Hot Dogs and Salami
In November I decided we needed to try making a holiday product with a small amount of our beef. In order to get a USDA certified product we had to use our regular butcher and ALSO a USDA certified sausage plant which are almost 200 miles apart. Due to a comedy (or tragedy) of errors on the part of all involved, we ended up with too much, too late, and missed our holiday window. We now have a fairly large inventory of really good Hot Dogs and Salami that we need to sell. It is made from our own great beef, including the steaks and roasts (unfortunately). There are no by-products in this. It is 100% grass finished beef and the taste is terrific. This stuff is fully cooked and vacuum sealed so we can ship almost anywhere. As with all products of this type, there is a nitrite compound added as a preservative. If we sell most of this batch, we may try again and have some of it done without nitrites. The drawback is that without nitrites it has to remain frozen in storage and transport. Time will tell if we ever do it again. In the mean time, enjoy some great salami and hot dogs. They’re great with cheese and crackers, sliced for sandwiches or pizza, or added to a salad, etc.
Grass finished beef in the winter
Lately I have had a few questions about what grass finished means when we have snow and winter weather. It is obvious that there is not a supply of fresh green feed this time of year. Our cattle were doing some grazing up until the last week of December. The second week of December we started feeding some supplemental hay and now in the second week of January we are providing hay for all their feed because the snow is deep enough that all the pastures are covered. Where does our hay come from? All of our hay comes from the fields that we graze the cattle on in the summer–right here on our farm. It is the same mixture of plants that the cows get in the summer, only it has been dried and stored. Even in the winter we do not feed grain. We only use high quality hay. Look at the early part of this blog for pictures of cows last winter. I will try to get some updated photos here in the next few days.
Idaho Grass Finished Beef–why it pays to know
Do you know where your beef comes from? Do you care? Should you care? One of our loyal customers sent us this information. If you eat at fast food joints or let your kids eat school lunchs that include hamburger you may be exposing yourself and your children to this. Copy and paste this link to your browser. http://www.naturalnews.com/027872_ammonia_beef_products.html
Our hamburger is pure clean 95% lean muscle meat with no additives. The other 5% is high omega 3 content fat. I just saw a grocery store ad offering 80% lean ground beef. What’s the other 20%?
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