Beef varieties?

[Bulkup]

Hey I'm new to these forums so hiya fellas!

I've read that one of the leanest beef cuts is sirloin steak.

Now I was just wondering how does rump steak & beef scnitzel compare?

They are both much cheaper, and from looks and texture, seem to be much lower in fat no?

Any idea?

[frogie2001]

i've always thought that rump was leaner also. just looking at the varieties you can see the lack of whit shit in the meat. I think it is a conception that sirloin, blade etc are better. but i think this is due to flavour as opposed to low fat content

[deegee]

hi there bulkup, I have noticed when shopping that the different cuts vary in thier fat content from butcher to butcher, though sirloin often has less fat in the meat itself, rump will often have a large amount of fat onit but that is easy to cut off.

I go for price and the look of the meat

[Bulkup]

Cool thanks guys.

Ok rump's on special next week, and I haven't had beef for about 2 weeks now. My cut's going great so gonna get some cow at least once a week now! I prolly need more good fats anyhow!

[frogie2001]

holly shit!! do you mean you don't eat 2-3 servings of red meat a day???

what is your normal protein source?

I don't know if i would call animal fat a good source of fat. I don't know where this falls into the grand scheme of things. I know the fat of lamb is better, more of the essentials in it or something.

[deegee]

No animal fat is "good fat" some as you like lamb is better but still not good

[Bulkup]

I'm a guy who gets his meat from chicken & fish products.

Easy to cook c.f. beef.

I thought that beef is proportionally low on saturated fat?

I mean I get polys from fish, and some monos from the canola oil I cook in... what I probably meant to say is that right now my fat ratio is around 15%, gotta boost to 20% for my ideal 40/40/20 ratio.. I think I eat too much protein!!!

[littlebigboy]

From my experience with the odd Cow Scotch Fillet and Sirloin or Porter house are top of the line, that is taste and tenderness, (and price)

Rump and Topside are less tasty and are tougher, therefore need to be cooked real slow.

Leanness isn't much of an issue because you can trim most of the fat off the outside edge, with the exception being schnitzel because it is so thin and can be tricky to work with.

I have cooked Topside in the GF grill and no fat has run off, but it cooks it too fast hence it turns out tough.

But Sirloin grills good, with very little fat running off.

Here is a little bit of light reading about the virtues of beef (and the fat)

http://www.westonaprice.org/mythstruths/mtbeef.html

Cheers

[jono]

i just go buy the look and price as well

[Bulkup]

So if I wanted nutritional values for rump steak.. what do I use?

[Pseudonym]

Try one of these: http://nzbb.co.nz/links/index.php?c=9

[THEBERG]

Rump is the leanest cut i have observed but taste wise sirloin is good but i really like rump and it's a hella ov lot cheaper too.

Also you can try buying venison, i have this all the time and is leaner than any type of beef cut. Only downside is venison can be expensive but i get it for free.

[frogie2001]

yeah sorry bud, i may have come on a bit strong. I don't know if anyone has mentioned before the benefits of lots of red meat,

iron, protein B vit,

i heard it is a natural source of creatine too.. and it;'s cheaper than chicken and fish

[Bulkup]

Hey again, I've been trying to find the energy values for premium beef mince to no avail, can anyone help out??

I know that the fat content goes premium

I just had a great big cheat meal of 250g (raw weight) mince in a thick pasta sauce, 1 cup of oatmeal (uncooked weight) with heaps of almonds and yoghurt, and 1 whole 1kg tub of that cappucino frappe yoghurt (damn that's nice!) and I'm estimating that lunch came to about 7000kJ or so eek! Damn I feel really bloated now lol!

I actually want to eat more now, but my stomach won't let me!

[Pseudonym]

I don't know how the 95% fat content translates to our system, but I'd guess you're probably right. You could always ask the butchery department manager.

[Varven]

Animal fats are NOT good for you.

Ive always been told this.. well at least fats from meat.

I can easily get loads of protein without red meat... In fact I only eat red meat once a week or something.

Eggs

Chicken

cottage Cheese

Tuna

Whey

does it for me just fine