Rice is about five times the world price, a cup of coffee costs about $3 and beef goes for $20 a pound.

The two leaders, allies in Iraq, talked about American beef, aides later told reporters.

"Then I started thinking, who knows more about beef than the British?"

"Forget about all this chicken and beef," he urged.

If that is true, the only healthful thing for consumers to do about beef is to eat less of it.

When I wrote about grass-fed beef in 2002 there were about 50 producers, and most of what they raised was not very good.

But many Japanese consumers now say they have doubts about beef.

Farm states worry about subsidized hogs, wheat, potatoes and beef.

Moreover, we are only talking here about beef. What about other meats?

How much do you know about beef, barbecue and briquettes?