SC - Re:manual de mujeres

[Olwen the Odd]

At 05:44 PM 2/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Jadwiga wrote:
>I'm a farmgirl who helped raise the beef she ate. I will eat beef but not
>veal because I don't feel comfortable eating something that with a little
>feeding up could produce so much more meat-- and because I have no
>compunction about eating beef. The American veal industry makes me queasy.
>
>There are other things I won't eat for emotional/religious reasons (lamb,
>rabbit), and some I won't eat because they make me physically queasy
>(fresh processed turkey product-- put enough nitrates in it and I can eat
>it, go figure).

I believe our eating habits are set in childhood.  I was raised in town by
farm kids. From an early age I knew the meat we ate was once alive. Over
the years I have helped butcher many different kinds of animals.  I can't
understand the folks who have problems knowing a chicken is fresh killed,
or processed and put in a little plastic bag. I've had friends look at me
in horror when I say something about butchering. I've always tried to see
the animals were killed as humanely as possible and processed quickly so as
not to waste any part of their gift.  I learned to hunt and handle a gun
well, so as not to leave any wounded animals. I also refuse to kill what I
won't eat. Hunting for "sport" doesn't interest me. As an adult, I taste
everything, and try not to be prejudiced against some dish - except
turnips. I still haven't developed a taste for them.

Liadnan