zephyrhillsusan
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Caught Dexteritis in Dec. 2009. Member of this forum since Oct. 2013.
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Jan 9, 2015 18:01:49 GMT -5
Okay, so this is about pigs, not cattle, but I couldn't resist. It's such a commentary on our society today and how absolutely little people understand about how their food gets on their plate. Enjoy! Fresh Sausage! |
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Post by legendrockranch on Jan 9, 2015 19:05:22 GMT -5
That is just hysterical, thanks for posting it.
Barb
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Post by Dahdo on Jan 10, 2015 15:25:52 GMT -5
Reminds me of a game my grandkids have for their ipad called "Hay Day". The object is to build and run a farm, collecting cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, planting and harvesting crops, selling and bartering products, etc. All sounds like a good educational experience right? That's what I thought until I saw that the pigs magically produced bacon without forfeiting their lives...they apparently are a special breed that can "lay" bacon much as the hens lay eggs. They may learn a lot, but not about where their meat comes from. Lucky for our grandkids their daddy is a hunter and their grandparents raise beef and pork!
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Post by legendrockranch on Jan 10, 2015 17:42:09 GMT -5
Great comment Dave. I've seen the TV ads for "Hay Day" thought it was kind of cute. Your right though if it doesn't show where there meat comes from what good is it.
Barb
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zephyrhillsusan
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Post by zephyrhillsusan on Jan 10, 2015 20:25:34 GMT -5
I wish pigs could lay bacon like eggs--then we could have kept our sweet pigs and kept having bacon every year!
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Post by ssimons on Jan 11, 2015 1:28:40 GMT -5
This has been going on for some time. When I was in college in the early 70's, I read a study conducted by the public school system in New York City. They posed a series of questions to the students about where the meat on their hamburgers came from as well as the source of other lunch items. At no point did the overwhelming majority of students ever make a connection between their burgers and such, with ANY animal. Their answers were usually about a series of stores that sold to other stores in some convoluted interconnected system.
Couple that with Walt Disney giving anthropomorphic characteristics to all of his cartoon characters,and, voila, we now have a couple of generations that have absolutely no clue how the grocery store shelves get filled. And then if they do figure it out, they stand there in their "Gucci" shoes , holding ther fancy leather purses and hoot and holler how inhumane the whole process is.
I didn't write this to offend anyone or open the proverbial "can of worms" , but I have witnessed first hand, the urbanization of a once rural area by people who come for the beautiful and diverse mountains, deserts, and other landscapes,and the slow-paced lifestyle, and the first thing they want to do is make it just like where they came from.
I also don't want to give anyone the impression that I think animals are stupid and beneath contempt. I am constantly amazed by how aware they are. If you spend any amount of time with them, you quickly learn that they each have a personality, various likes and dislikes and relate to their herd mates in a social context. They recognize my vehicle coming to feed, the know if a new person is there , and can even distinguish what's going to happen if I pick up the pitch fork or the "pooper scooper".
I guess the point of all this is that when we have the opportunity to introduce urban people to our way of life, we should take the time to educate them that the steak and burgers they so dearly love, come with a certain price. And that we love and care for our animals probably more than they realize.
Sorry Susan if I got off on a tangent, the game discussion kind of got me going
And lastly, to quote a famous Disney character, bada bada bada that's all folks!
ssimons. Simons Brothers Livestock
Magna , Utah
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