Tyson closing two meat plants and selling a third one

“Extremely high marbling in US beef, often found in USDA Prime or Wagyu-cross grades, can feel too rich, heavy, or greasy for a standard-sized meal. While marbling adds flavor and juiciness, excess fat can overwhelm the palate, cost more, and deliver high amounts of calories and saturated fat.“

 

Hmm, interesting,,why just t'other day, whilst cleaning my wallet at Walletmart, I thought maybe some meat. GOTT IM HIMMEL,,,how much? The cheapest package was $20! For some crap, but I heard, you are better off with a steak or cut meat than ground beef. GM CHRYSLER, I wouldn't eat a hamburger( for $17 ) and I didn't buy any. So I said to the brain dead cashier, have you seen the price of meat? Duh,,,, anyway, our little town has a meat locker/butcher, been here for a long time. They had the best ground beef, it was local stuff, slaughtered on site. All of a sudden, a major recall of their ground beef, never before happened. What was the deal? They were buying meat from Timbuktu,,no sir, no more burgers for me.
So what are we gaining here? Farms and trucks, for that matter, are forced to pass costs along to the consumer, and are adjusting the prices to counteract the loss of sales. It's a spiral we can't pull out of, and we haven't seen the half of it,,,let's watch,,,

 

My younger brother has been a butcher at a slaughter house for 24+ years. During a text conversation about meat this is what he had to say, makes you think about what we are eating.




Years ago before my trucking days, we drilled (3) 10” wells for a big company called International Filler. They used the wells to cool the ball mills in the plant.

We ask one day why a bulk tanker was parked out back by a loading area, Donavan the superintendent told us it was being loaded with paper products that had been ground into powder. When asked what it was used for his response was…. They use it as filler with flour to make bread. Never know what we are truly eating sometimes….

 

Never hauled flour, but did years ago haul magnetite into the mines. It’s done dirty stuff if you get it plugged up…!

 

it's what gives it the best flavor and YES it's FAT!!

your body cannot live on a totally fat free diet. it requires fat.

learned that years ago when rabbits were invasive in Australia and people were only eating them as they were so plentiful, rabbits are fat free and you can't live on rabbits alone.

oh and not quite 80, 73 next month.