[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well exactly, this is how it would be hung in the back before butchering... So why hide it in the back? I think there's a pretty good argument for making sure that people DO stay aware of the realities of what they're eating are... People seem desperate to forget that meat comes from animals. Yes they "know" that it does, but they don't want to think about it. I know people who get squeamish about preparing and roasting a whole chicken because it's a bit too close to looking like a bird. They're much more at
Home with packaged chicken breasts. People want to be as detached as possible from the process and I wonder if that contributes to people losing respect for food and for what they put in their bodies in general.

The argument about kids seeing it is a total cop out, too. The only kids who would be upset ate older ones who AREN'T properly aware of their food sources. My four year old finds these things fascinating... When we go to morrissons the first thing she says is "Daddy daddy, can we go and look at the dead fish???" ... she loves examining the ones on ice that are still whole. We also spent 15 minutes this afternoon examining the chicken before I put it in to roast... It still had some feathers on the tail so we talked about how they're plucked and looked at the stumps where the feet were removed, and why it doesn't have a head.

She's never been remotely upset or scared by any of this, just interested to learn. People end up freaked out by it as adults because they never see it as kids, just the chunks of wrapped meat in supermarkets. If even that. Some don't see much beyond a chicken nugget or fish finger.

And... If I'm being totally honest... When it comes to adults - if someone doesn't want to have to think about the fact that theyre eating animals then they frankly shouldn't be eating them. All the more delicious cow for the rest of us! Yumyumyumyumyumyum...

Althooouuuggghh... The bit about the squirrels is a bit confusing if it's true. As the guy says "who eats squirrel??". Seems a bit needless.

Offtopic but this reminded me of something I heard at the weekend that I found really funny. A woman we vaguely know (friend of a friend type thing) is trying to sue Tescos at gateshead, because her 7 year old son picked up a full fish from the fresh fish counter and slapped her with it in the middle of the shop

I dont quite know how she expects to win anything from that, but I found it ****ing hilarious and wished I had been there