Polkaroo Killa

All I have to say is that if I were to be reincarnated as an animal, it would be have to be a Kobe cow....ahhh what a life. Read article below:


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Industry News - PM
Top five countries for unusual meats By Lisa M. Keefe on 5/22/2009 With more fresh meats going international, it's worth taking a moment to consider the list compiled by the European flight search engine SkyScanner: the top five countries for carnivores.

It's actually a list of countries with interesting protein options among their national cuisines, so perhaps it's more of a list for omnivores than carnivores.



So,in apparently no particular order, here is SkyScanner's list and commentary:

• U.S. (Florida) — Alligator. You can tuck into an alligator steak at various restaurants in Florida. Alligator meat is said to be low in fat compared to beef or lamb, and it has a fine, light-grained texture comparable to pork or chicken.
• China — Snake. The variety of animals that the Chinese eat seems to encompass every living creature that roams the earth, air and sea, including snake-on-a-stick that can be bought from street vendors in cities like Beijing, alongside scorpion-on-a-stick and seahorse-on-a-stick.
• Slovenia — Horse burger. Horse is commonly consumed in many European, South American and Asian nations. In Slovenia, horse meat is readily available from supermarkets and restaurants. The renowned Red Hot-Horse take-away joint in capital Ljubljana offers a tasty horse burger for just three euros.
• Japan — Kobe beef. Kobe cattle are well cared-for; their diet includes beer and they are regularly massaged by hand, which produces a succulent, mouth-wateringly marbled meat. This tender loving care doesn't come cheap though; at more than $315 per pound, Kobe beef is the most expensive in the world.
• South Korea — Dog. Boshintang (dog stew) is a traditional Korean dish eaten by older Korean men who believe the meat enhances sexual stamina and virility.
• Scotland — Haggis. (A sausage made of sheep's heart, liver and lungs, combined with seasonings.) In addition to haggis, Scotland is famed for its wild venison and Aberdeen Angus beef.

shlammed

I know a guy who feeds horse meat to his 220lb great dane

and kobe beef is so rediculously mouth watering

d16y8

Not me. Raising Kobe beef:
Raising the Steaks: 2000s Archive : gourmet.com

1999blksi

where did u eat Kobe beef here in the GTA?

shlammed

some restaurant in yorkville

Adair

That was interesting to read. Don't think I'd have an appetite for some of the meats mentioned...snake, horse, dog--and just the thought of haggis (even properly addressed, hehe) isn't very appealing. It's whatever a person is used to having, I guess. You seemed to have the right idea going with the Kobe beef lifestyle.

Polkaroo Killa

I would want to try alligator, sounds appetizing

And the way they describe the life of a Kobe cow, getting massages and drinking beer its whole life, it's perfect....hahaha.

d16y8

Once more:

Polkaroo Killa

Once more, as per the article I posted above:

Japan — Kobe beef. Kobe cattle are well cared-for; their diet includes beer and they are regularly massaged by hand, which produces a succulent, mouth-wateringly marbled meat.

spike

I agree with you Dan on this one, i want to be massaged,lol.

d16y8

I'm aware. Did you read the article I posted on raising Kobe beef, where massaging can qualify as rubbing their own feces off them with a handful of hay. You said you wanted to be reincarnated as a Kobe cow, I'm just trying to give you a heads up before you get yourself involved in something that you may realize is not what you bargained for.

ashtonp24

^^I doubt he read the article. Probably saw the word beer and got excited.....

From the same article too:

“The animals were kept in some kind of crate, so there could be very little movement. They were very dirty from their own manure—and I know a dirty cow from a clean cow. It was disgusting, such a contradiction from what I’d read.”

Traditional Japanese producers, Blackmore said, raise their 1,600-pound cattle in highly confined areas. “From the time they are a week old until they are three and a half years old, these steers are commonly kept in a lean-to behind someone’s house,” said Blackmore, “where they get bored and go off their feed. Their gut stops working. The best way to start their gut working again is to give them a bottle of beer.

shlammed

those articles were probably written by some *** *** vegetatian dude from the WWF or PITA

d16y8

It was written by a man who had enjoyed a Japanese Kobe beef steak, and long story short visited a Kobe beef farm farm in Japan to see if the life of a Kobe cow was like everything he heard, so no, he was not a vegetarian, although he could have been a homosexual as the article did not specify.

bruce fee

people in major cities in japan sleep in drawers, you think cows are gonna get space?

Polkaroo Killa

Yes that's the reason I got excited

Anyways, I just used what they said in the article I posted, and made a joke about wanting to be a Kobe cow if I was reincarnated.....no need to get all serious up in this joint, and bust out articles and stats.....haha.

Now give me a damn beer!

d16y8

Well if you want live like a Kobe cow whats to stop you from locking yourself in a cage in your backyard, drinking beer and hiring a Japanese guy to come over a few times a week to massage you?

shlammed

dude

who cares what the cow is treated like

its eventually getting slaughtered to make juicy, tasty meat for us so what's the problem.

Cynikal.Mindset

if I got paid...sign me up!

d16y8

I have no problem with how the cows are treated as I am not an activist. My point through all of this has been, as still is, that one should not wish to be a Kobe cow, as it is a less than glamorous lifestyle.