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If a brief digression will be allowed, how does it taste differently and what causes it?
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In Alberta (and likely western USA as well), beef is grain-finished (that is, fed grain for a period of time before slaughter) and aged. Here, it’s corn-finished and usually not aged. Aging makes a huuuuuge difference. Safeway sells “Rancher’s Reserve” beef which is aged Black Angus, and it’s pretty damned good. Still not Alberta Black Angus, but pretty good.