On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:59:18 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 22:22:05 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 9/7/2020 12:45 PM, Gary wrote:
>>> Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You have no idea what cut(s) it was, if you didn't grind it yourself
>>>> it's pure mystery meat.
>>>
>>> You buy mystery cuts of meat from the grocery store.
>>> Raise your own cattle, Mr.Smartypants. You have the
>>> room to do that.
>>>
>>That's the thing. He buys whatever cut from the butcher or the Top's
>>meat counter and counts on them telling him it's good. Then he grinds it.
>>
>>>> And WTF is "regular" ground beef, I never
>>>> heard of that cut.
>>>
>>It's not a cut. 70/30 or 80/20 or some other blend of meat to fat ratio.
>>> I nominate this for "dumbest question of the year"
>>>
>>He can yell all he wants about mystery meat. He doesn't really know
>>where that roast he grinds into "hamburgers" came from. He sure didn't
>>raise the cow.
>>
>>Jill
>
>If I needed to see my nearby neighbors raise grass fed Black Angus, I
>can buy all I want but it's expensive, and also too lean for me. In
>fact the neighbor farmer who uses my acreage in the next county
>(Albany County), forty five minutes away, raises beef, pork, chicken
>and turkey, all grass fed/free range, and he hays a part too. I can
>place orders with him but that's also more than I'm willing to pay,
>about double supermarket prices, however a lot lof people here buy
>local grass fed/free range meats.
>
>I get email from Josh regularly, usually with pictures and videos...
>Thank you for your interest in our meats. Before taking you to our
>website, we wanted to tell you a little more about our Farm.
>
>West Wind Acres is a pasture based farm, located in Knox NY (the
>northwest corner of Albany County). We currently farm around 400
>acres, where we raised 100% Grass-fed Beef, along with Pasture Raised
>Chicken and Pork.
>
>Over the next few weeks we will send you a short video about different
>aspects of our farm.
>
>Make sure to leave your questions and comments on the video page, or
>by hitting reply to this email.
>
>Respectfully,
>- Joshua Rockwood (your farmer)
>
>Offering discerning eaters, nutritionally dense meats
>
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Most of us have access to an outfit like that. But not all local
grown livestock is equal. They're all going to charge about the same
but the butchering can be shoddy, so can the packaging and the meat
not so good. But it's all priced to make it look special.

Janet US