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[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103334#msg103334 date=1414186451]
[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=10967.msg103329#msg103329 date=1414183559]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103300#msg103300 date=1414175755]
Like most game, buffalo is very low in fat.

As is beef...before it hits the feedlot and spends 120 days eating a ration heavy on corn and/or other grains. Buffalo, when fed the same ration, marble quite nicely.
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I 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.
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You can get a Holstein to grade if you feed him long enough.
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Marty, you can fatten that Holstein til the cows come home, if you will excuse the expression, but all you're going to get is stew meat and fatty ground beef.  Ain't gonna marble, son, unless you somehow get Monsanto involved.

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[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103334#msg103334 date=1414186451]
[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=10967.msg103329#msg103329 date=1414183559]
[quote author=ferrari link=topic=10967.msg103300#msg103300 date=1414175755]
Like most game, buffalo is very low in fat.

As is beef...before it hits the feedlot and spends 120 days eating a ration heavy on corn and/or other grains. Buffalo, when fed the same ration, marble quite nicely.
[/quote]

I 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.
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You can get a Holstein to grade if you feed him long enough.
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Marty, you can fatten that Holstein til the cows come home, if you will excuse the expression, but all you're going to get is stew meat and fatty ground beef.  Ain't gonna marble, son, unless you somehow get Monsanto involved.