What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Pillock]

Surely mechanically separated meat is just less wastage? If we're going to kill an animal, we might as well use it all  

[Mr Lobster]

Meh. Meat is delicious.

 

There's a very nice butchers near here which has its own bistro type thing and also an education centre which teaches kids all about meat and animals and whatnot which seems a pretty good idea so at least they know that meat comes from animals rather than just plastic trays in Tesco.

 

So you can look around the place at pictures of happy looking cows and then sit down for a tasty steak.

[dollywobbler]

Quite. I don't really care how the meat is removed, though I do care about how the animal is raised. Most of our meat is locally sourced. So local that I can watch this year's meat grazing in the fields as I work in my 'office.' Actually, I feel very sad for this year's meat. The weather is horrible.

[cobblers]

I flipping love a proper steak and I'm a bit of a snob about them, but tbh I would happily eat spastic badgers fed through a pencil sharpener if I was hungry and they did them with batter on.

[twosmoke300]

To be fair they haven't got much to look forward to even if the weather gets better

[Pillock]

As long as there's no suffering until it's passed from "animal" to "tasty tasty meat" I'm happy. I don't like the idea of mistreated animals so I do prefer red tractor and all that shit.

 

However, if they didn't want to be eaten they should have evolved to be less wonderfully tasty. I have a mental spreadsheet of the ones I've eaten (which includes Llama and Zebra) and I've got loads to go yet.

[MrDuke]

I've banned myself from ever eating lamb, simply because they're too f**king cute, and I'll only eat beef if it's from happy cows. We're hoping to get some ex-battery rescue hens later this year, which will prevent arguments over how much free-range eggs cost.

Oddly though, despite my faux-hippie preferences, one of my biggest regrets is not asking for dog-meat when I was in Shanghai many moons ago. Really wish I'd tried it at least once. I'm not a 'dog person' FFS.

[Lacquer Peel]

However, if they didn't want to be eaten they should have evolved to be less wonderfully tasty. 

 

I imagine humans are quite tasty.

[Mr Lobster]

About twenty years ago I went to a 'restaurant' in Romania where they took you through to some sort of store room to view the various meats. I can thus confirm that a large bear is still quite large when it's on a hook and also that bear steaks are a bit chewy and greasy.

 

Similarly, a few years back I went somewhere that served Aligator. Obviously I asked the waitress to make it snappy so she probably did something unpleasant with it prior to serving it.

[Pillock]

I imagine humans are quite tasty.

We probably are since given half a chance there's plenty of things will try to eat us.

[dollywobbler]

To be fair they haven't got much to look forward to even if the weather gets better

 

I dispute this. I enjoy watching lambs frolicking around the fields in the spring. They genuinely seem to have happy times. Sure, it can't be nice to be eaten, but I think humans are far nicer about it than say a wolf. At least we make sure it's dead before eating it.

[Cavcraft]

The only meat really worth eating is Danish bacon.

[dollywobbler]

The only meat really worth eating is Danish giraffe.

[wackywacerwill]

Meat being a bit pricey limits our intake here and we have many a nice meal without any animals being harmed. When we do eat beasts it's normally chicken or pork though when the price is right we'l have anything that's on offer.

Horse was nice, proper horse steak in France not supermarket pretend beef. Had swordfish too which was pleasant and a funky sausage in France again which contained (mostly the innards of)god knows what though ate extremely well.

[Jon]

Just noticed you can like your own posts on here!

[oman5]

I imagine humans are quite tasty.

No, actually. kind of like a very bland sort of pork. 

 

apparently.

[Richard]

Very easy to digest I believe.

[M'coli]

IIRC human meat is known as "longpig" for its similarity to pork.

 

As for lambs being too cute to eat, they can be bloody thick too. We had roast lamb yestreen and it was lovely!

[MrDuke]

*** makes mental note to never spend time alone with Oman5 or Richard ***

[Cavcraft]

Roast fox hunter is probably the only human meat I'd consider.

[drum]

Roast fox hunter is probably the only human meat I'd consider.

Is that the quality breeding you're going for?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only joking

[Largactil]

This makes me grin - I reckon it would look totes amazeballs air brushed onto the bonnet of some suitable chod...70's American crap springs to mind, but anonymous 90's Korean tin might work too...?

 

[Spiny Norman]

[Junkman]

Vintage Argos catalogs,a world of memories.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/sets/72157619206330728/with/3593441062/

 

This is overwhelmingly ace!

 

When kettles still looked like kettles, and toasters like toasters, and life was still worth living.

Even the future was better back then.

[mat_the_cat]

 We're hoping to get some ex-battery rescue hens later this year, which will prevent arguments over how much free-range eggs cost.

 

We've done this in the past, very rewarding watching them transform from almost bald, creatures into normal looking hens. They still produced quite a few eggs though.

[dollywobbler]

We've not bothered with chickens, though it's the first thing EVERYONE asks when we say we're trying to lead a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Raising chickens isn't without its costs, and they're not entirely compatible with our desire to grow vegetables, as they're scratching-about ruins the garden. We buy free range 'eaters' direct from a local farm, and free-range eggs from wherever we can. Depressingly, it seems impossible to buy a free range chicken at a butchers on the high street around here. Folk seem to prefer battery for the extra mingebagness.

[fordperv]

i have washed the saph, hoovered the mats and i started polishing it i only did the bonnet then it stared raining i managed to get the polish off though, oh well it looks all shiney and lovely again, i am now chilling because theres not really anything i can do, sometimes it is good to do nothing at all.

[Craig the Princess]

NSFW and very juvenile but it makes me happy

 

 

Limmy.com

[daveb47]

Saw hearts specialist today and been given all clear as far as that is concerned.

So i can now drive again.

But...

He thinks i have an ulcer and more spinal problems with damaged trapped nerves,got 2 numb hands at moment & jerks whenever i touch something like an electric shock.

Also feeling sick all the while and pains in my back and chest.

[vulgalour]

While I'm happy to hear your got the all clear for the old ticker, the rest of it sounds very unpleasant indeed and I hope things improve for you, Dave.