Meat eating in Spain
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We rear lamb, beef, chicken - all home killed - the best stress free meat you will ever eat - scuse me for my ignorant behaviour but the cave is looking good from here.
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When I was a young boy, I had to catch the chickens before my grandmother put their heads on a chopping block and swung the axe. There was nothing stress free about those home-killed chickens, they ran about the yard without heads, while the heads were jumping about on the floor. Yuk.
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When I was a young boy, I had to catch the chickens before my grandmother put their heads on a chopping block and swung the axe. There was nothing stress free about those home-killed chickens, they ran about the yard without heads, while the heads were jumping about on the floor. Yuk.
apparently it flew over the fence - headless - never to be seen again
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Vegetarianism aside
Can somebody tell me why when we buy meat in Spain we are constantly reminded of the animal we are eating by lovely live photos or outlines on the meat package.
Puts me off a bit.
How many of you have bought the little suckling pigs,cooked them and can still eat the meat.Probable tasty when its meat but the whole dead animal is too much for me.
Can somebody tell me why when we buy meat in Spain we are constantly reminded of the animal we are eating by lovely live photos or outlines on the meat package.
Puts me off a bit.
How many of you have bought the little suckling pigs,cooked them and can still eat the meat.Probable tasty when its meat but the whole dead animal is too much for me.
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[QUOTE=paintermujer;8206482]Vegetarianism aside
Can somebody tell me why when we buy meat in Spain we are constantly reminded of the animal we are eating by lovely live photos or outlines on the meat package.
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Its so 99% of Brits who live here can buy the right meat. Would you have us starve to death or become veggies cause the Spanish prefer to use there own language?


Jim
Can somebody tell me why when we buy meat in Spain we are constantly reminded of the animal we are eating by lovely live photos or outlines on the meat package.
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Its so 99% of Brits who live here can buy the right meat. Would you have us starve to death or become veggies cause the Spanish prefer to use there own language?



Jim
#39
I know where meat comes from Matt.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
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I know where meat comes from Matt.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
#42
I know where meat comes from Matt.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
I know Ill never win on this thread
but
for me it is offputting.
Call me pathetic or whatever.
I still prefer them living more.
This is my view and Im sure im not the only one but I will accept it as being the norm cos we are in Spain and its what they do.
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In around ten hours time I’m going to start the new year off as a vegan. We are both going to eat 12 grapes each.
At the moment the cruel woman is experimenting in the kitchen with a new curry sauce from an Iceland tin. The smell is drifting through to the computer room. I don’t suppose it will do any harm to finish off this unpleasant year with an Iceland chicken curry.
At the moment the cruel woman is experimenting in the kitchen with a new curry sauce from an Iceland tin. The smell is drifting through to the computer room. I don’t suppose it will do any harm to finish off this unpleasant year with an Iceland chicken curry.
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when we first moved to spain,we lived in garrucha. one day my oh sent me to the caprabo opposite the guarda civil offices to get some mince for a delicious(have to say that!!) spag bol she was going to do.
having no spanish,i was dreading asking for it. got to the counter,great big sweating butcher behind it, loads of lovely meat on display. saw a big tray of mince,job done i thought. i pointed to the tray and raised my eyebrows,always works.
butcher asked me(in spanish of course) how much i wanted,and i paniced and held my hands about a foot apart,so he gave me a foot of mince. god i was fed up of mince within a month i can tell you.
also around this time my oh bought a pack of beautiful seron jamon,and fried it cos she thought it was bacon. don't ever do this,it loses all its taste. ole. happy new year to you all.
having no spanish,i was dreading asking for it. got to the counter,great big sweating butcher behind it, loads of lovely meat on display. saw a big tray of mince,job done i thought. i pointed to the tray and raised my eyebrows,always works.
butcher asked me(in spanish of course) how much i wanted,and i paniced and held my hands about a foot apart,so he gave me a foot of mince. god i was fed up of mince within a month i can tell you.
also around this time my oh bought a pack of beautiful seron jamon,and fried it cos she thought it was bacon. don't ever do this,it loses all its taste. ole. happy new year to you all.



