+483 The good animal meat comes from the muscle, not the fat. So why stuff a thousand animals into a tiny cage with nothing to do but eat all day? Let them roam, or better yet, set up a little chicken boot camp or some sort of cow YMCA center. More humane treatment for them, better quality meat for us. amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

If they let them walk around then the chickens and cows would lose weight, which means less meat. They think about the quantity, not quality.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

High quality meat is prized for its fat content.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Then again, cows from Kobe, Japan are so fatty and delicious because they are treated very well.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*friend* how do you like your burgers? *me* mooing

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I personally like to really be able to taste the suffering in my veal.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It has a nice taste doesn't it?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Muscle makes meat tough. The fat content is what tenderizes it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Muscle = the meat. Fat is meant to be minimal, not primarily fat. If you're eating a steak and come upon a piece of fat, you're most likely going to spit it out because it's gross.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

then why is Kobe beef so sought after? it's because of its fatty, well marbled meat. you NEED fat in a steak to ensure its tenderness, it keeps in the moisture. thats why most people don't eat horse meat, its too muscular and therefore too tough. educate yo'self

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I don't know, I've never heard of Kobe beef. I know you need some fat, but most of the time you don't want too much. Maybe I'm weird and talk to weird people, because elk and buffalo are SUPER lean and they're my favorite.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yep, theres probably a reason most people eat beef, and not elk or buffalo. and kobe is a very high quality beef, you can expect to pay over $50 for one steak.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Mostly it's because unless you buy from Whole Foods buffalo and elk have to be hunted. And the reason why people don't eat horse, at least in the U.S. is that it's illegal to. I looked up Kobe and the reason why it's so expensive is that they're kinda rare, as far as meat goes because of the location standards. If you look at meat from McDonalds or KFC the meat is graded so low because of the fat content, so the higher the fat percentage the worse quality it is given.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

or because they go through 10,000 stages of processing. a nice, well marbled cut of beef is the highest grade you can get. and the elk and buffalo would be available in stores if there was a high enough demand for a lean, tough meat, which there isnt.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Elk and buffalo aren't tough. One reason they're so hard to get is that they're endangered. They're still juicy, they're just not falling apart and have a better texture. Have you ever had high quality meat? It's like the difference between getting a McDonald's burger and... anything that's high quality.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yes I've eaten buffalo and moose and stuff, it doesn't compare to a high quality beef steak.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hmm. I must say that I am the opposite. If something is lean, then any fat is does have is marbelized very evenly but it has more pure meat.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

To each their own I guess!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

This is true. Now buffalo, with less people eating it will be out of shortage and can be sold at Trader Joe's again. My thanks to you good sir.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I lol'd at the chicken boot camp part. Made me think of Chicken Run.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

cow YMCA...what mental images...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's pretty much what they are in the U.S. *rimshot*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, pretty much what everyone else said, the goal isn't to make the cows get fit or buff. Muscle makes the meat tougher and the more work the muscle does, the more tough that muscle will be. There are plenty of cows that grow up on good farms where they have tons of acres to graze upon. It's the mega industrial farms that pretty much have the factory system of producing cattle and beef.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yea companies don't give a fuck what's good for you or not good. They just wanna put out the most amount of product for as little work as possible. True with any business. Oh and watch "food inc" at least I think that's what its called

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But... But that would take money! And WORK!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32IDVdgmzKA ^for all of you meat lovers out there. Meet your meat and rethink what you eat. Vegetarianism is healthy and humane way to get the nutrients you need.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You ever wonder why they call it "humane" and not "Natural"? Because humans are the only species on earth that take guilt into account when they choose what they will live off. If you were attacked by a wolf on the hunt would you send it a youtube link to show it how terrible some humans are treated hoping that would make him rethink his meal?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hey i looked back at this but couldn't be bothered reading it all. Has anyone come up with the concept of a cow version of Village People yet?

by Anonymous 14 years ago