Comments on: Cooking Grass-fed Beef — 5 Ways to Nirvana http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: virginia tech football http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-28354 virginia tech football Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:26:31 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-28354 Theresa, I've consistently had the same results with pastured chicken and still haven't found a good preparation method that makes it as tender as conventionally raised chicken. Some pastured breeds are not quite as tough as others, but it seems to me and my family that they are all tougher than what we grew up eating! That's not going to make us go back to conventionally raised chickens, though. We figure we just have to adjust our tastes and expectations some. The flavor is always excellent, just the texture that's not what we expect. <abbr><em>Lisa Theresa, I’ve consistently had the same results with pastured chicken and still haven’t found a good preparation method that makes it as tender as conventionally raised chicken. Some pastured breeds are not quite as tough as others, but it seems to me and my family that they are all tougher than what we grew up eating! That’s not going to make us go back to conventionally raised chickens, though. We figure we just have to adjust our tastes and expectations some. The flavor is always excellent, just the texture that’s not what we expect.

Lisa

]]> By: Salt Lake City Catering http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-880 Salt Lake City Catering Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:43:59 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-880 Haha, its probably because cows arent very cute to begin with! Maybe if it was a baby more people would have commented on it, but then people couldn't visualize a nice tasty steak coming from it. -Jack Haha, its probably because cows arent very cute to begin with! Maybe if it was a baby more people would have commented on it, but then people couldn’t visualize a nice tasty steak coming from it.
-Jack

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-879 KristenM Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:21:26 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-879 Chris -- Those are all excellent questions to remember. I'm very pleased with my own local cattle rancher and the meat we get from him for a lot of the reasons you stated above. Our beef is harvested in early summer (which is May here in Texas), grown on rangeland and dry-aged. Chris — Those are all excellent questions to remember. I’m very pleased with my own local cattle rancher and the meat we get from him for a lot of the reasons you stated above. Our beef is harvested in early summer (which is May here in Texas), grown on rangeland and dry-aged.

]]> By: Chris Kerston http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-878 Chris Kerston Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:13:33 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-878 As a rancher who works on a ranch growing grassfed beef I want clear up a few things and give my point of view on this. Getting used to grassfed beef's flavor or how to cook it to mask the flavor are things I hear about frequently. I think there may exist other options for folks. I agree that many cuts require different cooking techniques that many modern families have forgetten about. However, grassfed meats are a lot like wines. Each locale and each farm As a rancher who works on a ranch growing grassfed beef I want clear up a few things and give my point of view on this. Getting used to grassfed beef’s flavor or how to cook it to mask the flavor are things I hear about frequently. I think there may exist other options for folks.

I agree that many cuts require different cooking techniques that many modern families have forgetten about. However, grassfed meats are a lot like wines. Each locale and each farm

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-877 KristenM Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:37:11 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-877 Kathy -- I grew up eating venison. My dad was a hunter, so venison was pretty much 80% of our meat supply for the year. In my mind, wild meat is probably best with grass-fed & finished (w/o hormones or antibiotics) coming in a close second. So, kudos to you and a perfect roast! Kathy — I grew up eating venison. My dad was a hunter, so venison was pretty much 80% of our meat supply for the year. In my mind, wild meat is probably best with grass-fed & finished (w/o hormones or antibiotics) coming in a close second. So, kudos to you and a perfect roast!

]]> By: KAthy http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-876 KAthy Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:32:17 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-876 I have been using grass fed for about a year now and didn't know about the times and temperatures for cooking the meats. I used your advice with the fresh venison rump roast and it turned out perfect and very tender. (although the venison was wild) I haven't heard that it is bad for you. I will be using your advice also with my grass fed organic local meats. I have been using grass fed for about a year now and didn’t know about the times and temperatures for cooking the meats. I used your advice with the fresh venison rump roast and it turned out perfect and very tender. (although the venison was wild) I haven’t heard that it is bad for you. I will be using your advice also with my grass fed organic local meats.

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-875 KristenM Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:23:02 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-875 And <i>why</i> hasn't anyone commented to tell me how adorable that cow is? Don't you just love that nose? Perhaps it's cruel to look at a cute cow and think about steak at the same time. What do you guys think? Should I have just posted a pic of a grilled steak? And why hasn’t anyone commented to tell me how adorable that cow is? Don’t you just love that nose?

Perhaps it’s cruel to look at a cute cow and think about steak at the same time. What do you guys think? Should I have just posted a pic of a grilled steak?

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-874 KristenM Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:20:40 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-874 Lisa & Theresa -- I don't usually bake chicken, but when I do it's with some sort of acidic marinade (like pineapple juice or tomato sauce). It always comes out tender. Have you tried marinating your chicken first before baking it? Beth -- Glad to be of service. :) Jana -- Thanks for the heads up. I entered my favorite sweet potato recipe into the contest. Guess we'll see how I do. :) Lisa & Theresa — I don’t usually bake chicken, but when I do it’s with some sort of acidic marinade (like pineapple juice or tomato sauce). It always comes out tender. Have you tried marinating your chicken first before baking it?

Beth — Glad to be of service. :)

Jana — Thanks for the heads up. I entered my favorite sweet potato recipe into the contest. Guess we’ll see how I do. :)

]]> By: Jana http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-873 Jana Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:35:11 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-873 Hello I was reading your blog and I thought that you might like to visit mine. http://sweetbytesblog.blogspot.com We are having a contest sponsored by the North Carolina Sweet Potato commission. Any blogger that posts an original Sweet Potato recipe on their blog and submits it to us can win $1000, 5 runners up get $100 each. Full details and rules are at my blog. Tell your friends,too. We are trying to get the word out. Hello I was reading your blog and I thought that you might like to visit mine. http://sweetbytesblog.blogspot.com We are having a contest sponsored by the North Carolina Sweet Potato commission. Any blogger that posts an original Sweet Potato recipe on their blog and submits it to us can win $1000, 5 runners up get $100 each. Full details and rules are at my blog. Tell your friends,too. We are trying to get the word out.

]]> By: Beth http://www.foodrenegade.com/cooking-grass-fed-beef-5-ways-to-nirvana/#comment-872 Beth Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:36:50 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=410#comment-872 I just started buying grass fed beef and so I have some in my freezer I've yet to tackle. It didn't occur to me that it would have to be cooked differently, i'm so grateful for this post. I don't want to waste food anymore hence it needs to be cooked right so it won't go to waste. Awesome! -beth I just started buying grass fed beef and so I have some in my freezer I’ve yet to tackle. It didn’t occur to me that it would have to be cooked differently, i’m so grateful for this post. I don’t want to waste food anymore hence it needs to be cooked right so it won’t go to waste. Awesome!
-beth

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