tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38912149.post2419974466915351753..comments2022-08-09T08:18:10.825-07:00Comments on Farewell to Spring: Beef heart jerky is yummy!Piperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884645686976359244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38912149.post-30454537285988300932012-06-20T20:54:16.800-07:002012-06-20T20:54:16.800-07:00I would have to go to the farmers market and ask t...I would have to go to the farmers market and ask them and then go back the following week to get what I asked for. I often have things to do on the weekends. I can't always get there.<br /><br />They're selling Rancho San Julian beef at the IV Food Coop. I work at the university and often walk over there on my lunch break. But no organ meats. I might be able to pester the Food Coop manager to carry liver.<br /><br />I kind of wonder if these local meat makers actually get back all the organs when they have their cattle slaughtered. It sure doesn't seem like the get the whole animal back, just bits and pieces. I wonder what happens to all the rest. I mean, I'm sure they don't get the hides and the hooves back, so it would make sense they didn't get back all the organs and bones, too, when they sent their cattle to the slaughter house.Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884645686976359244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38912149.post-39982223923406036182012-06-20T08:25:17.060-07:002012-06-20T08:25:17.060-07:00Hey Piper, I know that locally we can source grass...Hey Piper, I know that locally we can source grass fed beef from Rancho San Julian and Novy Ranches -- I wonder how receptive they would be to offering you the less common cuts if you approached them? <br /><br />Novy already sells ground organ meat:<br />http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/04/novy_ranches_organ_meat.phpLiz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02495821851485088681noreply@blogger.com