<<> I have to question the wisdom of this.  McDonald's and other
> commercial fast
> food places use a grade of beef rated one grade below commercial
> animal food.


Please provide documentation for this assertion...


No...I'm sorry, I don't have this kind of spare time.  If you're interested,
you can research it.  A good place to begin is the USDA site and the article
and guidelines about grading meats.

Siobhan