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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 8:59 am
Anyone have any recipes or cooking tips for grass fed beef, particularly chuck roasts? I have about six chucks roasts from the 1/4 cow I just bought, and I'm not that fond at pot roast...
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Serate
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08-21-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 1:29 pm
Grind it up for hamburger or throw it in the trash can! Sorry I grew up on grain fed beef and just can't stand the quality of grass fed. That being said the past 3 years I've had to cook with grass fed beef, like it or not. If you like pulled pork, you can get the McCormick Slow Cooker Pulled Pork seasoning mix and use it on the chuck roast. Tastes good in sandwiches. If you like dishes like beef and noodles, or hot beef sandwiches, season with salt and pepper, brown well, and put in crock pot, cover with water and bullion, or canned beef broth, or a combination of both, cook for 8-10 hours on low. I like to leave it in the broth and put in the fridge overnight then warm it up and make noodles or hot beef sandwiches the next day. I've used chuck roast for stroganoff. You just have to slice it thin, brown it well, then simmer it longer than you would a more tender piece of beef. You can put one in roasting pan, sprinkle with 2 pkgs italian seasoning mix, 1 cup of water, 1 bottle pepperoncini peppers [juice and all, diced or sliced] and a couple teaspoons of oregano. Cover with foil and bake it 2 - 3 hours at 350^ until tender, take it out and shred it put it back in juices, back in oven w/o foil until juices evaporate. Serve on hoagie buns with swiss or mozzarella cheese. I also chunk it up, put in a crock pot - not browned, sprinkle cumin, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper, or you could use a pkg of taco seasonings, and just a little water. Cook on low until tender, serve over corn chips and top with cheese. Chuck roast is also good in vegetable beef soup. My brother does something with golden and cream of mushroom soups, onions, mushrooms, and wine and other stuff I can't remember and everybody in the family [but me] likes it. If that is something you are interested in I can get the recipe.
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Costacat
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07-15-2000
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 3:15 pm
I'm a vegetarian, so can't help you Prisoner. But I'm curious... what's the diff between grass fed and grain fed? Is it like the diff between free range and caged chickens?
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 7:12 pm
Costa I know you asked Prisoner the question but in my case the answer is no. Before we moved to KY, and now that my hubby was transferred closer to family, we got/get our beef from family. The cows are free to roam and eat grass if/when they want, but also get fed grain every day. The cows nibble on the grass but come running for the grain at feeding time. We get our eggs from my uncle too. Sometimes butter but I won't drink cow milk. It has to come from the store!!!!!!!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 7:41 pm
OK so I looked up grass fed beef and how they raise it and maybe I haven't had grass fed beef but the beef that I call "grain fed beef" isn't what they describe on the website I went to. The beef we like/eat is off of my uncle's farm, the cows aren't in confinement, and are fed grain raised on the farm. It's very tender and tasty - if you are a meat eater. And the chickens - they have a house but wander wherever they want. I'm not a farmer so I don't know why they lay their eggs in the hen house but for the most part they do. My uncle butchers chickens but no thank you - too many bad memories growing up finding pokey things in the chicken when I was eating it.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 10:18 pm
Grass-fed beef is much, much leaner than grain-fed. I can cook a hamburger with it and have no grease left in the pan. A friend owns a farm where she and her partner raise Highlander cattle that free range. It has a much stronger flavor than what you get in the grocery store, but you have to be careful cooking it because it's so lean (it dries out easily).
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, March 16, 2007 - 7:45 am
Thanks! (Still, ugh, from this veggie! <grin>)
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