I have been thinking about the fact that while I eat meat, I have this very odd aversion to eating what I call baby meat (veal, lamb, young pigs). I came across a recipe for suckling pig and I just shuddered at the thought of a one or two month old pig being yanked from its mother and butchered. Which is total hypocrisy because I have no problem consuming a pig that's older. Maybe it's because the suckling pig looks too much like Wilbur from "Charlotte's Web?"
I haven't eaten veal in 15 years and I rarely if ever eat lamb. What accounts for this odd boycott and obvious double standard? I'll eat you, Mr. Animal, but before I do, enjoy your time on Earth....your days are numbered.
Hmmm.
Just because they only come every four years...
11 years ago
Mmmmm lamb.
ReplyDeleteSo you dont want to rip the baby from its mother, but you'll take the mother from its baby?
ReplyDeleteDamn. I have the perfect picture of a suckling pig from my trip to Spain last year that you could have used here. They display them with pride at the market in Barcelona.
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