When I was a teen we often processed a few roosters and older hens on Saturday, had one for Sunday dinner and the rest were cut up and frozen. It bothered me a little the first time and I was hesitant to take the first bite. After taking the first bite, I knew how good a home grown bird was and have no problems now. I had the same kind of emotional reaction to the first steer, deer, trout, squirrel (yes, I've eaten many in my life), and rabbit. Raising your own food is good for you in many ways and when you know what it took to get that chicken breast you tend to be a better cook and a less wasteful consumer.
For too many years I ate processed food and acted like most people, it almost killed me, now I have mostly recovered and am doing far better. One thing I have done in the past year is to limit commercial beef by substituting buffalo and lamb, all but completely eliminated pork from the diet, and increased bean consumption. It took a while, but now I have learned to cook the buffalo properly and my wife no longer asks me what the meat is before she'll take a bite. I attribute a 10 pound weight loss to eliminating commercial beef and pork. Next I want to get off commercial chicken and turkey, I figure that whatever the producers due to make them grow fast and heavy probably is having the same effect on my system.
Remember: Bull manure, from a pastured bull, is 100% natural and organic but that doesn't make meadow muffins healthy and good to eat. The deer that ate most of my garden this year are a different story.
That's all I have to say about that.
David, a displaced WV Hillbilly
For too many years I ate processed food and acted like most people, it almost killed me, now I have mostly recovered and am doing far better. One thing I have done in the past year is to limit commercial beef by substituting buffalo and lamb, all but completely eliminated pork from the diet, and increased bean consumption. It took a while, but now I have learned to cook the buffalo properly and my wife no longer asks me what the meat is before she'll take a bite. I attribute a 10 pound weight loss to eliminating commercial beef and pork. Next I want to get off commercial chicken and turkey, I figure that whatever the producers due to make them grow fast and heavy probably is having the same effect on my system.
Remember: Bull manure, from a pastured bull, is 100% natural and organic but that doesn't make meadow muffins healthy and good to eat. The deer that ate most of my garden this year are a different story.
That's all I have to say about that.
David, a displaced WV Hillbilly