The (No Longer) All Beef Diet

Currently wallowing in tryptophan-enhanced bloat, I'd like to note that Buenos Aires is doing what it can to make sure that Argentines and tourists alike remain lovely and lithe. About a week ago, Buenos Aires lawmakers passed a law ordering the city's steak joints, cafes and ice cream parlors to offer a separate menu of healthy options alongside the healthy heapings of protein and fat. Like so many Argentine laws, this one might end up being more of a suggestion: "I think it's going to be complicated," said waiter Augusto Gonzalez in San Telmo's La Coruna cafe, gesturing toward the menu of breaded cutlets with French fries, fried steak and ravioli. "There's so many laws, it's hard to comply with them all."

Thankfully, there still will be plenty of steak. The Argentine government reportedly plans to lower the minimum slaughter weight requirement for cows for 90 days to increase supply and prevent price hikes as the summer barbecue season approaches.

God bless beef.

Buenos Aires lawmakers make fat their latest beef [Reuters]
Argentina To Ease Slaughter Weight Rule To Boost Beef Supply [Dow Jones via cattlenetwork.com]

[Text: Ian Mount Photo University of Minnesota Learnings Abroad Center]

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