Beef is a key component of traditional Argentine cuisine. Argentina has the world's highest consumption rate of beef, at 68 kg a year per capita. As of 2006, livestock farmers keep between 50 and 55 million head of cattle, mostly in the fertile pastures of the Pampas, and the country is currently the third largest beef exporter in the world after Brazil and Australia. The national government applies a 15% tax on beef exports and has applied further restrictions since March 2006 to keep internal prices at bay.

We tried something new recently, It’s a Sam’s Choice product labeled “Backyard Gourmet Black Angus Beef Patties”. This particular batch was their Swiss Cheese & Mushroom variety.

CKE Restaurants (owners of Hardee's and Carl's Jr.) is suing Jack in the Box restaurants over a television commercial that they claim leads customers to believe their angus beef hamburgers come from a cow's anus.

The parent company of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food chains sued rival Jack In The Box Inc. on Friday to stop TV ads that it says suggest Carl's Jr. and Hardee's use cow anus to make Angus beef hamburgers. Video link can be found in first comment.

The parent company of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food chains sued rival Jack In The Box Inc. on Friday to stop TV ads that it says suggest Carl's Jr. and Hardee's use cow anus to make Angus beef hamburgers.

"Burke spent a quarter-million dollars last year for a black Angus bull to produce offspring that become the restaurant's steaks."