Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 In a message dated 3/22/03 11:42:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, s.fisher22@... writes: > $1.39/lb. > > want directions, chris? ;-) wow! lol... yes, please. don't know when i'll make it up there, but i'll make it up there at some point. out of curiosity, what is the diet of these oxes, if you know? That's the same price I pay for beef bones which no doubt come from the grain-finished cows the beef comes from. i'm not too far from routes 32, 32a, 90 (mass pike), 9, 67, and 84, and somewhat close to 10. if none of those are good to start from i'll get a map out, or actually i might be able to get directions from mapquest if i have the address. thanks a bunch, chris ____ " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature. Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the truth, and for those who do them wrong. " --Saint Isaac the Syrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 $1.39/lb. want directions, chris? ;-) Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 In a message dated 3/22/03 12:48:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, s.fisher22@... writes: > ---->they eat the same diet I described to tim in my milk email - it is the > same farm. they eat grass in season, and in winter they eat hay and whole > stalk corn silage, all of which, i believe, is grown on the farm. if they > feed any grain, other than the corn they grow, it's very little. the milking > cows are mostly jerseys, but i'm not sure what breed the beef steer are. > (you could always stock up on raw milk and heavy cream, if you go :-) If I do go, I will _definitely_ be buying cream, considering how dense yours is. I would buy lots of it, make butter, and freeze it, as it would be roughly half the price of the butter I would make out of the cream I get. I did read that email, but right after I posted this one. > ---->yes, i forgot that you're in western, MA...for some reason i've been > thinking you're in boston. You may have been thinking that because when Sally came to MA she came right near the Boston area and at that point you knew I was going so maybe it was that association. > this farm is approx. 2 hrs. north of boston, but > for you would be quite a bit further north. i'd think you could get > inexpensive oxtail from pastured animals in western MA..? It's a possibility. I'll have to look into it. There are a couple farms in my area that pasture animals, but the one that pastures pigs doesn't have lard available, and he also pastures beef, and I don't think he sells individual cuts of beef at the moment. I'm going to a buffalo farm at some point in the next couple weeks to pick up some heart and liver, so I'll see if they have _buffalo_ " ox " tail (not sure if the term is applicable?). AFAIK, that would be the only possibility. I would _think_ that since the health food store is right smack in the middle of the farms, that if there were ox tail around for under $2 a pound there would be no way for them to get away with selling it for $14 a pound. But, who knows. The buffalo farm that is in the same town as the health food store sells their buffalo meat for *more*, directly from the farm, than the health food store's meat imported from Colorado! So if *they*sell tails they might not be cheap. But you're right, it would be smart to *check* before I go on a 4 hr drive first :-P Thanks for the directions. Chris ____ " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature. Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the truth, and for those who do them wrong. " --Saint Isaac the Syrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 > $1.39/lb. > > want directions, chris? ;-) >>>>wow! lol... yes, please. don't know when i'll make it up there, but i'll make it up there at some point. Bisson Farm and Meat Market Meadow Rd. Topsham, Maine (207) 725-7215 95 North exit 25 (i think) west on rt. 125 left on meadow rd. (you will see the pasture on your left - turn left when you see pasture) call them ahead of time to confirm directions and to find out how much oxtail they have in stock. It is a smallish operation and they may not have a big supply. When i went today, they retrieved about 12 lbs. from the freezer...not sure if that was all they had at the moment or not. >>>>>out of curiosity, what is the diet of these oxes, if you know? That's the same price I pay for beef bones which no doubt come from the grain-finished cows the beef comes from. ---->they eat the same diet I described to tim in my milk email - it is the same farm. they eat grass in season, and in winter they eat hay and whole stalk corn silage, all of which, i believe, is grown on the farm. if they feed any grain, other than the corn they grow, it's very little. the milking cows are mostly jerseys, but i'm not sure what breed the beef steer are. (you could always stock up on raw milk and heavy cream, if you go :-) >>>>i'm not too far from routes 32, 32a, 90 (mass pike), 9, 67, and 84, and somewhat close to 10. if none of those are good to start from i'll get a map out, or actually i might be able to get directions from mapquest if i have the address. ---->yes, i forgot that you're in western, MA...for some reason i've been thinking you're in boston. this farm is approx. 2 hrs. north of boston, but for you would be quite a bit further north. i'd think you could get inexpensive oxtail from pastured animals in western MA..? Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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