The casual diner might assume there's a byproduct of a cob mixed in somehow. Maybe the cows had a corn-based diet? Alas, anyone hopeful that corned beef was really disguised grain-fed wagyu should ...

The finest cuts of Matsusaka wagyu have a melting point of 12 degrees Celsius, 8 degrees lower than Kobe. These cows are so valuable that in 2002, one fetched 50 million yen, over $330,000 ...