It's As If You've Never Actually Tasted Meat Before
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If you've been wondering whether grass-fed beef really tastes different from what you get at the grocery store — this customer review answers it better than we ever could.
There are a few things going on here in Farmer Josh land...
Brand new baby Maggie doing brand new baby stuff;
Very sick toddler, followed by very sick dad, followed by recovered-highly-energetic toddler and slightly less sick dad;
Quite a few farm projects being juggled, planned, and kept moving because spring is coming and it waits for no man.
So my well of creativity runneth ever so slightly dry.....
Which is why I've decided to dip into the "Customer of the Week" well a little early this week.
That's right, that glorious day of the week where our paying customers do my job for me.
Does Grass-Fed Beef Taste Different? A Customer Review That Says It All.
Check out this brand spanking new 5 Star Google review from Cathlin B.
"I was skeptical at first but after spending $96 on 2 strip steaks I lost my mind and said I had to do something different and it needed to be someone in NYS. I had been seeing the ads for Dirty Dog Farms on Fb and figured this was the one. The name is very catchy and its a nickname my husband would joke with me about. It took approximately 2 months. Shipping was easy but the pleasantly surprised part is an understatement!!! What a difference from what we buy in the supermarket. Its as if you never actually tasted meat before until you eat this. I will be a repeat customer!!!!"
Obviously very high praise.
I mean, everyone knows our beef is really good, but can it really be THAT different?
"its as if you never actually tasted meat before until you eat this" has to be hyperbole, right?
Right?
Right?
Well, I'm glad you asked. Because I've seen the documents, and the truth is…..
Cathlin is 100% right.
Many of you actually HAVE NEVER tasted meat.
The "meat" at the store isn't real meat. Well it is "meat", but not from cows.
The Illuminati have been slowly decreasing the cow meat % since right after WWII and it trickled down to 0% during COVID.
Bit by bit. Just enough so you'd never notice.
The "where's the beef?" ad campaign was the elite playing a little joke on us because the beef really was going missing. Soylent Green was set in 2022. It's all connected. It's PEOPLE MEAT!
Lolz... sorry I was doing a bit and that got weird.
Also our Fake General Counsel has asked me to clarify that I'm joking because apparently the bar for "conspiracy theory so over the top ridiculous that it's clearly satire" has been completely reset recently and almost anything is plausibly in play now.
So let me be clear - the meat at the grocery store is real meat made of cows. NOT PEOPLE.
Why Does Grass-Fed Beef Taste So Different From the Grocery Store?
The problem with commodity beef at the store is just that it sucks.
Why Grocery Store Beef Tastes Bland — And Who's Responsible
And it sucks because the enormous majority (literally 85% or more) of beef you can acquire in this country is controlled by 4 mega corporations.
- They control the market and distribution, which means they (largely) set the prices, which means the producers they buy cattle from are incentivized to deliver heavy cattle fast and as cheap as possible. They make their money on volume and controlling costs.
- The big 4 meatpackers control the processing, where they save more money by doing things as fast and efficient as possible (like wet-aging the beef to keep every drop of water possible in there).
- Also the only quality standard we have (USDA prime/choice/select) is for marbling, while things like flavor and texture are totally ignored at mass scale.
- And they flagrantly collude with each other to be sure that they don't accidentally wind up competing for realz, and instead just pay the tiny fines when they occasionally get caught.
- Oh and then they donate absurd amounts of money to politicians to get fun little perks like the ability to self-inspect their plants.
They are basically, not very chill. And certainly not remotely interested in providing anyone with meat that tastes good or anything.
Which sucks overall.
But tbh it kinda works out for us.
What That Means the First Time You Try Ours
Because when you're used to the "beef" they're slinging, and you try our beef for the first time....
It really does seem like you've never tasted meat before.
So if you want to stock up on a freezer full of the best 100% Grass Fed Beef (made exclusively from 100% Cows) and potentially have a life changing moment of meat-clarity, all you have to do is....
— Josh
PS — well whattaya know, the creativity well runneth less dry than I thought
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