On second thought...

A day or two ago I posted about my experience at our local farmer's market, which was really great. I was very excited about eating the local grass-fed beef that we purchased at the market and I was sure I was going to be permanently substituting it for the antibiotic & hormone-laden kind we had been eating.....

...But I hated it! Ok, hate is a strong word. I really didn't like it, though, and it was a very disturbing experience for me. We bought ground chuck and we had decided to make it into homemade hamburgers on the grill. I loved how fresh the beef was, I loved how I knew where it came from, and I loved how it was bright red and not the weird brownish-gray color that you see sometimes in the beef at the mart. What I didn't like about it was the taste; obviously, quite a big thing when it comes to food. Honestly, it wasn't a bad taste at all. I'd imagine it is quite an appealing and delicious taste to an unknowing person or to someone like my husband. He thought it was fantastic and he was very excited about having the leftovers all to himself too! You see, the beef just had a very strong herby flavor. Like those wild onions you find in your backyard (or at least in our backyard). The wild onions around here are everywhere and the scent of them is quite overwhelming, especially when people are mowing their yards. That's what the beef reminded me of. The taste of wild onions just hit too close to home for me to be able to enjoy my beefy burger in front of me. I realized that this cow that I was eating was probably one that I had seen on a farm not too long ago. A cow that had been peacefully grazing in a rolling meadow chowing down on some wild onions. Now, I'm no animal activist, and eating meat has never bothered me before. This time, though, the meat just seemed way too fresh and way too local. "That's the point!" I hear you say. Yes, this is true. I am trying to eat locally. I am trying to eat unprocessed foods. The point is, though, that I'm trying! I'm not saying I'm boycotting local grass-fed beef. I'm still a big supporter of it and the farm that we bought it from. I think it's an amazing thing and I am willing to give it another try. Maybe next time, though, I'll buy a steak. And use lots of A-1!

And that is just one more step in my process of going unprocessed.