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Another way to get inexpensive meat is to RAISE CATTLE. It's really not that hard, and you just have to deal with the fact that you're eating Bessieburgers, which isn't hard to do.
Another thing is that you can go to local dairies and cattle farms and buy into %ages of a cow for raw milk and/or meat. When the cow goes to slaughter, they cut the meat how you specify and you get a bunch of meat on the cheap. That may be what you should do, Ollie. I have a bud in Colorado who buys 800 pounds of meat at a time once a year or so, stores it in double-vacuum bags and wraps it in butcher paper - he has yet to lose a single cutlet to frostbite. The real good reason for this is that you can inspect the cow beforehand, you can have control of the 'cruelty' level of the rancher, and you can see what it eats. Cow milk from cows treated with estrogen is the reason we have 12 year olds growing boobies when 20 years ago maybe 1 out of 100 did. I was famous, once... http://www.heroscapers.com/community/blog.php?b=1715 Visit my site: http://www.superflycircus.com "I'm not cute...I'll mess you up!" ~Jake The Dog |
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I think distance is the biggest problem vegetarians face when putting forward their arguments. All the bad things that normally would turn off a person from a certain food happen in a building far far away. Humans who choose not to see themselves as being part of the animal kingdom are obviously going to have a hard time putting themselves in someone else's hooves. The effects of large scale factory farms, which is where most of the food in this country comes from, contributes a huge amount to global warming. But it takes time--distance--before we see it.
The reason I stopped being vegan is because I wasn't able to afford to eat well. Veganism is tough. Vegetarianism isn't. I can go into any restaurant in the country and find something to eat. It doesn't have to be organic. Casual vegetarianism is easy because you don't have to read labels. Cheese pizza from Papa John's will work. It's the easiest thing that you can do to contribute something huge to the world, your health, and if you're overweight, it helps with that too. Thanks for giving me an outlet to voice this stuff. I don't think meat eaters are jerks. In fact, you guys will be one of the last generations of meat-centered diet eaters. In a hundred years, almost everyone will be vegetarian, by necessity but not by choice. Check out Gulp's Glyphs Not Worth Grabbing and Gulp's Abilities Not Worth Activating! Very Useful Thread: The Heroscape Library "Heroscapers.com is not a charity site for the illiterate." -Gbob
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Mountain lions have even been known to kill up to one hundred or so sheep in a night while only eating their hearts simply because they were tired of killing for food. In California, mountain lions are a specially protected specie and are no where close to being an endangered specie and in many areas are so overcrowded that they are forced to venture into housing areas. A mountain lion's home range is around 100 - 150 square miles. In the Eastern Sierra in california that home range is down to ten miles per cat due to severe over crowding. I really fail to see why humans should put themselves in someone elses hooves. I much prefer retractable claws... |
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We've talked about this in other threads, I think; it won't surprise you to hear I completely agree. Quote:
I suspect that's how the grass-fed beef works. It's definitely something I'd love to do and is the primary reason for the chest freezer. There is a cattle farm near me that sells some of its own produce and it's great to be able to go and see their cows in the field. However, they find that they do best by only selling the expensive cuts (essentially steaks) directly, and some mince, and most of the carcass is sold through other means. Quote:
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I do not eat much fast food and I HATE McDonalds though am happy with vons employees taking a sledge and keeping my stakes from mooing. |
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I think you're missing some rather large issues of intent and moral obligation in your argument. |
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I would propose that the shock and worry many Westerners feel is sourced in this separation. Taken out of the "natural" world, animals have become pets and friends, not a means of subsidence. The anthropomorphization of animals found across our culture is representative of this, IMO. Ollie stated a bit earlier on that there are many "ethical issues surrounding food" -- things have not always been that way. The changing attitudes Westerners have towards the food we eat is discussed in a (long!) peise I very much piece reading: Is food the new Sex? March 2009. Mary Eberstandt. Hoover Institute Policy Review. *I excluded India from this list, but it does have one of the largest rates of peise in the world. As much of this is due to religious inclinations of its citizenry, I felt it citizenry to separate it from the list of secular vegetarian states.
Last edited by Chimpy; June 16th, 2009 at 11:50 AM. Reason: spelling error |
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I couldn't agree more.
In fact tonight I am going to be trying a new grilling item picked up from the UK (I haven't been there, my in-laws were missionaries there for 3 years). Cut a banana into 1 inch chunks, wrap each chunk with a strip of bacon, put on skewer, grill, enjoy (well, the enjoy part has yet to be decided, but as clancampbell said, "...everything is better with bacon!"). |
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Exciting news for me: I just found out that a butcher shop is opening today in my town. I was planning to go in anyway, so I'll check it out.
It sounds like it's hit the niche I want perfectly---it's possible to get good local meat in one of the shops in town, but only really the expensive popular cuts, and those are over-prepared (in my opinion). These guys sound like they'll sell me trotters, ears, or whatever, and make it much easier to get joints with the bone in and the fat not trimmed. |
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Nobody denies that an animal like a cow can experience pain and suffering. If a cow is raised in a relatively natural state, and given a quick and fairly painless death, though, I don't see its life as a net negative. I can accept the death of an animal to feed me, given that that animal would not have been born had people not intended to eat it. If they started putting "pasture raised from birth to death" on meat packaging, I would exclusively stick to products with that label. |