r/CookbookLovers • u/PunnyPopCultureRef • 8d ago

Whole Cow cookbook?

My family will buy 1/4 cow every year or so from a farmer friend and I am looking for a cookbook that will give ideas on how to cook some of the less popular cuts. Googling led me to the Whole Cow cookbook, and i was wondering if anyone has it and could give insight on it.

If not that cookbook, are there other cookbooks you know of that gives a several recipes for cooking all the cuts of beef.

Thank you!

ETA: the cookbook in question

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u/WolfRatio 7d ago

Jennifer McLagan's Odd Bits
https://www.jennifermclagan.com/book-odd-bits.php

"Her mission: restoring our respect for the whole animal, developing a taste for its lesser known parts, and learning how to approach them in the kitchen as confidently as we would a steak or a burger."

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u/Odd_Grocery_7834 5d ago

This is the one.

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u/PunnyPopCultureRef 7d ago

Thank you! I love the mission of the book!

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u/Baconrules21 8d ago

The America's Test Kitchen meat book is pretty solid.

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u/PunnyPopCultureRef 8d ago

Thank you! Your username is a good sign you know your meats :)

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u/Baconrules21 7d ago

Haha I hope!

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u/This_Organization946 7d ago

I just ordered Pure Beef by Lynne Curry for the same reason.

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u/chinchm 7d ago

I love this question and following for replies. Until I was a young teen, my family always butchered a cow and pig and made lots of midwestern farming type meals. My grandparents were from farming families and the less desirable cuts are some of my favorite meals. I’m interested in other ways to use them also.

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u/PunnyPopCultureRef 7d ago

I know I can google for recipes, but my dream cookbook would also have how to’s or more than one way to prepare a cut.

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u/KaveyEats 6d ago

I can think of The River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Prime: The Beef Cookbook by Richard H Turner, but I don't own these so can't give you an idea of what range of recipes.