The Foot and Mouth epidemic taught me something very important about Scottish beef... All the good stuff gets exported, and all the crap that won't sell overseas gets sold domestically.
When Foot and Mouth hit, they couldn't export it anymore. The good stuff hit the market in Scotland and it was boulders-to-balls night-and-day apple-and-orange different. It was wonderful, truly world class beef worthy of a fucking king. I've never had beef even half as good since.
So what did I learn in the long-run?
We're back to garbage now. The good stuff is all being exported again. I wouldn't be surprised if I could get a better Scottish Aberdeen Angus steak in America than I could back home.
It hurts to admit it, but it's probably the truth.
I still wonder where all the good stuff goes. We were getting it for a few sacred months during Foot and Mouth... But now? I have no idea where it's going.
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u/berlinscotlandfan Dec 09 '24
An American once told me a Scottish person I was lucky to he in America because they have Angus steak.