I have issues with the word "norm".
The only reason we are not all vegeys is because society tells us to eat meat.
Verry normal.
P.S I eat meat.
Also to do with 'happy cows'
Australia is in a drought, many farmers can not afford to feed their livestock but still have many of these animals as they need to money.. no rains = no green pastures unhappy animals suffering cause ol farmer joe needs a buck
Anyway I think meat is delicious, red meat, white meat, seafood, the whole darn lot. Yum yum. The one exception is horse, which I will NEVER ever eat. Just because I love horses so much, I couldn't imagine ever eating one.
Not having a go Forensick, but whats your view on soy? I mean in respect to males and phyto-oestrogens? What about fish and heart benefits?
People do eat too much meat but in our trade(I'm a chef also) its not about survival, its about living.
Others:Some argue that red meat causes bowel cancer, but we are not designed to eat cooked meat. Well done steak sits in your stomach much longer than raw or rare. People don't just eat too much meat but too much in general. Cannot remember where I saw the article, but after the advent of cooking human food consumption more than tripled.
Celly:Saying that you shouldn't eat "companion animals" is ill informed. Dingoes are derived from dogs that were kept as a food source on sea voyages, not pets. People have been eating dogs for years. The Maori brought rats to N.Z. as a food source also. France is well known for their horse eating habits. Mortadella (or baloney to the Yanks) was originally made from donkey. I wouldn't eat cat myself, I think it would be a bit stringy. Probably have to braise it. Rabbits are cute and fuzzy, people keep them as pets yet they are an acceptable table item. Watching Bambi with my cousins makes me salivate at the thought of venison, don't get me started on Thumper!
Just to finish, there are far more important things to focus on in this world today than "Vegetarians: what are you doing it for?"
Now I'm off to work to cook +100 steaks.
i am proud to be a meat eater and to live in the only country in the world that eats its own national emblem (god bless australia )
I think people can choose whatever they want to be. There are some animals though that are not acceptable to eat like companion animals like cats and dogs. I eat meat, but if there were some way in this world that we had some other material which tasted like meat (not tofu) id be all for it.
i am proud to be a meat eater and to live in the only country in the world that eats its own national emblem (god bless australia )
chow chowsThere are some animals though that are not acceptable to eat like companion animals like cats and dogs.
I wasn't saying meat is murder, was just trying to say that farmers shouldn't be keeping cattle if they can't afford to keep them in a healthy state.