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hunter

(38,263 posts)
18. I don't have anything nice to say about factory farm meat.
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 05:38 PM
Aug 2019

But I'm not any kind of militant vegan. I've eaten a few ounces of fish this past week, and a bit of sausage.

I grew up eating fish my dad caught himself and other meat family members had killed themselves. That's why we had a freezer. My parent's freezer was full of meat, ten cent loaves of bread returned past grocery store shelf life, and government surplus cheese. Why else would anyone have a freezer?

I've killed and turned animals into dinner.

My great grandmas were all steely eyed women of the Wild West, like lions, the ones who did most of the hunting for their prides. Their husbands were dreamers fascinated by useless shit like radios or airplanes or religion or literature.

As a little kid I used to watch in wide eyed astonishment as my great grandmas cut up fish, birds, and small mammals I'd seen living for dinner, knives in their hands moving faster than I could follow.

It's just bizarre to me when the carnivore cult gets all excited about grocery store bacon.

As I write this the Inspector Jacques Clouseau of California pig hunting dogs is resting her head against my foot. Chaos follows this dog in her enthusiastic wake, which is probably how she ended up in the animal shelter from which she was adopted. She's the sort who could destroy a house chasing a mouse, or destroy a yard pursuing a gopher. God save us all when she smells a pig. She's the second dog like that we've had.

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I haven't gone hunting in the twenty first century. The world just seems too small for that now, too many people and not enough nature.

About half my family is vegan or vegetarian these days, including my wife. I've taken to keeping Beyond Meat in our freezer just in case I have to whip up something fast like spaghetti that everyone will eat. My primary food indulgence is olive oil, which easily wins out over any animal fats such as butter or lard.

"Every lie I tell is an Impossible Whopper!" smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #1
+1. "The best. Nobody does it better than Donald Trump!" dalton99a Aug 2019 #11
I've been impressed with the Beyond Burger and am looking forward to trying the Impossible. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2019 #2
Great idea about treating meat like a luxury MLAA Aug 2019 #14
I don't have anything nice to say about factory farm meat. hunter Aug 2019 #18
In my opinion - Impossible Burgers taste better than Beyond Beef Burgers Pachamama Aug 2019 #26
Thanks for the tip mainer Aug 2019 #29
Did you try the Beyond Burger elsewhere or cooking it yourself? Pachamama Aug 2019 #30
I cooked it myself at home mainer Aug 2019 #32
Beyond 2.0 is better than the original. Chellee Aug 2019 #38
Yeah, I think we need to drastically reduce the number of farm-raised LuvNewcastle Aug 2019 #33
but are they cooked on the same grill as the meat? IcyPeas Aug 2019 #3
Probably customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #6
I'm vegan but I've never let that bother me. Codeine Aug 2019 #19
The cooking staff can be trained to use designated sides of a broiler. Blue_true Aug 2019 #35
This is important! Joe941 Aug 2019 #4
There's like ten things we have to do qazplm135 Aug 2019 #5
Thank you customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #7
I'll say this qazplm135 Aug 2019 #8
If my only choice customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #10
I am a steak and burger lover qazplm135 Aug 2019 #12
I like both the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger. MLAA Aug 2019 #17
"ground lip in a package" left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #22
Lol! Isn't that a hot dog? JudyM Aug 2019 #25
Good one!!!! MLAA Aug 2019 #28
Giving up meat entirely will never happen. MicaelS Aug 2019 #16
"vat grown leather, skins and fur" left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #21
I catch or kill a decent portion of my meat. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #23
Good that there are more options for those Bettie Aug 2019 #9
Hey, I'm a meat eater and I really liked it. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #24
Yipppeeeee MLAA Aug 2019 #13
Another cool option I just tried that just showed up at Whole Foods MLAA Aug 2019 #15
Ooooh, sliders! Codeine Aug 2019 #20
I am so excited! I encourage everybody to cut back on your meat consumption and I encourage UniteFightBack Aug 2019 #27
To each their own, but it will be an easy "pass" from me Tarc Aug 2019 #31
Here's the nutritional info blaze Aug 2019 #34
That is not very healthy. The calories and sodium are high. Blue_true Aug 2019 #37
Ill give it a try next time I goto BK... 912gdm Aug 2019 #36
Yes! Chellee Aug 2019 #39
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