John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Are beef franks bad for you?

Ball Park Beef Franks are made of much more than beef. In fact, corn syrup is listed as the third ingredient. There are also scary-sounding ingredients like potassium lactate, sodium phosphate and sodium diacetate — but don’t worry, they’re just flavor enhancers and preservatives and safe to eat. If you think opting for a turkey …

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Why beef is the best meat?

One of the best health benefits of beef meat is that it contains a substantial amount of heme iron. The best source of all?, and beef liver. Interestingly, anemia disproportionately affects females. Perhaps this isn’t a huge surprise when we think about how society seems to shame women who eat meat. This is why the …

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Why beef is not sustainable?

Here are 10 reasons why the meat and dairy industry is unsustainable: 1. Deforestation Farm animals require considerably more land than crops to produce a given amount of food energy. In Central America alone, 40 percent of all rainforests have been cleared in the last 40 years for cattle pasture to feed the export market …

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Why beef prices high?

Beef prices have been driven up recently by worker shortages, supply chain disruptions, drought in cattle country, and accelerating consumer demand. Beef and veal prices increased 0.4 percent from January to February 2021, while other meat prices increased 0.2 percent. The meat price increases were driven by high feed costs and strong domestic and international …

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Does beef fat go rancid?

Birds will eat the fat of cattle, hogs and other animals. However, the fatty food most commonly fed backyard birds is beef fat also known as suet. The very best suet is found around the kidneys and loins of cattle. When rendered, this fat won’t become rancid or melt in warm weather as quickly as …

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Are beef cheeks good?

Adam Stratton, head butcher at Tender Gourmet Butchery, breaks it down: ” Beef cheeks are the facial cheek of the animal. Because it’s quite a used muscle, the cow uses it to chew cud, there’s quite a bit of sinew when they come into a butcher which we then trim off to give you a …

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