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Salt Lick Bar-B-Que Restaurant

By | Food

If you like BBQ like I do you’ll love the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que Restaurant outside of Austin, Texas in Driftwood. As I’m writing this my mind can easily recall the smell and the taste. Thanks to our daughter Chandra for first introducing us to the Salt Lick back in the…

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Beef Labels

By | Food

From the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Do you know the wealth of information that’s listed on the beef packages in your supermarket? It’s all there if you just take a few moments to take a closer look at the small print. The meat package label identifies…

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Beef Grading

By | Cattle, Food

In 1966 the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) established Standards for Grades of Slaughter Cattle and Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef that created uniform categories in quality and composition for different types of beef. This allowed consumers to know what they were getting and beef producers/packers to know how…

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Cowboy Coffee

By | Food

Cowboy Coffee is coffee that is directly brewed in a standard cooking pot. From Wikipedia: “Water is heated to near-boiling temperature, ground coffee is added, and the mixture is stirred. When the grounds sink, the unfiltered product is consumed. The amount of coffee added largely depends upon the strength desired,…

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