I Bought Half a Cow

[Smithy]

4 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

Thank you. It sounds delicious. Does it also tenderize the meat or does it just add flavor? Maybe with something like this, there's hope for the crappy beef that we get here, which by the way is all grass-fed. Not a feedlot in the country.

 

I think it has some tenderizing effect, but based on my husband's perceptions the "tenderizing" may have more to do with the strategic cutting (and not overcooking!) of meat chunks. It is delicious, though. 

[BaxterBaker]

20 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

I hope you aren't talking about the ground beef you just purchased? What a shame, if so!

 

My mother learned about this recipe for venison marinade, which also works well on beef, pork and chicken. If you need careful seasoning, this may be of interest to you.

Ok, I was wrong. 

 

Last night we had the sirloin steaks in the picture I posted and a hamburger patty.  No gamey taste or smell at all.  I cooked them in a skillet with shallots, garlic, salt and pepper and the steaks were delicious.  I didn't have quite enough food from the small steak, so I decided to cook a burger.  I purposely didn't use any other seasoning on it, just cooked in the leftover oil/seasoning that was in the skillet.  It was really good.  That's a relief! 

 

I should have waited a bit longer to taste and smell more of it before saying it was gamey.  I was basing the gamey smell off of the beef I put with my eggs every morning.  The gamey smell/flavor is probably just from my eggs or egg/meat mixture.  I have a very keen sense of smell and any little thing that is off bothers me.  I've been putting some salsa in with my egg/meat mix and it's really good.  Tex-Mex egg bowl.  

 

Greg

[BaxterBaker]

On 8/20/2025 at 12:42 PM, rotuts said:

@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 .

Oh meatloaf!  I haven't had that in a long time.  I used to love the meatloaf sandwiches the next day with mayo and ketchup, but I don't think I'll be doing that.  I'm really cutting back on carbs.   But high quality meatloaf with high quality fat content - oh yeah. 

 

Tail, cheeks, snouts and trotters are not for me!  Too outside the box for my simple palate. 

 

 

Greg

 

 

[DesertTinker]

23 minutes ago, BaxterBaker said:

Ok, I was wrong. 

 

Last night we had the sirloin steaks in the picture I posted and a hamburger patty.  No gamey taste or smell at all.  I cooked them in a skillet with shallots, garlic, salt and pepper and the steaks were delicious.  I didn't have quite enough food from the small steak, so I decided to cook a burger.  I purposely didn't use any other seasoning on it, just cooked in the leftover oil/seasoning that was in the skillet.  It was really good.  That's a relief! 

 

I should have waited a bit longer to taste and smell more of it before saying it was gamey.  I was basing the gamey smell off of the beef I put with my eggs every morning.  The gamey smell/flavor is probably just from my eggs or egg/meat mixture.  I have a very keen sense of smell and any little thing that is off bothers me.  I've been putting some salsa in with my egg/meat mix and it's really good.  Tex-Mex egg bowl.  

 

Greg

Glad to hear that it isn’t gamey. I was feeling bad for you, putting all the research into it and spending just shy of $3k on your project, only to have a few hundred pounds of “not nice” meat.