DUCK DUCK DUCK! - Page 2

Mark · 30-01-2009, 20:24

I know - it isn't the first time I've done that. Just wanted to make sure it was the pre-prepared variety. Now all I have to do is find it (heading for the huge Sainsbury's at Calcot tomorrow so if they don't have it, no-one will).

Pickers · 30-01-2009, 20:35

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Originally Posted by goldilocks

i usually don't mind the heavily meat based discussion in the forum - but why not try to have a bit of conscience about what you are eating and where it has come from?!

With all due respect Goldilocks, if you don't 'usually mind' the meat based discussion on BD and are a vegetarian like I believe you are; what purpose was served by you entering a "DUCK DUCK DUCK!" thread in the food forum and posting a bordering insulting comment like this?

Incidentally, I hate battery farming, but am not made of money. I also try my best to buy Barn or free range eggs, but sometimes cant justify the cost and so occasionally just go without eggs altogether. Industry needs to change, as unfortunately, economics directs where I put my money for food rather than lifestyle choice - all meat is just so expensive at the moment!

TinkerBell · 30-01-2009, 20:39

My thoughts exactly Pickers.

I don't think I have EVER had duck, or have only had it once or twice in a take-away. It is something that I really want to try, so will have to either buy some at some point or have it when out

Hope it is NOM-tastic!!

Mark · 30-01-2009, 20:48

What do you mean, hope?

Also agreed with Pickers. Don't think we're ganging up on you because we're not. I have just as much respect for your choice not to eat meat at all as I do for anyone else - all I ask in return is the same for my choice.

LeperousDust · 30-01-2009, 21:54

I managed a duck for less than £4 a while ago, but its because it was literally about to be thrown away from the clearance section, annnnd to be fair did smell a little bit iffy until it was thoroughly cooked

But the fat taken from my duck alone was worth over £4 if bought at the same supermarket!

goldilocks · 30-01-2009, 22:08

i would never see it as 'ganging up'.
and i came into a thread called 'duck duck duck' for the same reason i have replied - it's all food for thought...

i hate the idea that people have the right to cheap meat. if you can't afford it and don't want to eat 'cruel' meat - then why not go without?
like i say - i am all for people being INFORMED. too many people don't think about where food has come from, and what has gone into it's production.
be that cruelty, e-numbers or whatever - you should know what you are putting into your body.

it just physically hurts me (pheebs summed it up well above, i guess i am angry (or at least upset) at what goes on in the battery farming industry) to know that people can know what happens to these animals and yet still continue to eat them

i am not meaning to come across as insulting, pickers, i just dont think this sort of thing should be advertised blindly.

Jonny69 · 30-01-2009, 22:09

Well since we're on the subject I happen to be strongly against battery farming of poultry and I don't buy it any more. The supermarkets can be very cleverly misleading about their marketing and 'grade a' ducks and turkeys are no better than their economy chickens and are just as badly treated. As much as I love roast duck I won't buy them any more.

Besides, a decent size free range chicken is only about £6.50 and at about £3.50 a kilo it's cheaper than all the red meat people buy. If I want things like duck I simply keep an eye on the reduced items section and I got a free range duck in M&S for £7. It wasn't even the same bird that Sainsburys sell as Gressingham ducks, different shape, different size, different colour, much less fat and tasted completely different.

I don't particularly care for vegetarians with extreme views but I also don't care for meat eaters who are proud that they don't give a damn where their meat came from. Especially the ones who are squeamish around flesh, raw meat, blood and carcasses.

Kell_ee001 · 30-01-2009, 22:14

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Originally Posted by goldilocks

if you can't afford it and don't want to eat 'cruel' meat - then why not go without?

Because we do have a choice - you just would choose a different one to some other people on here. And don't assume because we make a different choice from you that we're not informed.

Since people are already aware we don't feel the need to try and make people feel guilty for wanting something they can't usually afford.

divine · 30-01-2009, 22:25

Vegetarianism - second only to religion for causing heated internet debates

TinkerBell · 30-01-2009, 22:27

It hasn't got anything to do with Vegetarianism. It is the fact that people try and make people aware (which we already are) of living conditions of livestock!

30-01-2009, 21:54	#15
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I managed a duck for less than £4 a while ago, but its because it was literally about to be thrown away from the clearance section, annnnd to be fair did smell a little bit iffy until it was thoroughly cooked But the fat taken from my duck alone was worth over £4 if bought at the same supermarket! __________________

30-01-2009, 22:09	#17
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Well since we're on the subject I happen to be strongly against battery farming of poultry and I don't buy it any more. The supermarkets can be very cleverly misleading about their marketing and 'grade a' ducks and turkeys are no better than their economy chickens and are just as badly treated. As much as I love roast duck I won't buy them any more. Besides, a decent size free range chicken is only about £6.50 and at about £3.50 a kilo it's cheaper than all the red meat people buy. If I want things like duck I simply keep an eye on the reduced items section and I got a free range duck in M&S for £7. It wasn't even the same bird that Sainsburys sell as Gressingham ducks, different shape, different size, different colour, much less fat and tasted completely different. I don't particularly care for vegetarians with extreme views but I also don't care for meat eaters who are proud that they don't give a damn where their meat came from. Especially the ones who are squeamish around flesh, raw meat, blood and carcasses. __________________

30-01-2009, 22:25	#19
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Vegetarianism - second only to religion for causing heated internet debates __________________

30-01-2009, 20:24	#11
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I know - it isn't the first time I've done that. Just wanted to make sure it was the pre-prepared variety. Now all I have to do is find it (heading for the huge Sainsbury's at Calcot tomorrow so if they don't have it, no-one will).

30-01-2009, 20:39	#13
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	My thoughts exactly Pickers. I don't think I have EVER had duck, or have only had it once or twice in a take-away. It is something that I really want to try, so will have to either buy some at some point or have it when out Hope it is NOM-tastic!!

30-01-2009, 20:48	#14
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	What do you mean, hope? Also agreed with Pickers. Don't think we're ganging up on you because we're not. I have just as much respect for your choice not to eat meat at all as I do for anyone else - all I ask in return is the same for my choice.

30-01-2009, 22:08	#16
goldilocks Abandoned Ship Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 335	i would never see it as 'ganging up'. and i came into a thread called 'duck duck duck' for the same reason i have replied - it's all food for thought... i hate the idea that people have the right to cheap meat. if you can't afford it and don't want to eat 'cruel' meat - then why not go without? like i say - i am all for people being INFORMED. too many people don't think about where food has come from, and what has gone into it's production. be that cruelty, e-numbers or whatever - you should know what you are putting into your body. it just physically hurts me (pheebs summed it up well above, i guess i am angry (or at least upset) at what goes on in the battery farming industry) to know that people can know what happens to these animals and yet still continue to eat them i am not meaning to come across as insulting, pickers, i just dont think this sort of thing should be advertised blindly.

30-01-2009, 22:27	#20
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	It hasn't got anything to do with Vegetarianism. It is the fact that people try and make people aware (which we already are) of living conditions of livestock!