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Wining cows create better cut of steak
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Elizabeth St. John
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: Life & Style
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Herbaceous mint? Spicy biscuity oak? This is beginning to sound like my grandmother's apartment to me.
The farmers claim feeding the cows wine sweetens the meat, improves the color of the beef and prolongs its shelf life. And the wine-infused cow-steaks retail for about $93. I think I'll stick with my Wal-Mart steak and invest in some sugar and food coloring, thank you.
The farmers also seem concerned about the happiness of the cows, although they are just going to the slaughterhouse. John McLeod, the director of all this wine nonsense, is convinced that wine-fed cows are happier. "They genuinely seem to like it-their appetite has increased since we introduced the wine and it has a relaxing effect," he said. Well, yeah! The cows are getting tipsy! Of course they're relaxed and happy.
And the people who produce the wine that is being fed to the cows are just as happy as the cows are that their product is going into such a project. "We consider it a compliment to the quality of our wine," said Kate Dermody, marketing coordinator for the Chestnut Grove vineyard. "To have these cows drink our wine is quite literally putting the ultimate match of food and wine together." Gross.
I wonder what the outcome of the steaks would be like if the farmers used Boone's Farm. The cow farmers and the wine sellers are on to something really: money.
The farmers get the cows drunk and then they slaughter them. The cows are busy listening to music, enjoying a massage and having a drink, and then BAM! It's all over for the cows.
So, the next time you're listening to music and your date offers you a massage and a drink, beware…
Elizabeth St. John is a senior staff writer for The Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every Monday.
The farmers claim feeding the cows wine sweetens the meat, improves the color of the beef and prolongs its shelf life. And the wine-infused cow-steaks retail for about $93. I think I'll stick with my Wal-Mart steak and invest in some sugar and food coloring, thank you.
The farmers also seem concerned about the happiness of the cows, although they are just going to the slaughterhouse. John McLeod, the director of all this wine nonsense, is convinced that wine-fed cows are happier. "They genuinely seem to like it-their appetite has increased since we introduced the wine and it has a relaxing effect," he said. Well, yeah! The cows are getting tipsy! Of course they're relaxed and happy.
And the people who produce the wine that is being fed to the cows are just as happy as the cows are that their product is going into such a project. "We consider it a compliment to the quality of our wine," said Kate Dermody, marketing coordinator for the Chestnut Grove vineyard. "To have these cows drink our wine is quite literally putting the ultimate match of food and wine together." Gross.
I wonder what the outcome of the steaks would be like if the farmers used Boone's Farm. The cow farmers and the wine sellers are on to something really: money.
The farmers get the cows drunk and then they slaughter them. The cows are busy listening to music, enjoying a massage and having a drink, and then BAM! It's all over for the cows.
So, the next time you're listening to music and your date offers you a massage and a drink, beware…
Elizabeth St. John is a senior staff writer for The Arkansas Traveler. Her column appears every Monday.
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