WHAT IS BEEF? WHAT ANIMALS PRODUCE BEEF?

Do You  Have ANY Idea-At All-of What You Are Eating or of What You Are Talking About ?

SURPRISE PEOPLE: ANTELOPE ARE BEEF CATTLE.

THE MEAT IS BEEF. 

Many people believe that the misnaming or changing of name by the U.S.A.(US colloquialism) does not matter but to religious and other groups; it can matter greatly.

IMAGE FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackbuck_male_female.jpg

SO IS THE FLESH OF A BISON

OR A 

BUFFALO--

THERE ARE NO WILD BUFFALO IN THE AMERICAS.

MORE ABOUT CATTLE AND BEEF: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bovid

PRONGHORNS ARE NOT: ANTELOPE.

AND THEY CAN NOT CORRECTLY BE NAMED PRONGHORNS; BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE HORNS,  (AS DEFINED BY WEBSTER'S OR OXFORD DICTIONARY), PRONGED OR OTHERWISE.

THEY ARE NOT OF THE BOVINE FAMILY--SO, THE FLESH IS NOT BEEF.

WHEN CLOCKED AT A DISTANCE OF A MILE OR MORE, 

THEY ARE THE WORLD'S FASTEST LAND ANIMAL.

An Interesting Note: According to both  the Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English and Webster's Dictionary, beef is defined as "the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull used as food".

 NOT A VERY ACCURATE OR USEFUL DEFINITION 

--IS IT?

 According to this definition, veal, calf ("baby beef") is not "beef", if cut from the carcass of a female ANIMAL (member of the bovine family) that was under one year old.

IN MY OPINION, A MUCH BETTER DEFINITION:

BEEF IS THE FLESH OF ANY BOVINE 

ANIMAL, 

WHEN USED BY MAN AS FOOD. 

NOTE: Alligators, crocodiles, deer, elephants, sea lions, seals, walrus,and whales are all correctly referred to as bulls or cows; however, the flesh of an alligator or crocodile, male or female, can not become or be designated as beef.

The flesh of an elephant, male or female, is not beef.

The flesh of an Elk/moose-North American or European-is not beef.

The flesh of a sea lion or walrus, male or female, can not be designated beef.

The flesh of a whale is not beef.

©Al Girvan