There are many farms in the US now that either raise 100% full blood Wagyu beef or hybrid crossbreed between Japanese Wagyu cattle and European cattle such as Angus or Holstein. (To be fair… this photo was taken under studio light at night)
Considering this,What kind of diet does a Wagyu cattle have?
These cattle roam free in perfectly manicured pastures, eat a high-grain diet, drink the occasional beer, watch only the finest Kurosawa films, and in the process their flesh develops a fatty marbling that can only otherwise be found in your average Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Keeping this in consideration,What happens when you take a wagyu steak out of the package?
Fun fact: When you bring a piece of Wagyu to room temperature, it actually sweats out fat. So I took the steak out of package, tempered it by letting it sit out for an hour, and then I wiped a piece of bread right on the steak and ate it.
In this regard,What’s the difference between Kobe beef and Wagyu beef?
A lot of restaurants and meat stores outside of Japan, including the United States, market steak that is incorrectly labeled as Kobe Beef due to a lack of legal recognition of the Kobe Beef trademark. Some use the term “Wagyu” as being synonymous with Kobe Beef, when Wagyu simply means Japanese cattle.
What kind of Wagyu cattle are used in Japan?
Probably not, since most (almost 95%) top-end wagyu found in Japan is from the Japanese Black cow. But I want to really understand that Japanese ranchers really, really go the extra mile to raise the absolute highest quality wagyu cattle they possibly can. This video does an excellent job of showcasing this.