Can you actually taste the difference between US and Australian beef?
Mar 15, 2006 | 12:32 am
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Yes (and no). Australian beef is mostly grass fed and not fattened up on a feed lot. This accounts for much of the taste difference. It is also less fat, and tougher. I happen to prefer it. Some specialty ranchers in the US do sell US beef that is raised and finished the same way, and it tastes much like Australian beef. However this kind of US beef is less than 1% of the market and hard to find (and 5x the price of Australian beef). Argentinian beef is markedly better than Australian or US beef (there I suspect it is a genetic difference along with the growing conditions).
Mar 15, 2006 | 7:43 pm
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Perhaps my palate isn't refined enough, but I've never tasted a difference in beef I've had in ANY country whether it be Australia, Argentina, GB, US, Canada, wherever.
...now let's talk about BEER. There a difference THERE.
...now let's talk about BEER. There a difference THERE.
Mar 16, 2006 | 5:09 am
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On a similar note, visited west coast of the US last week and ate in what I thought were pretty good restaurants including Michael's in LA and Bouchon in Vegas. Had US steak in both I believe and although they were cooked perfectly, it lacked flavour.
Maybe its the legacy of mad cow or what my taste buds are used to, but I think UK beef has more beefy flavour
Maybe its the legacy of mad cow or what my taste buds are used to, but I think UK beef has more beefy flavour
Mar 16, 2006 | 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by samuelhon
...Maybe its the legacy of mad cow or what my taste buds are used to, but I think UK beef has more beefy flavour
Mar 16, 2006 | 12:38 pm
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I sure can taste the difference between US/Canada Beef and Australian Beef. No joke about it. I was raised on/and still live on a Canadian ranch. 
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