 Ifor's "Kobe" beef cattleIn their stalls, awaiting massage and beer. It's a myth that in Japan Kobe beef cattle receive massages and beer. According to the official website of the Kobe Beef Marketing & Distribution Promotion Association: “There have been almost no cases of cows being raised on beer,” and “massage itself neither softens meat nor increases the amount of marbling.” |  Beer in the trough at Ifor's farmLocal lager awaits the tongues of "Kobe" cattle |  Penn State's Meat LabPenn State University Meats Lab, a sixteen-thousand-square-foot facility in State College, designed for research of animal slaughter and processing, where I’ve come to learn how, and how not, to make meat taste good |
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