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[Tinman313]

Originally Posted by alleycat

When Bossy stops giving milk it won't matter . . .

If you like your beef stringy and full of grissel then that's the kind of meat you will get from a milker...... Good meat comes from the "Steer"......

[alleycat]

Yeah . . . but they'll take anything to the stockyard that is still walking.

When I was a kid I worked on neighboring farms during the summer and after school. I spend a wonderful morning one time cutting the testicles off of little piglets. Uh, it wasn't one of my career highlights. And, yes, they went "wee, wee, wee" all the way home. Come to think of it, so did I.

[Tinman313]

Originally Posted by alleycat

Yeah . . . but they'll take anything to the stockyard that is still walking.

When I was a kid I worked on neighboring farms during the summer and after school. I spend a wonderful morning one time cutting the testicles off of little piglets. Uh, it wasn't one of my career highlights. And, yes, they went "wee, wee, wee" all the way home. Come to think of it, so did I.

I agree with you on the stock yards. I delivered lab coats and rugs too several slaughter houses up north years ago and saw what went on I did not eat pork or beef for many years......

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

I agree with you on the stock yards. I delivered lab coats and rugs to several slaughter houses up north years ago and saw what went on I did not eat pork or beef for many years......

I once did "as built" drawings of a working slaughter house. Another career highlight.

"Uh, could one of you move that carcass while we measure the wall-to-wall length in here?"

[Tinman313]

Originally Posted by alleycat

I once did "as built" drawings of a working slaughter house. Another career highlight.

"Uh, could one of you move that carcass while we measure the wall-to-wall length in here?"

Mine was watch your step,,,,,,,, don't trip over the pile of end trails.........

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

Mine was watch your step,,,,,,,, don't trip over the pile of end trails.........

Then there was the 9th grade field trip to the stockyards . . . to watch pigs being slaughtered after first being electrocuted. I had a wonderful childhood . . .

[Tinman313]

Originally Posted by alleycat

Then there was the 9th grade field trip to the stockyards . . . to watch pigs being slaughtered after first being electrocuted. I had a wonderful childhood . . .

That's how they make SizzleLean.........

[phyll]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

That's how they make SizzleLean.........

Obviously not coming from down here and not really knowing how the slaughter of any animal is done , and you guys seeing and knowing it, how the heck do you eat meat ect, after seeing stuff like that? My son once made a comment about eggs, didnt eat them for a yr, and up north they had a show on turkeys right before Thanksgiving, needless to say, I saw it, and watched EVERYONE ELSE, eat the turkey that yr..

[cncguy2000]

Originally Posted by phyll

If they are your cows their beautiful! What a nice picture.I really think I love to look at them, but the care seems so much!I dont think I could ever own one

not mine...
they just eat my grass and poop.
I don't mind, as long as they don't drink my beer!

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by phyll

Obviously not coming from down here and not really knowing how the slaughter of any animal is done , and you guys seeing and knowing it, how the heck do you eat meat ect, after seeing stuff like that? My son once made a comment about eggs, didnt eat them for a yr, and up north they had a show on turkeys right before Thanksgiving, needless to say, I saw it, and watched EVERYONE ELSE, eat the turkey that yr..

I had a friend whose three-year old boy piped up at dinner one night wanting to know if chicken breasts only came from female chickens. His mother had a moment of silence over that one.

As to your question, there is also something to be said for actually knowing where your food comes from. Remember that for most of human history people either killed their own meat, or were at least around others who did. Years ago in the country the time around Thanksgiving was known as "hog killing time"--this was because they waited until there was cold weather to do it.