Since I know that Sean O’Driscoll is a die hard when it comes to Barbecue, I thought I would share one supremely important piece of advice.
If you are going to spend a lot of time and money on cooking your meat to make it the best cooked meal you have ever had, please spend as much time picking the best meat to cook on that awesome barbecue that you probably got from http://www.cookshack.com/
Make sure you beef, poultry, pork, lamb, venison, fish, etc… meets most of the below criteria;
- Wild caught, not farm raised fish
- Certified Organic
- Grass fed
- For Beef, NOT FED Corn, period. I don’t care if it is organic. Beef Cattle are not meant to eat corn, they are herbivores.
- No antibiotics
- Free roaming
If you get a choice piece of meat that met the above criteria, you pretty much are ensuring that the meet is going to be as high in Omega 3’s as it can be. Some types or cuts of meats are more supeior than others. Focusing on your Omega 3 versus Omega 6 intake is another one of the most important things you should think about when you choose your source of protein.
Take a look at the Paleo Diet for more guidance on the cuts that are the best.
It will do your heart and body well if you follow this advice.
Kevin
2 responses so far ↓
1 Chris Tremonte // Apr 13, 2008 at 9:58 pm
good points. The corn stuff reminds me of some of Michael Pollan’s points in The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
2 admin // May 13, 2008 at 11:34 am
yeah, I was reading Omnivore’s Dilemna when I wrote this blog post. I tell you, I will never look at meat the same way before I read Pollan. Never again will I buy a non grass fed piece of meat. Never. I would rather go with a salad and nuts and definitely a fish dish than eat another piece of grain fed chicken or beef.
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