tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post7120315211856897616..comments2023-10-10T14:43:29.795-04:00Comments on Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog: Slope Farms Beef, Catskills NY - a Visit with Ken Jaffe.Brooklynguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321573602782343974noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-63852841626342722712013-11-28T07:18:36.098-05:002013-11-28T07:18:36.098-05:00No doubt your post is too long but it has a great ...No doubt your post is too long but it has a great knowledge about delicious and healthy meat. Thanks for share very helpful information. Great work done!<br /><a href="http://www.westridgebeef.com/" rel="nofollow">Artisan Beef Online</a>Ariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17475384527504216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-41835139997134829672013-10-03T15:50:01.148-04:002013-10-03T15:50:01.148-04:00Ken, thank you very much for the helpful informati...Ken, thank you very much for the helpful information. Being British and fond of buying meat from butchers, I'll definitely seek out your beef and veal at those three spots -- and I also appreciate learning more about the large difference between vacuum-packing at the coop and elsewhere.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-12027803666082067852013-10-01T13:04:02.560-04:002013-10-01T13:04:02.560-04:00Glad you got to visit this farm, Bg. We've bee...Glad you got to visit this farm, Bg. We've been practicing MiG --rotational grazing-- with our neighbors for several years now and the results are stunning. My mentor, Eric, has essentially turned lifeless old cropground into a diverse grass habitat by simply rotational grazing cattle and sheep together. And the meat is unreal. Especially the lamb, which is a lot more plentiful than the beef, at least at the moment. Anyway, loving the food posts! <br /><br />Best, <br />JesseHannah and Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970812600139619064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-42635276535725483622013-10-01T12:10:08.815-04:002013-10-01T12:10:08.815-04:00Ben.....Ken Jaffe from Slope Farms here. On your q...Ben.....Ken Jaffe from Slope Farms here. On your questions about vacuum packed beef quality, and where to get our beef not vacuum sealed...... <br />The Park Slope Food Coop beef is selling dry aged beef which spends very little time in the vacuum pack. This process is different from most vacuum packed beef, and better. (more detail below). <br /><br />You can find Slope Farms beef that's dry aged, butcher cut, and never vacuum packed at Marlow and Daughters, Greene Grape, and Brooklyn Fare. <br /><br />Here's how it works at the Park Slope Coop compared to typical vacuum packed beef. The Coop's beef is dry aged for 15 to 22 days. Their beef is then cut and vacuum sealed, received by the Coop within 4 days, and generally sold within a week after that. So it spends generally less than 10 days in the vacuum pack. (there is a packing date to check on all our beef). Most 'industrial' beef is not dry aged, but rather cut within about 3 day and can spend many weeks (even months) chilled in the vacuum pack and is then cut into butcher cuts. This is typical of beef in supermarkets. I'd say the Coops beef is MUCH closer in flavor and quality to the kind of beef you'll get at the butcher who never vacuum packs the beef.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501602007920370888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799854524070158890.post-17615206780661107392013-09-30T11:19:33.133-04:002013-09-30T11:19:33.133-04:00Wonderful post and not too long! I thought I'd...Wonderful post and not too long! I thought I'd just comment on an issue at the point of sale: it's a shame the coop only sells the Slope Farms Beef in vacuum packs. My understanding -- from speaking to butchers at Dicksons and elsewhere -- is that vacuum packing isn't great for cuts of meat that aren't going to be slow-cooked, and Dicksons certainly frown on vacuum-packing dry-aged beef steaks. I wonder if Slope Fams steaks are sold anywhere outside of vacuum packs? Maybe Marlow and Daughters (for a lot more $ than at the coop)?Bennoreply@blogger.com