It's time we let Junior really know where hamburger comes from.
To ease the pain of transition into the real world, buy him a Prime Cut Plushie. This soft squishy plushie-cow looks at you with large adorable eyes, as you pull it apart.
Sectioned off into quarters, such as sirloin and short loin, shank and brisket, the cow is held together with velcro. Little white circles denote where bones have been "cut through".
Each cut has a little label with the name of the cut, and a little tag describing various stuff such fat content, nutrition values, average cost per pound, etc.
Dissassemble the cow, explain the circle of life, and reassemble it into a Picowso. Just don't add in any electricity, because a Frankenstein's Monster Plushie Picasso Cow is a dangerous thing.
Also comes in pig, deer, and for foriegn countries, dog.-- DesertFox, Aug 07 2006 Beef Diagram http://www.foodrefe.../Beef_Diagram_2.gif [DesertFox, Aug 07 2006] Beef Diagram 2 http://marycontrary...om/food/charts.htmlscroll down to "Meat" [DesertFox, Aug 07 2006] The people I'd expect to do this. http://sweet-meats.com/ [jutta, Aug 07 2006] Petting slaughterhouse Petting_20slaughterhouseSimilarly themed idea [hippo, Aug 07 2006] Deliciously soft https://www.amazon....uffed/dp/B09V4YQRKK [whatrock, Feb 24 2023] Your Beef Diagram 2 link begs two questions: One, why would you subject us to a link with so many pernicious pop-ups? And, two, why do you suppose Area 14 is identified as a Mouse Buttock, and how will you explain that bit of malapropism to your toddler?-- jurist, Aug 07 2006 I'm basically in favour of this, with a slight reservation about accustoming the child to kill and eat the same thing he's been cuddling.
For a slightly less gross introduction to the same life facts, I recommend a children's book called 'Yum Yum' (sorry, can't remember the author), showing a series of cute members of the food web eating each other in turn.-- pertinax, Aug 07 2006 You probably mean "Yum-Yum!" by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom. (Not to be confused with "The Big Yum Yum Book" by Robert Crumb, a fairy tale about a frog and a very large woman with very large thighs and big buttocks.)-- jutta, Aug 07 2006 Yes I do, thank you.-- pertinax, Aug 07 2006 High end "Ameglian Major Cow" model with a pull string that says "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am the Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?"-- James Newton, Aug 07 2006 What? Deer and dog cuts, but no lamb or rabbit cuts? Come on, I can get goat's meat year round at the corner market! You need to diversify. Throw in some turkey, chicken, and peacock while you're at it.-- ye_river_xiv, Aug 08 2006 Ducks make good toys and delicious meals.
(That is, they taste delicious - and have no cooking/toymaking abilities that I am aware of).-- fridge duck, Aug 08 2006 random, halfbakery