salami) favour bull meat for those reasons. Some years ago when I was in the cattle business, there was a consumer taste test run on this. I think this was in Canada. We are less sensitive to the taste of the chemical that comes with cattle (particularly males) than we are to some other animals. I figured a bull's meat would be tougher but was not sure. Marc, you've got the wrong country, it's Australia that has Kanga's. Is the taste different? Also, much of the bull meat that ends up in the States is young - those that run bull farms send them off at 18 months of age. So next time your eating a processed beef product, like sausages or hot dogs, think bull. ... Meat from a cow or bull can taste just as good or bad as the other. Yes, it is still called Beef. Why process good meat into mince. Is there any difference in taste. I am almost sure this is where Bull meat for U.S. consumption ends up. This affects different kind of meat in different ways, but in general it’ll be tough, tasteless, and high in pH, and will go bad quicker than unstressed meat. Is it just me or does elk meat have a "rutting bull" type smell? I've only killed one elk an old 7x7 bull. Eating qualities of beef from entire and castrate male animals were compared using taste panel, objective texture and chemical measurements and a consumer panel. I would not waste my time with a butcher that said something like that. I tried cooking the meat and all I could smell was the stinky rutting bull , hard to put that in your mouth and say "Mmmmmm that's good!!!" Comparison of eating quality of bull and steer beef - Volume 39 Issue 1 - E. Dransfield, G. R. Nute, M. A. Francombe Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Smallgoods manufacturers (e.g. If the meat is from cow, steer, bull, calf, does not matter it is beef. In other words, before they started to breed. Bulls taste OK. If I remember right the consumers preferred the bull meat up until the animal got to about 1200 pounds. It's more to do with what the animal was raised on and how long the animal's carcass was hung for. Well anyway I've noticing that meat kind of taste bad and is gross. I have an 18 month old steer headed to the butcher on Monday. I also have a young (8 month old) bull that I am going to send as he has gotten very unpleasant and untrustworthy to … Saying something like "all bulls taste horrible" leads me to believe that he does not understand that keeping the meat clean and cold is the biggest determining factor in how the elk will taste. However, mature bulls meat will have a stronger taste to it than cows meat will. I’ll give you the answer from experience… after reading the other (4) answers. I have never had a bull butcherd before so i did not have a answer for him. At least, not if she wants you to taste good. The eating quality of roast m. longissimus dorsi , casseroled m. supraspinatus , minced m. gastrocnemius and grilled m. psoas major from bull beef, slaughtered at 400 days was different (by triangular tests) from that of twin steer beef. working dairy cattle but also going thru the dairy barn with the cattle everyday and eating 30 lbs. Asked in Cows and Cattle The meat is darker and dryer (but can take up more moisture) than a steer or cow. I've always eaten meat and love the taste and I certainly don't want to become vegetarian all of a sudden, but I can't work out why recently it has a weird taste and smell to me.