From campbell Mon Jul 15 09:27:00 1996 Received: from quinn.physics.ncsu.edu by quinn.physics.ncsu.edu via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1042/951211.SGI.AUTO) for id JAA04743; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:26:59 -0400 Sender: campbell Message-ID: <31EA4720.41C6@quinn.physics.ncsu.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 09:26:56 -0400 From: Mary Pat Campbell X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: ncsu.soc CC: campbell Subject: that's veal! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO I don't remember if I saw/heard this in real life or in a dream. I think it was a dream. I see a calf, and various people are talking about it. All I can say is "That's veal." And so I remember all the various mammals that people eat -- when dead and presented as food, the names are different. So we're not eating dead cow, pig, deer, etc. but beef, pork, venison, mutton, veal, mahi-mahi, etc. Quick -- name a mammal whose name doesn't change when dead and eaten. Hint: I had some during my recent trip to England. What about other classes of animals? I suppose we just don't feel that guilt, and so we don't need to hide the names of turkey, chicken, trout, salmon, flounder, squid. Yes, we call snails and squid escargot and calamari; however, I think that stems from the inherent sliminess of the product. So we've got: guilt about killing and eating mammals hiding gross origins Where do these gut feelings come from? Is it some kind of ancestral curse that makes us think of mammals as cute? Or is it just the curse of Disney? Is _Bambi_ at the root of our uneasiness? Personally, I have no problem calling my favorite steak fajitas "dead cow". I feel no qualms about saying I need to eat "something that bleeds". But that's me. I feel no guilt. I say that if you can't face what went into making the stuff you eat, you shouldn't be eating it. Too many injustices in society have been continued due to a willingness to overlook the unpleasant. So be adults, look that cow in the face and say "I think you'd do fine as a sirloin steak and jello". mp -- I am woman; open the door. Mary Pat Campbell campbell@quinn.physics.ncsu.edu CLAIMER: I speak for everyone, http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mpcampbe/ everywhere! MWA HA HA