Chicken....

Pheebs · 17-10-2009, 18:49

Okay. I am not one to be turned off foods easily. I've seen some footage of how chickens are kept and not been particularly happy about it at all but with a tight budget and my love for chicken dishes... I still have been eating the bog standard chicken in supermarkets. (Never the Sainsburys own type jobbo... just standard).

Anyway.

I met a guy the other night. He catches chicken for a living for the major supermarkets (bizarre I thought but hey!). He was an all right kind of guy... a little bit peculiar but yeh. Anyway. Was speaking to him and he was telling me about the awful awful conditions chickens were kept in. As in like... properly awful. And described how he would catch them and how they were strung up and things....

Now I think up until this point I've always been semi desensitised to it all because I've never properly witnessed it/come across someone working directly in the industry. I don't know what it was about this guy but when he said he could scoop up 8 at a time and was describing things... and also saying how HE would never eat the chicken there (not being rude but he seemed like the kind of guy who would probably nom road kill). Well that had a massive affect on me. I actually felt quite ill.

So.

Two nights ago I ate my last standard chicken breasts. I'm not going to abstain from eating chicken/not eat it when I'm out etc but I won't be buying normal chicken ever again. I'll just survive off quorn and when I can afford it free range/organic (which the dude said was a gazillion times better...).

I don't really know what the point of this thread is... it just kind of shocked me and I never thought I would be put off.

Odd.

Funny world isn't it.

And before ANYONE tells me about the condition of my duck currently in the oven I am just going to bury my head in the sand because it's one thing I absolutely LOVE and well yeh. I will be more sensible in the future though and try and get proper free range duckeroos but yeh. Shh. It's like my once in a while treat and I love it!

Anyone else have these kind of revolutionary experiences that changes their eating/life habits? I should imagine there's a fair few

17-10-2009, 18:49	#1
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Chicken.... Okay. I am not one to be turned off foods easily. I've seen some footage of how chickens are kept and not been particularly happy about it at all but with a tight budget and my love for chicken dishes... I still have been eating the bog standard chicken in supermarkets. (Never the Sainsburys own type jobbo... just standard). Anyway. I met a guy the other night. He catches chicken for a living for the major supermarkets (bizarre I thought but hey!). He was an all right kind of guy... a little bit peculiar but yeh. Anyway. Was speaking to him and he was telling me about the awful awful conditions chickens were kept in. As in like... properly awful. And described how he would catch them and how they were strung up and things.... Now I think up until this point I've always been semi desensitised to it all because I've never properly witnessed it/come across someone working directly in the industry. I don't know what it was about this guy but when he said he could scoop up 8 at a time and was describing things... and also saying how HE would never eat the chicken there (not being rude but he seemed like the kind of guy who would probably nom road kill). Well that had a massive affect on me. I actually felt quite ill. So. Two nights ago I ate my last standard chicken breasts. I'm not going to abstain from eating chicken/not eat it when I'm out etc but I won't be buying normal chicken ever again. I'll just survive off quorn and when I can afford it free range/organic (which the dude said was a gazillion times better...). I don't really know what the point of this thread is... it just kind of shocked me and I never thought I would be put off. Odd. Funny world isn't it. And before ANYONE tells me about the condition of my duck currently in the oven I am just going to bury my head in the sand because it's one thing I absolutely LOVE and well yeh. I will be more sensible in the future though and try and get proper free range duckeroos but yeh. Shh. It's like my once in a while treat and I love it! Anyone else have these kind of revolutionary experiences that changes their eating/life habits? I should imagine there's a fair few __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk