[OT] Bull Burger vs Steer Burger

[Guest guest]

My rancher friend, who raises my grass-fed steer each year, has offered

me some of the " bull-burger " he just had made. He says it is tasty, but

very, very lean.

One reason that it is so lean is that the butcher says that bull fat

is " not good " , and hence does not throw the (back?) fat into the grinder

if he's doing a bull. Instead, he substitites available fat from a

steer, if available.

I'm puzzled by this. His bull is healthy, but its fat is " bad " ?

(In the story _Old Yeller_, I learned that the settlers found that

the taste of the " boar hogs " was unpalatable, but the taste of the

castrated males was just fine, so perhaps this is the reason.)

My questions are:

Do intact male animals, like bulls, have a strong-tasting fat

that some people don't like?

Might not this strong-tasting fat be good for us (males) to eat?

If the " strong " or " bad " taste is concentrated in the fat, does

this mean that any benefits of the intact animal are also

concentrated in the fat?

As a male who wants to enjoy my full capacities, I was wondering

what is known about the relative merits of meat from intact animals

as compared to castrated animals. (I suspect that nearly all the

beef I've ever eaten has been from steers and/or cows).

Any thoughts?

- Jerome, sipping a mug of incredibly rich, delicious local Jersey milk

as a welcome treat amidst a diet of mostly Holstein milk