Tag Archives: beef

Could in vitro meat be the way of the future?

November 12, 2011 @ 12:33 pm

This is weird. Not that the meat I eat already isn’t scientifically engineered, but making it in a dish seems…grosser somehow. But what do I know…

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“Meat Glue” used to piece together scraps of meat to sell as prime cuts

June 5, 2011 @ 12:44 am

A somewhat amazing enzyme nicknamed “meat glue” is able to be mixed with scraps of leftover meat to form what looks like a completely whole piece of prime cut beef. If done correctly the meat is hard to distinguish from … Continue reading →

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A conversation with Jack O’Shea, a butcher that knows his meats

May 14, 2011 @ 6:49 pm

My mouth is watering as I watch this 2nd video from Perfunkt.com of Jack O’Shea talking about the importance of treating animals right, getting the best cuts of beef, and having that beef cared for by an excellent butcher (like … Continue reading →

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Chinese develop beef extract glaze to turn pork into beef

April 23, 2011 @ 2:37 am

Oh those Chinese…what can’t they counterfeit? If your answer was ‘beef’ then I’m sorry to say that you might be wrong. According to several Chinese outlets, more than a small handful of Chinese restaurants (and some individuals) in China are … Continue reading →

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Knowing where your meat comes from

April 12, 2011 @ 11:40 pm

Larry Althiser of Larry’s Custom Meats shows us where different cuts of beef come from on a cow. He uses a real cow to explain.

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Inside a cattle slaughterhouse

February 13, 2011 @ 1:46 pm

Lisa Ling visited the Timmerman Feedlot in Colorado to get a glimpse of how cattle in the US is harvested solely for the purpose of supplying food demands in this country. The report was done for Oprah and took Lisa … Continue reading →

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