Mushy meat?

[Guest guest]

The beef I get is never mushy. My butcher told me if the animal is

stressed, the meat gets a bad taste. He operates a small town, third

generation shop. He's not a hired hand, his grandpa and father taught him.

He doesn't have a feedlot. It's a small business and animals don't have to

wait. The farmer brings in the animal, they unload from the truck and the

animal is quickly and humanely put down without stress.

One year my steer started to stress getting off the small truck. Farmer told

me he was content in pasture and loaded well. Getting off a truck was

something he hadn't done before. Rather than stress him more, they put him

down right on the truck.

I like animals, so really appreciate that it's done this way. I give a

prayer that it goes easy before, and afterwards a prayer of thanks for the

animal who sacrificed his life to sustain my family.

The huge processing plants can't possibly care about each individual animal.

That's why I like my small town butcher.

Kathy