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Banana Bender
Joined: 24 Jun 2003
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Wylde ,
Haemi has a free range farm involving cattle . It has to be about 4,ooo acres from what I could see . Unfortunately , they had to clear every tree on the place to do it . |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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ok. i will quiz my friend when i see him this week...
we didn't talk about it in detail but when i thought about it.... during my travels thoughout korea in cars, busses and trains i couldn't recall seeing 1 cow... up the blues! |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Cows seem to be treated a little better, and ironically domestic beef is almost twice the cost of imported beef. |
a friend of mine who has lived here for 20 years brought up a good argument when i asked about korean beef.. he said, have you ever seen a cow in a paddock when you travel around korea? the land is needed for rice production.. they sit in a small stall and they're fed grain all their life and would be lucky to eat grass once.
this is only hearsay but i have never seen 1 when i come to think about it |
I've seen cows in the country. Southern Kyunggi Do and in some parts of Kangwondo. Also not sure what the province is after Kyunggi do, but when I went down there, there were some cow farms.
Here is the thing about why cows are good to free range: They poop all over and that makes the soil better. Or farmers can bag that poop and make extra money.
If most Korean cows are in pens, I'd like to know why the beef is SO expensive compared to IMPORTED. I mean we have crappy Korean cars being cheaper than imports...wouldnt domestic products be cheaper? |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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the cars are cheaper than (hugely taxed) imports to protect korean business...
my friend just bought up a reason why korean beef is crappy.. i haven't seen a cow except for 1 in nagan folk village (it looked like it hadn't walked a step in 2 years either) in near 2 years..
i'm not sure it is more expensive but if it is it is probably because koreans think anything they have is better than imported stuff.. so they will pay more for it... and maybe the extreme shortage of korean beef is another reason why the prices are higher than the more easily available imported product. which is different to cars where they have too many korean cars..
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| this is only hearsay but i have never seen 1 when i come to think about it |
i don't really know the answer here.. all i was saying is what my friend said seemed likely.. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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| tsgarp wrote: |
| If you could eat any exotic animal, what would it be? I've already stated manatee. They float in water, eat veggies all day and swim very slowly. It seems like the meat should be very tender and not gamey at all. I'd also like to try any number of antelope but not gnu. Gnus just look nasty but an impala, that's gotta be good. Sea turtles had a great reputation with sailors or old and anytime I see porcupine on a nature show I get curious. It's gotta be tasty under all them quills, why else would a lynx risk getting stuck to get to it? |
Well, to be honest, the most exotic thing I have ever eaten was a chicken
flavored cracker. But, according to the package, it was 100% meat free. |
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