Grass fed beef, I made hamburgers with that and the hamburger was wonderful.

That's interesting, and no I didn't know that about rabbit, but I don't think I'd eat Bugs anyway..lol If I had a job, I'd probably invest in better meat, but as it is. . . well, I won't go there...

bison costs double. But it does keep buffalo from becoming extinct because no one will raise them if there isn't a market for them. They eat grass, but they can stampede. We had an experimental farm here that got rid of them. The insurance was killing them because they stampeded about once a year and ruined everything for miles. There is a farm somewhere around here that has them, but I'm not sure what they do. If you hit them with a car, they can kill you, over a thousand lbs of animal and one time one got out. It was on the news. We have two ways to get home so we took the way that would not have buffalo. Not just no chemicals, but raised on grass so you know the cows aren't getting tainted grain. See my comments above. This is why I'm glad I'm getting my second pay check for subbing from the school. Men don't see the need to spend lots of money on meat or anything else for that matter. So it's important to have an income to buy what you want. My parents used to buy a side of beef and a half a pig when I was a kid. We had a large freezer in the basement for that. Bison has more fat than venison (deer) which has more fat than rabbit. Did you know that if you only ate rabbit for your meat you would die if you didn't add fat? Their fur keeps them warm. Bison have more to keep them warm than cows. See my discussions above again. The important things are to get enough iron and protein out of whatever meat you get and to not get things in the meat that you don't want like chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, diseases, etc.

Actually, now that I think of it, deer may have more fat than bison. Bison's have heavy coats and wouldn't need as much fat. Rabbit is very good tasting. My Dad used to hunt rabbit. We had a pretend rabbit hunt at an outdoor primative living class and I hit the rabbit the first time. People wanted me to to try again. I said I wasn't messing with begiiner's luck. People tried to hit their pretend rabbit for half an hour and most still didn't hit it. Reminds me of a shirt I once read: Vegetarian-Native American word for terrible hunter.

No, there is not a shorage of grass. They eat all kinds of things. Cows are essentially dumb and will eat anything you put in their food trough, nails, meat, anything. The mad cow disease was thought by many to have started when cows were fed uncooked brains of other animals. They're vegetarians and shouldn't be eating that stuff. Cows eat grass, hay, corn, grain, but some of the grain is tainted with other things.Pure grain, ok, but some unscrupulous people add all kinds of stuff like hormones and all kinds of things into the grain that should not be there.

Grass is often not available all year, so often hay or corn is put away for them. That I don't mind. See my other reply as to what I do mind. We have long winters without grass in my area, 4 to 8 months depeneding on the winter.

I bet the cows are dreaming about the times they used to roam the prairies, and their only worry was cowboy actors chasing them.

All beef sold over the counter at grocery stores, unless it says so specifically, has hormones and antibiotics in it, not to mention that it's filled with the pesticides and herbicides (have a plate of Roundup, everyone) that's in the corn they feed them. And then there's the recycled feed that includes chicken manure and carcass meat from other cattle. I would rather go without than eat that.

Very true about the recycled feed. I see these cows eating grass as I drive to and from my town, so I see what they're eating every day.

I tend to get sick with cheap meat at my brother's from Aldis. I think the meat has hormones in it, antibiotics and all kinds of crap. If you lived here, people might give you deer meat (venison). Bison is way out of my pocketbook range. I've got two more pounds of hamburger in my freezer that are grass fed.

Buffalo burger meat is double that and at a specialty store 20 miles from here. I love organic milk. When I get more money, I'll get that. Right now I have GMO free milk. Haven't seen beefalo meat here at all although I've heard of it. I worry about what goes into the animals, esp. since the mad cow disease. Thanks and take care.

I grew up with fresh meat and we never bought burgers away from home. They tasted like crap by comparison. I do love McD's breakfast burritos and I used to like their McEgg when it had Canadian Style bacon. They do pork and salads well, but I can taste the difference in the beef.

Putrageous priced: Here, too, that's why this was sooo exciting!

My parents used to buy beef and pork right from the farms, too. I went to college and the meat made me gag!Canned from a can veggies versus out of a garden, no contest. If I have to buy from a store, it's fresh frozen.

More cows are being bread and fed to be leaner, so that could also be part of it. It's hard to know exactly. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Take care.

That was why this was sooo exciting. $2.99 for regular hamburger and $3 for this. I went back and got some more!

I hope so and I think you're right. They had natural ice cream that I saw for the first time yesterday.

I bet they will continue to bring new products to the store.