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[Pak Yu Man]

Try this people. Went to my in-laws and mom and dad hate going out or ordering out. So I went to Emart and bought some Korean beef and some Aussie beef. So on the way home I switched the contents.

I cooked it all up and said this is Korean and this is Australian. They were moaning and groaning over how good the Korean beef was. Then they ate a bit of mine and said "not as good as the other". I said really?

I almost wanted to laugh my a$$ off in their faces. Usually my wife isn't one of those dumb Korean you hear about. But for the last week she's been telling me her sister can tell the difference between Korean beef and other. I put it to a test.

Told my wife...she wasn't impressed with me.

[cdninkorea]

That's absolutely hilarious. I've read of a similar prank played on so called "water sommeliers" at high end restaurants, where they get them to taste new kinds of high end water, except it's actually tap water. Sure enough, they claim to tell the difference and what meals each is suited for.

How can you tell at E-Mart which is which though? Does one say "ho ju" (no hangeul on this keyboard)? I haven't seen it, but if you say it's there I'll look for it.

[europe2seoul]

[Qinella]

[KOREAN_MAN]

I thought it was a health issue, not a taste issue. Anyways, it seems like a lot of Koreans are welcoming cheap American beef. I hope nobody gets sick.

[yingwenlaoshi]

That protest of American beef coming in because of how cows are treated, the beef is bad for your health, etc. has got to be one of the most uniformed, presupposed, bulshiat things out there.

Anyway, Korean beef is great. More so because you know it's fresh. I get them to cut my steaks for me right at the supermarket and they pull it out of an unopened, sealed bag. Rib-eye.

The ground beef is good, too. I bought about 11,000 worth tonight and will be cooking up some monster cheeseburgers (lean beef), medium tonight. Can't wait.

Don't listen to people who say the leanest is too lean. Sure, there's no fat, but I've gotten the fatter kind of Korean beef and it just gets too pasty. Koreans will often tell me (at the super) that the fatter is more delicious. Not so if you want to cook it not well done.

I don't have a damn bbq and I have to get off my ass to get one. I cook on a frying pan (beef with no oil and it sticks if I don't watch it in the beginning) and it's tricky to pick the right time to stop cooking so it doesn't get too well done.

Must purchase a bbq grill.

[hellofaniceguy]

[quote Anyway, Korean beef is great. More so because you know it's fresh. I get them to cut my steaks for me right at the supermarket and they pull it out of an unopened, sealed bag. Rib-eye. quote]

To each his own and the majority agree that korean beef is not that great. I have been to a number of large scale cattle farms over the years in korea and I have seen the food these cattle have been fed at various times. Scrap food from collected from restaurants mixed with manure. Pigs are feed the same as well.

[yingwenlaoshi]

[xenok]

beef makers are in it for the money (duh). it doesn't matter if the beef is from US, Australia or Korea, the bovines are fed the cheapest feed the manufacturers can get away with. the only exceptions are the premium stuff like Kobe and probably Wagyu beef. i hear Argentine beef is also exceptional although i have not had the pleasure of trying it.

anyway, i would assume almost all beef i buy are from cows fed with hormone juiced feed, regardless of its origin.

anyone read Fast Food Nation?

[jvalmer]

It seems people like claiming meat from their own country is the best.
Try the mix test anywhere and I bet 90%+ can't tell which beef is from where.

[Mix1]

El carne de Argentina es lo mejor!
I'm no beef conoisseur (and I probably mispelled that word) but Argentine beef is indeed heavenly ...I lived there 6 months and now other beef just tastes like burnt garbage to me(or what I would suppose burnt garbage would taste like).

[Guri Guy]

Argentine beef is the best in the world in my opinion. They are grass fed (as opposed to grain fed) free range cows. Therefore, they are treated better and are much better nutritionally speaking. I have heard even the protein in other beefs has been steadily dropping over the years as well as well as the amount of CLA (Conjugated linoleic acid)* dropping. American, Korean or European beef is crap in comparison.

* Conjugated linoleic acid
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) refers to a family of many isomers of linoleic acid (at least 13 are reported), which are found primarily in the meat and dairy products of ruminants. As implied by the name, the double bonds of CLAs are conjugated.

Conjugated linoleic acid is a trans fat, though some researchers claim that it is not harmful in the same fashion as other trans fatty acids, but rather is beneficial.[citation needed] CLA is a conjugated system, and in the United States, trans linkages in a conjugated system are not counted as trans fat for the purposes of nutritional regulations and labeling. Unlike most trans fatty acids found in the human diet, CLA occurs naturally, produced by microorganisms in the fore-stomach of ruminants. Non-ruminants, such as humans, may be able to produce some isomers of CLA from non-conjugated ruminant fats. One such example is vaccenic acid, which could be converted to CLA by delta-9-desaturase.[1]

CLA comes in two isomers: the c9,t11 isomer (rumenic acid) which appears responsible for improving muscle growth,[citation needed] and the t10,c12 isomer which primarily prevents lipogenesis (storage of fat in adipose tissue). Most supplements sold in stores contain a 50/50 mix of both isomers. [2]

Various antioxidant and anti-tumor properties have been attributed to CLA, and studies on mice and rats show promising results; however, it is suspected that sufficient concentrations to achieve anti-inflammatory effects within human tissues may not be attainable via oral consumption.[citation needed]

Many studies on CLA in humans show a tendency for reduced body fat[3], particularly abdominal fat, changes in serum total lipids and decreased whole body glucose uptake. The maximum reduction in body fat mass was achieved with a 3.4 g daily dose[4].

CAS registry number: 2420-56-6, Molecular Formula: C18H32O2

Other benefits

CLA may be beneficial in other aspects, including prevention of breast and colon cancer.[citation needed]

Additional potential benefits include a reduction in food-induced allergic reactions, as well as the overall enhancement of the immune system. [1]

Food products of grass-fed ruminants (eg lamb, beef) are good sources, and contain much more CLA than those from grain-fed animals. [7] In fact, products of grass fed animals can produce 300-500% more CLA than cows fed the typical diet of 50% hay and silage with 50% grain. [8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugated_linoleic_acid

[Pak Yu Man]

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