Rebirth of the Super Landlord

Chapter 30 Meat Quality Identification

Time flies by very quickly, and it’s June in a blink of an eye.

Illinois is not very hot in June, with the average temperature only around 20 degrees, making it a very suitable place for summer travel and vacation.

Su Zhen got up early that day. Today is a very ordinary day, but for the ranch, today is very important, because soon the first batch of cattle from the ranch will be ready for slaughter next month. Today is the beef grade appraisal.

days.

Some people may wonder that it has been less than a year since Su Zhen bought the ranch, so how can the cattle be put out for slaughter? In fact, Su Zhen did not expect it.

Countries around the world have their own classification methods for beef, and the United States has two classifications, namely production grade and quality grade, which correspond to output and quality. Relatively speaking, quality grade is obviously more important, and the quality grade of American beef is

It is determined based on the marbling of the beef combined with the age, gender and weight of the cow, and the age requirement for the highest grade beef is 9-30 months.

Among the cattle purchased by Su Zhen, there were nearly a thousand calves, which were now of slaughtering age. Moreover, according to Old John's observation and judgment, the weight of these calves had reached the optimal stage for slaughter.

Although it can still grow longer, it is not cost-effective compared to the amount of pasture to be consumed, and there are enough bulls for breeding in the pasture. If these young bulls are not slaughtered early, it will affect the stability of the herd. Therefore,

The fate of these young bulls was thus decided.

The grade of beef has a huge impact on the price of beef, and the prices of different grades can be said to be very different.

The quality grade of American beef is prime. This grade of beef is generally sold directly to high-end restaurants, and the price can reach up to US dollars per kilogram.

The worst canner grade is the eighth grade of beef. As the name suggests, the price of beef that can only be used for canning is less than one dollar.

The grade between them is choice. Most of the steaks sold in supermarkets are of this grade. Choice grade ('). This grade is generally sold as shredded beef, strips or bone-in meat, standard grade (standard),

Mostly meat from the hind legs and other parts of the cow, commercial grade (commercia

l) Large pieces of beef other than the front parts. Utility grade is similar to combination meat. It means that the remaining pieces after cutting some good parts of the meat are pressed together and processed manually to become a whole piece.

Meat. Cutting grade (cutter) shapeless beef scraps, that is, minced meat.

The price of second- to fifth-grade beef generally ranges from 50 to 5 US dollars per kilogram depending on the grade. It may seem that the price is much higher than the domestic price of more than ten yuan per kilogram in this era, but in the United States, this price

The range did remain until after 2010.

At that time, the price of beef in China had increased several times, and there were a lot of fake beef. Take the beef used in hot pot as an example. Su Zhen used to like beef hot pot in his previous life. A large plate cost twenty or thirty yuan, and

The texture is also very beautiful, very cost-effective, right? But after a friend told him the true appearance of these so-called snowflake fat beef, he no longer ordered fat beef when eating hot pot. Why? Because in order to increase profits, many domestic hot pot restaurants

The beef used is minced with poor scraps, mixed with fat, pressed with a machine and frozen, and then turned into a whole piece of beef, which is then sliced ​​with a meat grinder to become beautiful "snowflakes"

Beef is actually combination meat, but the quality is worse than the combination meat in the United States. (This is true. I have a friend who worked in a hot pot city. This is how their "snowflake" fat beef comes. Of course, this does not mean that all

All hot pot restaurants do this).

In fact, beef grading in the United States is very strict. Beef below grade five is not allowed to be sold in the refrigerated area and must be placed in designated freezers. And beef grade seven or eight is mostly bought for pets.

(So ​​if you go abroad, try not to buy beef priced below 3 US dollars per pound. One pound is about 0.45 kilograms, which is almost a pound. It is basically very poor meat, but it is estimated to be lower than the domestic two or three.

Ten yuan a pound is good).

Su Zhen is not worried about the results of this appraisal at all. One is because of his confidence in the effect of space water, and the other is because the ranch has slaughtered many times before. Old John and the cowboys have already made evaluations based on their own experience. Basically,

The key parts of each cow have basically reached the excellent level, and the inferior parts have also reached the optimal level. The only thing that cannot be determined is the specific data.

It is actually very convenient to identify the grade of beef in the United States. You only need to send an invitation to the local Ministry of Agriculture office, and you can come directly for random inspection. After the identification is completed, a certificate will be issued.

The Ministry of Agriculture arrived at the farm at around ten o'clock. A large truck and pickup truck arrived. Su Zhen looked at it and saw that the large truck was a mobile slaughtering room. In addition to slaughtering equipment, there were also some instruments in it. Su Zhen didn't know what they were used for.

Yes, but Su Zhen is not interested in these. The only thing he cares about is the appraisal results and certificates.

The Yankees were very efficient in doing things. After getting off the bus, they only had a short exchange and then, led by Old John and Su Zhen, they went to the herd to select cattle.

As soon as the staff from the Ministry of Agriculture came into the pasture, they sighed at the quality of the grass. The middle-aged man who led the team pulled up a few grass plants and observed it, and said to Su Zhen, "Your grass is very good, although it is just ordinary alfalfa and some other grass."

Common forage, but much higher, and both in terms of moisture content and tenderness, it is far better than ordinary forage, and even better than some improved forage, which is of great benefit to the meat quality of cattle."

Su Zhendian nodded and thought to herself, wouldn't it be good if I irrigated it with my own space water? I add space water to the lake every month, just to ensure the growth of the pasture.

However, this is my top secret, so naturally I cannot tell anyone about it. I can only speculate that it may be because the environment is good.

Soon these people began to work with the help of the cowboys, but the identification of beef grade could not be completed so quickly. It would take at least several hours. After selecting three cows for slaughter and identification, Su

Zhen then left the rest of the matter to Old John and left. What would he do if he didn't leave? Would he watch them kill the cow? Su Zhen had no such interest.

Moreover, there is no need to arrange food and drink for these staff members. They take care of these things themselves. If you treat them to a meal, it will be considered as bribing them. This aspect is very different from that in China.

A few hours later, the identification results were sent to Su Zhen, but Su Zhen was dizzy after just one glance. On a table, a cow was divided into more than a dozen parts except the internal organs, all with different names.

Americans don't eat offal. Except for the tripe that Su Zhen's family occasionally gets to try, the offal from cows slaughtered on the ranch is used as food for cattle dogs. Su Zhen also recommended it to cowboys, including cowboys.

Old John was always polite and indifferent, and even Rachel never touched it. The only exception was Grace, who loved Liu Ru's fried tripe with green onions once.

There was a large list of various data behind the table, which were the results. Su Zhen didn't look at it carefully. In fact, he couldn't understand those professional terms, but looked at Old John.

Old John, who was very familiar with Su Zhen, naturally understood what he meant, and said, "The appraisal results are very good, the key parts have reached excellent grade, and the grade of the secondary parts is also good, better than we expected, and the economic value is very high.

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Su Zhen is very satisfied with this. The certificate and other certificates will be sent in a few days. These all represent these green dollars. It is better to start a ranch. You don’t have to do anything. You can eat and drink every day, ride horses and walk the dogs.

Not to mention how comfortable my life is, but it seems a bit boring. Should I find something else to do?