Beef:
First domesticated over 4,000 years ago in Macedonia, Crete,
and Anatolia regarded as sacred in some parts of Africa and India
Several hundred species of cattle, but only about 30 are bred
for consumption
"Beef usually refers to meat from heifers, cows, bulls,
bull-calves, oxen, and steers flavor/quality dependent on age
of meat and mariner in which it was raised, cuts and names for
them vary widely between regions and countries
Beef became more popular in the US after shortages of pork and
chicken during the Civil War
