Better yet, Ironjack, if you stun the steer with a
sledge hammer or a 22 cal bullet to the crop in the
middle of the forehead you can hang him by the hind
legs, cut his throat and let the heart pump the blood
out on the ground. That way you get 85% of the blood
out of the carcass instead of just 15%.
I worked in the University slaughter house when I
was a college punk........
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If you kill with anything but a knife too sharp to be felt, the animal is filled with panic hormones that make the meat unfit for consumption.
There is solid logic behind Kosher standards.
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I worked in one too.