Yakoob on 18/11/2012 at 22:23
Quote Posted by Tocky
Cut a thick slant and then nearly divide and "butterfly" for a larger steak, soak in Italian dressing overnight and sizzle on the grille and you will slap your grandma for a bite.
My first thought: "oh that reminds me... my gramma died recently :("
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Is it nice to end the life of a beautiful creature who feels and yearns for life as much as you or I? No.
". . . :( RIP gramma"
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Do they taste good? Yes.
". . . *looks left. looks right. reluctantly takes a bite* "
oh Tocky you make me disturbed at myself...
SD on 18/11/2012 at 22:41
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I'm not surprised at all. Most vegetarians I've met cannot justify their stance, it's all emotional frothing with very little logic involved.
What a crock of shit.
Tocky on 18/11/2012 at 22:57
Well Yakoob, grandma IS a tender old bird....
Quote Posted by Chimpy Chompy
America probably has far more free-roaming deer in the first place, for people out in rural areas to go shootin'.
There are days when I could go onto my front porch and knock one out with a brick.
SubJeff on 19/11/2012 at 00:39
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What a crock of shit.
Indulge me.
demagogue on 19/11/2012 at 03:18
Ah, interesting. So there is a difference of culture on this. In the US, pretty much all "game meat" has a kind of redneck appeal, because there's such a big hunting culture & all of it is tied into that culture, beer, coolers, trailer parks, taxidermy, NASCAR, trucker caps... It's inescapable when I go back to Texas. I mean sometimes my alarm clock in the early morning are the shots of deer hunters.
I don't think it was always like that or like that everywhere. I can think of some pheasant or game hen in French recipes & people thinking of it as high-end, and maybe some boutique restaurant in NYC can pull that off, but everywhere else it largely comes across as the redneck version of high-end.
Vasquez on 19/11/2012 at 04:50
Quote Posted by demagogue
So there is a difference of culture on this.
That's why Lidl named the line of products "Luxury Cuisine", not "Redneck Cuisine".
demagogue on 19/11/2012 at 05:33
It actually fits because nobody loves & takes more seriously "luxury" and "deluxe" paraphernalia more than rednecks in the US. It's part of the whole new money thing, and feeling like you've made it. You've got your stuffed deer head on the wall above the pool table, preferably with sunglasses and a trucker cap and beside a neon beer sign, & your luxury deer meat in the freezer. You are making it sound like in Europe or the UK suburban people fancy themselves as landed gentlemen after fox hunts getting it or something, or at least the servants cooked up some of the deer living on the estate, an old money thing, or at least the pretension of it.
Vasquez on 19/11/2012 at 05:42
Another cultural thing, it seems. At least in Finland the word "luxury" ain't so heavily loaded, it usually refers to high quality only.
Or maybe I'm a redneck, I just drooled over Lindt's Swiss Luxury Selection confections :(
SubJeff on 19/11/2012 at 08:22
Yes dema, you are correct; it is based on land owners out shooting for the day for sport and then dining on the spoils. In the UK at least game of all types is relatively expensive and not sold everywhere.
The hoi polloi wouldn't know how to prepare it anyway since it doesn't microwave easily. :p
And the term luxury hasn't become a parody of itself/marketing bs here yet.
hopper on 19/11/2012 at 09:00
Quote Posted by demagogue
You are making it sound like in Europe or the UK suburban people fancy themselves as landed gentlemen after fox hunts getting it or something, or at least the servants cooked up some of the deer living on the estate, an old money thing, or at least the pretension of it.
1. The UK is a part of Europe.
2. It has nothing to do with fancying themselves anything gentle, and everything to do with the fact that venison is rarer than farmed meat, hence it's more costly, its supply is unreliable, and usually only upscale or specialty restaurants have it on their menu.
