Since the time we sold our meat store the little “secrets” we had about those “special” cuts we used to take home for our meals are now common knowledge as you will realize when you read on. No, owning a … Continue reading
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To understand what piece of meat we should buy we have to analyze the “what is what” and the “where does it come from” first. So here we break down a side of beef and show you the most desired … Continue reading
I have to share this one: It happened on the Autobahn by Friedberg, north of Frankfurt and was all over the news. Click here for the original report as published by Reuters. Frozen Sauerkraut causes chaos on Autobahn Tuesday morning … Continue reading
Interested in our “Recipes” section? Together with this blog I also edit the Bavaria 4 U blog, which is all about that beautiful region of Germany. This blog also includes a section about the food there. Some of the articles … Continue reading
Many years ago, I worked at a meat wholesaler where we had a commercial Jaccard machine, with multiple rows of blades. It was used on lower grade beef rib eyes, they were punched (jaccarded) and marinated, then shaped and frozen … Continue reading
Interactive Meat Case, the cuts of beef in the meat counter. This will be a very informative but extremely short post, as I will only publish a link here. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has an extensive website at ‘beefiswhatsfordinner.com‘ … Continue reading
As I am getting older and not in the meat store anymore, I actually enjoy what we used to call a bus drivers holiday. For those of you not familiar with this expression, that is when a city bus driver … Continue reading
Some of the information in this article comes from the official USDA government web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/inspection_&_grading/index.asp USDA inspection is mandatory on all meats which are slaughtered in federal plants and are sold in your meat market(s), even state inspection … Continue reading
What is food safety and safe handling all about and how to avoid cross contamination. With all the horror stories you hear about nowadays most of us tend to be over cautious and actually afraid. So here I listed a … Continue reading
Going back to the 1980’s in an episode of the then popular TV sitcom “The Facts of Life” the debonair character of Blair Warner was asked what Steak Tartare is, she answered: “A Whopper, hold the heat!” (At that time … Continue reading