"Julie Bove" > wrote in message ...

"Boomer" > wrote in message news:SNrwp.51441Well Julie,

Welcome to America. I had no way of knowing how meat was produced here. I just bought it at the super market. There are no free range meats available in the super markets of our town. There are 4 markets to chose from. None of them sell free range meat.

How could you say that? There have been books and movies out for many years. I've known how meat was produced since I was a child.

I can remember in 2nd grade picking up the fried chicken drumstick that was on my lunch tray at school. A little boy said to me, "Do you know what happened to that chicken before you got it?" And in my mind I was picturing my grandma wringing the neck of the chicken before she got it ready to cook. I dropped the chicken drumstick and never ate one again. This grew on me to the point where I became a vegetarian at age 12. I was a vegetarian for most of my life. Only recently did I have to start eating meat again due to chronic anemia and my allergies to dairy and eggs. I have to get my protein from some place. I was eating vegan for a while. Not a true vegan because I am sitting on a leather chair at the moment. And I do have a leather purse, coat and shoes. Yeah, I know I shouldn't. But I do.

I doubt there are very many Americans who know how their meat is produced.

I'm pretty sure most do!
I dont want to beat a dead horse here Julie, but I simply did not know. Of course I knew how free range meat was produced. My wife and I grew up on a homestead with a few acres and my wifes father was a commercial fisherman. My wife killed the farm animals and butchered them. I knew what that was like. The animals roamed free until their death. I was not thrilled to see her killing the animals, but I knew it was going to be food on the table. The animals were killed quickly and butchered in a clean environment. Cutting wood for heat and home maintenance on a 60 year old home was done by me and my foster brother. We also helped harvest vegetables.

The good news is this strict division of labour has stuck with us through our lives. There is never an argument about which chores should be done by whom.

I dont think it is my fault that I did not happen to see any movies or video about how modern meat production is done. At least I know now and can buy decently raised and prepared meat.

I suspect that because you were a vegetarian you were more likely to be exposed to the truth about meat production in America. I just naively assumed that meat production was done about the same way as on our small farm.

My wife was very strict about never allowing an animal to be named if it was going to be food. She has always been the heavy.

Michael