What are you eating today?

[Named'em Tamed'em]

This is one order of Chicken Fried steak split in two at the 5 pt Cafe and Bar in Seattle (in the shadow of the Space Needle), classic 24 hr dinner . Its been there for 95 years open 24/7. Happy hour cheese burger and fries is $3.99.

 

[Ky hills]

My second bowl of vegetable beef stew.
Roast is from our latest beef, melt in your mouth tender

 

[MurraysMutts]

My second bowl of vegetable beef stew.
Roast is from our latest beef, melt in your mouth tender View attachment 52143

That looks good!!
Plenty of beef. And just the right amount of not beef.

 

[greybeard]

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Razor clam fritters and Dungeness crab Rangoon

 

[Ky hills]

Christmas Eve supper, not exactly traditional Appalachian food, but still really good.
Baked beans, broccoli and rice casserole are recipes from wife's family in Oklahoma.
The potato casserole recipe is one my mother found later and not a family one.
She fixed it a lot when having guests over for a meal.
The ham is a Kentucky Legend smoked ham. Pretty good.
My family always had salt cured country hams, but wife doesn't like those.

 

[Dave]

Too much assorted candy and cookies. Various neighbors have been stopping by with too many Christmas goodies.

 

[Ky hills]

Too much assorted candy and cookies. Various neighbors have been stopping by with too many Christmas goodies.

My mother used to make soft caramel candy, pull candy, peanut butter fudge and we'd take some around to friends and businesses.
Wife and I went to grocery to a few last minute things and she took some chocolate chip cookies she made to drop off at a church friends house but there were several vehicles there so we didn't stop as we didn't want to interrupt their family gathering.
I've always enjoyed that part of Christmas with people stopping by bringing food. It's not done as much here anymore

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Tough to beat winter Dungeness crab season, 10 minutes to the boat ramp. I'll probably have a crab hangover tomorrow.

 

[Ouachita]

Tough to beat winter Dungeness crab season, 10 minutes to the boat ramp. I'll probably have a crab hangover tomorrow.
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Never even heard of that, but adding it to my bucket list; "Crab Hangover!"

 

[Stonewall Joe]

Christmas Eve supper, not exactly traditional Appalachian food, but still really good.
Baked beans, broccoli and rice casserole are recipes from wife's family in Oklahoma.
The potato casserole recipe is one my mother found later and not a family one.
She fixed it a lot when having guests over for a meal.
The ham is a Kentucky Legend smoked ham. Pretty good.
My family always had salt cured country hams, but wife doesn't like those.


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Salt cured hams are the best!!

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Went out Christmas morning and pulled 3 more limits (15) total.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

I'm jealous!! Looks delicious.

 

[Travlr]

Went out Christmas morning and pulled 3 more limits (15) total.View attachment 52489

We usually have crab for New Years Eve but this year we haven't bought any. I think this year it will be shrimp. Bon appetit!

 

[jshep]

Which is better eating steer, bull or cow just wondering on your thoughts ??? I don't think their is any.

 

[Travlr]

Which is better eating steer, bull or cow just wondering on your thoughts ??? I don't think their is any.

Steers tend to marble easier. Bulls have longer, leaner, more muscular carcasses. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think heifers tend to finish quickly.

I used young bulls for my own table as an economy strategy mostly. They gain faster on less feed and provide more pounds of meat.

But the differences are negligible. They might matter on an individual basis enough to create a preference, but the accumulated differences in masses of individuals only matter greatly to feedlots.

They all taste great when prepared properly and to your taste.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Which is better eating steer, bull or cow just wondering on your thoughts ??? I don't think their is any.

I've raised several heifers for beef, they fatten well. They typically hang a bit lighter than their brothers.

 

[Ky hills]

Which is better eating steer, bull or cow just wondering on your thoughts ??? I don't think their is any.

If you are talking cuts of meat, steaks, roasts etc, then steer or heifer under 2 years would probably be the reliable best.
We prefer under 18 months at process time and finished on grain for 3-4 months
We have had young bulls, 17 and 18 months processed and we thought it was real good with no discernible difference to us from a steer. I think any older and a difference maybe more noticeable
We have also had an older cow processed too. She was fed out like we would a steer and just pulled right out of field and processed. We were initially just going to get it the meat from the older cow all ground into hamburger, but the processor thought that with her being in good condition that steaks and roasts would be good. The steaks were good flavored but a little chewy for my liking even when cooked fairly rare.
The roasts however were really good. The hamburger has been good from all.
We've also processed a couple 2 year heifers. One never did get bred so I fed her out and everything was good from it.
Another had calved but didn't have milk. She was in just pasture condition coming out of winter before grass really came on,
Timing was an issue with that one as the processor we used at time was closing down for a while and I only had a month to feed her. She wasn't in as good of condition as I like. I like a lot of finish on them. Steaks from it were tough, roasts and hamburger was still good though.
I think getting the right condition is the main factor, followed by age if looking for better steaks.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

it was a bit sporty out there today with 22mph winds in the 13ft Whaler.

 

[greybeard]

Which is better eating steer, bull or cow just wondering on your thoughts ??? I don't think their is any.

The best beef I ever ate was some a neighbor brought me, from a young intact bull (Char/Simm cross.) Brought me some more 3 years later, obviously from a different young bull and it was barely edible and he even said so. Both were from drought years and from same sire/dam.