Questions of the day
One interesting question of the day came up recently.
Could you ever be good friends with someone who hunted purely for sport?
It's an easy answer, but that answer brings on other questions.
The easy answer is no, not just for sport. On the other hand, if it was for food, then yes.
Vegetarians / Vegans should probably look away now.
I find it depressing that a lot of people these days just seem to have no concept of where food comes from in general, and meat in particular. Surveys suggest that some kids (more townies / city folk rather than us country bumpkins) have no idea at all that beef comes from cows, lamb from sheep etc. Maybe they just think it's made in a factory somewhere, like a mars bar and then served up on polystyrene.
That is quite sad, and an indictment on our education system, and the parents.
I am quite the carnivore. For me, a meal isn't a meal unless it contains meat of some description, and I make no apologies for it. I'm capable of making very tasty vegetarian / vegan meals, and have done so when I've had veggie friends over. It becomes a lot harder when those vegetablists don't like mushrooms but I like a challenege.
However, I am well aware that the rabbit pie I had was once thumper, and that the venison steak I had was once bambi. I'm also capable of killing and preparing the meat as well tho I confess my experience in that is limited to chickens and rabbits.
I have friends who won't eat anything if it looks like it was once alive. Am I wrong in thinking those people hypocritical?
If I ever came to power, one of the things I would introduce that anyone who can't handle the fact that meat comes from animals would be limited to Quorn substitute and Bernard Matthews products. They both have about the same amount of meat in them.
Could you ever be good friends with someone who hunted purely for sport?
It's an easy answer, but that answer brings on other questions.
The easy answer is no, not just for sport. On the other hand, if it was for food, then yes.
Vegetarians / Vegans should probably look away now.
I find it depressing that a lot of people these days just seem to have no concept of where food comes from in general, and meat in particular. Surveys suggest that some kids (more townies / city folk rather than us country bumpkins) have no idea at all that beef comes from cows, lamb from sheep etc. Maybe they just think it's made in a factory somewhere, like a mars bar and then served up on polystyrene.
That is quite sad, and an indictment on our education system, and the parents.
I am quite the carnivore. For me, a meal isn't a meal unless it contains meat of some description, and I make no apologies for it. I'm capable of making very tasty vegetarian / vegan meals, and have done so when I've had veggie friends over. It becomes a lot harder when those vegetablists don't like mushrooms but I like a challenege.
However, I am well aware that the rabbit pie I had was once thumper, and that the venison steak I had was once bambi. I'm also capable of killing and preparing the meat as well tho I confess my experience in that is limited to chickens and rabbits.
I have friends who won't eat anything if it looks like it was once alive. Am I wrong in thinking those people hypocritical?
If I ever came to power, one of the things I would introduce that anyone who can't handle the fact that meat comes from animals would be limited to Quorn substitute and Bernard Matthews products. They both have about the same amount of meat in them.