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Page 119
... beef lost its price advantage over pork ; and per capita beef consumption fell from a peak of 67.1 pounds at the turn of the century to 54.9 pounds in 1940. The rangeland beef boom had greatly narrowed the difference be- tween pork and beef ...
... beef lost its price advantage over pork ; and per capita beef consumption fell from a peak of 67.1 pounds at the turn of the century to 54.9 pounds in 1940. The rangeland beef boom had greatly narrowed the difference be- tween pork and beef ...
Page 124
... beef and noth- ing but beef . There is a simple reason for this , although most Americans don't know it . Legally , there is no such thing as a hamburger which is not an all - beef hamburger . The statutes of the U.S. Department of ...
... beef and noth- ing but beef . There is a simple reason for this , although most Americans don't know it . Legally , there is no such thing as a hamburger which is not an all - beef hamburger . The statutes of the U.S. Department of ...
Page 125
... beef and a type of beef fat - neither of which is marketable as food without the other . The cheapest beef available , now as always , comes from lean , unfinished range- fed steers . But if you grind this meat up and try to make ham ...
... beef and a type of beef fat - neither of which is marketable as food without the other . The cheapest beef available , now as always , comes from lean , unfinished range- fed steers . But if you grind this meat up and try to make ham ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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