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unusual facts about beef



2008 US beef protest in South Korea

On 17 January 2008 representatives of the president of South Korea met with Alexander Vershbow, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea to discuss beef imports.

AACO

Australian Agricultural Company, a company which serves to improve beef cattle production through responsible natural resource and land use

Albert D. Sturtevant

With another plane from the same unit, piloted by a South African named Faux, their assignment was to escort a convoy of ships carrying beef between Holland and Britain.

Arequipan cuisine

Chairo is a beef broth marinated with yellow hot pepper, garlic, onion, spices, black chuño (a root), pieces of cured meat, tongue of lamb and patasca (a pork and corn stew).

Argentine beef

On 8 March 2006, after unsuccessfully trying to control the rising prices of beef in the internal market (26% since the beginning of that year), the Argentine government banned beef exports for 180 days (with the exception of pre-arranged shipments and the Hilton Quota).

Bad Acid Trip

MTV 2's Headbangers Ball television show has broadcast the music video "Beef Moo", a song featured on the album Lynch the Weirdo.

Battle of Fort Myers

Union commanders planned to send horse soldiers into the area north of the Caloosahatchee River to confiscate livestock from area cattle ranches, thereby preventing shipment of beef to the Confederate Army of the Tennessee in Georgia.

Battle of Old Byland

In all of Lothian the English are said only to have found one lame cow, causing the Earl of Surrey to remark; This is the dearest beef I ever saw. It surely has cost a thousand pounds and more! In the Scalicronica, Sir Thomas Gray describes the whole campaign thus;

Beef noodle soup

In halal restaurants, only quality local beef from the Taiwanese zebu (黃牛, lit. "yellow cattle") prepared by the local halal butcher is used for the beef noodles.

Belted Galloway

The Belted Galloway is a heritage beef breed of cattle originating from Galloway in the west side of southern Scotland, adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorlands of the region.

Biffen

Biffen och Bananen (the Beef and the Banana), a comic strip by Rit-Ola, originally published in Folket i Bild, 1936–1978

Bite the cartridge

One of the alleged causes of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 were rumours that the grease on these cartridges designed to keep them dry was, variously, pork or beef fat (pork being abhorrent to Muslims, cows being sacred to Hindus), thus their refusal to bite them.

Bully Beef and Chips

The name "Bully Beef and Chips" comes from a quickly-prepared meal — corned beef and chips — with "Bully beef" being a phrase used for "corned beef".

Chianti

The acidity in the wines make them very flexible with food and wine pairings, particularly with Italian cuisines that feature red sauce, as well with as beef, lamb and game.

Citrus macroptera

A beef shatkora dish cooked by local chefs in Bangladesh is featured in the British chef Rick Stein's cookery programme Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey (in Episode 6), which was broadcast by the BBC on 20 August 2009.

Cuisine of California

Santa Maria is famous for the Tri-tip, a special kind of beef cut that can be grilled, baked, braised, or roasted.

Dried meat

Chipped beef, partially dried beef sold in small, thin, flexible leaves in jars or plastic packets.

Economy of Vanuatu

Copra, cocoa, kava and beef account for more than 60% of Vanuatu's total exports by value and agriculture accounts for 20% of GDP.

Copra is by far the most important cash crop (making up more than 35% of the country's exports), followed by timber, beef, and cocoa.

Food libel laws

In 1998, television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and one of her guests, Howard Lyman, were involved in a lawsuit surrounding the Texas version of a food libel law known as the False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products Act of 1995, for a 1996 episode of her show in which the two made disparaging comments about beef in relation to the mad cow scare.

Fuzzy's Grub

It offers traditional British food, being essentially a take-away carvery, specializing in roast meat meals and roast meat sandwiches, as in a Sunday roast (Scotch roast beef, horseradish, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, pork crackling, etc.).

George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke

Luke was the second son of John Lawson Johnston, a beef manufacturer and the founder of Bovril Ltd and Elizabeth, daughter of George Lawson, biscuit manufacturer of Edinburgh.

Gyūdon

Yoshinoya moved its business to a similar dish made with pork instead of beef, which it named butadon (豚丼).

Jack Penner

Recently, Penner has become an active spokesman for farmers affected by the BSE crisis, which has kept the American border closed to Canadian beef.

Leo Jordan

He was also a beef farmer, and served for a time as reeve of Montague Township and a member of the Lanark County council.

Let Me Ride

Ice Cube makes a cameo appearance, walking out from a women's bathroom saying "Damn right, it was a good day", referring to his 1992 solo single, and also officially squashing the beef between Dre and Ice Cube which had existed since Ice Cube left N.W.A.

Lucanica

Apicius documents it as a spicy, smoked beef or pork sausage originally from Lucania; according to Cicero and Martial, it was brought by Roman troops or slaves from Lucania.

Meat pie

Beef, lamb, and duck were employed, but a majority of the time it was the magpie that was the main ingredient.

Monthalia, Texas

As a testament to its livestock ranching, Nolan Ryan Beef operates several ranches in the area raising cattle.

Mountza

In the spoof sticker, the moutza is displayed with the middle finger cut off to represent Chicago's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who lost part of his middle finger while cutting roast beef in high school.

My Year of Meats

Parallel to Jane's story is the life of Akiko Ueno, a former manga artist who specialized in horror scenes and is reluctantly married to a man working for BEEF-EX.

New Don Pedro Dam

Among the dedication ceremonies were a speech by San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto and a beef barbecue hosted by TID.

Paul Mulders

As a free agent in July 2013, Mulders lent his services to the Global FC team to beef their campaign for the Singapore Cup.

Pljeskavica

Leskovačka pljeskavica (pljeskavica from Leskovac) is one of the most famous types and is usually made of beef or pork, very spicy and served with onions.

Puchero

The cuts of meat used are particularly important: if possible, ossobuco; otherwise beef cuts with marrow or poultry (used in puchero de gallina) can be substituted.

In Philippine cuisine, pochero is composed of the following ingredients: 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into parts, 1/2 kilo pork, cut into cubes, 1/2 kilo beef for stewing, cut into chunk cubes, 8 cups water 6 minced cloves garlic minced, 5 pieces Saba banana, 5 pieces boiled potatoes, quartered, 5 pieces boiled sweet potatoes, quartered, 4 pieces chorizo bilbao, 2 tablespoons oil,1 teaspoon salt, 1 bundle onion leeks,1 cup chickpeas, 1 sliced bundle cabbage and a Pinch salt & pepper.

Reading Terminal Market

One of the market's stands, Tommy DiNic's Beef and Pork, was featured on Travel Channel shows Man v. Food and Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America.

Rendang

# Rendang johor: chicken and beef rendang with chicken/ beef organs speciality of Batu Pahat, Muar

Richard Rosenberg

At the time of his death from carbon monoxide poisoning in Wentzville, Missouri he had written and was filming what was intended to be the fourth film in the series, The 100% All-Beef Doom.

Ron Galotti

While at Vogue, he and his editor in chief, Anna Wintour, once retaliated against an anti-fur protest by PETA outside the Condé Nast offices during the company's annual Christmas party by sending down a plate of roast beef.

Sam Zolotow

Arthur Gelb, a former theater critic and later managing editor of The Times described Zolotow as someone who could get any theater information he sought, as long as he had "a corned-beef sandwich, a cigar and a telephone... even if it took him all day and all night".

San Giuseppe Jato

The area around San Giuseppe Jato is also known for its beef cattle breeding and as a centre for woodturning and iron works.

Sapporo Ichiban

Traditionally ground beef and Chinese cabbage are added to the stir-fry and seaweed is sprinkled on top from the included pouch if preparing yakisoba, but only the seaweed is included in the package.

Senegalese cuisine

Maafe, seasoned fish, chicken, lamb, or beef cooked with vegetables in a tomato and peanut butter sauce.

Siege of Ladysmith

Towards the end of the siege, the garrison and townsfolk were living largely on their remaining draught oxen and horses (mainly in the form of "chevril", a meat paste named after the commercial beef extract "Bovril").

Spare ribs

In County Cork, Ireland, pork or beef spare ribs are boiled and eaten with potatoes and turnips.

Suzu, Ishikawa

Livestock: Noto Beef, a regionally renowned brand, is bred here

Syrian cuisine

Mehshi is a famous dish served in Syria, it is essentially Kousa or Eggplants stuffed with ground beef, rice and nuts.

The Bitch in Yoo

It also contains vocal samples of Raekwon from the track "Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)" by Mobb Deep, and "Suspended in Time" by Group Home, as well as a scratched vocal sample from the song "Lyin' Ass Bitch", by Fishbone.

The New Show

Grandmom (Thomas, Garr, Bromfield)
Weekend Tonight (BH, Thomas, plus Davis and Garr)
Terri Garr hands out samples in supermarket (everyone)
The Pretenders
Where's The Beef themed wedding (everyone)


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