Did ya know that beef is the most consumed source of protein in America? Team meat is still in the lead!

Here are some other meat facts for the day courtesy of Scooter Bay:

• A 1,000 pound Angus steer yields 465 pounds of retail beef cuts from a 600-pound carcass: 25% are steaks, 25% are roasts, 25% is burger and ground beef, 25% is lost due to fat, bone and shrinkage.

• The beef you buy today is 27% leaner than it was 20 years ago.

• You would have to consume five 8 oz. glasses of milk and three 4 oz. cans of tuna to get the same amount of zinc found in 3 oz. of beef.

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Ever wonder what people ate in the Middle Ages? Well, so did I, so I looked it up.... (Plus now I'm one post closer to a free Meat-shirt!)

In the Middle Ages, the nobles and wealthy royalty got to eat the good stuff. But there were a range of meats available including venison, beef, pork, veal, goat, lamb, rabbit, hare, mutton, swans, herons and poultry.

The more exotic game birds included thrushes, starlings, blackbirds, quail, cuckoo, lark and peacocks.

Sounds delicious, no?

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Let's face it folks, the other white meat is NOT Larry Bird. It's pork! But alas, good pork is kinda pinkish when it's cooked.
I give you The Proper Luau Inspired pig roasting technique of DOOM!

Roasted pig is always the main course at a Hawaiian luau. Pig roasts are also popular at many American cook outs, picnics, and public events as well. In order to prepare the pig the same way the natives do, you'll need to use an underground Imu pit.

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Llama - the other dark meat. After you get done ridin' your llama, be sure to head on over to Bob's butchering center. As guests of Jersey Bob's Llama Ranch, you'll be able to tour the entire slaughtering area. First, you'll want to check out the kill floor. You can watch Bob's employees stun, skin, and de-bone entire herds of llamas. Of course, the llamas feel no pain thanks to Bob's hi-tech machinery.

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That's right meat eaters! We have added another topic to CAD! In our never ending effort to bring you all things MEAT, "Calendar of Meat" has been added to our topics list. We will be doing our best to keep you up to speed with as many meat related events as possible. BBQ cook-offs, meat festivals, pig roasts, if they're cooking meat...we'll do our best to let you know! You can help us and your fellow Meatatarians out as well! If you know of a meat event going on and we haven't posted it yet, DO IT YOURSELF! Hell, if your having a BBQ in your backyard, and want us to come, you can put that here too! If there's meat we'll be there! Now get off your pork butt and get to gettin'!

Here are few we have found so far:

Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship-Mt. Carmel, IL.-September 04-06 (no website info)

6th annual Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival-Natchitoches, Louisiana-September 12-13

Green County Cheese Days-Monroe, Wisconson-September 19-21

Blues, Views, & BBQ Festival-Westport, Conneticut-September 20-21

Ohio Smoked Meat and Barbecue Festival-October 18

More to come!