Disappointing!!

Apparently Kate Middleton lunched on foie gras!!! So privileged yet so uncaring!!!

Val

 

I lunched on bacon sarnies today.

 

Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Nescafe for me.

Chopper

 

I had me new Charlotte spuds for lunch with 2 fillets of Pollack, more sustainable than cod.

I don't eat land animals on a matter of principle, but if I did, it would be free range, cruelty free & instantly killed.

Hate to see fish being left to die in the air. When I catch a fish intended for the table, I snap its neck as quick as I can, no bashing on the head which might not work first time.

Like Marley says, everyone has different views and you can't change someones mind by having a go at them. All we can do is question and educate.

Someone will come on and have a go about me eating fish now. I didn't eat any meat for 20 odd years & spent 6 months being vegan, so I have thought it through for a while.

 

My wife has been rather radical about such issues in the past, but now is of the above opinions. I myself have been doing my bit today by trying to get a recipe together for egg & (vegetarian) bacon fried rice.

And regarding bashing fish on the head, I've got fed up with the amount of tutting from passing tourists who if fish eaters will probably be eating trawled fish that have died from suffocation, but say nothing when they see fish caught and put straight into carrier bags/buckets to also die from suffocation.

 

Being so much in the public eye it would be kind of nice if she set an example instead of just enjoying the benefits, one day she could be queen!!

Val

 

There is a possibility she doesn't know how it s produced but I doubt it.
The force feeding of animals is controversial and is banned in some countries but there are worse abuses of animals I'm sure.

 

For this reason, I won't buy bacon or other pork meats if the country of origin is listed as Holland, Netherlands, or just EU. In Holland they have indoor multistorey pig farms where the grow pigs like tomatoes. They are kept in dark, cramped conditions, they can't move, don't eat or drink, but are fed intraveinously with a mix of water, nutrients, hormones and antibiotics to make them grow extra fat extra quickly. I can't say they are all raised like that in Holland, but some are, and because I can't know which bits of meat were produced this way and which ones weren't, I just leave all pork products from Holland. If it just says 'EU' then I assume Holland because if it was elsewhere, they'd be less worried about telling us where it came from.

 

NOW WE ARE EDUCATING

 

The multi storey merry-go-round cattle 'warehouse' is on the way, shown on Countryfile a few weeks back.

Unfortunately there is a large number (possibly a majority) of people in this country who really couldn't care less where their food comes from or how it is produced.

 

I'm starting to get an idea of who you might be talking about, but still can't picture her face.:DOH:

 

Wow. A thought provoking thread indeed and some serious points riased.
Until about a year or so ago we, like a like of people used supermarkets as our source of meat.
That has now changed with the use of our local butcher whos meat is mainly from local farmers and pork from "open air" farming.
Big advantage is far tastier product.
We also have a veggie shop just a few hundred yards away and the boss there will always try to offer local veg as I found out the other day after trying to get some King Edwards. Seems they are not grown locally..!

Am I against force feeding and comfinment of our food animals...? yes I am..!