How do people feel about Veal?

Won't eat it on purpose, but had it on holiday (foreign buffet!) by accident. Something I can manage without tbh.
 
Pipe & Slippers said:
vcl_X1 - you need a geography lesson :p

I used to eat veal before I turned veggie (in 1991)

Too many people, especially in this country, anthropomorphise (sp?) animals. If they are cute and cuddly (ie. young) it's all "ahhh, I couldn't eat that".

I find that really annoying since it's based on sentimentality rather than any rational position - cute and cuddly = won't eat; old and knackered = will eat - where's the logic in that? I wonder how much of that discrimination/sentimentality carries over to other areas of their lives...I also wonder how many veggies are what they are because of sentimentality. Or where the lines lie between sentimentality/ empathy/ welfare concerns

More generally, when people are buying meat in the supermarket there's no connection in their minds between the shrink wrapped joint and a living animal...and there's no connection because they don't want to see the connection

If you eat meat, face it, you kill animals. They wouldnt be killed if it wasn't for you eating it, and since they are animals, is there really any difference between an old and a young animal...or for that matter, a sheep, a cow, ......a cat or a dog...trip to Korea anyone?

[Me? I choose not to eat meat because I don't know where it's come from. The chain between farmer and plate is too remote and you don't know what's happened in the meantime - look at what happened to those sheep that set off Foot & Mouth years ago - they had a nice tour of the UK.....but when I visit my sister in NZ I'm very happy to have her cow or sheep homekill - not much of a veggie really am I?]

There you are, that's Pipe's Meat Mainifesto/Rant Against Fellow Vegetarians
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I'd happily eat a human though if I was hungry enough. Like they did in that film Alive, where they ate each others bums.

Arse burgers all round?
 
I like it but I still don't agree with it. I don't see why it can't just be raised like normal beef? Why the indoor living and milk-heavy diet?

I won't get it in a restaurant unless they can prove where it's from. For some reason I don't feel comfortable asking about things like that, I know I should do to encourage free range and local goods, so I tend to avoid it on menus.
 
Never tried it, but for no other reason than I've never seen it on sale! I only buy British meat to begin with, and free-range / organic where possible, so welfare isn't really a consideration. As some of you know, I hunt and work around farms all the time so I have no qualms.

What IS an issue, is public perception. At the end of the day 50% of calves born into the UK dairy industry are female and 50% are male. Guess what? The males can't give milk. :p They're destined for early slaughter no matter what; so why not make use of them (veal) rather than simply have the slaughterman bolt them and burn/bury them? Calves that young are on milk anyway, it's not like they're locked in a box and force-fed milk for extended periods a la some foreign meats. In fact, it's pretty safe to say that a calf (veal or otherwise) lives a much MUCH nicer life than a battery or indoor meat hen. ;)

Win/win for the rural economy and your tastebuds. I'd buy it \o/
 
Love it. Veal chops, Osso Bucco, Calves Liver, even sweetbreads. All nom, nom. I'm going to chuck in a couple of Veal Marrow bones when I make bolognese later to add flavour and richness. I can only get Veal via the internet though, wish my local butchers would start stocking it.
 
Jonny69 said:
I like it but I still don't agree with it. I don't see why it can't just be raised like normal beef? Why the indoor living and milk-heavy diet?
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As it would just be beef but younger.
The milk diet is to change the flavour of the meat.
In the Uk (rose) veal have both milk and wheat meaning there digestive system works normally. They have large pens they can walk around in and are covered in straw.

Much like corn fed chicken tastes different to normal ones.

I don't see why you wouldn't agree with the Uk version.
 
Hequn said:
That's what I get for not paying attention :( :p
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Dont worry, my girlfriend did the same thing on Valentines day. She doesn't eat beef (she's just not a fan of the cheap cuts but does like red meat), but when i took her out for Valentines she ordered Veal. I was like "really?" and she insisted she wanted to try something new. Fair enough, i thought. Afterwards she'd cleaner her plate and said "i feel a bit bad, though. Deer are quite sweet aren't they?"

Apparently i ruined valentines day because i didn't tell her before she started. What can you do?
 
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