Quote from: missymay on November 05, 2014, 12:03:04 PM
Veal? Really?
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Organic local sourced veal, but yes, technically what South Park dubs tortured baby cow.
Local farmers do not hobble or harm the calves though, they are simply kept in a small pen (large enough to walk the mother in for feeding so not terrible, just NOT free range).
It is tougher than tortured veal but better than steak, highly tender and very juicy.
I only source local (no factory farms) meat from local farmers' markets, and always opt for grass fed, humanely raised (yes veal can be humanely raised but is tougher than a hobbled calf), antibiotic and GMO feed free. Get to know your local meat farmers to ask about how they operate.
Yes I love myself some good red meat; I am also a bit of a meat snob. Tenderloin (Filet Mignon), and the occasional well marbled Rib-Eye are about the only meat tender enough for me since I only do organic grass fed which is not as fatty as grain finished beef. Wagyu (Japanese only, American and Australian Wagyu are bantha poodoo) is better than Bison which is better than Grass Fed Veal which is better than Grass Fed Steaks. And Tenderloins are above Rib-Eyes. <--- My hierarchy of steaks right there. Couple that with some delicious veggies, and the carbs can sod off, who needs em with veggies, fruit and meat?!
Tonight it is 2 Japanese grade 12 wagyu steaks, 6 oz each. Basically melts in your mouth without chewing.
I grew up around farms so I know what slaughter looks like, so that angle never worked for PITA, I actually love to chat with PITA folk, as I am just about diametrically opposite of them, leather wearing, semi farmsteading, comfortable with slaughter (everyone who eats meat SHOULD be or should stop eating meat in my opinion, slaughter is a reality and ignoring it because it was plastic wrapped is shoving your head in the sand) women provide interesting conversational partners for PITA folk. Usually we end up on the topic of plants and emotions. Harvard studies indicate that not only do plants FEEL, but they REMEMBER who hurt or helped them. Their EM fields change when the person who waters and is nice to them is near versus when the person who cuts them is.
Once we reach that point we generally realize that life is fed by death. Period. Then comes the "face/mother" argument. "But it has a face and it had a mother!"...... Yep. And? Similarity in features to myself is not the characteristic that determines my empathic response. I feel for animals that are slaughtered and thank their spirits at every meal. I do the same for the plants in ingest.
Plants die for animals to eat, plants and animals die for us to eat, we die for worms, bacteria and soil to eat, which in turn feed the plants. An endless cycle of beautiful life and death, danging on the edge of a knife for eternity.
I do my own backyard hens and used to do meat rabbits. The only reason I do not homestead is the stench of too many farm animals. I only eat and drink locally sourced foods. My milk is raw. So yes; veal, but I am very conscious about what veal, when veal, who's veal.
Loving you all,
Kami
