Beef Steaks, Roasts, And Hamburger - A Brief History of Beef With Recipes

A little beef history...of your choice), and at least 1" thick.
Beef is the culinary term for Bovines (cows). If you2-In a zip lock style plastic bag combine the following
have never seen a cow before you need to get outingredients: 2-3 table spoons minced garlic cloves, a
more often. There are somewhere around 800couple of tablespoons each of Worcestershire sauce,
different breeds of Bovine worldwide. Around 55 B.C.hot mustard, soy sauce, olive oil, and red wine
it has been recorded that the Red Devon cattlevinegar.
were being raised and used in south-western England,3-Place the steaks into the zip lock bag and marinate
thus are one of the oldest breeds of cattle on thefor at least 1 hour at room temperature or up to 24
planet. That is what you call well aged steak or a lothours in the refrigerator.
of milk. Cattle were first herded and domesticated4-Grill at a high heat for about 6-7 minutes on each
about 6-7000 B.C. The remains of domestic cattleside for rare, 10 minutes or more on each side for
have been found in and about Turkey.well done. Medium will be somewhere in-between 6
Now we know that beef is not native to Northto 10 minutes.
America. It first arrived in Mexico via the Spanish andRoast Beef
the French in the mid 1500s. It was around the time1-Start with your favourite roast whether it be a
of the American civil war when beef started toPrime Rib or a Sirloin Tip roast it is all the same to
appear on the dinner plates around North America.the oven.
Argentina knows where the Beef is, they consume,2-Lay carrot sticks, celery sticks, and thick slices of
per capital, more beef than any other country in theonion on the bottom of your roasting pan. You can
whole world. They consume 65.2 kilograms peradd a little olive oil to this pan if you want.
person. Argentina is BAR-B-Q CENTRAL for the3-Place the roast, fat side up, onto the vegetables.
whole planet. Also among the worlds largest4-What you season your roast with is you choice,
consumers of beef are USA, Brazil, Japan, and China.salt and pepper are all that is really needed, though
Beef, what do we do with it? In most cases that Isome fresh garlic is a natural with just about all beef.
am aware of, WE EAT IT! If there is any other uses5-Place the whole pan into a preheated (400 F) oven
for it, I am not aware of them.for about 20-25 minutes, just to sear in the juices.
There are many different cuts of beef that are used6-Turn the oven down to 350 F and let the roast
in home cooking and there are a number of cuts thatcook for about 20 -30 minutes per pound. If you are
you would normally find in a restaurant. Most popularusing a meat thermometer the internal temperature
cuts being steaks, roasts, and ground beef,should be no less than 140 F at the center of the
(hamburger). There are not very many pieces ofroast.
beef that taste quite like a properly grilled NEW7-Let the roast sit for about 10-15 minutes before
YORK STEAK.you serve it. Letting the roast sit helps makes it
1-Start with one steak per-person. (cut to the weighteasier to carve.