Is Meat Eating Going the Way of Tobacco Smoking?
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I don’t think meat consumption will be banned. The production will be reduced including the amount of livestock farmers keep. Livestock produce manure which (when mixed with urine) releases ammonia, a nitrogen compound. If it gets into lakes and streams via farm-runoff, excessive nitrogen can damage sensitive natural habitats. That’s why here in the Netherlands farmers are required to lower ammonia pollution. My country has one of Europe’s largest livestock industries, with more than 100 million cattle, chickens and pigs. It is also the EU’s biggest meat exporter.
No it never will be............ I shoot squirrels, rabbits, and deer.......... I'll never go without MEAT, unless of course all the squirrels, rabbits and deer disappear.................
Yeah, in the USA you can shoot whatever and whenever you want. In Europe hunting is a different, more restricted affair.
It's the same here........... but if push comes to shove, and I need a little bushmeat for the table, I'll harvest one of those varmints to feed the family........
A friend of mine used to shoot & eat squirrels, he swore the meat tasted 'nutty'. Was he winding me up or does it really taste thus?
Regards,
Jay.
I`m certain we wouldnt recognize the USA if we could look down the tube another 25 years,and I dont doubt the beef industry will go belly up. But beef does supply abundant iron to the body, a fact that may present itself in the future
False. We have seasons for hunting specific game. Hell, you can't even hunt rabbit or squirrel out of season. All else is considered poaching and they prosecute aggressively. Only way around it is to have your land declared "Agricultural" for tax purposes and then you can kill varmints year-round, including the tastier varmints like deer and wild boar.
One of the tests of how civilized a hillbilly is, will he eat possum?
Only an Arkansawyer will admit to possum eating. Some of the rest of us have, but only on the sly.
Every wild game has a gamey taste commercial meat animals must have had bred out long ago.
The tastiest wild game by far and away is bobwhite quail. This is followed by cottontail rabbits, then squirrel.
My mother smiled when I brought home quail, didn’t mind rabbits too much, but for me to bring her a squirrel it had to be a young one, and not one hair on it.
Even then, squirrel recipes were rather exotic, while rabbits and quail could be floured and fried the same as chicken.
Squirrel is somewhat gamey, but the main objection is toughness.
With all this bean eating you would think there would be an increase in Game Shows on TV that feature pyroflatulence. We had a wonderful show back in the 1980s called 'Game for a Laugh' and I am sure its rebranded return as 'Game for a F*#t' would be equally amusing if not decidedly adolescent. 
Paul, any self respecting Texan will be too busy tucking into his 3lb rib steak to pass his opinion
Regards,
Jay.
Actually, no we can’t.
Where did you get an idea like that?
Jay- here in Ohio they do have a sweet, nutty taste to them. Not over the top sweet, but its there. My dad loved to hunt and pheasants, quail, rabbit, squirrels, and deer were normal fare in the winter months.
My favorite was squirrel. My Mother would pressure cook them, then flour the pieces and cook them till crispy on the outside, much like chicken.
If only they could have captured the customer's gas, then they might have been able to stay in business
Regards,
Jay.
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Regards,
Jay.
Growing up in rural Kansas, squirrel was a fairly common meal when in season. Fried in a cast iron skillet then simmered in mushroom gravy is what I remember. Now that I live in Minnesota, when I mention that I ate squirrel growing up, I get a sideways glance. Up here they're referred to as tree rats.
About 30 years ago I raised rabbits for our own consumption. My wife would never eat them, but the kids and I did. My wife thought of them as pets. That lasted for a couple of years and then I quit...became to much work.
Yeah, not only do we have seasons and licensing requirement but there's also very specific quotas for different conservation efforts. Like black bear season, Fish and Wildlife used to set a very specific harvest number to hit to keep populations in check with very strict requirements for registering each harvest. If that number was attained on day 1 of the season, the season would be over. Unfortunately, the small, vocal anti-bear hunt movement have won their stance and it's been discontinued for now.
I vote for eating the vegans! 
They might be kinda fatty, so slow smoke them in a good bbq sauce to make them more tender.
They might be kinda fatty, so slow smoke them in a good bbq sauce to make them more tender.