Recent content by DaveinMaryland

So I could end up with 150 pounds of beef that I don't like? That would suck.

Ii have no doubt Bill is a straight shooter. But even if he let me look at his animal first I obviously have no idea what I'm looking for. I'm doing this for the taste. But I also gotta be honest. I am a huge gardener. But I really can't taste the difference between the veggies I grow and the...

Yeah I got Bill's pricing and it was nothing like the 6.50 pound the locals here quoted me, but that was for a smaller amount. Bill is not far from me and I sent him a reply but it's stuck in my outbox for whatever reason. Let me know if you didn't get it Bill. Cracks me up that a thread by a...

Hey Bill, how much does half a side turn out to be in pounds once it's butchered? And can you give me an idea on how much the butchering will cost? Obviously more if I want the roasts cut into 2 pounders, right?

I checked with a local place who sells 30 pound boxes of burgers, roasts and steaks for 6.50/lb. She claims it's "cheaper than the store". Not sure what store she has been shopping at but my local one doesn't sell steaks for 6.50/lb let alone roasts and burgers.

I did some local farm raised beef pricing and it was something like 3.35/lb. Of course that includes bones, tongue etc. When you factor in the juice to run the freezer it is a marginal savings. But you folks have got me wondering about the taste difference so I may look into it for that reason.

This. I was planning on raising it until fall when the grass stops growing.

A local told me that if your steer is only grass fed all the meat will end up tasting like liver. Is that true? She recommended feeding it corn for the last few months. As for the math I'm not sure about it being a losing proposition either. A friend gave me this idea and she said it ended...

Wife was not on board with this idea in the first place. When she finds out that some of my questions were so stupid that I was called a fraud on a message board she is going to laugh her ass off at me.

OK OK I'll admit to over reacting. It's just that honesty is a hot button for me and whenever my integrity is questioned I react. To be honest I have no idea why anyone would bother to go to so much trouble messing with folks here but at my age I should know that nothing should surprise me...

I'm not niave enough to not believe that some people do that stuff. But I don't have the time to play those stupid games. If anyone thinks that I went to the trouble of registering, waiting for the approval of my application and my first few posts, and then spent a few weeks discussing all of...

I know the internet is annonymous and all but I never much cared for being called a liar regardless of the venue. But maybe that's just me.

If some of you really think that I've wasted all this time just playing with you then clearly it's time I move on. Most of you were very nice to answer my obvious naive questions. But I gotta be honest, to be called a liar and pretty much stupid for posting about how the cow gets returned kind...

So the idea is to tie a rope round the steer and then drive home in an ATV (or pickup) slowly while he walks behind? OK that's just weird is what that is.

No freaking way I'm investing in an ATV, it would take me 30 years of "free" beef to recoup that cost. But I did have a fear about just how I would recapture the steer. I envisioned myself looking like an idiot as I put a rope around a 500 pound cow and it refused to move. There are never...