[BULLS] Not for vegetarians

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 21:52

Good news for meat lovers! I saw them, three big Dutch bulls, yesterday in Alsancak - on their way to the butcher. They were bound to arrive there in the afternoon, so you may meet them tomorrow at Lemar, Tempo or elsewhere...

http://www.allcrusades.com/BB_pics/Dutch_bulls.jpg

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 21:54

Ahhhhhhhhhh Hans - almost makes me wish I was a vegetarian



2 chances - little and none.



J

nikegirl


Joined: 19/02/2010
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 21:54

aww they are so cute!

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 22:07

How do you know they are Dutch bulls?





DD

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
10/03/2010 22:08

I asked the driver of the lorry, Daisy, when I saw the yellow earmarks.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 23:23

All the cattle in NC have yellow eartags, they were more than likely home reared as to import LIVE cattle they would have neaded a bar code on the tags. Those bullocks certainly had not travelled far. Only three live animals would have costed an arm and a leg to bring in... Dutch breeding, but no way Dutch imported.....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/03/2010 23:38

If they are selling the meat in Lemar tomorrow they will tough as old boots! They need to hang for at least 21 days.

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 00:42

DC,



Don't you mean Bullocks?



ie. Castrated male cattle.



Bull meat is mostly inedible due to the testosterone levels.



DD

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 07:14

That's right DD you give him a steer...

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
11/03/2010 09:04

Oh boy! What have I started..? The farmers and other experts on this board want to have a field day, I'm afraid. Well, I'll tell you all what happened. Alsancak. I was having a Nescafé. Lorry stops in front of me. Three animals in the back. As a Dutchman (you know, clogs, tulips, dikes et all) I recognised cows - until I took a closer look and had to admit these cows looked different below. Checked Google pictures on my mobile phone and the answer was: bulls. Asked the bulls in English where they were from. The bulls replied that they heard I was not English (my Dutch accent, probably) and so we talked for some time in Dutch. Then I checked with the lorry driver (see msg 5) whether the bulls were not lying and he confirmed: Dutch bulls. What more could I have done, board friends, to find out the truth?

P.S. And I was only trying to post a local item... Another lesson: don't do that, DC, what the h*ll do you know about cows/bulls...

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 09:37

Re Bull beef being inedible!!!



I must talk seriously to my farmer friends looks like they have been breeding inedible bulls for the last 20 years.



What a loaf of bullocks

RickF64


Joined: 07/01/2009
Posts: 173

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 10:28

So, it's true then DC. You really do speak bull?

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
11/03/2010 11:07

Bulls are edible and a lot of the beef you get in supermarkets is barley beef, these are left intire for growth rates! Bulls can be slaughtered at a certain weight, usually kept in doors because of the safety issue.



Bullocks (casterated) can be reared indoors or out and can be a lot older for weight gain.. plus you can keep heifers (young girl cows) with them. No babies...... Bulls can mate as young as 10mths......