Comments on: To Kill or Not to Kill: The Great Meat Debate http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/ Life, Parenting, Making a Living Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/#comment-129670 Little Mummy Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:22:04 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/?p=2996#comment-129670 Great comment Alice, which echos exactly how I feel. I'm pretty glad that the school went through with the slaughter in the end, it was what the children had voted for. Great comment Alice, which echos exactly how I feel. I’m pretty glad that the school went through with the slaughter in the end, it was what the children had voted for.

]]> By: Fanciful Alice http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/#comment-129665 Fanciful Alice Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:00:27 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/?p=2996#comment-129665 As a family we have been vegetarian for almost a year. I had flirted with it for many years due to my inability to 'face' where my meat/fish was coming from. I liked to buy it pre-packed and ignore the reality, which made me feel like 'what right do I have to eat living creatures if I can't face the reality?" However, my husband was a 'I could never not eat meat' kinda guy who believed that one day he would like to raise/kill his own animals for meat, so it was simply easier all round. THEN we went to work at a veggie hotel/restaurant in France and hubby looked after the animals (obviously not bred for meat!) and we ate the most wonderful food. Suddenly we realised that a) we could not face the reality of killing animals for food and b) a veggie diet was so much more varied and delicious than we had ever realised. Thus, our thinking now is that it is not necessary to eat meat and certainly if you are going to eat meat then you should be able to deal with the 'reality' ... I have great respect for people who raise and kill their own animals for food - I think that to have respect for where the food comes from is the least meat eaters can do. I therefore think that YES we should be showing our children where their food comes from. We all show them where vegetables come from, so what is the great taboo with meat/fish? I fear it is our own inability to deal with it. Sorry to ramble, but it is a subject close to my heart!!!!! As a family we have been vegetarian for almost a year. I had flirted with it for many years due to my inability to ‘face’ where my meat/fish was coming from. I liked to buy it pre-packed and ignore the reality, which made me feel like ‘what right do I have to eat living creatures if I can’t face the reality?” However, my husband was a ‘I could never not eat meat’ kinda guy who believed that one day he would like to raise/kill his own animals for meat, so it was simply easier all round.

THEN we went to work at a veggie hotel/restaurant in France and hubby looked after the animals (obviously not bred for meat!) and we ate the most wonderful food. Suddenly we realised that a) we could not face the reality of killing animals for food and b) a veggie diet was so much more varied and delicious than we had ever realised.

Thus, our thinking now is that it is not necessary to eat meat and certainly if you are going to eat meat then you should be able to deal with the ‘reality’ … I have great respect for people who raise and kill their own animals for food – I think that to have respect for where the food comes from is the least meat eaters can do. I therefore think that YES we should be showing our children where their food comes from. We all show them where vegetables come from, so what is the great taboo with meat/fish? I fear it is our own inability to deal with it.

Sorry to ramble, but it is a subject close to my heart!!!!!

]]> By: Laura Driver http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/#comment-128953 Laura Driver Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:17:51 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/?p=2996#comment-128953 My brother in law has 4 lambs he keeps on a field with his two horses. They all have names and are played with by the children (aged 2 and 12). 2 of the lambs will be taken for slaughter in a few weeks and no doubt we will get a leg or two. I feel a bit uneasy naming an animal and then killing it! ... but then I'm a big wuss. My brother in law has 4 lambs he keeps on a field with his two horses. They all have names and are played with by the children (aged 2 and 12). 2 of the lambs will be taken for slaughter in a few weeks and no doubt we will get a leg or two.

I feel a bit uneasy naming an animal and then killing it! … but then I’m a big wuss.

]]> By: Little Mummy http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/#comment-128952 Little Mummy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:45:59 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/?p=2996#comment-128952 We were eating Duck one day and Erin asked if it was 'a real duck' we were honest, she didn't want to eat it (she doesn't want to eat much except chicken nuggets) and that was fine. We were eating Duck one day and Erin asked if it was ‘a real duck’ we were honest, she didn’t want to eat it (she doesn’t want to eat much except chicken nuggets) and that was fine.

]]> By: Pippa http://www.littlemummy.com/2009/09/11/to-kill-or-not-to-kill-the-great-meat-debate/#comment-128951 Pippa Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:38:26 +0000 http://www.littlemummy.com/?p=2996#comment-128951 Before I get started let me state that I flirt with being a vegetarian, after a dream I had about a giant chicken... Top Ender knows where her food comes from. She knows that meat comes from animals, and that is some countries people eat things we personally consider pets. This animal was raised on a farm, not as a pet, but as a farm animal and this is where meat comes from. Before I get started let me state that I flirt with being a vegetarian, after a dream I had about a giant chicken…

Top Ender knows where her food comes from. She knows that meat comes from animals, and that is some countries people eat things we personally consider pets.

This animal was raised on a farm, not as a pet, but as a farm animal and this is where meat comes from.

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