We Bought a Cow

Yes, it's true. We bought a cow. Well, technically a quarter of a cow. And it's sliced up. In our freezer.

Some friends of ours told us a while back about this ranch in West VA that raises cattle free of antibiotics, hormones, and all the junk that's super good for you. And it's grass fed.

Basically the cow is better for your body than the chicken pumped full of hormones that you get from your local grocer. Wanna know why, read this book and you'll see. The short version is you are what you eat eats.

When a group of friends decided to go in on a cow together, we decided we were in too. Let me just tell you how weird it's been saying "I'm so excited to get our cow!". This is me who in high school was kind-of-vegetarian. Who now rarely eats beef and would be pretty happy eating no meat for weeks at a time. Alas, I can count on Otterpop asking "where's the meat" every time I cook without it.

So now we have 93lbs of beef in our basement freezer. What on earth am I going to do with that? Well, Sunday I'll slow roast Carne Asada. Then we'll have a barbecue with friends and grill up some porter house steaks and hamburgers. And then we'll do beef kabobs. And beef with broccoli. And beef fajitas. You get the idea. We'll be eating A LOT of cow. For a very long while.

But really, I am excited to have healthfully and humanely raised animals on my family's table. After all, we are what we eat eats.

By the way. Otterpop apparently had the steak of all steaks in Lubbock, a.k.a. The Land of Cows. He actually said he didn't know if he would ever be able to eat a regular steak again. I gently reminded him of the 93lbs of beef in our freezer that would prove otherwise. Can you guess what dinner will be welcoming him home Friday?



P.S. I don't often hear songs on the radio that I love. There are a few I like well enough, but I hardly ever HAVE to know the name of a song and artist. The other day I heard "Animal" by Neon Trees and I was hooked. Come to find out, I had written the group's name on the running list I keep of music I hear and want to hear again. So I bought the album on iTunes. And I love it all!! Plus it's pretty cool when a band of boys has a girl drummer rockin' it.