FLESH OF YOUR FLESH (Should you eat meat?)

New Yorker | NOVEMBER 9, 2009 | Elizabeth Kolbert

[nickcarraway]

FLESH OF YOUR FLESH

[b4its2late]

I love defenseless little animals, especially in a good gravy!

[mountainlion]

Man I could go for some fried chicken, potatoes with bacon gravy and couple of Rocky Mountain Oysters!

[IrishCatholic]

From this long rambling review I take it we aren’t eating enough dogs and cats and aquarium fish. They are apparently delicious and we should be more open minded to the culinary possibilities.

[tatsinfla]

and a nice glass of chianti

[autumnraine]

I don’t eat flesh of my flesh. I would never eat my children. Not even if I were starving.

[airborne]

How is it that Americans, so solicitous of the animals they keep as pets, are so indifferent toward the ones they cook for dinner? The answer cannot lie in the beasts themselves. Pigs, after all, are quite companionable, and dogs are said to be delicious.

Never tried dog. But I'd give it a try.

[Fido969]

1 Timothy 4:1-5

1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

[Eagle Eye]

Had home made steak fajitas for lunch.

[Question Liberal Authority]

Collectively, these creatures cost Americans some forty billion dollars annually.

So it would take Americans approximately 100 years to spend as much on their pets as they do on the Federal Government?

[southlake_hoosier]

Never tried myself, by my motto has always been that the best dog is a wok’d dog.

[JoeProBono]

[Question Liberal Authority]

From this long rambling review I take it we aren’t eating enough dogs and cats and aquarium fish.

That's my take. Can't wait for the Iron Chef battle.

[tx_eggman]

Dinner for a nice gathering at casa de tx_eggman last weekend should tell you where me and mine stand:

To keep the moral universe in balance, we had some veggies as well - potato salad, coleslaw and beans to be precise.

[Dixie Yooper]

I always feel real good, before, during and after eating meat. Since I feel real good from the experience, meat must be real good for me. Beef is my favorite, but I like almost all of the common meats found in most supermarkets. They all make me feel real good!

[a fool in paradise]

Don’t eat anything with a face.

Have you ever tried yogurt and jellyfish?

[SycoDon]

““You know that chicken is chicken, right?” she pointed out. Foer’s older brother sniggered. Where had their parents found this moron? But Foer was shaken. That chicken was a chicken! Why had he never thought of this before?”

So were the brothers talking about the babysitter or Foer?

[a fool in paradise]

Vegans will eat the placenta. True.

[MrEdd]

Dog is a bit stringy, but not as tough as monkey.

[JD91]

Don’t eat anything with a face

Do Spotted Owl have faces?

[Uncle Miltie]

G-d tells me I should eat some, and not others.

[Dallas59]

[paulycy]

[airborne]

Dog is a bit stringy

Considering the way a dog is built, I'm not surprised.

...but not as tough as monkey.

Same goes for them.

[goseminoles]

Manatees are much better than spotted owl.

[smokingfrog]

[JD91]

Manatees are much better than spotted owl.

and you can feed the whole family with just one - nice!

[absolootezer0]

Don’t eat anything with a face.

of COURSE you don't eat anything with a face. the face should be taken off before consumption.

[swarthyguy]

Similar to lamb.

[swarthyguy]

>>Don’t eat anything with a face.

There goes my sex life.

Wait a second, this isn’t the labioplasty thread, is it....

[JD91]

>>Don’t eat anything with a face. There goes my sex life. Wait a second, this isn’t the labioplasty thread, is it....

I blew snot bubbles on that one!

[tnlibertarian]

That's my take. Can't wait for the Iron Chef battle.

Aw, yes. Iron Chef Morimoto against somebody you'll never hear of again in Battle Housepet!

Alton: It appears the Iron Chef has a, I believe it's a Schnauzer...

Morimoto: Pekingese.

Alton: Ah, a Pekingese. And he's braising it. I believe this will be dish number 2.

[absolootezer0]

bacon burgers done right



envisio: meat ping! lets see some of your grilling pics.

[happilymarriedmom]

When these idiots concern themselves as much with the pain & suffering of a baby during an abortion, I might think about hearing them blather on about animal rights. On second thought, not even then.

[Califreak]

Dry aged prime rib

[jonno]

Not only that, if you consider the story regarding the sacrifices offered by Cain & Abel (Gen 4:4,5), one can only conclude that God prefers the smell of good steak!

[a fool in paradise]

I don’t see a face on that. Safe to eat!

[JD91]

If God wanted us to be vegetarians, we wouldn’t have made animals out of meat!

[buwaya]

I’ve had dog.

Dog is not bad at all. Its a fairly strong-flavored meat, but not unpleasant. Its quite common as a delicacy across East Asia, used in feast-dishes or appetizers in some places. Not daily fare, its quite expensive, and often illegal.

[nickcarraway]

Good thing. That would make you almost as bad a mother a Courtney Love.

[N. Theknow]

Never tried dog. But I'd give it a try.

Cur-ry?

[Redcloak]

Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’ -Acts 11:7

[a fool in paradise]

He wouldn’t have served fish with the loaves of bread.

[buwaya]

I can’t understand these people.

They are either just plain neurotic -

“What we know about eating animals is that we don’t want to know”

Whose that “we” that is fearful of knowing ?

Or absurdly in pursuit of consistent systems - a bit of Aspergers here ? Human behavior and motivations just are not rationaly consistent, and its silly to try to make up consistent Procrustean systems and hold people to them.

Or similarly absurdly fashion-chasing, in this case of a social-status trump-card;

Or just plain decadent, too twee for their own good due to separation from reality ?

[humblegunner]

Deer Hams!