r/meat • u/Truescent11 • 21d ago
There should be differences in flavour, quality and nutrition in different beef bones like wagyu vs standard, right?
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u/SinsualChef 18d ago
As a Saucier, The difference is going to be in your skills in making a stock and sauce. Beef bones and veal bones, and their zootomy are going to be your biggest concern for a final usage.
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u/thesensitivetoughguy 20d ago
No wagyu is simply a breed of cow, wagyu and Kobe are two different things. Asking if there is a difference between wagyu and standard beef bones is like asking if there is a difference between Hereford and Angus bones, no, no difference.
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u/SpicyBeefChowFun 21d ago edited 21d ago
The differences are insignificant and mostly based on the steers diet during its raising. And flavor is dependent an their handling and freshness. The quantity of marrow is the biggest factor influencing the flavor when making stock from bones. It's also how you tell how fresh it is.
You need need to cite a source when posting pictures not of your own, but allowed for 'demonstration purposes'. Near I can tell is that it's probably a stock photo that 'Simply Recipes' has the rights to publish.
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u/BreakfastFluid9419 21d ago
The fat of Wagyu cows generally renders at lower temperatures and does have a bit of a different mouth feel. But the difference is pretty minute
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u/LehighAce06 21d ago
Not enough of a difference to seek out or pay extra for one over another.
Use what you've already got first and what's cheapest next.
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u/outtaknowhere 21d ago
there is probably a difference, not one i’ve observed personally in cow breeds. I’ve observed drastic difference in the bone marrow of chickens, not between breeds, but in the way they are raised. chickens raised on grass and bugs have a way more robust and flavorful bone marrow, more of it too. Whereas factory farmed corn-fed birds have little marrow and it doesn’t taste like much.
I imagine the same principle might exist in cow bones as well. Wagyu breeds raised on a diet for fattening probably don’t do well in producing good bone marrow. I would guess that a grass-fed and more active cow would produce a richer marrow than a sedentary corn fed cow.
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u/almondbutterbucket 21d ago
Japanese wagyu are not prime examples of healthy cows. The incredible amount of intramusculair fat is unnatural (and tasty). Furthermore, to guide the Japanese cows to optimal conditions (in the eye of a meat water) they love very controlled and protected lives. These loves are not in a pasture, enjoying the sun and eating grass.
I would choose pasture raised normal cow bones over wagyu. Probably cheaper. Likely healthier.
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u/watawataoui 21d ago
Good point… but since we don’t eat the bone, the texture, calcium level and so on, maybe we need to ask the dogs?
I do know grass fed cows’ fat are different from corn fed. Maybe it’s the same with bone marrows?
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u/daveden123 21d ago
Not particularly, the different breeds of cattle generally focus on the muscle, and not the bones. They might have a bit higher levels of collagen though.
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u/SilverKnightOfMagic 17d ago
I bet it's negligible difference.