Originally Posted by
jbcarioca
The cows are different too. Brazilian cows are derived mostly from Indian breeds that evolved for high temperatures and were imported to Brazil mostly from Goa, with Garcia d'Avila being the first major importer. Rib eye comes mostly from very sedentary temperate climate beasts, mostly matured in closed lots. That process is uncommon in Brazil so the seriously unhealthy cuts are harder to find.
Not to argue.... but the pest Rib Eyes come from the not closed lots beasts that feed out in the pastures. Granted, non feed lot beef is getting harder to find (sadly) even in Argentina and Uruguay, one has the darned Soybean to blame for that... in any event, if you can find a proper Rib Eye from a grass fed animal then its probably the most orgasmic beef experience there is....
