Number of search results in Google news for downer cows: 462
Number of recipes for ground beef on Allrecipes.com: 1,802
Number of pounds of ground beef in the Beefy PB&J wraps on beefitswhatsfordinner.com: 1
Amount of beef recalled by the Department of Agriculture in February after a hot vid of downer cows was leaked by the Humane Society: 143 million pounds, roughly equivalent in weight to 572 million Whoppers.
Amount of that beef the government had purchased for the National School Lunch Program: 50 million pounds, roughly equivalent in weight to 21 million Peter Luger Porterhouse steaks.
Amount billed to the Chino slaughterhouse for the bad beef: $67.2 million
Amount Sao Paolo, Brazil-based JBS, the world's biggest beef producer, just dropped in cash and stocks to become the biggest American beef producer: $1.12 billion
Year that Uruguay banned feeding or implanting growth hormones in beef cattle: 1978
Year that Argentina banned growth hormones and feeding antibiotics as growth promotants: 2004
Number of years these growth hormones have been used "to help cattle efficiently convert their feed into more lean muscle" in the U.S., according to a Beef Checkoff Fact Sheet: 60 years (and counting!)
My 5 favorite beef dishes:
1. My dad's signature beef dish -- fatty tri-tip marinated in a citrus soy ginger concoction, grilled to medium rare and served with piquant fish-sauce lime juice garlic chili manna.
Number of awesome looking ragù recipes in the April 2008 issue of Saveur: 6
Number of those ragù recipes that do not call for beef: 1, a Heston Blumenthal-inspired sauce with boneless pork shoulder and, among other things, tarragon, fish sauce, ketchup, and worcestershire, star anise and coriander seeds.
*With apologies to Harper's, of course.
Number of pounds of ground beef in the Beefy PB&J wraps on beefitswhatsfordinner.com: 1
Amount of beef recalled by the Department of Agriculture in February after a hot vid of downer cows was leaked by the Humane Society: 143 million pounds, roughly equivalent in weight to 572 million Whoppers.
Amount of that beef the government had purchased for the National School Lunch Program: 50 million pounds, roughly equivalent in weight to 21 million Peter Luger Porterhouse steaks.
Amount billed to the Chino slaughterhouse for the bad beef: $67.2 million
Amount Sao Paolo, Brazil-based JBS, the world's biggest beef producer, just dropped in cash and stocks to become the biggest American beef producer: $1.12 billion
Year that Uruguay banned feeding or implanting growth hormones in beef cattle: 1978
Year that Argentina banned growth hormones and feeding antibiotics as growth promotants: 2004
Number of years these growth hormones have been used "to help cattle efficiently convert their feed into more lean muscle" in the U.S., according to a Beef Checkoff Fact Sheet: 60 years (and counting!)
My 5 favorite beef dishes:
1. My dad's signature beef dish -- fatty tri-tip marinated in a citrus soy ginger concoction, grilled to medium rare and served with piquant fish-sauce lime juice garlic chili manna.
2. Braised short ribs in the French Laundry cookbook style
3. Any ragù (see below) -- from ground chuck and green peppers to tomato-less meat sauce over pappardelle.
4. Thai-style boat noodle soup, sweetly fragranced with star anise and cinnamon, with meatballs and stewed beef.
5. A nice, thin patty cheeseburger with ketchup and mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato and red onion.Number of awesome looking ragù recipes in the April 2008 issue of Saveur: 6
Number of those ragù recipes that do not call for beef: 1, a Heston Blumenthal-inspired sauce with boneless pork shoulder and, among other things, tarragon, fish sauce, ketchup, and worcestershire, star anise and coriander seeds.
*With apologies to Harper's, of course.
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