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[Ockad]

Hi. I admit that my dwarves are vegetarians, and only eat plants. An issue has arisen though.
Whenever a tame horse or whatever dies, it leaves a corpse, right?

Now, my question is, how can I extract the meat from the corpse?


Thank you.

[Azated]

Unfortunately, tame animals that die of any cause other than being slaughtered at the butchers workshop itself can't be butchered.

[Ockad]

But, isn't that a huge waste? AAAAAAAAAAWWW NO.

[King DZA]

You could always have 'em tossed off a mountain when you get bored. That's kind of fun.

[Ockad]

I might have a use for the corpses, as a toy for the lonely beards. Moisty dark caverns can be lonely sometimes.

[i2amroy]

Unfortunately, tame animals that die of any cause other than being slaughtered at the butchers workshop itself can't be butchered.

Just want to point out that this is, in fact, a bug, and with any luck it will be fixed at some point in the future.

[CapnUrist]

The line between "bug" and "feature" is rather blurred in many places on DF. I try not to assume.

But yes, if you don't plan on using the animals otherwise, you're better off just slaughtering them. Wait until they're adults, though; you'll get a lot more by-products.

[Blue_Dwarf]

Unfortunately, tame animals that die of any cause other than being slaughtered at the butchers workshop itself can't be butchered.

Just want to point out that this is, in fact, a bug, and with any luck it will be fixed at some point in the future.

A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*

Or am I thinking "Interview with the Vampire"? 

[GreatWyrmGold]

Recently-deceased animals? Sure. Just cook it a bit, and you won't know the difference. In real-world medieval times, a peasant wouldn't turn up his nose at a bit of meat just because it died an hour before being butchered; if anything, he'd cook it a minute longer. Back then, people were tough, people weren't squeamish, and above all, people were hungry.

[King DZA]

Recently-deceased animals? Sure. Just cook it a bit, and you won't know the difference. In real-world medieval times, a peasant wouldn't turn up his nose at a bit of meat just because it died an hour before being butchered; if anything, he'd cook it a minute longer. Back then, people were tough, people weren't squeamish, and above all, people were hungry.

Well it might be generalizing a bit much to presume the attitude of the entire human race, but yeah. Was a much different time.

[Sutremaine]

A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*

Most people do. There's a Japanese delicacy that involves dipping a live fish into hot oil and then serving it up while it's still gasping, but most cultures wait for things to stop moving first.

[Mister Always]

A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*

Most people do. There's a Japanese delicacy that involves dipping a live fish into hot oil and then serving it up while it's still gasping, but most cultures aren't as insane as a dickhole piercing.

Fixed that for ya.

[Aspgren]

A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*

Most people do. There's a Japanese delicacy that involves dipping a live fish into hot oil and then serving it up while it's still gasping, but most cultures wait for things to stop moving first.

Now now. The chinese do things like that too .. and aren't you supposed to eat oysters while they are still alive? and lobsters in restaurants. pick it out and they cook it alive and serve it to you on the fly. Have they always stopped moving completely when they're on the plate? Taken basically straight out of the aquarium.

 I remember reading in Salvador Dalis biography. One of his favourite dishes was one where he would eat small birds and crush their heads between his teeth .. he greatly enjoyed the crunching but I think they were dead. He mentioned though that the french had a dish where they took the feathers of a large bird (a duck? i don't remember) and cut it open with precision and intent to keep it alive. then they stuffed it and cooked it in what can only be described as elaborate torture with the sole purpose of keeping the bird alive for as long as possible... this would enhance the taste I guess.

 Now Salvador Dali was pretty damn crazy and he might very well have made it all up. On the chance that he didn't, though, the practice is most definitely banned now because the entire world is composed of goddamn elves.
 Swedish government even has problems with me using live bait for fishing. Damn hippies.

[Poindexterity]

A bug? In real life, do people butcher dead animals for eating? I hope not *sick*

you'd be shocked, disgusted, horrified, and wracked with guilt if you saw the kind of wicked things that go on with our food.

[AfterShave]

Aspgren, could it be this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_Bunting. That's also terrible torture just for the sake of gastronomy.