Strange question...

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4 years ago

Hi
I am American with a great love for Cheeseburgers.聽 Brazil does wonderful with meat and now i am spoiled.聽 The ground beef here is the best i have ever had.
This sounds like a demented American question and i am certain that it is.
Ok, assuming meat is meat in terms of quality i suspect that it is very much about the grind.
It seems finer here with the fat mixed perfectly in smaller bits...juicy, but less fat...80/20 in the US leaves a pool of fat.聽 90/10 tends to be dry and tough there...does anyone know how they do this?
It's a lifestyle choice.
Lol.

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Guest34567 Guest

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4 years ago

The beef here is much leaner; I鈥檓 not yet certain as to how the ranchers here raise and feed their stock, but I鈥檒l wager they鈥檙e more grass fed than anything.聽 The carne mo铆do #1 here has a similar taste and texture to the grass fed red angus from my operation back stateside.

The a莽ougueiros in my bairro don鈥檛 cut the meat with fat when grinding, which in my experience in the US always gives a semi-rancid aroma and taste, not to mention a lot of fat.

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Texanbrazil ViP

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4 years ago

I know around these parts cattle and horses are grass-fed. The cuts of meat are very different than in the USA.
What I do not know is why the bread has a somewhat different taste and texture making the burgers somewhat different.

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Inubia Serial expat

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4 years ago

US cattle are deliberately overfed and medicated to add weight ...the rancher gets just as much pay from fat as he does from meat ...so there is more fat than in the meat from Brazil ....if you want a real treat, try buying ox in Addis Ababa, no fat at all, no more than deer meat in the USA .......

abthree Brazil Expert

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4 years ago

07/02/21

I agree with 13ofClubs聽 and Tex that the beef seems to be mostly grass-fed.聽 The old-fashioned variable grinding technology that let's you select your grind, with a relatively coarse grind seeming to be the de facto standard, probably helps, too.

BTW, the "Cuts of Beef" article in Wikipedia (English) provides charts that let you cross-reference Brazilian and US cuts.

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