Eat your peas!

[Onthebit]

Well Mr. I'm going to the neighbours, the steer, has gotten out for the last time and is in the barn now...so much for my grass finnished spring steer. Our freezer is full so he is going to eat peas? Anyone know about feeding peas and barley? I heard it makes the meat delectable!

 

[Onthebit]

In one study 117 yearling heifers were fed finishing rations containing 0, 10%, 20% or 30% field peas in a corn-based diet for 76 days. There were no discernable effects on carcass traits but when a panel of expert tasters ate the beef, the field pea-finished steaks proved superior on juiciness and tenderness. It seems the effect on juiciness plateaus at about 20% field pea while it kept trending upwards to the 30% level on tenderness ratings