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Bigpaul_4 · 4 August 2004 at 4:40PM

nope I have a deer in the freezer but it wasnt road kill

It hung on the back fence for a few days mind you

I hope you are going to eat it!!!!

Very delicious

Tim_L · 5 August 2004 at 10:41AM

I've always taken the view that if you eat meat, you probably ought to have had an occasional go at the more unpleasant side of the process. But it's really not that bad - like most things the thinking about it is worse than the actual doing.

I forgot to mention pigeons last time - another wonderful treat if you can get them, but you do really need a gun for this.

Bigpaul_4 · 5 August 2004 at 1:57PM

I've always taken the view that if you eat meat, you probably ought to have had an occasional go at the more unpleasant side of the process. But it's really not that bad - like most things the thinking about it is worse than the actual doing.

I forgot to mention pigeons last time - another wonderful treat if you can get them, but you do really need a gun for this.

I couldnt agree more. We all (or most of us anyway) eat meat and use animal products yet we seem to pretend that there is, as you put it, an unpleasant side to it. Whenever i turn my hand to butchering a deer or a rabbit or a pigeon i have a much greater appreciation of the animal when it comes to eating it. It almost brings a certain level of spirituality back into it, reconnecting with the land and our food sources. Almost like the joy of eating your own home grown produce

Chris_Powell · 5 August 2004 at 2:38PM

Now I am thinking about growing stuff to eat in my garden - had a successful crop of lettuce this year - thinking about runner beans and strawberries for next year- any other suggestions

TigerLily_3-2 · 5 August 2004 at 4:43PM

" I couldnt agree more. We all (or most of us anyway) eat meat and use animal products yet we seem to pretend that there is, as you put it, an unpleasant side to it."

As a good friend of mine said, if God had wanted us to be vegetarians he wouldn't have made animals out of food!

Sorry to all those veggies out there but I'm laughing too much to hear your protests...

cathy_3 · 5 August 2004 at 5:21PM

I've always taken the view that if you eat meat, you probably ought to have had an occasional go at the more unpleasant side of the process. But it's really not that bad - like most things the thinking about it is worse than the actual doing.

I forgot to mention pigeons last time - another wonderful treat if you can get them, but you do really need a gun for this.

we were sitting in the kitchen minding our own biz when a man came up the path with a deer over his shoulder!! walked in and threw it across the table,

when they got me down from the ceiling it seems the old fart did this guy a favour and the guy shot the deer on his land as it was eating his veggie patch,
awwww

so beleive me, ive seen the whole process and couldnt eat a bite of it
its all sectioned up and jointed in the freezer and the head is being stuffed for posterity

its not hanging on my wall and the old fart had got to get through an awfful lot of venison.

Chris_Powell · 5 August 2004 at 5:37PM

You could make burgers out of it - would be a shame to waste good meat but would avoid the meat looking too much like it did when you previously saw it

cathy_3 · 5 August 2004 at 6:21PM

it wont go to waste, the sons and hubby will demolish it in no time,

just had a load of mackerel given to us and a huge salmon ;D ;D now I dont mind eating those. ;D ;D

rach · 6 August 2004 at 12:56AM

did I hear right did someone once tell me that wild rhubarb was poisonous

is it true cos theres loads in our lane and im scared to pick it

i've heard this too...also how do you know what's wild and whats not? ???

cathy_3 · 6 August 2004 at 4:02AM

this stuff doesnt even look slightly annoyed let alone wild ;D ;D ;D

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