Seems the older I get, my liking for meat becomes less, yes I eat and like meat, some of my favourite meals I love to cook will have meat in them, even though I hate touching raw meat.
I know why, like seeing a chicken being carved, the skin, limbs and bones will dull my chicken appetite, but served sliced in a fresh roll…… I could eat another one.
Latest fad here is a Hog roast, small pig about medium to large dog size, my friend was guest to one of these do’s, he told me this Pig complete was presented upon a large platter and placed upon the serving table, for everyone to admire/drool before being carved and served.
Now I know, and I like crackling, having seen that, I couldn’t/wouldn’t be able to eat it, but not seeing and it, if I were served a piece of crackling I probably would have enjoyed it
I been told there are plenty like me, who only cook/eat cellophane meat from the supermarkets.
Are there any other members like myself, or would seeing meat with a face not bother you
I look back recalling the Butchers, Pigs head apple in mouth chickens still with heads, trotters, tripe and offal all on display along with your chops and bacon rashers
Would/are these displays still acceptable in today’s anti this and that society…Would our kids eat chitterlings today as a treat.
It had a face before the slaughter house did it’s job, so why would it bother me. I have a tendency towards anaemia and as I cannot tolerate any of the prescribed NHS iron tablets/injections, meat plus iron rich vegetables are my only source. Face or no face, I need meat.
I was at the race course where a burger van was also selling Crocodile and Boa burgers. I thought it was obviously a wind up, everything he said advertised was genuine.
My friend tried/had the crocodile burger, he said it was okay, nothing special, a bit different.
A friend, Somali and his favourite meat is Camel, not always available, again not for me.
I wonder if the meat eaters of the UK would be horrified if Dogs were farmed for meat, or Rats, quick to multiply and grow, considered a tasty delicacy in other countries, is/would it be the animal or the cost that would put manufacturers and public off
I’m sure many if they didn’t know what they were eating might possibly enjoy it, but they buy it
I am not a fan of meat…I’ll have mince sometimes, but not often. I enjoyed a bacon butty like most, but not now…no lamb, chicken or turkey. I just can’t do it anymore…having said that, if I was absolutely starving, I would…but while I can make the choice, I choose not to.
No @marciniak , seeing my meat with a face wouldn’t bother me in the slightest and although I have meat-free days I wouldn’t voluntarily do without meat on a permanent basis, because to be honest I love the stuff … well, apart from turkey.
In the (distant) past I’ve skinned and gutted rabbits, hares and even deer and I’ve plucked & prepared chicken, pheasant, goose and duck. Although I certainly wouldn’t trust myself to do such things nowadays of my own volition, if necessity demanded it I could probably manage albeit far more slowly and wastefully than would be ideal.
On the meat score…
I spent months in Taiwan. It happened to be Chinese New Year while I was there. They like dog meat. My next door neighbour had Chows, beautiful they were. But he kept them in his garage for the festivities.
