Rolf Devinci

The days of eating from "nose to tail" and everything in between are long past for most of us here in the West. We pick and choose our favorite cuts of meat at the grocery stores and head to the grill, oven or BBQ. The issue becomes the potential lack of collagen we now consume in our diets. "Collagen is the most important protein in connective tissue, skin, and bones; you actually have more collagen in your body than any other type of protein. Degradation or lack of collagen can cause problems from skin wrinkles to osteoporosis. In food, collagen is found mostly in the “odd bits” and tougher cuts of beef that contain a lot of connective tissue. You might recognize these as the parts of the animals that our ancestors ate, but we typically throw away today." We can put collagen back into our diets by slow roasting lesser cuts of beef, poultry, and/or creating homemade bone broths. It can be time consuming, especially when making bone broths as you must simmer