There's a local butcher here who sells some really good meet. The problem is that, price wise, it's sometimes 2 to 3x the cost of the stuff you can buy at the local grocery store. The grocery store stuff is not as good quality, but it's cheaper and it keeps body and soul together and you can stay healthy eating it. So the local butcher is a niche business these days.
You are right, it is costly. Good beef simply costs more money. For example, compare the cost of USDA Prime to USDA Choice. Unfortunately, Prime is scarce. Something like less than 2% of all beef stamped/inspected by the USDA will get to be called Prime.
I like it, but it is hard to find, so I go with Choice, which can be very good beef as well.
What scares me is run of the mill hamburger. The meat can come from many different animals, which is why I spend a little more and watch it being ground from one cut of beef.
some of us just butcher our own..... then we know what we are eating
guess I shouldnt say that out loud..... next the democrats will be screaming its a RIGHT for every citizen to be given pigs and cows by the government
Ahhhhh, I smell free government cheese is due to make a comeback.
Do not worry, we will not be given livestock. Where will we put it and why would the democrats want more animals, with all that global warming and such. Gore would explode.
If I remember correctly the FDA does regulate exactly what can be labeled as organic and what can't.
USDA, not FDA.
No shortage of stories about fraud in the organic food biz. Target comes to mind. I seem to recall a local seller of produce that repackaged food he/she bought from Mexico.
You just do not know for sure what is up with our food.
Yeah i understand. If things are being declared as beef and theyre something else then what else are we being lied to about?
I dread to think what some sausages are lol
Well, in most brands, I think it is a little piggy, lots of fat, too much salt, gristle, sawdust for filler, steroids and coal tar derivatives. And FD&C Pig Dye #45
In thinking about this, one almost sure fire way to know what is and is not in your food is to eat legitimately Kosher. The rules (Kasrut laws) are truly strict when it comes to what is/is not in your food.