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king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 10:37 pm Post subject: Where do you draw the line ?
I have a mate who is really adventurous and would eat about anything. He reckons he would happilly eat a fox as it is only meat as he puts it. He is adamant that when the family pet cat dies, he is going to eat it In reality he is probably right, at the end of the day it is meat after all. What do you reckon ??

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 10:41 pm Post subject:
Just because you can doesn't mean you have to. I can't imagine a stringy old cat would make a great meal but if your crops have failed, your live stock is dead and you are looking at fields of dust there might be a need. Otherwise you might be posturing.

king rat

Joined: 29 Nov 2007
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 10 10:44 pm Post subject:
I totally agree, I can't say that fox fricasee or cat casserole turns me on at all. It is just an interesting point that he makes and believes in.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Where do you draw the line ?

king rat wrote:

Iat the end of the day it is meat after all.

Hmmm. You could take that idea to extremes. Don't think I fancy the main course at his funeral banquet.

Cobnut

Joined: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 475
Location: North Herefordshire

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 7:59 am Post subject:

My line is drawn at eating insects as the thought just makes me shudder. It�s silly really as I�ll eat seafood, which is just as strange-looking, but that�s social conditioning for you. I�d happily eat most other things provided I know they�ve had a humane death and aren�t full of nasty chemicals, which would probably rule out my dogs as mine have had to be PTS. I�m not sure I could eat an animal I once adored though to be honest, or at least I�d have to freeze it until I�d stopped mourning.

It always pains me to leave road kill but usually it just isn�t anywhere safe to stop and pick it up. I could�ve had a lovely pheasant and a wood pigeon yesterday otherwise.

Green Man

Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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Location: Rural Scotland.

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Where do you draw the line ?

king rat wrote:

He is adamant that when the family pet cat dies, he is going to eat it

In reality he is probably right, at the end of the day it is meat after all. What do you reckon ??

I wouldn't knowingly eat anything thet has died of disease be it a plant or animal. Yuck!

boisdevie1

Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 3897
Location: Lancaster

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 8:47 am Post subject:
Apparently in Paris in WW2 cat was regularly eaten although people preferred to think of it as rabbit. And in Stalingrad humain remains were eaten. If you are absolutely desperate then I"m sure you'd do anything to stay alive. It's an interesting idea because most of here eat pork yet we wouldn't eat dog even though the pig is more intelligent. Interesting subject for debate.

Jo S

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 8:58 am Post subject:

I have a problem with the thought of eating a meat-eater, especially something that has no known cause of death. The latter is obvious, but I don't know why I have this "meat eater" thing. Maybe I've spent too many years shovelling shit or something?

I'm fine eating animals I knew. The only reason I never tried home-grown suckling pig was because I didn't have a swift method of culling a piglet.

In desperate circumstances, I am sure I could eat almost anything. I once ate a fish's eyeball on a dare in a science lesson.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 9:40 am Post subject:
I'd rather eat a cooked fox [Weil's disease and all] than raw fish-- I can eat anything but Sushi.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 10 3:18 pm Post subject:
cat is a bit strong never tried fox but they dont smell tasty insects include some delicious meals some are horrid

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6645
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 10 11:14 am Post subject:
I've wondered about this sort of thing myself. Every year when I get a hunting permit, it includes a bear tag with the buck tag. While yes, we have plenty of black bear around here, I don't think I'm familiar with it enough to cook it well, and it feels weird killing such a keystone species.

Greenfoot

Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 324
Location: The veggie plot or getting stones

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 10 4:53 pm Post subject:
I would rather become a vegetarian before eating such cuts of meat.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 10 12:39 pm Post subject:
It's an interesting point raised about not eating carnivores. I think most people or maybe whole societies seem to share this view to some degree. In Britain, how many carnivorous species are commonly eaten? Not many, apart from fish of course.

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 10 12:41 pm Post subject:

Greenfoot wrote:

I would rather become a vegetarian before eating such cuts of meat.

Why? Surely if that's true you should already be a vegetarian? They might not make great meals but ethically there should be no difference between eat cat or beef or fox or pork?

Last edited by Jb on Mon Sep 13, 10 12:43 pm; edited 1 time in total

Jb

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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 10 12:42 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Just because you can doesn't mean you have to.

I can't imagine a stringy old cat would make a great meal ...

Probably OK for stock though?

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