What a cool forum

[BaxterBaker]

Looking forward to being a part of this.  

 

Sixty one, married forty three to my high school sweetheart.  Owner of Volti Audio in Baxter, TN.  Recently made a life-changing and perhaps life-saving change over to my diet.  Part of that includes buying local grass-fed beef from a regenerative farmer.  Where's a good place here to post about my experience and get some feedback from others who have also ordered a half cow and filled a freezer with it?  

 

Greg

 

 

[ElsieD]

I can't help you with your question, but I can welcome you to the forum.  It's a great place.

[Smithy]

Hello and welcome, @BaxterBaker! Half a cow, grass-fed and locally raised, is a big step! I hope we'll get to read a lot about your learning experiences (read: cookery) with it. 

 

In answer to your question: it depends on how much you want to post about your experience and what you''re learning, vs. the cuts you choose and how you cook them. If the focus is mostly on cooking various cuts, the Cooking forum is probably your best bet and there may already be topics you can add to. If you want to write more about your experience, decisions, and the choices you're making, then Food Traditions & Culture may be more appropriate. In any case...if you post in one place and the moderating staff thinks another area is more appropriate, we won't rap your knuckles with a ruler. 🙂  We'll just move it, an leave a pointer from the old spot to the new one.

 

C'mon in, look around, make yourself at home! And if you have questions about how to post (photos, links, etc.) or where to post, feel free to ask a host (I'm one) or ask in the Moderation and Policy Discussion forum.

[BaxterBaker]

Thank you ElsieD and Smithy, I do appreciate the welcome.  

 

Regarding the half cow.  Although I'm extremely excited about the pile of beef in my freezer, I didn't get exactly what I thought I was going to get in my order and I want to learn more about what I should expect so I'm better prepared the next time.  I would like to provide details of the transaction, including a detailed inventory of the meat I received in hopes that I can get some pointers.  For instance, I may have missed out on certain cuts of meat because I wasn't explicit enough in my instructions to the processor.  It's possible that some interesting cuts ended up as ground beef.  Also, it would be nice for someone with more knowledge about how a half cow breaks down to evaluate what I got. 

 

And of course if I share my experience, in detail, with the group, that will be helpful to someone else who is thinking of buying a half cow.  

 

I guess I'll ask a host about the best place in the forum to put my half cow questions. 

 

Thanks,

Greg

 

  

[blue_dolphin]

Welcome, @BaxterBaker!

 

There's a Buying a Half Cow topic in the Cooking form that might be a good spot for you to get started with your questions 

[gfweb]

7 hours ago, BaxterBaker said:

Looking forward to being a part of this.  

 

Sixty one, married forty three to my high school sweetheart.  Owner of Volti Audio in Baxter, TN.  Recently made a life-changing and perhaps life-saving change over to my diet.  Part of that includes buying local grass-fed beef from a regenerative farmer.  Where's a good place here to post about my experience and get some feedback from others who have also ordered a half cow and filled a freezer with it?  

 

Greg

 

 

 

The Dinner thread is a good one.  So is the Kitchen Consumer forum. Welcome!