Tag: food

  • Grad School Dietetics

    Grad School Dietetics

    Everyday life is hectic – work, errands, social life etc. is exhausting.  Add grad school to that equation and voila! you’ve got Buzzard’s life.  How do I stay energized during my 12 hour work days (sans the 30 minutes I spent writing this post)? I eat MEAT!  Beef, pork, chicken and sometimes (on the rarest…

  • Whole Grain and Heart Healthy

    Whole Grain and Heart Healthy

    The food industry is constantly changing – companies are always pushing lower fat, healthier foods.  No Trans Fat! Whole Grains! Low Sodium! are headlines that jump out at us from the label.  Interestingly enough, eating a diet rich with whole grains is something that can drastically improve both the quality and length of your life. …

  • Getting to know your BEEF

    Getting to know your BEEF

    Did you know that ground beef and hamburger aren’t the same product? I didn’t either until recently, while on Twitter, social media friend iTweetMeat brought up that point.  Upon further investigation I discovered the main difference between the two similar products.  Beef fat may be added to hamburger, but not ground beef.  Regardless of this…

  • Wine Fed Beef

    Another niche market has popped up in the beef industry – wine fed beef.  Canada is trying to produce the equivalent of Japanese Kobe beef by supplementing red wine from the Okanagan valley to the normal feedlot ration.  Cattle are fed this combination for the last 90 days before being harvested – feedlot owner Bill…

  • Bacon? Do I smell bacon?

    It’s kind of hard to get that Beggin Strips commercial out of your head.  Bacon? Do I smell bacon? Makes me hungry thinking about it.  Is there another food that is so commonly used to make stuff better? Think about it?  Want to instantly make a filet mignon even more delicious?  Wrap bacon around it. Guess…