Things are not always what you think they are, or what you
assume they are, or what you are told them are.
Let me explain!
I saw a segment on TV not long ago about a cow farm in
Brasstown, North Carolina. Since we had plans to spend a few days in Murphy, I
found that Brasstown Beef was only a short ride from our rental.
I checked out their website and found out a lot more about
the company. We are beef eaters and they
have a retail shop that is only open on Friday and Saturday. Our goal was to get there on the last day of
our vacation, Friday.
It is a beautiful ride though back country roads to get to
Ridgefield Farms. I had my camera in
hand in the hopes of seeing the Blue Ridge from a different vantage point. I was not disappointed.
To not reinvent the wheel, I am not going to go into the
history of Brasstown Beef. It is rather
long and you can read about on their website.
But I will say that the show I saw gave my husband and I the desire to
visit their store to buy some of their beef. They have a price list on their site
and the prices seemed reasonable to us.
We purchased two London Broils, three NY Strip Steaks and
one Delmonico Steak. The Delmonico was fresh and the other meat was
frozen. We put the meat in the freezer
of our rental, except for the Delmonico which we planned to have for dinner
when we got home the next day.
Fast forward to the following day’s dinner. My husband cooked the Delmonico on the
grill. While the steak was flavorful and
tender, it was extremely greasy. Unlike
a Rib Eye where you can see and cut away the fat, the Delmonico’s fat is
throughout the meat.
A few days later we decided to try one of the Strip Steaks. I have to say the beef was not only not
tender, it was so bad we could not eat it.
We ate veggies and the dog got the steak. We said, “Maybe the next one will be better.”
We were oh so wrong.
It was then time to cook one of the London Broils. We thawed it overnight and early in the
morning I marinated it in soy sauce, pineapple juice and some fresh ground
pepper. Soy and pineapple are natural
tenderizers but they did nothing to help the London broil. It was as tough as the Strip Steaks.
Anyone can advertise a product/food as being the best, the
ultimate, nothing better – but too many times we find this not to be the
case. We had looked forward to Brasstown
Beef and were totally let down. I would
not recommend this place to anyone. Yes,
it was a beautiful ride, but you can ride for free, just don’t stop and buy
meat there.
I wrote them a complaint letter. I didn’t put my return address because I was
not looking to get anything from them. I
just wanted them to know that their meat is not all they claim it to be but it
is a lesson learned.
Photo belongs to AbbyG
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