When I was a kid I got to go live on a farm outside of Monroe, Wa. It was just for 2 weeks, but I learned what real milk and butter tasted like and where it came from. .The same with eggs and chickens. I also watched a mooskie give birth. Of course as a city kid I had no idea before this adventure. Years later I'm panning for GOLD, ya sure at Nason Creek. Many folks came up and asked me ??, I was just doing it for fun. Turned out one of the guys and I got to talking and he had just been at a Monroe class reunion and knew the farm and folks I had visited back when I was in 2nd grade...It is really a small world, and good folks everywhere. Keep that in mind....Eh?
My wife grew up on a dairy farm. As a teen she raised a showed a cow for 4H. Don't know if she cuddled with her cow, but she did name it daffodil.
Interestingly, dairy farmers always have beef to eat - despite their cows being raised for dairy rather than beef. (as an aside - I can now tell the difference in taste between the two).
Anyway - several years later, my father in law made a matter of fact statement - in the middle of the meal - to my wife - "we're eating Daffodil".
Usually the dairy cows end up as burger when they are through their milking years. Or sometimes they have to put one down for some reason, and the meat is safe to eat.
I read in the local paper this morning that the number of farms in the US had declined but the acreage of the remaining farms is increasing. I wish that we could go back to the time when the majority of the American population lived in rural areas (and not cities). We'd certainly have a lot less crime and far more respectful, keep your opinion to yourself people out there.
And of course, this would not include the advent of the f*ckin' Internet.
Some of the best beef I've bought came from a dairy. I don't know what they did, but the steaks were awesome, the roast came out like a prime rib. Been buying ranch beef lately, still so much better than ANYTHING you get in a store, and I know EXACTLY where it comes from, and who's been feeding it and what. No hormones, or other weird stuff.
When I was a kid I got to go live on a farm outside of Monroe, Wa. It was just for 2 weeks, but I learned what real milk and butter tasted like and where it came from. .The same with eggs and chickens. I also watched a mooskie give birth. Of course as a city kid I had no idea before this adventure.
ReplyDeleteYears later I'm panning for GOLD, ya sure at Nason Creek. Many folks came up and asked me ??, I was just doing it for fun. Turned out one of the guys and I got to talking and he had just been at a Monroe class reunion and knew the farm and folks I had visited back when I was in 2nd grade...It is really a small world, and good folks everywhere.
Keep that in mind....Eh?
Hey Bluebell just dreaming how good you're gonna taste with savory relish.
ReplyDeleteThat's a milk cow, not a beef cow. Maybe Bluebell ice cream for dessert.
DeleteMy wife grew up on a dairy farm. As a teen she raised a showed a cow for 4H. Don't know if she cuddled with her cow, but she did name it daffodil.
DeleteInterestingly, dairy farmers always have beef to eat - despite their cows being raised for dairy rather than beef. (as an aside - I can now tell the difference in taste between the two).
Anyway - several years later, my father in law made a matter of fact statement - in the middle of the meal - to my wife - "we're eating Daffodil".
Usually the dairy cows end up as burger when they are through their milking years. Or sometimes they have to put one down for some reason, and the meat is safe to eat.
DeleteI read in the local paper this morning that the number of farms in the US had declined but the acreage of the remaining farms is increasing. I wish that we could go back to the time when the majority of the American population lived in rural areas (and not cities). We'd certainly have a lot less crime and far more respectful, keep your opinion to yourself people out there.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, this would not include the advent of the f*ckin' Internet.
Some of the best beef I've bought came from a dairy. I don't know what they did, but the steaks were awesome, the roast came out like a prime rib. Been buying ranch beef lately, still so much better than ANYTHING you get in a store, and I know EXACTLY where it comes from, and who's been feeding it and what. No hormones, or other weird stuff.
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