It looks delicious. We usually say grass fed or an old dairy cow
overachievingovaries
It does look weird. Sometimes if the meat is part jersey the fat has a yellow tinge. Often dairy cattle are half jersey, half fresian. If one of these is bread with a beef breed say heregord or angus and that calf grows and is sold as beef, sometimes the fat has a yellow tinge. I prefer it actually, and always try and get hold of beef cattle that are quarter jersey. Not sure tho with this beef. Open it up and see if the fat is consistent in the yellow colour.
cuhzaam
A grass-fed diet will do this. Grass-fed beef often has yellow fat because cattle grazing on green pasture consume plants rich in carotenoids, especially beta-carotene, a natural pigment found in grasses and leafy forages. Beta-carotene is fat-soluble, so when cattle eat grass, the pigment is absorbed and stored in their fat, giving it a yellow color.
BaconGivesMeALardon
Yellow fat usually is a sign of quality. I look for it when buying chickens. Sorry you are so used to meat raised on filler and not a real diet.
Sufficient-Muscle-24
Thats the flavour
Flying_Madlad
#Want
Eat it! You won’t regret it
B767-200
Well this IS news to me. How cool is this to know. TIL that yellow fat on a sirloin is a good thing (and I’m 56!)
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Grass fed?
It looks delicious. We usually say grass fed or an old dairy cow
It does look weird. Sometimes if the meat is part jersey the fat has a yellow tinge. Often dairy cattle are half jersey, half fresian. If one of these is bread with a beef breed say heregord or angus and that calf grows and is sold as beef, sometimes the fat has a yellow tinge. I prefer it actually, and always try and get hold of beef cattle that are quarter jersey. Not sure tho with this beef. Open it up and see if the fat is consistent in the yellow colour.
A grass-fed diet will do this.
Grass-fed beef often has yellow fat because cattle grazing on green pasture consume plants rich in carotenoids, especially beta-carotene, a natural pigment found in grasses and leafy forages. Beta-carotene is fat-soluble, so when cattle eat grass, the pigment is absorbed and stored in their fat, giving it a yellow color.
Yellow fat usually is a sign of quality. I look for it when buying chickens. Sorry you are so used to meat raised on filler and not a real diet.
Thats the flavour
#Want
Eat it! You won’t regret it
Well this IS news to me. How cool is this to know. TIL that yellow fat on a sirloin is a good thing (and I’m 56!)
Grass fed, beta-carotene I believe. Yummy