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Article: The Trouble With Steak
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 2, 1997
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We don't eat much steak in our house. It shows up every
couple of months. There's no complaint from our three children. I
admit our eating habits aren't especially interesting. But they may
be increasingly typical. We're a tiny part of a great national
upheaval: the demise of steak. Time was when a thick steak
symbolized our affluence and hardiness. Be American, eat steak.
Welcome to John Wayne country. No more.
Americans are consuming more of almost everything --
chicken, vegetables, juices and soft drinks (see table). But beef is
a glaring exception. Since 1975, per-person consumption has dropped