Butchers Reserve

Question 1

What is the difference between wagyu and kobe?

Answer 1

Wagyu is a coveted breed of Japanese cow, Kobe is a type of wagyu coming from the specific region of Kobe Japan. Think of there’s a lot of sparkling wines out there, but champagne has to come from Champagne France.

Question 2

List our two wagyu steaks

Answer 2

Snake Rive Farms filet, 8oz

Snake River Farms NY strip 8oz

Question 3

What is served with the wagyu steaks?

Answer 3

Black truffle purée

Question 4

Where do we source our wagyu from?

Answer 4

Snake River Farms, Boise Idaho

Question 5

What are some other names for the Eisenhower?

Answer 5

Porterhouse or T-bone

Question 6

What two cuts of meat is it comprised of?

Answer 6

Strip and filet

Question 7

Why is it called the Eisenhower?

Answer 7

Named after president Dwight Eisenhower. It was his favorite cut, and he too loved to cook on open flames

Question 8

How many ounces? Price? How is it aged?

Answer 8

40oz, $175, wet aged

Question 9

Becker Lane

1) where is it?
2) what breed of hog lives there?
3) where do they live?

Answer 9

1) Dyersville Iowa
2) Berkshire
3) open pasture, free to roam and live naturally

Question 10

Snake River Farms

1) where is it?
2) what is unique about it?
3) what breed of cow do they use for their American Kobe?

Answer 10

1) Boise Idaho
2) raises the best Kobe and wagyu in the country
3) wagyu

Question 11

La Pryor Farms

1) where is it?
2) besides beef and pork, what do they grow? Why is this significant?

Answer 11

1) Ottawa Iowa

2) corn and grain, it’s 100% organic and used to feed their animals

Question 12

What is Meats by Linz?

Answer 12

One of the country’s premier family meat purveyors. Carefully sources organic and local