Where's the beef in Holland? Goedegebuur in Rotterdam.There's a lot more to meat making in the Netherlands than manufacturing bitter ballen (deep fried meatballs for snacking) and rookvlees (traditional beef cured and doubled smoked to impart a rich, tangy tang 1 n. 1. A distinctively sharp taste, flavor, or odor, as that of orange juice. See Synonyms at taste. 2. A distinctive quality that adds piquancy. 3. A trace, hint, or smattering. 4. flavor), as evidenced at the Goedegebuur Vlees processing plant. At its Rotterdam facility female cattle hindquarters specialists debone de·bone tr.v. de·boned, de·bon·ing, de·bones To remove the bones from: debone a chicken breast. Verb 1. , cut, freeze and vacuum-pack portion control tenderloin, ribeye, striploin and beefsteak for the restaurant trade, supermarkets and further processors. In business since 1950, today the company employs approximately 150 people and processes about 500 tons of beef per week. "We work closely with about 10 EU-certified slaughterhouses, all of which focus on quality and continuity," said Wim Goedegebuur, managing director. "Raw materials are obtained mainly from Holland, Germany and Austria." Marcel van der Vlag, sales director, pointed out that the meat comes primarily from two breeds: the Maas-Run-IJsselvee (MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. ) and the German Vlekvee (Simmental). "Both are characterized by a good conformation con·for·ma·tion n. One of the spatial arrangements of atoms in a molecule that can come about through free rotation of the atoms about a single chemical bond. , fatness and marbling marbling, in bookbinding, a process of coloring the sides, edges, or end papers of a book in a design that suggests the veins and mottles of marble. In tree marbling, as of tree calf bindings, the design suggests also the trunk and branches of a tree. ," he said. Despite numerous crisis on the EU beef market during the past decade, Goedegebuur has expanded its business both at home and abroad. Demand from French customers requires daily shipments to keep clients adequately stocked. |
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