Kill it, Cook it, Eat it

[madderbat]

Beefy : I only ever eat shish kebab - have always had suspicions about doner!

Earth babe - the day my sister brought a lobster home from Padstow and it walked out of the car was quite memorable, together with the day we brought a hand of mackerel from Newquay and they swam around the bowl as Mum washed them!! Tasted lovely though.

[Nicos]

We bought a live lobster one summer when staying in France and our young daughter gave it a name and petted it all day
Next morning , however, she mas most upset to find that it had 'escaped'
Cut or gently bring to the boil?? has that debate been finally reolved?

[Mrs Dobby]

I used to go sea fishing when on hols with my Dad and younger brother, and a part of it was that if we caught anything big enough to eat that we had to kill the fish we had each caught! It certainly gave us an appreciation of where the food came from!

Mr D always fancied having a go at sea fishing, so a couple of years back we got a couple of rods and some kit, and now whenever we go on holiday to Wales we usually spend a bit of time beachcasting, not only great to be out in the weather and enjoying what you are doing, but also gives you something to pop on the barbie! Mind you, seeing him trying to kill the first dogfish he caught was comical, he tried to stun it with a blow to the head, and it just blinked at him and looked up as if it say, 'Is that all you've got?' Tough little blighters, but taste great on the barbie!

We watched it last night, we are both carnivors and have no problem with ow the animals were treated, it was humane and quick, and they had been given good treatment for all of their lives. I very much subscribe to HFW view that we should take responsibility for what we eat, and that if we choose to eat meat, then we should take the time and trouble to be fully aware of how the animals are reared and what happens when they go to slaughter.

Given the chance either of us would love to go hunting, not for any thrill, but for the fact that it really brings home to you what being a meat eater means, in all its graphic detail.

[Dobby]

Mind you, seeing him trying to kill the first dogfish he caught was comical, he tried to stun it with a blow to the head, and it just blinked at him and looked up as if it say, 'Is that all you've got?' Tough little blighters, but taste great on the barbie!

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And it was fun chasing you up and down the beach with the squid intill i got it down your top can we do it again

[bramble]

I too come from a farming background and know where my meat comes from. Having said that, I just don't like looking at the procedure. I did however pluck the poultry that my dad would kill for the table and my grandad used to skin the rabbits he caught for my gran to make rabbit stew.

[Dobby]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wabit

[SueA]

If the programme shows people how the meat gets onto their plate & possibly puts some of them off it because of that then I think it's a good thing. I don't understand how anyone can kill an animal & eat it, I cry when I pass fields of playful lambs because I know that they will end up on someone's plate one day! We used to keep ducks when I was tiny & when my dad killed them to eat I wouldn't speak to him for weeks & refused to eat them (I was about 3-5 years old). He also used to bring rabbits home from the pub (dead ones-not the big pink ones you see when you've had too many!) for mum to skin & cook & I wouldn't eat them either.I do still eat some fish & seafood & know that makes me a hypocrite but I can just about stomach that as long as the fish doesn't have a head on & is looking at me!

[zebedee]

I once had a pig, that we named 10 to 6 because of markings on her nose. It was well cared for by a friendly farmer, who let the animals really free range. We went to see her as often as we could. The upshot of it was ,WE ATE HER. Didn't watch the slaughtering, bit of a woose their, I admit. The meat tasted fantastic, but my daughter got really upset when she realised we were eating 10 to 6, left her dinner, then demanded, a short while later, a bacon sandwich!!! Kid's eh?

[beefy]

you live in a dream world beefy

It is a dream - but someday LJ is going to catch up with me .Then the nightmare begins

[beefy]

Tonight 10.30 BBC Three .
Its the pigs tonight.

[Dobby]

What Happend to Kill It cook it Eat it was looking forward to it last night when i got in from work at 10.30 and it was stupid eastenders
no offence to anyone that likes eastenders but.....
did they get too many complants or someting
or was people shoked by what they sore

[SueA]

There were only 3 programmes Dobby, beef, lamb & pork so it wasn't on last night (finished on Wednesday).

[Dobby]

I thought they siad it was about chickens and they was going to be the best of next time?

[SueA]

Maybe they're going to do another series or something but the BBC website said it was just 3 programmes this week (don't think there's as much 'shock factor' in killing a chicken or anything fairly small, so maybe they decided not to bother?)

[Gryfon]

Bother I kept missing it!

I don't have a farming background but I still know where my food originates from! Killing the animals doesn't bother me at all...also doesn't bother my children the elder (7) of which suggested that when we get laying chickens and they don't lay any more we can eat it!

Bashed a few fish heads in my time though, however next time if we ever go fishing again it's tempting to take a sharp knife and just stick that in the head (which I think you can do).