For Somebodies - DXLVI

Nov 07, 2011 20:55

Have a work of art by Joris Baudoin:


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damigella_314 November 7 2011, 20:58:18 UTC
They should get similar artwork in Holstein, where my husband grew up. Cool.

OT: At school I learned two names of milk cow races, Holstein and frisone (meaning from Friesland in German, but I think most of the region is in Netherlands and the only German part of called Ostfriesland).
How many names of meat cow races do you know?

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hibernia1 November 7 2011, 21:05:03 UTC
None.

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damigella_314 November 7 2011, 21:16:26 UTC
LOL that was an absurd question, related to the fact that I learned very early in life (say age ten or earlier) that only beef meat from chianina race animals should be used for a proper Bistecca alla fiorentina. The unfortunate result is that I'm almost vegetarian, but still love to death a steak which is kept so rare it still says moo. And the butchers out of Tuscany know about it precisely as much as you do, so I don't get it unless I go back South.

When you count your blessings, add having grown up in a region where you milk the cows instead of eating them. I grew up basically milk-free.

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hibernia1 November 7 2011, 21:22:19 UTC
I grew up milk-free as well, I detest milk. SO ICKY!!!

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damigella_314 November 7 2011, 21:46:54 UTC
LOL, and here I believed all of you Northern (maybe Central) Europeans were big milk drinkers :). I expect I'll soon learn you don't drink beer?

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hibernia1 November 9 2011, 10:18:49 UTC
Correct!

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