Side of Beef

[MileHiGuy]

I got a side of beef today from Prosper Farms here in Colorado. They have two options, organic grass-fed beef or steakhouse...I went with steakhouse. Let the fun begin! I'm having burgers tonight and am thawing out an eye of round roast to make jerky.

Does anyone have experience with beef shanks? I've made Osso Buco before with veal but not with beef. I'm wondering what to do with it. I'm sure it will be spectacular but am open to suggestions.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Does anyone have experience with beef shanks? I've made Osso Buco before with veal but not with beef.

Funny you should ask...

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Among the fantastic stash of goodies I got from our good friend @JLeonard in the Christmas exchange were some items from a company called Home Place Pastures. Every one of them was absolutely top shelf. Decided to check out their web site and wound up placing a considerable order....to get free...

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[DougE]

No experience on your question, but congrats. I just put half a beef off my farm up in the freezers not long ago.

 

[MileHiGuy]

Funny you should ask...

Osso Bucco: My First Time, Please Be Gentle (Detailed Pics)

Among the fantastic stash of goodies I got from our good friend @JLeonard in the Christmas exchange were some items from a company called Home Place Pastures. Every one of them was absolutely top shelf. Decided to check out their web site and wound up placing a considerable order....to get free...

www.smokingmeatforums.com

Yes!!! that is exactly what I'm looking for!!! Looks awesome.

 

[MileHiGuy]

No experience on your question, but congrats. I just put half a beef off my farm up in the freezers not long ago.

It is awesome to have it on hand. I got tired of seeing the price of beef go up and figured I should just buy a side of beef. I'm glad I did!!!

 

[DougE]

It is awesome to have it on hand. I got tired of seeing the price of beef go up and figured I should just buy a side of beef. I'm glad I did!!!

I'm right there with you. I'm out whatever cost in feed, and the money I would have made selling it, but I still come out ahead with a processing fee of $124.50 for my half.

 

[edmonds]

Does anyone have experience with beef shanks? I've made Osso Buco before with veal but not with beef. I'm wondering what to do with it. I'm sure it will be spectacular but am open to suggestions.

Shanks make some good shredded BBQ beef. Here is a link to a smokingmeatforum post on BBQ beef shanks
Beef Shanks Smoked and Braised

 

[Sven Svensson]

Reminds me of my days on the farm. We always had a freezer of beef. I grew up hating it. My family cooked it until there was no color to it. Now that I know about things like tenderloin and ribeye I shudder to think what my folks did to all that. This is why I prefer rare, cool center, lots of moo.

 

[DougE]

Reminds me of my days on the farm. We always had a freezer of beef. I grew up hating it. My family cooked it until there was no color to it. Now that I know about things like tenderloin and ribeye I shudder to think what my folks did to all that. This is why I prefer rare, cool center, lots of moo.

My wife will not eat a steak unless it's petrified. Least bit of pink? uh uh, nope. I kind of prefer medium rare to medium.

 

[mneeley490]

Reminds me of my days on the farm. We always had a freezer of beef. I grew up hating it. My family cooked it until there was no color to it. Now that I know about things like tenderloin and ribeye I shudder to think what my folks did to all that. This is why I prefer rare, cool center, lots of moo.

Yep. The only way my folks knew how to cook beef (or anything else) was to pan fry it until it was dead, dead, dead.

 

[DougE]

Glad I didn't grow up with y'all. me and dad would always fight over who was going to sop up the blood off the meat platter with bread if there was only enough for one of us. (well, not really, we'd split it. Mom didn't care, and my sisters thought it was gross)

 

[mike243]

DougE my wife's the same way, I can always count on her steak going back to be carbonized 95% of the time lol

 

[MileHiGuy]

Shanks make some good shredded BBQ beef. Here is a link to a smokingmeatforum post on BBQ beef shanks
Beef Shanks Smoked and Braised

That looks good edmonds!

 

[negolien]

I've seen a couple people do the beef shanks. Slamming I tell you what some of the best lookin cooks I have seen yet.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Thankfully my wife likes her beef medium rare as I do!

Ryan