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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1685632" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I raised custom veal for several years. They are not fed anything but milk... maybe some straw for some roughage. The whiter the meat the more desireable. Most are killed at 3-400 lbs... the "milk fat" looking calves. Most are dairy calves that are raised in stalls that they can only get up and down. I raise mine in box type stalls... never believed in the confinement. They got all the milk they would drink...usually got them up to a 5 gal bucket a feeding. </p><p>Iron in feed or hay is what causes the meat to get the pink/red color. That is a no-no in true milk fed veal. The calves need to be iron deficient to not get the pink coloring. Sad situation.... Mine were always a light pink because of eating some straw for roughage. Otherwise you had too many scour problems. But they are supposed to get fat on the milk they consume, and they do. </p><p>If you took a 3 month calf off a real good milking beef cow, the kind that are roly poly looking on the cow, that is the kind of veal you want. It is tender enough to cut with a fork and real pale color. </p><p>To me it has next to no flavor.... very very bland. Could be why it is so popular for baby food....no strong flavors. </p><p></p><p>To each his own. I had a market for them so raised them for awhile. Had to walk a very fine line with feeding them and then the prices dropped and I quit....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1685632, member: 25884"] I raised custom veal for several years. They are not fed anything but milk... maybe some straw for some roughage. The whiter the meat the more desireable. Most are killed at 3-400 lbs... the "milk fat" looking calves. Most are dairy calves that are raised in stalls that they can only get up and down. I raise mine in box type stalls... never believed in the confinement. They got all the milk they would drink...usually got them up to a 5 gal bucket a feeding. Iron in feed or hay is what causes the meat to get the pink/red color. That is a no-no in true milk fed veal. The calves need to be iron deficient to not get the pink coloring. Sad situation.... Mine were always a light pink because of eating some straw for roughage. Otherwise you had too many scour problems. But they are supposed to get fat on the milk they consume, and they do. If you took a 3 month calf off a real good milking beef cow, the kind that are roly poly looking on the cow, that is the kind of veal you want. It is tender enough to cut with a fork and real pale color. To me it has next to no flavor.... very very bland. Could be why it is so popular for baby food....no strong flavors. To each his own. I had a market for them so raised them for awhile. Had to walk a very fine line with feeding them and then the prices dropped and I quit.... [/QUOTE]
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