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Thank you for your detailed explanation. I suspect that the reason that Irish beef is so repugnant to me is the very rich green grass species in Ireland.
I agree with you about only using salt & pepper. Fact is I don't eat a good steak very often and on the rare occasions that I do I pay the butcher a handsome price for a good thick cut and cook it rare. [Or as my elderly neighbor used to say, just knock the horns off & wipe its butt.]
If I want the healthiest red meat I would go with buffalo or beefalo - or better yet ostrich, which is an excellent red meat that is lower in fat & cholesterol than even chicken. I almost got into the ostrich meat business about 20 years ago when it was still a breeders market. Unfortunately the product never took off.
All-in-all I respect your choice and thank you again for your thoughts.
We typically dry age our grass-fed beef for 28 days prior to finishing and packaging. IMO, it's far better to do so than even a two-week aging.
Our lamb is completely free range grass fed; even in the winter months, they are free ranged and fed our own production alfalfa/grass hay. We specialize in a meat breed and can tell the difference in the finished product from a neighbor's combination (fiber/meat) breed that he raises on alfalfa cubes and oats in corrals ... although he has dryland pastures that he can rotate the flock through as seasonal grasses allow (this year, in the drought ... nothing to graze) ... although he sends lambs in for processing that are more than double the hanging weight of ours, the yield after trimming isn't all that much more than ours (but it is definitely more than ours). Side by side, our product has been compared by a number of pro chefs in the region and they prefer our product to the feed lot stuff that comes from the Colorado feedlots. Our lamb production is limited, so when the chefs get our stuff, it's typically a featured item on their menu for only a couple of days ... we stagger our lambing through the year so that we have 4 batches of lambs to process each year as 11 month old lamb. I've had the NewZealand/Australian lamb, and it's ... in comparison ... horrible stuff; always seems to me to have the rank taste of mutton, even if they sell it as lamb ... I think it's the breeds as well as the grazing/feed conditions that contribute to this.
We get free-range, grass fed beef, too, (maybe one of yours, Sunsprit?!) a half-cow at a time, and find it 100X better than what's in the stores. We sometimes get the lamb, too, and no sauce is needed (like they serve it at Outback!)
Thanks for the restaurant reviews, everyone that posted here. I think Little America is a not-so-well-known jewel, myself! Poor Richard's has good food and drinks, and, yes, very good service, but it's a little pricey. I have never gone to the Egg and I, as I am leery of small joints in general, but after what I have read here, will make it a point to try it someday.
We get free-range, grass fed beef, too, (maybe one of yours, Sunsprit?!) a half-cow at a time, and find it 100X better than what's in the stores. We sometimes get the lamb, too, and no sauce is needed (like they serve it at Outback!)
Thanks for the restaurant reviews, everyone that posted here. I think Little America is a not-so-well-known jewel, myself! Poor Richard's has good food and drinks, and, yes, very good service, but it's a little pricey. I have never gone to the Egg and I, as I am leery of small joints in general, but after what I have read here, will make it a point to try it someday.
With our very limited pre-sold out beef production, unlikely you're getting our beef. But we sure appreciate that you are supporting other free-range producers in the area who use the same methods to bring a quality beef to the marketplace. Enjoy!
RE: Poor Richard's price points ... I sometimes lunch with a group that used to rotate through various Cheyenne area restaurants, and they now only do Perkin's. I managed to get them to try PR's a couple of times, and they were shocked to discover that the tab there was equal to or less than what they spend at Perkin's. The difference in food quality was not even in the same playing field ... Perkin's is institutional garbage with wimpy tiny stale side salads, while I can dine at PR's on the salad bar luncheon with a really nice freshly homemade soup/salad selection for less money than I'd spend at Perkin's for a crappy sandwich and salad. Healthier food at PR's, too.
IMO, The Egg & I does a pretty good job at that end of the food spectrum compared to IHOP, Denny's, or Shari's. But there's two yet better places in town ... for breakfast fare ... on Lincolnway, and they both have decent service ... although a little bit rushed during breakfast and lunch if you're the type to want to linger over a meal.
Is Cheyenne a friendly, tolerant place to live? Are there many jobs at the moment?
The reason I ask, is because I may have to move there in the next couple of years!
In a nutshell: I married an Americal gal earlier this year, and she is living with me in the UK on a spouse visa at the moment. She is finding it extremely hard to be away from the US, and has terrible trouble trying to get work as a teacher here (due to all sorts of misinformation/rigorous rules etc), and so is planning on going back to the States next year to begin teaching. She has her eye on Cheyenne as a place to move to, and is assuming I will be moving there too at some point!
The reason I ask, is because I may have to move there in the next couple of years!
That's a long time off to predict the local economics, business climate, and jobs.
In a nutshell: I married an Americal gal earlier this year, and she is living with me in the UK on a spouse visa at the moment. She is finding it extremely hard to be away from the US, and has terrible trouble trying to get work as a teacher here (due to all sorts of misinformation/rigorous rules etc), and so is planning on going back to the States next year to begin teaching. She has her eye on Cheyenne as a place to move to, and is assuming I will be moving there too at some point!
If she hasn't been to Cheyenne or lived here previously, then there's a lot to discuss before planning on moving here. There's a lot of information posted about Cheyenne in these threads, so best to use the search feature to research.
Thanks for your advice Sunsprit - you are right, a couple of years is a long time away and I don't expect an accurate economic forecast. My wife is looking to move back to the US next summer though.
Here are a few more specific questions which you kind folks may be able to answer:
Does Cheyenne have a compact, walkable downtown?
Is there much in the way of culture/shopping there?
Thanks for your advice Sunsprit - you are right, a couple of years is a long time away and I don't expect an accurate economic forecast. My wife is looking to move back to the US next summer though.
Here are a few more specific questions which you kind folks may be able to answer:
Does Cheyenne have a compact, walkable downtown?
It's compact and walkable, but be aware that the downtown area is the hub of banking, insurance, investment, courts (city/county/state) and gov't buildings, law offices, some restaurants, some consumer shopping, a movie theater, a few car lots, some old motels, a few hotels, and some bars.
For the most part, the retail shopping area of Cheyenne is more dispersed along the Dell Range corridor on the North side of Cheyenne, with a few areas along Yellowstone Ave. Additionally, there are pockets of shopping centers such as Cole on Pershing Ave, or on South Greeley Highway. These are where the grocery stores/box stores/supermarkets are located ... all some distance away from the downtown district.
It would be quite a walk to reach these places from downtown, although not terribly daunting in fair weather on a bicycle.
Is there much in the way of culture/shopping there?
Depends upon what you consider "culture/shopping". There's several museums, and a few interesting stores. But for the most part, retail shopping has bailed out of downtown Cheyenne to the strip malls of Dell Range, Yellowstone, or South Greeley Highway. Other than some flea market/antique stores along Lincolnway, I haven't done any retail shopping in the downtown area since the last appliance store shut down there a year or so ago. Even the new car dealerships are all gone with the recent closure of Dineen's dealership on Lincolnway, having all migrated to the West side of town in one district over by Home Depot.
OK that's it for now - thanks again.
My advice still stands ... come visit before making any decision about Wyoming.
thanks a lot - we definitely will! We might even be able to make over the Christmas period, weather permitting.
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