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Post by Clive on Dec 20, 2008 18:07:26 GMT -5
Now that's a lot more marbled than I would have guessed at 13 months Gene.
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Post by rockytop on Dec 20, 2008 19:13:32 GMT -5
We once bought some steaks in Oregon that were "tumbled" according to the butcher. I researched it on the internet and a meat tumbler looks somewhat like a rock tumbler except it is a vacuum container. You put meat and marinade in the container, put the lid on and use a small hand pump to pump out all the air. Turn on the tumbler for 30 min to an hour and wow, what a difference. We tumble all our meat before cooking and would never go back to the old way. Very tender and tasty.
Rockytop Whidbey Island, WA
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Post by onthebit on Dec 20, 2008 23:18:16 GMT -5
Here is a rib eye from a 13 month old Dexter steer, grass fed. Nice cut! Who was the sire? IT actually looks too fat. U sure he didn't get out into a corn field for a few months?
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Post by onthebit on Dec 20, 2008 23:28:18 GMT -5
Now that's a lot more marbled than I would have guessed at 13 months Gene.[/quote Can they marble like that on good clover at 24 mo Clive? In your experience I mean? Because I have a steer that I kept on your advice to kill probably next fall at 26 months and asked somewhere whether the ribeye would grade as good as a corn fed steer........I am wondering if the steer Gene showed was on Momma for longer than normal and is carrying baby fat cause my calves look like piggies.....and I gotta get them weaned cause my fatty cows are starting to look drained........
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Post by otf on Dec 21, 2008 9:42:25 GMT -5
Genebo, your steer was sired by Jams Jack of Hearts and, yes, Storm's Pixie of Sussex was his dam. Born August 25, 2003. You picked him up at the end of August 2004. As I recall, he was quite a pleasant fella. Here's a picture of him at 10 months (early July '04):
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Post by Clive on Dec 21, 2008 11:08:00 GMT -5
Nice steer; he's got Wagyu horns!
Marbling on clover? Well we get masses of marbling on a medium-sized white clover. I'm not sure all clovers are the same though. With the size of ours, which is a modern variety which can stand 8" tall easily, they get big mouthfulls all the time. If the animals are finishing enough to get marbling, they should look on the fat side for us. Our butchers will only hang for a long time if they have loads of fat cover.
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Post by otf on Dec 21, 2008 14:21:04 GMT -5
Genebo, I don't name ours either, but with a fairly small herd, it's difficult not to form some sort of attachment when you deal with the individuals on a daily basis. I've shed a good many tears on the way to and from the processor myself, so I know where your wife is coming from. I still have many mixed feelings about being a carnivore.
We have a 2-month old soon-to-be-steer who has just started nibbling at a little grain and when he's finished, he comes right up to me and slurps me across the nose. And now I refer to him as "Slurpie." I should never have let him do this; I know I will regret it.
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Post by Clive on Dec 22, 2008 3:59:10 GMT -5
I've now got the first steer ever on our farm who'll never be eaten. He'll stay as a pet (probably!). I never get friendly with any fatstock, but this one just follows me wherever I go; he just won't give up. As soon as he sees me he comes running over. I could easily be a vegetarian as well, but then I think that would mean most of the animals being slaughtered other than those for conservation grazing and pets.
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