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^^^I can’t eat something that I have had as a pet. I completely understand doing this if you need to feed your family and there are no other options, but not otherwise. I dated someone who hunted rabbits & once made the awful mistake of going with him. Nope.
Largely because of post-World War II intensive chicken farming and accompanying price reductions, chicken, once internationally synonymous with luxury, became a staple food in the U.S. in the 1960s.
America was exporting so much cheap chicken that Europeans slapped a tariff on us.
We retaliated with the infamous "chicken tax" on various European imports (including trucks).
"Food desert" areas are designated in a hope that the local government will give a subsidy to some large supermarket chain to build grocery stores in an area where it is economically NOT feasible. Chicago did such with Safeway in 2005-2008 only to have Safeway shuttler the entire Dominick's chain a few years later.
I live in a rural area where there are few grocery options in my immediate area. The store I referenced in my post is 22 miles away and is the closest discount option in the area.
If Walmart is your only food shopping option you live in what I would consider a food desert. If you don't drive, you don't shop there.
Largely because of post-World War II intensive chicken farming and accompanying price reductions, chicken, once internationally synonymous with luxury, became a staple food in the U.S. in the 1960s.
America was exporting so much cheap chicken that Europeans slapped a tariff on us.
We retaliated with the infamous "chicken tax" on various European imports (including trucks).
It's true. During much of the 1990s, America used to export dark meat to Russia. Because we only want chickens for their white meat.
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Originally Posted by Larry Caldwell
If Walmart is your only food shopping option you live in what I would consider a food desert. If you don't drive, you don't shop there.
I disagree. I live in walking distance of a Walmart with a full-fledged grocery. I can't go there for fancy stuff, but for basics I eat every day, it does the job pretty well.
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Man I sure don't remember Turkey being a luxury and I have been here for almost 82 years. We did only have it at Thanksgiving and usually at Christmas, but not because it was a luxury. Dad used to get them fresh from the butcher and we would get to pluck all the little pin feathers the butcher had not gotten out. As a kid that was the most fun part of having turkey. We didn't live in the country, but in a very large metro area.
Our neighborhood turkey rancher would stick a large hatpin in the head of a turkey and then cut its throat, which he said would keep the bird from tightening its feathers, making them hard to pick. But he said to pick it as soon as you got home and clean it immediately, to keep it from becoming tainted. He had a giant, long-handled fishing net, which he used to catch the birds out in the yard. He'd let you pick it out and then launch the net at the doomed bird.
When I raised half a dozen big, bronze-breasted turkeys at home and let them free-range around the farmyard, they tasted magnitudes better than any ever bought from a factory farm or a grocery store.
^^^I can’t eat something that I have had as a pet. I completely understand doing this if you need to feed your family and there are no other options, but not otherwise. I dated someone who hunted rabbits & once made the awful mistake of going with him. Nope.
As I mentioned earlier, that is why I didn't eat rabbit for years. Daddy butchered my favorite rabbits babies. Of course I realized it would happen; dad raised them for money, but I just never thought I would eat one of Bonnie's babies.
This does remind of a story from the 70s. We were living in Sac Ca and our son, about 10 at the time decided he wanted to raise chickens and have fresh eggs. There were several people in our neighborhood who had chickens and some were kind enough to give them to our son or sell them very cheap. One nice man gave him a rooster Well Mr Rooster woke us and our neighbors up every morning the minute the sun came out at all. So son and his best friend decided to kill the damn rooster. Then did, they helped butcher and clean it even and I was going to stew him for dinner. Well I cooked the darn thing for about 8 hours, added lots of vegetable and noodles. That old man was so tough we couldn't even cut him apart with a butcher knife. No chicken that night and no raising of chickens again. Our son did enjoy his hobby but not enough to continue. to this day I bet that old rooster is in heaven laughing at those 2 boys and that lady who decided to eat him.
Gerania: I love frog legs and can tolerate Escargot But would not pay the price for snails they charge in restaurants. I usually get them of a cruise ship if they are included in the price of the meal. It isn't the snail I like: in fact I don't but I love the garlic butter sauce.
"Food desert" areas are designated in a hope that the local government will give a subsidy to some large supermarket chain to build grocery stores in an area where it is economically NOT feasible. Chicago did such with Safeway in 2005-2008 only to have Safeway shuttler the entire Dominick's chain a few years later.
I live in a rural area where there are few grocery options in my immediate area. The store I referenced in my post is 22 miles away and is the closest discount option in the area.
We too live in a rural area but not quite as far as you from shopping. I think our nearest Walmart is about 10 miles, maybe 12 and our nearest local grocery store is 10 miles the other direction. Aldi's is about 20 miles, so is Sam's. That is why we usually only shop every 2 weeks with doing Sam's only once a month. We are doing the run today as a matter of fact.
I don't remember chicken being a luxury. But I remember pork - bacon and sausage and pork chops - being really inexpensive and that's not true anymore.
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Gerania: I love frog legs and can tolerate Escargot But would not pay the price for snails they charge in restaurants. I usually get them of a cruise ship if they are included in the price of the meal. It isn't the snail I like: in fact I don't but I love the garlic butter sauce.
It took me a while to realize that. I've eaten them in restaurants and made them at home. The garlic butter with a tiny bit of minced shallot and fresh parsley is the best part. It's cheap, too.
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