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Salu · 17-12-2003, 09:59

It struck me that social conformity is particularly strong when it comes to food.

For example it's very acceptable to eat Turkey, especially at Christmas. Perfectly OK to eat Chicken, Lamb or Duck (vegetarians excepted) but when it comes to other animals....it's thought of as repulsive or sick?

Can you imagine your grandma serving up roast Alsasian or BBQ'd Terrier? There would be a fuss surely. Unless you are in the far East of course? What about deep fried Squirrel or Marinated Rat legs in Mustard Sauce? Yum.

The same disregard is given when you are cooking, say, a chicken. As you probably didn't kill it, it becomes this inert peice of meat that you feel is clinically clean and the only thing stopping it's palatability is a couple of hours in the oven. You don't think of it in the same light as a rabbit that has just been run over do you? But it is still a dead animal/bird....

I don't want this thread to get into a "Should we killl animals for food" thread but merely wanted to explore the social acceptance of differing types of animals...

Any thoughts?

17-12-2003, 09:59	#1
Salu Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Yorks Age: 56 Services: VM TV package. VM phone and 200MB internet & slow Tivo Posts: 2,332	Turkey, Pork and Dog It struck me that social conformity is particularly strong when it comes to food. For example it's very acceptable to eat Turkey, especially at Christmas. Perfectly OK to eat Chicken, Lamb or Duck (vegetarians excepted) but when it comes to other animals....it's thought of as repulsive or sick? Can you imagine your grandma serving up roast Alsasian or BBQ'd Terrier? There would be a fuss surely. Unless you are in the far East of course? What about deep fried Squirrel or Marinated Rat legs in Mustard Sauce? Yum. The same disregard is given when you are cooking, say, a chicken. As you probably didn't kill it, it becomes this inert peice of meat that you feel is clinically clean and the only thing stopping it's palatability is a couple of hours in the oven. You don't think of it in the same light as a rabbit that has just been run over do you? But it is still a dead animal/bird.... I don't want this thread to get into a "Should we killl animals for food" thread but merely wanted to explore the social acceptance of differing types of animals... Any thoughts?