nikiprior said:
that link you provided is so typical of the lefties in our society nowadays. If you visit a restaurant that serves foie gras, please speak with the manager, and politely tell him or her about the cruelty behind this “delicacy”.
so they seriously think the restaurant manager a man/woman who should have knowledge of all the dishes wouldn't know about the process to achieve this delicacy?
what is worse an animal being treated badly and sold in shrink wrap for a few pound and living in squalid conditions, or an animal that has a decent life and provides one of lifes luxuries?
Actually, believe it or not, ignorance of industry practices happens more often than not, nikiprior. Sad to say, as it may be.
I won't hesistate to admit that a lot of the more upscale establishments are undoubtedly aware of -
and quite possibly even support and condone - what happens across the board when it comes to the treatment and slaughterhouse conditions of livestock and fowl that are destined for our respective dinner tables, but mid-range restaurants (yet still considered to be fine dining establishments) and its management are often kept in the dark and are primarily trained to sell and make the numbers, (i.e., the bottom line.)
I once worked for a company -
in a mid-level managerial capacity, I might add - that is a nationally and internationally known mail-order and retail outlet-based purveyor / seller of flash-frozen beef, lamb, pork, poultry, and seafood products. Some of you here in the States may even recognize the name:
Omaha Steaks International.
Although this company was / is one of the best and most respected when it comes to fine foods, the same barbaric methods used to slaughter beef, pork, and lamb were also implemented in their slaughterhouses / processing plants. And yet, its customers - and even a rather large segment of its employee base - remain blissfully ignorant of just exactly how those cuts of beef, pork, lamb, poultry, and seafood are obtained and arrive at their doors.
I could tell some horrific stories of how cattle are herded into slaughterhouses and subsequently treated ... but I'll spare everyone the gruesome details.
Cruel as some of us may see it, not much can be done to effect changes, especially in slaughtering methods and practices. I freely admit that I like meat. I'm a beef-eater. Nothing satisifies me more than a rare, bloody, prime, heavily-marbled T-Bone steak and a loaded baked potato.
However, the above posted information is enough to make one think twice about one's diet and food intake / consumption. It's
cruel. It's
needless. And above all, the methodology used raises the question -
in my mind, at least - to what ends will we go to in order to satisfy our spoiled cravings?
This is the price we must pay as omnivores, however disgusting, distateful, and cruel it may be or seem to some of us.
:hatsoff: :2 cents:
