[Mick]

[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103334#msg103334 date=1414186451]
don't know about feedlot buffalo, but certain breeds of cattle have been bred for marbling, beef production, milk production, etc.  buffalo?  There is something called a beefalo but I have no idea of the meat quality.  Of course the way the animal is raised and fed has an impact (see Waygu) but breeding sets the potential.  You can feed Bessie all the corn you want.  She may get fat but she isn't going to produce well-marbled prime steaks.  Same applies to pigs. No matter what you feed a typical factory farm pig the meat is going to be dry and tasteless.  Ever had fried pheasant?  I have.  Once.  No matter what you do it's never going to be a free range chicken.

I don't want to be too harsh in this, but I strongly disagree with the highlighted comment.  Pork loin, pork chops and of course spareribs are some of the tastiest meat you can have.  I have a slight preference for beef, but I LOVE pork!

P.S.  "free range" anything is dryer and less tasty than grain fed, IMHO.
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Looooove bacon.  Like ham.  Can't take pork, but that probably has to do with the fact that my military brat stepmother made pork chops once a week that were basically inedible.

[Mick]

[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103334#msg103334 date=1414186451]
don't know about feedlot buffalo, but certain breeds of cattle have been bred for marbling, beef production, milk production, etc.  buffalo?  There is something called a beefalo but I have no idea of the meat quality.  Of course the way the animal is raised and fed has an impact (see Waygu) but breeding sets the potential.  You can feed Bessie all the corn you want.  She may get fat but she isn't going to produce well-marbled prime steaks.  Same applies to pigs. No matter what you feed a typical factory farm pig the meat is going to be dry and tasteless.  Ever had fried pheasant?  I have.  Once.  No matter what you do it's never going to be a free range chicken.

I don't want to be too harsh in this, but I strongly disagree with the highlighted comment.  Pork loin, pork chops and of course spareribs are some of the tastiest meat you can have.  I have a slight preference for beef, but I LOVE pork!

P.S.  "free range" anything is dryer and less tasty than grain fed, IMHO.
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Looooove bacon.  Like ham.  Can't take pork, but that probably has to do with the fact that my military brat stepmother made pork chops once a week that were basically inedible.