Meat in Cape Town.

We've cut down a lot on red meat due to the price of lamb and good steak. I would like to know what's the opinion on veal.

Had an offer for a whole calf at R23/kg. Total weight was about 20kg.

First time I've bought veal and will be frying some chops tonight. I had it cut up like you would lamb. Not sure what the best way to have it cut up.

20kg meat for R350 is not bad.
 

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Just fried some of the veal chops with salt and pepper and it was actually very good and tender.

Next time I'll get it whole, send the wife out for the day, and cut it up at home.
 
signates said:
Just fried some of the veal chops with salt and pepper and it was actually very good and tender.

Next time I'll get it whole, send the wife out for the day, and cut it up at home.
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i have heard as well that veal is very tender

at R23 a kg that is very cheap cos i have seen them around 35-45 a kg
 
WTF? Where you getting veal from for R23/kg???
Please tell me too.
Cannot even buy chicken for that price!!!
 
signates said:
We've cut down a lot on red meat due to the price of lamb and good steak. I would like to know what's the opinion on veal.

Had an offer for a whole calf at R23/kg. Total weight was about 20kg.

First time I've bought veal and will be frying some chops tonight. I had it cut up like you would lamb. Not sure what the best way to have it cut up.

20kg meat for R350 is not bad.
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What the hell is that - a beef carcass weighing 20kg must be an abortion.
The typical SA feedlot grain fed weaner calf is slaughtered aged +- 12-15 months, at a carcass weight of between 200-240kg. Interesting thing is this meat would just about be considered veal in the USA and Europe where they use much older animals for A grade beef.

I am not joking about the abortion - it is not profitable to slaughter such young animals so the most likely scenario here is that on slaughtering a cow it was discovered she was pregnant. That also explains the price.
 
isn't veal where they tie the calf to a pole so they can't walk around... and because the muscles aren't used the meat is softer???

:sick:
 
I was also thinking that that calf is the size of a biggish lamb.

You sure it was not a large dog?
 
Lol at the comments.

Did some reading up and calves are slaughtered from a 1 month old to 5 months. Obviously the younger the calf, the less it weighs and the more tender the meat. Calves weigh about 20kg at birth. At 3 months they are double their birth weight and a carcass weighs about 70% of a live calf.

This calf weighed between 30-35kg at the time of slaughter and was about 2.5 months old.
 
signates said:
Lol at the comments.

Did some reading up and calves are slaughtered from a 1 month old to 5 months. Obviously the younger the calf, the less it weighs and the more tender the meat. Calves weigh about 20kg at birth. At 3 months they are double their birth weight and a carcass weighs about 70% of a live calf.

This calf weighed between 30-35kg at the time of slaughter and was about 2.5 months old.
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There are several types of veal, although some terminology varies by country. Types of veal include:

Bob veal: Calves are slaughtered when only a few weeks old (at most 1 month old) weighing up to 60 lb.[2]
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so he didnt eat a foetus
 
signates said:
Lol at the comments.

Did some reading up and calves are slaughtered from a 1 month old to 5 months. Obviously the younger the calf, the less it weighs and the more tender the meat. Calves weigh about 20kg at birth. At 3 months they are double their birth weight and a carcass weighs about 70% of a live calf.

This calf weighed between 30-35kg at the time of slaughter and was about 2.5 months old.
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Where did you get this info - it is wrong. A calf weighs 30-45 kg at birth and puts on +- 25 kg per month. So a healthy 2.5 month old should have a carcass weight of at least 65kg.

Why would anyone slaughter a 2.5 month old calf and sell the carcass for R350/20kg = R17.50 - if you feed it to age 10 months you will have 6 times the carcass weight (+- 130kg) and can sell it for R4800 or R40/kg.

Something obviously went wrong with the calf you bought (if it is a calf). I strongly suspect it was a foetus or still birth, perhaps a sickly animal..
 
Verde said:
Where did you get this info - it is wrong. A calf weighs 30-45 kg at birth and puts on +- 25 kg per month. So a healthy 2.5 month old should have a carcass weight of at least 65kg.

Why would anyone slaughter a 2.5 month old calf and sell the carcass for R350/20kg = R17.50 - if you feed it to age 10 months you will have 6 times the carcass weight (+- 130kg) and can sell it for R4800 or R40/kg.

Something obviously went wrong with the calf you bought (if it is a calf). I strongly suspect it was a foetus or still birth, perhaps a sickly animal..
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