Bovine Adjustments

Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to talk about interesting food preferences as I get older!

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Bovine Adjustments

First, I apologize I don't have seemingly any food photos LOL but this is about food! :D

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Have you gotten something that you thought was going to be good, but just wasn't..?

I know that my tastes have evolved over the years. I've been into a lot of different things in the food realm, where a lot of it has thankfully been pretty healthy. One of the things I've been doing more recently is trying to consume more meat and less grains so that my inflammation levels go down and it's been really good for a lot of areas for me!

Living in America, we sadly tend to get a lot of fucked up stuff going on. One of the big areas that really bothers me, and there are several, is the food that most people consume. The fast food, utter dumpster garbage that is fed to millions of people every day. Ultra processed, fried and processed in the worst industrial lubricants man can produce, known as seed oils, and you've got one hell of a recipe for some poor health outcomes.

Having known this for a long time, one of the things I've been doing is really tried to change and improve my diet. There are certainly times where I'm better at it than other times, but for the most part I am doing pretty well with it which is great. One of the things that I have had issues with though is inflammation especially around my joints, so I've been looking for ways to reduce that as much as I can. I've largely removed peanut butter and gluten, which has helped tremendously!

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Getting more into the meat side of things.. I've been eating a lot more steak and chicken than I have in a really long time, since I was living in my parents house really. That's because steak, if you get it directly from a good source like a meat market butcher, can be incredibly healthy for you! The funny part about it as well is that I've been buying the most inexpensive cuts of it because I can't really afford the fancy stuff, so I've really enjoyed that.

The other day I decided to splurge.. and get one of the more expensive cuts! It was a porterhouse steak with the bone. I cooked that shit up the way I normally do for my steaks... and it was disgusting LOL it was way too fatty! I was appalled. I for sure finished it, because that fucker was expensive but I was also really annoyed but laughing at the same time!

In my desire to consume more meat.. I was getting the "cheaper" cut of beef which also ends up being the leanest part of the cuts they do. I am going to continue to shop around the different ones on display, such as this weekend I'll move over to a Delmonico or one of the other steak cuts but good old London Broil for me is the best! It's super lean, incredibly delicious and has the perfect flavor. Not too fatty, not too lean. I'm wondering if it's end up tasting more like game meat than anything which would be cool, because I want to go hunting in the near future.

I found it really funny though that the "fancy" cut of the meat, and the one with more fat on it, was actually far less appealing for me because I'm not interested in consuming giant hunks of grain-fed fat. Animal fat is incredibly nutritious and I actually cook all of my steak in bacon grease, but there is for sure a limit. I am not interested in consuming giant pieces of fatty meat. I think that's one of the weirder parts of the American style for beef consumption: the focus on more fat is better. No it ain't! LOL

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What about you, have you found something that you were interested in trying because it was more expensive, but it ended up being gross? Let me know in the comments!

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Hi @cmplxty

This post is NOT appropriate for this community. You could share it in a livestock or agricultural community.

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I'm curious, did you read it or just went by the photo? Because it isn't cooking, but it is for sure about food preferences?

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Foodie is for recipes and cooking, from what I understand:D

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Eh, I think they were bent out of shape on my photo

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Well, you are not cooking in your photos though xD

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Ha, Ha, you were down voted for discussing beef. I was banned from the Foodies tribe for a chicken and dumplings recipe.

Food is politics and it appears that foodies is controlled by a few radical vegans.

It would be fun to have a tribe that allowed people to discuss all aspects of cooking and nutrition.

As for myself, I believed strongly in the food pyramid. My waistline ballooned on a diet dominated by whole grains and veggies. I used just enough seed oils to keep the veggies from sticking to my teflon coated pan.

I decided to replace the highly processed seed oils with whole fats and have lost some weight as a result.

One thing I learned in researching fats is that the human body is poor at digesting carbs. It turns out that the body turns carbs into fat.

The body is adept at processing whole fats. The human body will turn the marbleized fat found in expensive steaks into energy and will expel what it does not need.

I've found that a small piece of an expensive steak will give me long term energy.

The grisly parts of meat contain collagen ... which has health benefits. I buy cheap meat and cook it low and slow.

The Food That Surprised Me

I discovered that my body responds well to bone morrow. I've started making stews with grisly meats and morrow bones. I include onions, potatoes, beans and pineapple. Pineapple has an enzyme that breaks down meat.

The stew is extremely rich but I seem to lose weight when I eat it.

!WINE

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That's awesome! I've gotten a really good appetite for bone broth the last year or so, I drink it all the time in the winter and whenever I'm feeling under the weather.

I for sure agree with you on the grains and seed oils. I eat some of it still but try to minimize it as much as I can. My wife sadly refuses to get the message which is tough.

We for sure turn fat into energy I've noticed that for a long time. Although I prefer the leaner cuts of meat by far, I have been trying to get the more expensive ones here and there so I can get the fat. Cooking it in bacon fat also helps add an extra dash!

Vegans are for sure frustrating because it's a cult for many of them. You are on board or you're dead to them, it's quite surprising. I've not seen many other groups like that and I wonder why they seem to enjoy the cult behavior. Funny thing is - the person down voted and won't respond to my comment lol

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I don't fault Foodies United for their ideology. I used to support radical vegetarianism until I encountered people who had malnourished kids because of their beliefs.

I admit, I put my faith in the food pyramid and went decades without touching butter, whole milk or cream. I would eat only lean meat on the rare times that I ate meat. I shot up to about 260 lbs.

I also finally accepted that my faith in the food pyramid was misplaced.

I remember that I craved the fatty portion of steaks as a kid ... when I was still thin. It is probably the thing where one's body has to be acclimated to the fatty meet.

BTW: The beef equivalent of lard is tallow. Some people swear by it. It is currently too expensive. I tried making it from suet, with limited success. It is possible to find tallow that is kosher or halal.

People adhering to the kosher and halal traditions are also ideological about food and cringe at the term lard.

!BEER

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I started a grilling and smoking community a while ago and beef is more than welcome in there! My only stipulation is that you are grilling or smoking it. I don't even care what kind of fuel you use as long as it is outdoors and a flame is involved.

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I've been using a rocket stove with either a wok or a dutch oven. The rocket stove is too intense for grilling. The stoves produce less smoke than a campfire; but it is for outdoor cooking.

!WINE

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That's cool. Sounds really interesting!

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Really enjoyed what you shared about how taste changes over time so fascinating

I’ve noticed the same thing myself, I’ve started to prefer cleaner, leaner cuts because they give me the real taste of the meat without all those fatty layers that cover up the flavor.

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Yeah it's a funny and weird thing how our tastes evolve! I'm glad you enjoy the leaner cuts as well, I think it's better for us!

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I'm going to McDonalds for a Big Mac and fries later...I'm going to post it in this community.

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Hahaha rock on bro!

I haven't had McDonalds in years. The last place I got it was in New York in maybe 2008?-ish? Lol. That's not food :D

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Neither have I and neither will I. It was a joke. The fact it's not food and it's not content suitable was the joke. Never mind.

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Yeah I hear you man, I honestly didn’t know if you ate that stuff and sadly more people do than don’t.

I fumbled the joke lol fail

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lol this is the group that muted me for posting the link of the recipe I had used, and therefore shared one photo that wasn't mine. I was in the hospital, having a miscarriage, my bad! 🤣

Anyway, I wouldn't bother. As for your post, I can agree entirely. My preferences have changed a lot; I was eating microwavable garbage up until my late 20s! 😅 Ever since cooking my own food, I've had the chance to experiment a lot with meat. I'm still trying to decide whether I like going pan-less, or a pan of water while cooking in the oven. People say water makes it more tender, fat dissolves, right?...

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Yeah I'm good with posting in this one lol seems overrun with vegans. Can't offend them or you're toast!

Are you cooking like a roast in the oven? I haven't done that in a long time! Especially since we found the Instapot pressure cooker. Those things are absolutely amazing!

I hear you on the really unhealthy stuff. Sadly it's "convenient" but convenience kills way faster in the long run.

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I honestly just came here for the comments after noticing the downvote...

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Hahaha I think that attracted more than just you!

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