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While driving through the countryside, I often see "pick it yourself" fields, where the customer gets a basket and can pick his/her own fresh produce.
It's a shame that meat-eaters don't get to enjoy this sort of thing, too. They must buy their meat at the supermarket---pre-slaughtered, pre-cut,
and pre-packaged. This "hospital" approach completely separates them from the exciting, colorful meat-growing/harvesting process.
Therefore, I suggest the U-Pick Cattle Ranch. Each meat-eating customer is given a lasso, a stun gun, and a butcher's cleaver, and sent out into the herd to select 'n' slaughter the slow-witted, yummy-looking beast of his/her choice. There's nothing like harvesting your own food to make you appreciate each delicious, sinewy bite.
The Simpsons: Maximum Homerdrive
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF13
In this episode of the Simpsons, Homer loses a steak-eating contest that takes place at "The Slaughterhouse", a new restaurant where patrons personally select their own cow to be slaughtered. [jutta, Jul 26 2000]
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I've used a U-pick sheep pen... In fact we're just about to enjoy part of the product of it for dinner tonight. |
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We have friends with a farm - I had my kids choose one of the penned sheep, which was then picked up (after a decent amount of time and out of earshot of the slaugherhouse) in frozen chunks. |
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There must be a market for this... |
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I'm voting for the statement the idea makes. Would we eat a lot less meat if we had more participation in the process? For that matter, what clothes would I wear if I knew about the entire process? This inspires another idea -- "wave to the workers" -- I'll post it. |
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Meat should be aged a bit. |
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The reason why people do not pick their own cows for eating is that they cannot eat the whole cow by themselves. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this idea. |
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So create a U-Pick chicken farm, even better! But they
already do this sort of thing. "Watch It Run Around Like...
Well, a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off!" Or create pygmy
cows. exept that wouldn't work because then everybody
would want one for a pet. |
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Cool. Better than the Disney farm approach, where the animals are raised for purposes unknown, but surely not for slaughter and eating. |
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I saw a guy on tv who says he'll go home with your family if the portions are too big...i know he fits into this somehow |
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This happens regurlary all across america in the fall and early winter and those who participate swear it does make them more human remembering that something has to die for them to live. It is called hunting and fishing. And yes food does taste better after having been in on the preparation (harvesting included). |
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