Wagyu beef!!

Feckthis

What do you"s make of this ?

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/8177393
laughing cow

onyerbikepat

It's the Japanese Wagyu breed of cattle. They produce the famous Kobe Beef. Made from feeding BEER to these cattle.:rolleyes:
I've eaten it, very nice. It would want to be at those prices.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_beef

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/6345289.stm

onyerbikepat

I don't think it would take on in Ireland. Most of the beer would end up in the wrong stomach, the farmer's.

Nekarsulm

remember snail farming, deer farming, ostrich farming..............

Dawggone

Nekarsulm wrote: »

remember snail farming, deer farming, ostrich farming..............

I know some very successful snail farmers. Not so many deer farmers but a few.

Interestingly a fairly local woman is very successful producing quail eggs. Amazing businesswoman.

kowtow

What that Kobe beef bullock is being put through in that clip above -

That's what I imagine heaven to be like.

Mad4simmental

Tasted wagyu in oz very very nice stake. You can only get the proper Kobe wagyu in Japan.

It would be interesting to do one for the freezer but you might as well be fattening hols. You only get the big bucks on certain parts of the body and the males are worth f-all.

I don't like the way this guy dose business in other adds he has. He tells farmers to wake up and not be so stupid doing anything but wagyu.

Rang him befoure and he got ignorant when I started to quiz him properly about it.

IMO there is a very small market in Ireland for this in a few top kitchens but that's it.

Nekarsulm

Dawggone wrote: »

I know some very successful snail farmers. Not so many deer farmers but a few.

Interestingly a fairly local woman is very successful producing quail eggs. Amazing businesswoman.

What I meant Dawg was, that every so often a new idea comes along, and only the guy who gets in fast and supplies to all the other lads, makes anything from it. Lots of latecomers left holding the baby. Pyramid type thing, IMO.

Dawggone

Nekarsulm wrote: »

What I meant Dawg was, that every so often a new idea comes along, and only the guy who gets in fast and supplies to all the other lads, makes anything from it. Lots of latecomers left holding the baby. Pyramid type thing, IMO.

I understood your point and agree with you. I was just adding a bit of balance.

Bullocks

Dawggone wrote: »

I know some very successful snail farmers. Not so many deer farmers but a few.

Interestingly a fairly local woman is very successful producing quail eggs. Amazing businesswoman.

I kept quail for awhile , couldn't keep enough eggs sold to Russians and eastern Europeans , they used to use them instead of sweets for the kids . Very easy bird to keep and they layed like mad . Only trouble I had was they kept flying up in their cages and hurting their skulls or breaking their necks , I had to put soft netting at the top of their cages to break their jumps softly ! Tasty little birds if you have the patients to pluck and clean a few for the dinner

Dawggone

Bullocks wrote: »

I kept quail for awhile , couldn't keep enough eggs sold to Russians and eastern Europeans , they used to use them instead of sweets for the kids . Very easy bird to keep and they layed like mad . Only trouble I had was they kept flying up in their cages and hurting their skulls or breaking their necks , I had to put soft netting at the top of their cages to break their jumps softly ! Tasty little birds if you have the patients to pluck and clean a few for the dinner

Bet they were Bobwhite quail. Japanese quail are much more sedate.
Had many fun days trying to bag a few Bobwhite.
Delicious little birds and worth the effort.



Edit. Sorry off topic but a bird well worth a mention.

Future Farmer

Mr.Shou!! You'd want them sold before you even bred anything to him, short gestation - could suit a dairy man #alternativeenterprise



http://www.progressivegenetics.ie/Store/Detail/SPL-YOJIMBO-MR-SHOU-05