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[pinotlover]

A few small facts about veal. In the US, and much of the world, veal comes from male diary calves for which there is little other need or use., or occasionally young beef calves injured in transport or handling. As the consumption of milk has declined significantly in the States, the resulting decrease in diary herds has occurred. This has made veal more difficult to find and far more expensive. It has practically disappeared from many grocery stores and likewise even up scale restaurants.

To be classified as veal a calf can be no more than 20 weeks nor weight more than 450 lbs on the hoof. So a tidbit, if you believe a 45 Oz tomahawk steak can come from a calf weighing up to 450 lbs on the hoof, I have a bridge to sell you! 😂😂. It may be a delicious 45 Oz tomahawk steak, but from a veal calf it’s not. Another example of using a term inappropriately to describe a dish.

 

[Harters]

42 minutes ago, pinotlover said:

In the US, and much of the world, veal comes from male diary calves

In the UK, veal had a very bad reputation for many years, on ethical grounds. That was, primarily due to "crates" in which calves were kept (banned in the UK in 1992 and the European Union in 2006) That has changed in recent times  with "rose veal" being raised as a premium product and now represents almost all of the veal on the British market. Instead of male dairy calves being culled at birth, many are now raised for veal, fed on milk and a natural plant diet. They can be no more than 8 months old at slaughter. 

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5 hours ago, pinotlover said:

A few small facts about veal. In the US, and much of the world, veal comes from male diary calves for which there is little other need or use., or occasionally young beef calves injured in transport or handling. As the consumption of milk has declined significantly in the States, the resulting decrease in diary herds has occurred. This has made veal more difficult to find and far more expensive. It has practically disappeared from many grocery stores and likewise even up scale restaurants.

To be classified as veal a calf can be no more than 20 weeks nor weight more than 450 lbs on the hoof. So a tidbit, if you believe a 45 Oz tomahawk steak can come from a calf weighing up to 450 lbs on the hoof, I have a bridge to sell you! 😂😂. It may be a delicious 45 Oz tomahawk steak, but from a veal calf it’s not. Another example of using a term inappropriately to describe a dish.

 

Good info. Got me to googling - better than cleaning the kitchen. Now THIS looks like a veal tomahawk:

https://fairwaypacking.com/products/bone-in-veal-tomahawk-chop