Moo. A friend who owns a restaurant just repaid a favor with 4 USDA PRIME porterhouse steaks. You never hear about anyone repaying a favor with a pork chop.
It was earlier mentioned that it was the whole animal not just the meat. If it is that, I would choose beef. Think of all the stuff that has cheese in it.. Yogurt, milk, cheese are what I live on! Ice cream? Creamer for coffee (if you swing that way). The cow is nearly the perfect animal.
Calgary, Australia and Texas all produce fine quality steaks, but for quality of meat and cooking nothing comes close to Argentinian steak. If I lived in that country I would die of meat poisoning.
Meat is the greatest. All meats. Hail meat. Chicken? LOVE It. Especially beer can chicken, which tastes like sex. I love most fish (except salmon) if I'm in the mood. I will not deny I absolutely love pork. Pulled pork sandwiches, pork chops, and of course the Godsend known as bacon and back bacon just to name a few. However, beef is the champion in my books. Steak & Burgers. That alone nets you the Stanley Cup, not to mention the countless awesome beef has in so many cultures and forms. ALBERTA. FUCKING. TRIPLE. My favourite: Filet Mignon. Beef wrapped in bacon. It dunt get better 'an this.
Bacon and pork tenderloin sealed the deal for me. Sorry guys, but it looks like i'm in the minority. I actually had a dream involving bacon last night.
Beef. Hooves down. Theoretical death-row last meal: Med-rare, closer to rare, ribeye with shroomy gravy, taters of any sort, grilled veggies and a milk shake. Love when threads get topical like this as yesterday I wandered down to a casino cafe and stuffed myself on a meal close to the above for $5. Then I went home and fell asleep watching Judge Judy. Sometimes Vegas doesn't suck ass.
If I could never have baby back ribs again, I would be a sad sad man. And this is one (of many reasons) I am a bad jew.* That said, I love carne asada burritos, tri-tip, NY strips, and other delectable cuts. And my favorite burger is the one I make that is 2/3 80-20 ground beef and 1/3 chorizo wrapped around a slab of pepper jack cheese and grilled until the cheesy goodness is melted inside, and coincidentally another reason I am a bad jew. *I could never give up shellfish, mixing dairy with meat, or fillet mignion either
As a health nut, if the option was chicken AND fish, I'd have no choice. But if I had to eat one or the other with no beef or pork to reward myself, I'd lose my fucking mind. Beef it is. Ribs, steaks, burgers, jerkey, brisket, tongue, roast beef, hot dogs, etc. All delicious. It's a tough choice because pork tenderloin is one of the tastiest/healthiest cuts of meat, and who the hell turns down baby back ribs and bacon, but I stand by my decision.
To you, sir, I say one word: Kurobuta. Kurobuta is to pork like Kobe is to beef, and it is a magical, magical thing. Imagine it this way: you're cutting into a gorgeous slab of meat as juicy and tender as the most delicately marbled steak... but it's got that irresistible porky taste to which no steak can ever compare. Seriously, do yourself a favor and find a place that cooks this stuff right - it is a truly phenomenal taste experience.
Definitely beef. Nothing from a pig is ever going to come close to a high quality steak. Plus cows want us to eat them. Pigs flip out when they get near the kill floor, screaming and running in terror. Cows however just offer themselves up(I swear this has nothing to do with how stupid they are). The only two pork dishes I would have real trouble giving up is tenderloin and ribs. Bacon's nice, but it's hardly a staple of my diet. Beef wins. Remember that African tribe that sent us a shipment of cows after 911? Yeah, they knew.
Pork: -sausages -prosciutto -pancetta (my dad makes his own of the last three; they are all amazing) -pulled pork -ribs -bacon, both regular and peameal -ham -tenderloin -black forest ham (I'm going to have to get my dad to make one of these for real some day) Also, the stewing meat can be made into a convincing enough stew. Beef -steaks -stewing meat, which I find results in bits of meat getting stuck in your teeth -burgers and so forth Plus, baby pigs are cute. It's a fact - the cuter the animal, the tastier it is. Also, rumour has it that the reason kosher and halal forbid pork is because pork tastes suspiciously similar to human flesh. Well, so it goes; I've never tried people.
First of all, I think the three vegetarians on the board should explain themselves. Focus: I'll take beef. I eat chicken ever day. I eat beef maybe every other day. But I like beef more, it just isn't quite as good for you. I have pork products maybe once a week. And as much as I love that one day, I can do without it. So beef wins. I make about 10 bacon explosions every month for friends and family. So, it will be very sad day if I ever have to make this decision in real life.
This is a stupid question, and it makes me sad. I feel Blue Dog is a bad person for posing it to us. My answer though was beef. I love bacon on my burgers, and sausage for breakfast. But I honestly only eat breakfast, after a night of drinking. And bacon is a nice addition to my burger, but the dead cow is the star. Plus a bloody rare steak is the center piece to the best meal I can imagine.
I was raised a vegetarian. I am not a vegan so I eat dairy and eggs. I have tried meat in the past but with my body not being used to it the next morning in the bathroom was not fun. Just before anyone asks: I hate PETA, I don't care if others eat meat, and I despise vegetarians who try to push their views on people. You want to go hunting and eat it, please, go ahead, I do not care.
Do you feel your family should be brought up on charges of child abuse for raising you this way? Just kidding, you are the good kind of vegetarian. Although I would suggest weening yourself onto meet, one food group at a time.
I once worked as a meat cook at a breakfast restaurant. I am as passionate about breakfast meats as anyone, and for that reason I choose pork. Bacon is overrated. I'd much rather have a pork roll sandwich, two thin slices of grilled ham and a poached egg between an English muffin, three sausages wrapped in buttermilk pancakes, a fat piece of grilled Hawaiian ham steak with a pineapple slice on top, or best of all a thin-sliced and burnt-to-a-crisp piece of scrapple. Another reason I would never give up pork is DOLLAR DOG NIGHT at Phillies games. Every year young Phillies fans from all over the greater Philadelphia area mark the date of every Dollar Dog Night held at Citizen's Bank Park under the unspoken understanding that it is our duty, as bros of the Main Line, to tailgate our asses off and purchase dollar hot dogs that we will never even remember eating. If it weren't for pork, Phillies fans wouldn't have an excuse to get drunk. Burgers are overrated, steak gets old when you eat it every day and as much as I love a good cheese steak, it's hard to find a decent one outside of Philly.