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post #16 of 19
1/23/09 at 3:02am
I went to Donovan's recently, considered the best steak house in san diego, and was irked to see that thier meat was corn fed.
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post #17 of 19
1/23/09 at 6:47am
honest question, and sorry for being off topic.

If beef cuts like filet are tender and prized because they dont do much work (and Kobe even more so), why do we like free range chicken?

Ok, fine there is the "how animals are treated" aspect, but wont all that running around make my chicken tougher?

K
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post #18 of 19
1/23/09 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by VKK3450 View Post
honest question, and sorry for being off topic.

If beef cuts like filet are tender and prized because they dont do much work (and Kobe even more so), why do we like free range chicken?

Ok, fine there is the "how animals are treated" aspect, but wont all that running around make my chicken tougher?

K
Because different meats are cooked differently. Well done cooking tends to work better with muscles having some toughness at the beginning. Think about pot roasts. Always well done, and a tough meat. You would never cook a filet well done. Muscles used more tend to have more flavor, which is also important with longer cooking times.
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post #19 of 19
1/23/09 at 1:06pm
^ Yea, but thats different cuts within the same animal. My question was more about why we would encourage the whole animal to run around more, thereby using all muscles relatively more, thereby increasing the overall toughness of the whole bird compared to one which is battery farmed.

I know the answer is that its a) ethical and b) the activity may produce a more flavourful bird. But It may not be more tender

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