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01-26-2021, 12:13 PM
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Eating Longhorn Beef
Got a opportunity to get a longhorn that's roughly under 2 years of age. To anyone that eats it how are they?
Usually get Angus but am getting a good deal on the longhorn this year. Its been fed good and has had a good life on a Buffalo farm.
Just reading they are a little leaner then Angus.
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01-26-2021, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Central Alberta
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Assuming it’s a steer or heifer not a bull, under 2 and well fed it’ll be great.
If it’s not fed long enough it could be pretty lean but that’s not all bad either depending on your taste.
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01-26-2021, 12:43 PM
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Well, I have only ever had one longhorn, got it from a friend who raved about it. Neither my wife or I were actually very impressed with the flavor (it was a 2 year old steer) compared to Angus. Now there are so many variables, grass vs grain fed, and so on, but we went back to Angus and that's where we will stay. Maybe not a fair one-time comparison, but that was our experience. I have one hanging now, 2 weeks till cutting time.
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01-26-2021, 01:01 PM
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My neighbor butchers one every year. Swears they are the best meat going. He has given us a few steaks from a couple of them and they were ok but I would say just ok.. He said he sure pumped the rolled barley into them and usually finishes them at 90 days.
I still prefer Angus. Even with a real good price I wouldn't switch.
I think my neighbor butchers a long horn because he is the cheapest SOB I have ever run across. The good stuff goes to auction LOL.
Last edited by Jim Blake; 01-26-2021 at 01:06 PM.
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01-26-2021, 01:01 PM
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I agree with Twisted Canuck - tried longhorn steaks and Ribs in Texas, not at all impressed. Tough, lean, very gamey. Tried it a couple more times in other places, same result. As far as I am concerned, Armadillo tastes better. I admit to being a Steak snob, triple A Alberta beef, Ribeye for number one, T-Bone for second and a good Sirloin is also never a bad thing.
You might want to try a couple of steaks from his animals before jumping into a whole cow.
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01-26-2021, 01:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean2
You might want to try a couple of steaks from his animals before jumping into a whole cow.
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This!!! And pick your animal.
I know a fellow who went in with some friends on a half a bison. They were expecting one of the young bulls and ended up with something that was not. Super lean, very tough, almost inedible. Turned the batch into various jerky's and sausages to get rid of it without out throwing it out.
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01-26-2021, 02:38 PM
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They don't have any in the freezer as this is the first one going this year.
I read that longhorn is considered the gamey beef. But I'm not afraid of it being lean and a tad gamey for flavor with all the deer and moose we eat already it will be mild flavor wise.
Killing it Saturday so we ll let it hang for 2 weeks and see.
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10-01-2022, 11:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean2
I agree with Twisted Canuck - tried longhorn steaks and Ribs in Texas, not at all impressed. Tough, lean, very gamey. Tried it a couple more times in other places, same result. As far as I am concerned, Armadillo tastes better. I admit to being a Steak snob, triple A Alberta beef, Ribeye for number one, T-Bone for second and a good Sirloin is also never a bad thing.
You might want to try a couple of steaks from his animals before jumping into a whole cow.
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x3... they remind me of Brahmans from OZ ... ain't worth the time or $$ to chew through ... some swear by them, me, not so much
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