Taramasalata

[csider]

i'm a vegetarian, although i do eat fish

you are a non meat eater then, not a vegetarian.!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

There's different reasons for being veggie though aren't there? If you're a veggie because you don't like the thought of animals suffering just so you can have some dinner then obviously you don't eat fish.

A friend was a "vegetarian" of the sort that he would only what he was prepared to kill. He could catch and kill a fish - but not a chicken. Seemed fair enough to me.

 

[Prof P]

Just eat it you homo.

Can't remember who said it but I remeber some stand up was talking about people who say "well, I'm a vegetarian but I do like to eat fish occasionally." Its like me saying "Really I'm a pacifist. But just one in a while I like to get a long plant of wood and batter the shit out of someone"

 

[NMH]

A friend was a "vegetarian" of the sort that he would only what he was prepared to kill. He could catch and kill a fish - but not a chicken. Seemed fair enough to me.

Hmm, interesting approach, and not a bad way to look at it.
At the moment, I don't think I'd readily bring down a cow and kill it for meat. Maybe it's the size of them, and the idea of there being any meat wasted (as I don't have a mega deep freezer).
No calf either - 'veal' is the saddest and most cruel foodstuff I can think of.

I'd leave a horse to graze as well.

I'd certainly do the deed on a deer, sheep, pig, rabbit, pheasant, and chicken - and of the non-animal world, not much seafood would be off the menu, only live lobster because of the way it's cooked. Foie Gras or any other 'delicacy' that causes distress to the creature before it died, is off.

 

[bailey]

not much seafood would be off the menu, only live lobster because of the way it's cooked.

Actually you can kill lobster humanely with a sharp knife through the back of the head immediately before cooking it. Crabs however should be cooked alive.

I seem to recall seeing Organic Foie Gras a while ago. Apparently they discovered that you didn't need to pour feed directly down the throat of geese, if they're left a plentiful supply of food they'll happily overeat resulting in the enlarged liver desired for Foie Gras. Quite how that is much more humane is not clear.

Which leads me on to another rant about people who overfeed their pets. These people should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals.

 

[Gerbil]

No calf either - 'veal' is the saddest and most cruel foodstuff I can think of.

Veal is GORGEOUS. Fact

 

[bailey]

A friend was a "vegetarian" of the sort that he would only what he was prepared to kill. He could catch and kill a fish - but not a chicken. Seemed fair enough to me.

Perhaps this has a lot to do with size? It's relatively easy to catch, kill, and prepare a fish. Try doing the same with a cow.

The often overlooked point is sustainability. Cows, pigs, sheep, chickens are sustainable and can be farmed and killed humanely. Many popular fish species such as Cod, Monkfish, and some Tuna, are endangered and at serious risk. Additionally many marine animals become bycatch and are thrown back dead or dying into the sea.

 

[Brovion]

A friend was a "vegetarian" of the sort that he would only what he was prepared to kill. He could catch and kill a fish - but not a chicken. Seemed fair enough to me.

For a while I was the same! Back in the 80s and early 90s I used to shoot. Mainly clays, but I also used to do what is called 'rough shooting' where you go after pigeons and rabbits and I used to shoot 'for the pot'. There was a certain primeval satisfaction in sitting down to rabbit stew where the organic, naturally-reared rabbit had come straight from the woods.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

For a while I was the same! Back in the 80s and early 90s I used to shoot. Mainly clays, but I also used to do what is called 'rough shooting' where you go after pigeons and rabbits and I used to shoot 'for the pot'. There was a certain primeval satisfaction in sitting down to rabbit stew where the organic, naturally-reared rabbit had come straight from the woods.

I can understand that. The best fish I have eaten were mackerel caught off the Shoreham Arm (in the company of your old mate Attila) and cooked on the bbq.

 

[Trufflehound]

Tara Ma Salata = Goodbye My Salad

Hope that clears that up.