Grass-Fed Beef-Food Network

Alton Brown talks about the flavor and texture profile of grass-fed beef. This video is part of Alton Brown Web Videos 2010 show hosted by Alton Brown . SHOW DESCRIPTION :This show is only available online at this time.

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[phadamblab]

@mikeat1608 Cattle will eat corn, only because cattle eat such copious amounts of food that they would logically graze INTO corn fields. However, there is no denying that in a cows NATURAL habitat, there wouldn't be any domesticated, genetically altered corn nearby, because originally corn crops were not even present where cattle would have grazed. Of course they will eat it now, they've been domesticated in such close proximity to corn that it's been unnaturally added to their diet.

[MOTS411]

Don't forget factory / CAFO beef is not only feed " GMO corn" but they eat rotten CANDY, even with the WRAPPERS still ON! they eat rotten mash left over from all sorts of food processing like beer/wine etc. You are what you eat...if you cow eats crap, you are eating crap. Boo...eat cows that eat GRASS and get clean water and SUNSHINE! This is SUPERB meat that you cannot surpass, this is what NATURE intended!

[SushiSee]

How do I know if the meat purchased at a grocery store are grass fed or corn fed? There are NO LABELS whatsoever stating grassfed or corn fed...

[MOTS411]

Also people like my dad, will argue, oh but cows DO graze on corn and other veggies, yeah they love some watermelon rinds! BUT...They don't eat this REGULARLY or in high amounts. This is in addition to, on occasion, to their regular diet of grazing on GREEN GRASS, Rye, Clover etc...Not as their sole source of nutrition, especially GMO and adulterated as is with CAFO fed cattle. Not the same as a grass fed cow occasionally eating some left over corn from the field. Or a few pieces of melon rind.

[ktphshe]

@mikeat1068 - you sound like a fool

@phadamblab & @wfkessel - nice.

[funnypuppy1]

Want a great Grass Fed burger try The Grazing Cow in Plano, TX. NE corner of Spring Creek and Avenue K behind the gold store.

[wfkessel]

I agree with @phadamblab - this is becoming useless. The general public has been totally brainwashed. Good luck in the Coronary Care Unit.

[wfkessel]

@mikeat1068 Excuse me? They start feeding them corn at 5 months, then slaughter them at 14 months. Grass-fed cows are slaughtered at 4 or 5 *years* of age.

Antibiotics fight nasty little resistant bugs like E. coli O157:H7 and the like. In specific, Rumensin buffers the acidity in the rumen, helping to prevent bloat and acidosis; Tylosin (a form of erythromycin) lowers the incidence of liver infection.

[phadamblab]

@mikeat1608 Since when does retaining a more naturally beneficial DIET mean that everything else should be reverted to a primitive state? Please don't bother responded, I'm sorry if I offended you, I was just letting you know that Alton is completely correct.

[mikeat1608]

@phadamblab Good one...that also means we should be hunter/gatherers. And certainly not user computers. You go ahead. I'll stick to shopping at the local market.

[mikeat1608]

@wfkessel Antibiotics don't combat bloat or liver disease. Only bacterial infections. Nor does corn kill cattle!

Corn is included in the finishing part of the process - cattle consume grasses/forage most of their life. Corn comes in only at the end - and even then it is only part of what cattle eat. Forage remains an important part of the diet.