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Looking Meat in the Eye, or, the Cuteness Factor

12/20/2012

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This is a post from another blog, worth reading for sure.


Looking meat in the eye


About ten years ago when we still lived in Oregon, we were faced with butchering a steer for the first time. And I do mean this was our first time. A friend put into words what I was privately wondering myself: would we be able to eat the meat? We had raised that steer from infancy. How could we eat him after looking him in the eye for two years?

In fact, this friend made a joking wager that we wouldn't  be able to eat him. I won the wager when she and her husband invited us for dinner one evening and we brought the steaks. (They were delicious.)

This  issue sparked a half-humorous piece I once wrote called
The  Cuteness Factor. But all joking aside, the issue of eating what you raise is  actually quite a serious one. It's one thing to be brought up on a farm, dealing  with the realities of butchering on a regular basis. But for those embarking on  country living after a lifetime shopping at conventional grocery stores, it's  not an easy issue to overcome. If you're striving for greater self-sufficiency,  eating one's own livestock is something that must be faced.

read more at... http://www.rural-revolution.com/2012/04/looking-meat-in-eye.html





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