter like I do!
>>
>> >http://straubs.datixtest.com/meat/
>>
>> >Of course I'm not getting particular cuts ground as you can do at
>> >home, just an 80% lean mix of Straub's prime beef, probably scraps
>> >from all the prime cuts they offer in their display case, like $27/lb
>> >prime cuts!
>>
>> >Can't remember which cut they charge $27/lb for, but I'll bet it's
>> >fantastic!
>>
>> Reputable butcher... that's like a reputable politician.
>> There's no such thing a reputable butcher and you just proved
>> it[scraps].
>>
>> There is only one way and one way only to ensure that it's not mystery
>> meat, grind it yourself. *No ground meat from any butcher shop is
>> worth $27/lb, their best is barely worth 27¢/lb... fish chum.
>
>Blah blah blah Sheldon! Straub's has been a STL reputable business
>since 1901.

All the more reason not to trust them, they've been learning how to
cheat for a very long time, they know all the tricks.

>Do you raise your own cattle? If not, you are not nearly as cool as
>you seem to think!!

Your butcher doesn't raise his beef either.

Actually if I choose to I can buy beef that's raised on my own land,
the farmer who hays my land is a cattle farmer who grazes his cattle
on a section of my land and he sells his beef locally. I simply
choose not to mix business with pleasure... I've already been
propositioned to take my rent in beef... the tax collecter doesn't
take beef... he'd like to buy my 91 acres too as it abuts his farm,
and my land is much nicer than his. Lots of my neighbors raise beef
cattle. They all sell packages that contain various cuts including
some ground, I don't want that. Here's my farmer's ad from his
website:
Grass Fed Beef Samplers
$7.95/lb flat rate for everything from
burger to filet mignon.
(Samplers ranging from $70 - $100)
- 100% grass fed
- Rotationally grazed on pasture during the summer.
- Fed our organic home-grown hay crop during the winter months.
- Hormone and antibiotic free.
- Processed by a local USDA-Certified Butcher.