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[rephikul]

I understand your point, and I'm not against eating animal products or anything (don't lump me in with the activists), but this irked me. Probably why I don't have a job in the meat industry.

what irked you is the gory yet necessary actions needed to slaughter the animal and process it. Considering the majorities of westerners dont know how to prepare a chicken, let alone pigs, cows or monkeys, I can kinda understand. Heck, they even censor documentaries on lion hunting buffaloes.

I know that these things don't sell!

Can you explain why pig feet are so god damn expensive in EU then?

[Lagslayer]

I understand your point, and I'm not against eating animal products or anything (don't lump me in with the activists), but this irked me. Probably why I don't have a job in the meat industry.

what irked you is the gory yet necessary actions needed to slaughter the animal and process it. Considering the majorities of westerners dont know how to prepare a chicken, let alone pigs, cows or monkeys, I can kinda understand. Heck, they even censor documentaries on lion hunting buffaloes.

I know that these things don't sell!

Can you explain why pig feet are so god damn expensive in EU then?

I know basically how these things work, I just don't like seeing them on a regular basis. I'm glad that there are people who don't mind it so much doing it instead.

[Girlinhat]

Apparently, pigs feet are expensive because stores in the SE US are stockpiling them on their shelves.  I don't recall how much they cost, except that on the weekly dusting routines we'd always have to dust the tops of the pig feet jars, because we'd only sold two jars the entire year I worked there.

[decius]

Who'd turn down a steak and kidney pie?

Kidneys taste like old wee.

I'm not sure if I should take your word on that or not. How do you know what old wee tastes like?

Edit: That video demonstrates how NOT to kill an animal for food. You should be able to perform the killing blow basically instantly, in a manner impossible to do as depicted. Of course, at least three cameras would be needed to shoot that video in one take; the fact that none of them shows a blow landing implies either iron-willed cameramen and a weak-stomach editor, or a small special effects budget.

[rephikul]

Apparently, pigs feet are expensive because stores in the SE US are stockpiling them on their shelves.  I don't recall how much they cost, except that on the weekly dusting routines we'd always have to dust the tops of the pig feet jars, because we'd only sold two jars the entire year I worked there.

I cant think of any reasons to by 6 months old body parts aside from black magic or garden fertilizing.

[Girlinhat]

To be fair, they're super-preserved, kept in tightly packed jars and cans floating in some form of fluid.  Maybe that's why they never sell...

[Lagslayer]

To be fair, they're super-preserved, kept in tightly packed jars and cans floating in some form of fluid.  Maybe that's why they never sell...

Perhaps they are pickled?

[Musashi]

I very well understand the point of most (sane) vegetarians out there, I just like meat too much to attempt a vain struggle against my usual diet. Plus, I'm trying to use the most of the meat I'm using.
I personally just avoid eyes, tongues, and a couple more organs because I'm not completely open to the idea yet (though I don't mind of anyone else does), and some things, like hooves, make me indifferent because I don't have the slightest idea how to cook or eat that.
Besides, as I said, I reconciled with the idea even I don't know what is in some products I eat. I love burgers, and I'm fine with the idea that it is not only massively unhealthy, there might also be many "disgusting"/unknown bits in the patty. Embrace the mystery meat!

More on topic, sweetbread doesn't disgust me much in its description (I didn't even know what it was!), and the picture looks quite appetizing. Maybe I should start worrying.

[Girlinhat]

Sweetbread doesn't sound that bad in comparison actually.  Regular steak is pretty much just muscle and fat.  A gland is just a different form of tissue, a more tender one understandably, and once something is breaded and deep fried, what difference does it make?

[rephikul]

I very well understand the point of most (sane) vegetarians out there

Human are born omnivores. Vegetarians are akin to people who deny the existence of their arms and should never be considered "sane".

[Girlinhat]

Humans are also smart, and capable of understanding how diets work and how to get all the right nutrients from different sources.  If we're going by human nature, then we shouldn't have cities because humans are naturally distrustful, or airplanes because humans naturally can't fly, and we shouldn't have cars or wagons because humans can naturally walk on their own.

As it happens, we're a rather intelligent bunch who's rarely restricted by the limits nature imposes.

[Sheb]

Plus, humans can also understand that meat (at least western meat) is a stupid thing to eat due to the amount of grain needed/CO2 emiited by its production.

A Begetarian that still like a tasty steak from time to time.

[Lagslayer]

perhaps, but most humans like eating meat. We could forgo a lot of things to be more efficient, but we would also be giving up everything we enjoy.

[Sheb]

Yeah, but do you need to eat meat every single day? And do you like eating shitty meat that much? I'd rather eat a good veal contrefilet or a nice argentinian steak once a weak than a burger every day.

[Girlinhat]

"Most" is not a valid argument.