Modern Forager

Back in January, a friend sent me a copy of The Farmer and The Grill…A Guide to Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat…and for saving the planet one bite at a time by Shannon Hayes. It got packed up in the shuffle of moving and I finally remembered to get it out and read [...]

Tags: beef, chicken, grass-fed, lamb, meat, pork, recipes, red meat

But we swear it’s not because they are ineffective! Mumps shots didn’t fully protect in 2006 - ‘Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006 had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another [...]

Tags: Alzheimer's, beef, caffeine, dairy, dementia, meat, obesity, red meat, trans fat

Tonight’s dinner was boiled beef tongue. Here is a quick step-by-step to making a delicious beef tongue.
First, you thaw the beef tongue, put it in a big pot, and cover it with water. Next, add an onion, a stalk of celery, and herbs of your choosing. The first time I made this [...]

Tags: beef, meat, Recipes and Cooking, red meat, tongue

Last night, I had a package of grassfed beef liver thawed, but wasn’t really in the mood for plain ol’ liver and onions with mustard. So I grabbed a trusty can of El Pato out of the pantry and started creating. I sauteed two medium onions and then added the liver (1.5lbs). [...]

Tags: beef, coconut, coconut cream, El Pato, liver, meat, Recipes and Cooking, red meat, sweet potato

I’m sure everyone saw this news release a few days ago titled Mediterranean diet cuts mortality rates, says study. Here comes the media darling again!
Eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish instead of meat, not to mention olive oil rather than saturated fats, is generally accepted to be good for you, but only a [...]

Tags: beef, grain, legumes, meat, Mediterranean Diet, olive oil, Paleo, red meat, seafood, Sugar and Fake Foods, trans fat

Via The Ethicurean: E. coli Loophole Cited in Recalls
Think about this the next time you purchase your beef in the supermarket:
One federal inspector calls it the “E. coli loophole.” Another says, “Nobody would buy it if they knew.”
The officials are referring to the little-discussed fact that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed it acceptable [...]

Tags: beef, children, E.coli, Fast Food Nation, grass-fed, red meat, school lunch

I just had a short article and set of recipes published in Issue 33 of the Performance Menu called Absolutely Offal. You can grab just my article here if you aren’t a subscriber to the PM (which I’ll remind you again is an excellent way to spend $30).
You’ll find the following recipes in this [...]

Tags: beef, heart, kidney, liver, organ meats, tongue

My Big Beef with Cloned Cattle
This is an article I ran across yesterday on Live Science, a great website by the way, on cloning. The author looks at this FDA decision from several angles that I hadn’t considered. One thing I had considered, which Mr. Wanjek also makes note of, is the lack [...]

Tags: beef, cloning, FDA

Meat and milk from cloning are safe, 2 FDA scientists say
This article is about a week old…sorry, I’ve been busy with alot of stuff. So the FDA has determined that consuming meat and milk from cloned animals is safe. For some reason, that doesn’t give me the warm and fuzzies. The FDA [...]

Tags: beef, cloning, FDA