tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post2971066059971646394..comments2024-03-17T05:14:27.764-04:00Comments on Mud on the Tracks: ProcessingPerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08485133856416996635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post-14315627090838116082008-07-23T16:22:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:22:00.000-04:00Congratulations! You've made a huge step here. It'...Congratulations! You've made a huge step here. It's messy and emotionally trying, but learning to harvest your own meat is important. This is SO much, much better than the lives and deaths of factory animals. <BR/><BR/>I like your phrase, "If you can't bear to think about it, don't contribute to it." I've tried to teach this to my young niece, but she refuses to make the leap, either to eat meat we have produced (Her: "How can you eat that when you killed it?"), or to give up meat grown in factories (Me: "How can you eat that when you know how it lived?"). The alternative she prefers is to look away from the issue.<BR/><BR/>So, good for you. Whatever you choose to do next year, you've looked the matter in the eye and you know where dinner comes from.<BR/><BR/>SkepAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post-92126540524243942008-07-23T16:17:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:17:00.000-04:00I also have a copy of "Storeys Basic Country Skill...I also have a copy of "Storeys Basic Country Skills" and it's a Godsend. I refer to it all the time.<BR/><BR/>When we finally get set up we will have meat chickens. The "plan" as it stands today is for us to process them the first time and then start sending them to the butcher for processing if we can find a good butcher who we trust for the right price/trade. After that, we plan on processing every few times just to stay close enough to it that we don't take eating meat for granted - like we do now.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all of the honest tips you've provided.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I've been reading another blog that has a very detailed how-to on this:<BR/>http://childreninthecorn.blogspot.com/2008/07/it-starts.html It goes over the course of several posts. That's the first if about four.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post-66896056288780278292008-07-23T13:31:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:31:00.000-04:00I will probably be doing this in a year or so, so ...I will probably be doing this in a year or so, so I like reading about other people's experiences. I did animal research for years and have no problems with the "processing" once the animal is dead. It is the killing that is hard.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post-54215050045996934712008-07-23T11:00:00.000-04:002008-07-23T11:00:00.000-04:00Meat ... such a mixed thing. I haven't done the "h...Meat ... such a mixed thing. I haven't done the "harvesting" myself, but we are thinking about going to help my aunt and uncle with it to learn more about it. We have made the step to PC meat, and I share your vegetarian history and mixed feelings. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146047868357728012.post-37882308119095604392008-07-22T22:28:00.000-04:002008-07-22T22:28:00.000-04:00I just found your blog today (thanks Google Reader...I just found your blog today (thanks Google Reader!), and I'm fascinated. I'm a vegetarian/wanna-be vegan myself, and I'm thrilled to see people taking an active role in where their food comes from. Thanks too for sharing it with us! I think food education is a wonderful thing :)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09077738223278000467noreply@blogger.com