What's the appeal of eating meat?

Sheep are idiots.

Ilse doesn't like eating animals because she respects animal's rights. Except when it comes to hacking off their junk, she's all for that.

@Orion: It is oh so very tasty.

edited 3rd May '12 7:35:16 PM by Crowfall

Don't mention gelding around Orion!

Game meat is the best meat. Ostrich especially.

@Orion: there are certain nutrients we need that are most readily found in meat.

@Orion: Well we sort of need to to not die, for a start.

But meat, as a foodstuff, has it's appeal. for a start it tastes good. Or at least it can - it depends on what you do with it. Some people just like the taste of meat on it's own, but I think it's best when you prepare it a little bit.

There's also the tactile sensation - chewing meat feels good. It's a very solid food, and reacts more interestingly than vegetables and fruits, I find.

Finally, our bodies crave it, so our brains reward us for eating it. The protein in red meat makes men in particular just feel good about eating it.

In short, it's largely biological. We're built to eat meat, so we do. Though I have met people who simply don't like meat. I had a friend who hated the taste of it, and so became vegetarian.

@ Crowfall: Exactly. Actually, I honestly think that this is an issue that's more complicated beyond: Meat bad. I also think that it's possible to do things ethically, including harvesting animals for food. An example of a film that I think gets that is Temple Grandin. One of my favorite films ever ^^

I heartily dislike steak

edited 3rd May '12 7:38:48 PM by ilsemmr

Why is Fish not consider meat?

Reposting since I got pagebottomed.

@ David: I consider it meat. That comes from Catholic canon, since Catholics are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. But back then, there weren't really many fruit and vegetable options, so you kind of needed some sort of animal product as your main meal source.

Forty new pages. So much for this thread slowing down during the off-season.

Steak is very hit or miss for me. It can be really good if prepared right, but most of the time I eat it it's just chewy and unpleasant.

Hacking off animal genitalia? Reminds me of this one South Dakota ranch my grandparents own. I had the enjoyable experience of participating in the action.

You haven't lived until you hear young cows squeal in fear at the crazed people riding them, knocking them down, cutting their junk off and cleaning it up. Oh and cow shit.

It is slowing down during off season, just from a higher base.

since Catholics are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays

The More You Know

Not to mention we've been on a food derail for a while now, and pony talk is at a low.

edited 3rd May '12 7:43:12 PM by Zahaele

That's why I don't like steak either. That and it's usually pink or red on the inside.

@Zahaele have you ever had to collect semen from animals?

@Crowlover, unfortuntately, turtles are considered fish for some rason, leading to a slaughter every lent in some countries.

Oh well. Meat conversation. I could write essays on that. But anyway, I'm heading to a study group session. Yay! Finals week!

See y'all soon. Keep talking about meat for me, I don't have much of an opinion here to be honest

@story oh god no and I hope I never will

@story: How does that work, do you have to manually, er, stimulate the animal? Who gets stuck with that job?

Bye, ilse.

Ooh, have some homework I need to work on.

The natural transition from food to...jacking off animals?

-*Looks at calendar*

4 more months.

We running another synchtube tomorrow?

@Zah: Should I get a restraining order on you too?