SC - Salmon at feasts

[Maddie Teller-Kook]

I have come across similar problems when mentioning I may do rabbit or
venison for a feast (tho Ansteorra has many hunters there are those that
are steadfast against it).  One statement I always make that seems to
quiet the 'anti-hunter-' types down is.... "So, you don't want venison
or rabbit because it was killed by a hunter... ok... and the cow has a
better chance?  Face it, the deer or rabbit (wild anyway) has a
chance... the cow doesn't!

meadhbh


Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> 
> Russell Gilman-Hunt wrote:
> 
> > I suppose what I am asking is - how much do we "worry" about things
> > like this?  I've no problem with not eating salmon (more for me), but
> > should our feasts also take into account mundane issues like this?
> 
> Up to a point -- SCAdians spent a good portion of their lives as
> mundanes / out of persona, and it is difficult for many people to forget
> their mundane politics even when in persona.
> 
> If people choose not to eat salmon because "it is an endangered
> species", then I see no way to change their minds, especially since the
> statement, in and of itself, is indicative of a certain level of
> fanaticism.
> 
> If some types of salmon are endangered species, then certainly people
> should not eat them. On the other hand, the farmed varieties ofPacific
> salmon, or the farmed Atlantic salmon (my own personal preference), are,
> by definition, not endangered. Wild salmon may be another story, but the
> salmon we purchase in bulk for events generally aren't wild. We might as
> well say that we won't eat farmed salmon out of a sense of solidarity
> with their wild salmon brothers.
> 
> The same goes for veal, venison, and a variety of other animal foods.
> Some people just won't want to eat them, and there seems little
> likelihood, as well as little point, in trying to change their minds.
> 
> All anybody can do is try to come as close to period foodways as their
> ethics and their personal tastes will allow them.
> 
> Adamantius
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