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@BaxterBaker is ' locally ' the beef from your 1/2 cow //steer ?

I noticed today @ Tj's , some ' dry farmed ' early girl tomatoes . I saw them mentioned somewhere , but could not locate that ref. I looked them up , and , aside from the Buzz , they seem to be farmed in a water restricted way thus ( possibly ) enhancing flavor and sweetness. So , has anyone tried these @ TJ's ? they were only slightly larger than Campari , my ' lottery ' tomato of choice , when they look good . they are not giving these Dry EG's away , but , if they look good , I'll try a pack . please report if you've tried them Early Girl was my tomato of choice when I had a garden , starting the seeds here in NE in Jan , indoors a vey tasty tomato from my home garden for years .

Ive had grass fed beef twice , from a local farm that raised and butchered the meat and sold it frozen at the town's farmer's market, in various cuts. 100 % grass . the butchering was a bit uneven , where a slice of meat varied in thickness for each cut and was uneven , the meat was very lean . these were sirloin cuts. both issues were solved w SV , then a torching. the taste was quite different from feed lot beef , and I enjoyed it. these pieces of meat would have been ruined by ' standard steak cooking , of your choice ' ending up tough and dry. this thread got me thinking to go look for that truck on Saturday .

@BaxterBaker Thank you for those pics. I do recall that ' inspection ' can get expensive. Nice packaging on that burger .

@JeanneCake Look away ! well I tried out the 5 C F l tried out the Flat Top induction : made jasmine rice , using the Cup (J) and the water levels in the pot : excellent rice. doubt any better than in the 3 C Dome , but ... there is a cooking show , dow under : The Cook Up w Adam Liaw . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14344360/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_The%20Cook%20Up this is a week day cooking show , w some chat , but you move past it and I get a small tip about 90 % of the shows Ive see recently : microwave your mushrooms ( for a bit ) you get stock and cooked ( dryer ) mushrooms to brown . Ill be using that tip , next time w the Pork iPot'd Ragu ' I I use , now 2 lbs / reduced and browed , each ' Batch " so , on an Ep I recently saw : he put de-boned chicken , on to up his rice , in the RC. not new , but new to me '' chicken -rice-ISH " so Chicken thighs trimmed on top of 1 C (J) jasmine this RC give you the time to done, on the interface , when you start the 3 C round top give you the time to done , maybe the last 5 mins. just a very smaoo thing and this PC has a fan , you notie it , but its lower pitch and not very laod. the chicken was moist , tender , but a bit flavor-less , but i knew that flavor was in the Rice ! sliced up the TThigh , added it to the rice and tasted : the rice was ' sticky ' not what I expected , but very doable for later tastiness. so I added ab generous Tb of Patak's biryani paste , not simmer , mixed it up what h0ot this will work with tomorrow . for sure .

@BaxterBaker Yes indeed , supporting local , and husbandry id a very fine thing ! I know you will truly enjoy every cut , burger , and meatloaf meatloaf. P.S. who got the tail ? and cheeks ! congratulation on your project . Yum Yum . P.S.: Id like to hear about that 1/2 ' hog' ' pig ? ' if you can manage it . Quite some time ago , people who had the land , and , you bet help raised 6 or so pigs . maybe more , maybe less . Breed unknown but this was before attention to breed , over all so , generic pig. parts were individually gifted to local friends a rack , loin and tenderloin , fresh , not injected etc , was gifted to friends of ypur ' up there ' , and we went over , and had roasted ' straight ' rack of lamb. I took care of the Jus and made gravy from it and made Mashed Russets it was very tasty. and so very different from pork , in any way id had in a great great while . Its a wonderful direction you get to enjoy following. looking forward to it .

@BaxterBaker thank you for starting this thread . this is a fine start . when you get to the various cuts , can you post of pic of a few of them ? Id like to see what the cut meat looks like , intramuscular fat , etc. and , generally speaking , where are you from ? does this cow have a ' grade ' to it , if that's something in your area ?

@OlyveOyl that looks tasty I have never heard of cherry molasses . Pomegranate for sure . Im on the hunt : there are some middle eastern stores not that far from me. thanks for pointing it out.

""" It came from an Indonesian supplier that has since had a number of shipping containers denied entry to the US "" wonder where they picked up the cesium . that should be given some thought .

@Neely Duck Dumplings , Nice ! too bad they don't have those locally .

@liamsaunt Thank you . your trips are always a pleasure to follow. love the look of that fish market.

they are Tools of great beauty. getting one , for a statue , in your kitchen I can see that , for sure. Just not a kitchen Ive ever been in . But , think of the other fantastic stuff that kitchen might have not really this one , its a bit tasteless .

very impressive . I like this shot : no need to move too far from the Tree for a Prosciutto a d Parm.

@weinoo Oh yeah . so what do they slice ?

@KennethT I was thinking along those lines. its massive , takes up a lot of room , in a dinning room that could b e tables . etc I agree it slices something but Id bet its not Boar's Head This is really something this isnt a slicer made in china .