Patty in Wisc

Michael picked up some steaks on sale at local grocery & I noticed it said 'Product of Mexico' on pkg just as I was ready to cook them. Does anyone have a clue why, w/ all the cows we have around here & all over this country? I didn't eat much of it.. reminded me of eating a product of China. I don't think they have their beef inspected like here & they prolly pump the cows w/ junk - which would be legal there. I think I'm going to be sick... Yuk.

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CookieCows

They pump the cows full of junk in the U.S. too. I know we have pretty strict guide lines in order to sell freezer beef labeled organic. If we so much as give an antibiotic injection to one of our cows .. it's out. A couple years ago when we had a severe drought in our area everyone was selling their cattle and horses off like crazy. There wasn't enough hay to get anyone through the winter. We like others ended up paying a fortune to have hay trucked in from out of state and made one decision whether right or wrong.... we bought a special type of cattle feed to offset the cost to save what cows we had and it had all kinds of hormone crap in it. It's what is commonly fed at the feed lots. It isn't safe to feed it to horses.

I think your steaks were most likely ok as far as U.S. safety standards since it has to be inspected before entering into our country no matter where it comes from. The meat that's in the grocery stores labeled organic is more expensive but I know how hard it is for a farmer to sell it that way.

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Scuba_Dave

Many foreign cows are grass fed - which makes a leaner meat
Actually (some of) it is better then some beef in the US
Cows here are fattened up to get more $$
We travel to Cozumel diving & most of the beef is from Venezuela
Very good beef

1.5 million tons of beef are imported into the US each year
Not sure of year of report

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Abnshrek

Better Beef; Locally Grown.. See your local butcher shop and order what you need its cheaper than a grocery store in most cases. That's what you get by thinking ahead :^)

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Patty in Wisc

I feel better now. It was Tbone (2.99 lb) & porterhouse (3.99 lb) which usually costs 7 - 9.00 lb unless it's black angus or better. Seems that anything imported would cost more than local. I was just surprised to see Product of MX when we have tons of cows around here. It was kind of fatty & more chewy than normal - but hey, the price was right LOL. BTW, uh, ahemm, we both pooped green the next day

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Abnshrek

Now you know why so much stuff has "Made in China" (or PRC) on it.. :^)

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I can agree with both of these points. Ultimately, there will be a lot of variance in any given market. I do know that the US imports a lot of beef from places like Mexico and Brazil (and a few other Central/South American countries). Depending on the grower, it may be better or worse than a particular sample of US-grown beef.

The best bet if you want 'quality' beef is to buy grass-fed and/or organic beef grown locally. It will likely cost a bit more, but if that's what you want, that's your best bet. I know quite a few people that have agreements with other families and local growers that they split a cow (grown by a local cattleman) between a few families every year. It's nice to know exactly where your food comes from...but be willing to pay more for that peace of mind.

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Abnshrek

The funny thing is once someone uses the key word "Organic" the price jumps 40%. All or most cattle raised around here is organic/Alfalfa or grass fed.. No one plants corn to feed them unless its some prized Angus Bull. I'll buy a cow off the auction put it in the local slaughter and sell half of it for peace of mind. You can't pay for peace of mind these days, or your just plain going to get screwed over & that's life. Its kinda like saying, "you can believe everything you see on TV"...lol :^)

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CookieCows

Well grass fed and organic are seperate deals and I know what our costs are in raising grass fed cows on a small scale. (Except for that one bad winter when we used feed for a couple months) Anyway we can't say our cattle are organic as the guidelines are really strict but they are grass fed. Grass fed cows are slower to get to a good marketable weight than feed lot cows and that jacks up the cost.

I agree that buying from a small, local butcher is best. Not only is it almost as good but possibly cheaper than raising it yourself and paying for the processing. The other thing that is good about it, is that it's important for the animal to be calm at the end as it makes for more tender beef and is humane for the animal. The first cow we ever had processed my husband was with the animal from start to finish to know how they did it all so we could have peace of mind.

A few years ago they were recalling hamburger in surrounding states on a pretty large scale and it was so nice to know that we knew where our beef came from and didn't have any need for concern.

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Patty in Wisc

Michael just told me ealier that he had a left-over sandwich of the steak & he got the the shyits from it.

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Abnshrek

LMAO... that is to.. Funny.. I guess if you can't drink the water, you best not eat the meat either :^)

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Patty in Wisc

We have 2 new restaraunts opened here call 'Tall Grass'. They sell hamburgers from cows ONLY feeding on grass. More expensive & a little diff flavor, but good & better for you.
Oh, & Mike thru the other 2 steaks in freezer out.

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