Grass-Fed vs Grain-Fed Beef – What’s The Difference?

[specsaregood]

The fuck it isn't, it is a special lowline bread of cattle that is fed a specialized diet of specific grasses. And the rest usually comes from New Zealand, which has no shortage of grass.

ooooh a special breed of cattle on a specialized diet of specific grasses. Certainly not the norm for a grassfed cow. I certainly wasn't speaking about your hoity toity bioengineered beef. I have no idea what that smells or tastes like. You sound almost emotionally invested in this, why so much butthurt over whether others think grassfed cows smell like fish?

 

[specsaregood]

Added links..

your quotes say nothing about the fish smell or taste. It talks about gamey. FWIW: every bit of NZ lamb I have had, had the same fishy smell/taste. I think its the high Omega 3 content. Similarly, farm raised fish which are low in O3's aren't fishy to me.

 

[dannno]

ooooh a special breed of cattle on a specialized diet of specific grasses. Certainly not the norm for a grassfed cow. I certainly wasn't speaking about your hoity toity bioengineered beef. I have no idea what that smells or tastes like. You sound almost emotionally invested in this, why so much butthurt over whether others think grassfed cows smell like fish?

Because it is disinformation to say that grassfed beef smells like fish when it is cows hanging for too long after slaughter that causes it. There is plenty of grassfed beef that doesn't smell like fish.

It is disinformation to say that grassfed beef doesn't taste better than grain fed when a cow that has access to good pasture and is grass fed tastes much better than grain fed. SOMETIMES grain fed tends to be slightly more tender, but not all the time, and much of it has to do with preperation and cooking time when it isn't due to lack of good grasses.

I just showed you that the reason some grass fed beef doesn't taste good is because they have a diet lacking in nutrition, they need GRASS to be grass fed cows, right??

 

[dannno]

your quotes say nothing about the fish smell or taste.

YOUR quotes and links had the thing about cows hanging for too long having a fishy smell.

 

[dannno]

I hate to admit this too, but wild caught salmon just doesn't taste as good as farm raised to me either.

I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever heard that from somebody who lives in an area that has access to relatively fresh wild caught seafood anything.. You probably have the ability to get fresher farm raised salmon and so that tastes better.

 

[specsaregood]

Because it is disinformation to say that grassfed beef smells like fish when it is cows hanging for too long after slaughter that causes it. There is plenty of grassfed beef that doesn't smell like fish.

It is disinformation to say that grassfed beef doesn't taste better than grain fed when a cow that has access to good pasture and is grass fed tastes much better than grain fed. SOMETIMES grain fed tends to be slightly more tender, but not all the time, and much of it has to do with preperation and cooking time.

I just showed you that the reason some grass fed beef doesn't taste good is because they have a diet lacking in nutrition, they need GRASS to be grass fed cows, right??

It isn't disinformation, its opinion. I've had plenty of high quality grassfed beef from a variety of locations around the country, it all has that fishy smell. Like I said, perhaps you aren't sensitive to it. I've had fresh caught fish make me barf from that fishy taste, I notice it right away. Its all in the omega3s my man, its not hangtime.

 

[specsaregood]

YOUR quotes and links had the thing about cows hanging for too long having a fishy smell.

Because that's the disinformation. Do you know why they hang beef after slaughter?

 

[jj-]

Eat the one tastes better. There are much, much bigger issues in health. Avoiding platic-bottled water, with its estrogenic substances, even those that say BPA-free, would have more important effects in health.

Also, even if you eat grass-fed beef, some cuts are better than others. Organs are better than muscle meat. So if you eat a bunch of muscle meat from grass fed beef you're probably worse than someone who eats liver, tripe, bone broth from grain-fed beef.

I personally can't digest some grain-fed goat milk I tried.

 

[dannno]

Because that's the disinformation. Do you know why they hang beef after slaughter?

To drain the blood I suppose, are you saying it is the opposite?

 

[specsaregood]

I personally can't digest some grain-fed goat milk I tried.

Yeah, that's another thing. Grassfed milk and butter have that same fishy smell.

 

[specsaregood]

To drain the blood I suppose, are you saying it is the opposite?

you should look It up.

edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_(meat)

Meat hanging is a culinary process, commonly used in beef aging, that improves the flavor of meats by allowing the natural enzymes in the meat to break down the tissue through dry aging. Also, the process allows the water in the meat to evaporate to concentrate the flavor.

 

[dannno]

Eat the one tastes better. There are much, much bigger issues in health. Avoiding platic-bottled water, with its estrogenic substances, even those that say BPA-free, would have more important effects in health.

Also, even if you eat grass-fed beef, some cuts are better than others. Organs are better than muscle meat. So if you eat a bunch of muscle meat from grass fed beef you're probably worse than someone who eats liver, tripe, bone broth from grain-fed beef.

I personally can't digest some grain-fed goat milk I tried.

I disagree with this - a cow with a heavy grain diet does NOT imo have a very good fat profile, so eating high fat portions of grain fed beef is going to give you a heart attack - You'd be better off eating the grains yourself with some fruit and veggies, imo. That's why the medical establishment has been telling everybody to stop eating red meat, that is why vegetarians have better heart health than meat eaters, because animals eat so many grains.

Grass fed beef has a much better fat profile, you are better off eating the fatty organs and such but you are still better off eating the non fatty portions of grass fed beef as opposed to the fatty portions of grain fed beef.

Not to mention, if you eat grain fed beef and it isn't organic, the liver can be VERY nasty with a lot of toxic shit!! I've actually heard it recommended that you don't eat liver or organs UNLESS it is grass fed.

 

[dannno]

Yeah, that's another thing. Grassfed milk and butter have that same fishy smell.

Go to Trader Joe's and buy some super cheap 100% Irish grass fed butter... there is no fishy smell, very healthy cows with plenty of grass to eat.

 

[jj-]

I disagree with this - a cow with a heavy grain diet does NOT imo have a very good fat profile, so eating high fat portions of grain fed beef is going to give you a heart attack - You'd be better off eating the grains yourself with some fruit and veggies, imo. That's why the medical establishment has been telling everybody to stop eating red meat, that is why vegetarians have better heart health than meat eaters, because animals eat so many grains.

Grass fed beef has a much better fat profile, you are better off eating the fatty organs and such but you are still better off eating the non fatty portions of grass fed beef as opposed to the fatty portions of grain fed beef.

Not to mention, if you eat grain fed beef and it isn't organic, the liver can be VERY nasty with a lot of toxic shit!! I've actually heard it recommended that you don't eat liver or organs UNLESS it is grass fed.

The disagreement here might come down to our differences in the definition of good fat profile. What's your definition of good fat profile?

 

[specsaregood]

Go to Trader Joe's and buy some super cheap 100% Irish grass fed butter... there is no fishy smell, very healthy cows with plenty of grass to eat.

You talking about Kerrys Gold? Smells like fish when I cook with it. Or Organic Valley? Same deal. All smells fishy to me -- not the cultured stuff though. And I doubt its the hangtime.

 

[jj-]

Dannno, regarding the fat profile, you forgot a huge important part of the context.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of grassfed steaks, I've tried em from a variety of sources and they are just a bit too gamey. If I want a steak, I'll buy some corn-finished stuff and treat it like a dessert. But I don't eat steaks all that often, but we use a fair amount of groundbeef and you can't beat slankers (link above) 78%! grassfed ground beef.

So it really doesn't matter.

 

[dannno]

Think of grains like mercury poisoning. We know there are plenty of studies that show vegetarians have much lower risk of heart problems than meat eaters - vegetarians eat grains, meat eaters eat animals that eat grains. So eating grains we know is bad, but the effect seems to be MULTIPLIED when you eat animals that have a very high or all grain diet.

So a small fish intakes a small amount of mercury from their environment, then they get eaten by the dolphin and the dolphin ends up with greater concentrations of mercury, and you definitely don't want to eat the dolphin.

Think of grains the same way, or at least I do.

100% grass fed > Pastured with grain supplement > Grains themselves > Animal with a near 100% grain diet

That is why I am against grain fed meat, if i buy meat that eats grains I try to ensure that it AT LEAST has access to pastures so it can get out and forage, otherwise I feel like I'd be healthier eating rice and veggies.

Remember the poster who recently has said how their significant other has an blood sugar spike issues when eating GRAIN FED MEAT?

Why are we assuming that eating 100% grain fed meat is healthier than eating grains? These are not healthy animals, they probably aren't getting any sun or vitamin D, at least the god damn vegetables and grains get some sun!!

 

[jj-]

The best thing I've ever eaten was a grass-fed filet mignon wrapped in bacon,

And then whatever benefits you might've derived from grass-fed beef go to hell.

 

[dannno]

You talking about Kerrys Gold? Smells like fish when I cook with it. Or Organic Valley? Same deal. All smells fishy to me -- not the cultured stuff though. And I doubt its the hangtime.

I put 2 tablespoons of kerrygold in my coffee, and I put butter on my gf's corn on the cob and various other things, I'm completely convinced my gf has a better sense of smell than anybody in the world and she has never complained of a fishy smell from anything I have cooked.

 

[jj-]

It's not a matter of not knowing how to cook it, its a matter of taste. They taste differently; people have different taste preferences. I think that grassfed beef tastes a bit (definitely smells a bit) like fish. Which makes perfect sense since they have similar fat profiles.

They don't have similar fat profiles. Beef fat, even grain-fed, is less than 3% polyunsaturated. Salmon has 36% of polyunsaturated fats. That fat profile is more similar to that of a pig or a chicken.