No more mint sauce jokes...

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:26 pm

izzarina wrote:I really need to become a vegetarian

Yeah, right, that stuff that lives on the same muck that came from the calf's shed; that's sprayed with junk to make it still look shiny fresh on the grocer's shelves; that came from the other side of who knows where when its out of season locally, where they have no laws to control god knows what gets sprayed on it.

I did not climb to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian. My teeth tell me I am designed to eat just about anything. That means I am an omnivore, and I can assure you omnivorous happy as when I'm eatin' chocolate.

djm

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:30 pm

djm wrote:
izzarina wrote:I really need to become a vegetarian
Yeah, right, that stuff that lives on the same muck that came from the calf's shed; that's sprayed with junk to make it still look shiny fresh on the grocer's shelves;

That's why you should always buy ORGANIC....no gross icky stuff sprayed on anything. Although you could use the argument about the manure, at least it's not it's OWN manure

and I can assure you omnivorous happy as when I'm eatin' chocolate.

I can totally agree with you on that one!

Which is a big part of the reason why I have not gone over to the "other" side as of yet

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:32 pm

Scott McCallister wrote:The taste of Lamb, ruined my appetite for Lamb

The *Smell* of lamb (cooked, that is, LambChop, very long ago)... couldn't even get *to* the taste... they tried to feed it to me shortly after an appendectomy!

I'm leaning more and more toward giving up eating meat as a general rule. I've met far too many critters with very obvious souls... though a few of them did seem more well suited to the plate, many have made it most obvious that there is a problem for me and eating them and their relations.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:36 pm

Steve Shaw wrote:As you know, Mr Hedron, I admire your views on all manner of things but you are wrong about mint sauce. Never buy ready-made mint sauce. Grow spearmint (once you've got it, try stopping it!). Chop about 3 tbsp. of the young leaves fairly fine. Add a half teaspoon of sugar, then about 3 tbsp. boiling water then 3 tbsp. malt vinegar, stir and leave to cool. Your kitchen will smell wonderful.

I'm willing to admit I'm wrong, especially when you put it that way. Sounds very promising. By the way, you might be apalled to learn that in my world, such as it is, commercially got mint "sauce" is actually mint jelly. Obviously not the same thing that you've described at all.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:38 pm

If we weren't meant to eat meat it wouldn't taste so good! (an oldy but a goody)

Or a fave Pythonism - "Look, we'll eat your mum. Then, if you feel a bit guilty about it afterwards, we can dig a grave and you can throw up into it."

djm

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:42 pm

djm wrote:
izzarina wrote:I really need to become a vegetarian
Yeah, right, that stuff that lives on the same muck that came from the calf's shed; that's sprayed with junk to make it still look shiny fresh on the grocer's shelves; that came from the other side of who knows where when its out of season locally, where they have no laws to control god knows what gets sprayed on it.

djm

Once you get to appreciate decent food you can begin to trust your palate. My wife, a teacher, usually gets our eggs from someone at school whose hens run free all over the place and which produce eggs which you have to hunt for which have deep yellow yolks and no blood-spots but which have shells caked in dried soil and chicken sh*t. As it's the school holidays that supply-line has temporarily dried up, so last week we bought a dozen so-called "free-range" eggs from Tesco. I made us all omelettes with the Tesco eggs last night - and, somehow, they tasted thin and insipid, and we all noticed the difference without any prompting from me. By the way, the Tesco eggs cost nearly twice as much as the school eggs.

Steve

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:54 pm

Steve,
I don't know aboout the UK but in the US free-range doesn't mean much.

Real eggs don't come in stores!

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:57 pm

djm wrote:If we weren't meant to eat meat it wouldn't taste so good! (an oldy but a goody)

I thought it was: If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:59 pm

Denny wrote:Steve,
I don't know aboout the UK but in the US free-range doesn't mean much.

Real eggs don't come in stores!

All it means here is that the hens don't actually live in battery cages. They typically live in large barns at a high density but have access to the outside if they want it. I understand that in most free-range set-ups the hens just stay indoors.

Steve

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:03 pm

The meat version doesn't want to waddle too far from the feed trough...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:06 pm

SteveShaw wrote:
Denny wrote:Steve,
I don't know aboout the UK but in the US free-range doesn't mean much.

Real eggs don't come in stores!
All it means here is that the hens don't actually live in battery cages. They typically live in large barns at a high density but have access to the outside if they want it. I understand that in most free-range set-ups the hens just stay indoors.

Steve

Really! I always assumed that a free-range chicken, for example, was supposed to have the run of a yard, and could dance in the sun and peck at beetles in the grass, and that sort of thing. Not that I'd necessarily believe the claims, but to straight-facedly call indoor living "free-range" sounds contradictory to me. What a dupe I've been.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:09 pm

"FREE-RANGE CHICKEN IS JUST A MARKETING TERM. ANYONE WITH A DOOR ON THE CHICKEN COOP MEETS THE TECHNICAL DEFINTION OF FREE-RANGE”

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:10 pm

Never mind. I actually READ your post, now.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:12 pm

nano, you've been duped and you are a dope. I think.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:15 pm

Cynth wrote:nano, you've been duped and you are a dope. I think.

Cynth, why don't you say what you really think?

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