Beef, its whats for dinner

While Nate may be content to talk about dating methods for 27 uninterrupted pages with no paragraph breaks, I've got a grander topic to engage, though I doubt I can match his verbosity. My metaphorical lungs are smaller, weaker, more prone to succinct blurbs before they sputter and give up.

Its a topic I've had on my mind for a while, something that I thought I had gotten off my chest but has now gravitated up to my head.

Beef. The stuff from cows.

Occasionally I am challenged by family members as to why i think it is better than moose. I didn't think this was an issue I could be challenged on, I thought it spoke for itself, but I guess not. It is now up to me to defend beef:

While moose is good meat, you have to consider where it comes from. Moose are wild animals who spend their lives essentially doing nothing but trying to survive in terribly harsh climates. Their bodies are purely functional and adapted to surviving deep snow and uneven moss covered ground where food is often not abundant nor easy to find. Because of this physical stress they don't have the luxury of laying around getting fat like beef cows. Their meat is tough, densely muscled, and lacks any real marbling.

Cows on the other hand, are not natural beasts. The modern cow which we all love and enjoy is the product of selective breeding by smart farmers; they are an animal which is purposefully bred for producing insane quantities of milk and massive cuts of flavorful steak. A good cut of beef steak (there are many different cuts) will contain a perfect mixture of marbling and tenderness. Truly a wonderful experience to behold, something Moose just cannot match.
I've been perfecting my steaks lately; one of the benefits of living next to a grocery store is that a 12 ounce Angus cut is walking distance away. I'm hungry already.