A pound of beef requires 183 gallons.
Roasting times will vary, but generally it takes about 12 min per pound of beef.
Ten patties could be formed from each pound of beef; not 11, and not nine.
The pound of beef on which history turned cost seven cents.
It can take an estimated 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef.
"Maybe, if we make a sacrifice," he said, pointing out that a pound of beef costs $5.
One entry showed that a Mrs. Parmmer had purchased a pound of beef for 39 cents on Dec. 11, 1894.
And approximately 1,800 to 2,500 gallons of water go into making a pound of beef, far surpassing the amount needed for vegetables and grains.
At our butchershop the radio played while we stood in line for a pound of beef heart; our taxidriver was similarly relentless this morning.
When compared with beef production in 1977, each pound of beef produced today produces 18 percent less carbon emissions; takes 30 percent less land; and requires 14 percent less water," said Alexander.
One analysis, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, concluded that, in terms of emissions, eating a pound of beef is the equivalent of driving forty-five miles.
