In my younger years, I remember once my granddaddy had the slaughter house come and pick up several steers. (I still don’t know why he didn’t take them, but ... whatever.) One of the old boys let a steer get loose and of course it took off. That poor old fool took off after it with a gun and was gonna shoot it. (First of all, how was he going to load a dead steer on the trailer with a bunch of live ones already on it?) Anyway, I just remember my granddaddy hollering at him not to shoot it. He explained to me later that the meat would have been tainted by the rush of adrenaline from the steer escaping and running. Totally makes sense to me. I wonder why I remember crap like that from 45 years ago and I can’t remember what I was gonna say mid sentence?
But to get back to my original thought (before I forget it), I wonder how chickens react in a processing plant? Do their feathers get all ruffled right before killing, tainting their meat with adrenaline? Obviously not, or we wouldn’t be able to eat store bought chicken. Is there any truth to the adrenaline theory or just an old timer’s way of thinking?
But to get back to my original thought (before I forget it), I wonder how chickens react in a processing plant? Do their feathers get all ruffled right before killing, tainting their meat with adrenaline? Obviously not, or we wouldn’t be able to eat store bought chicken. Is there any truth to the adrenaline theory or just an old timer’s way of thinking?