tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post6067081043594680506..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A PUBLIC APOLOGY - and some bad news...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40740646477643376522012-02-09T13:40:13.822-08:002012-02-09T13:40:13.822-08:00True. And I couldn't bring myself to top any a...True. And I couldn't bring myself to top any animal I had brought up, I think - but if I did, I would show it respect by eating it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68339357520292641072012-02-09T11:42:33.659-08:002012-02-09T11:42:33.659-08:00Ha! At least you furnish a punch line, Bernard!Ha! At least you furnish a punch line, Bernard!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19977289963302794732012-02-09T03:12:49.719-08:002012-02-09T03:12:49.719-08:00I have only seen one abbatoir and I must say I was...I have only seen one abbatoir and I must say I was impressed with what I saw, mind you it was actually situated behind the butcher's shop that it served. It is small and (from what I could see) well run but it did surprise me that some of their clients had to travel fairly long distances to access it ( I was lucky as it is only a few miles away)<br /><br />To me, the vital ting about killing the pigs was the fact I wanted their stress' to be miminal.... in that vein I agree with tom.... killing your own pigs on their own land humanely would be the ideal... unfortunately although I could organise for them to be culled I could not do the killing myself... no way.....I doubt I could even be able to watch it.....<br />perhaps, in some ways I am no better than the person who blindly buys a piece of meat at the supermarket, as in one way I absented my way from "doing the deed myself" and seeing the job through.... but the law is the law, and after looking through defra's huge manual on pig husbandry I can also see why the law states how things are to be done....<br />I think it's a case of making the best of what is available.John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9405003042376344192012-02-09T02:30:10.130-08:002012-02-09T02:30:10.130-08:00A customer complained to her butcher about the sau...A customer complained to her butcher about the sausages she had bought from him last week.<br />“They were all meat at one end, and all bread at the other.”<br />“I’m sorry, madam,” said the butcher. <br />“In these times of recession, it’s hard to make both ends meat.”Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15011070112002046612012-02-09T02:23:16.304-08:002012-02-09T02:23:16.304-08:00Only joking - it was directed at you!Only joking - it was directed at you!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42043766823432318312012-02-09T02:18:44.468-08:002012-02-09T02:18:44.468-08:00There's a lot of unnecessary suffering been ca...There's a lot of unnecessary suffering been caused to animals by EU legislation which is supposed to improve their welfare. Many small and humane abbatoirs have been put out of business simple because their ceilings are about 1 inch lower than Brussels says they should be = or whatever - and the animals now have to go, in some cases, on a 100+ mile, one-way trip to be slaughtered. Good practice is much more likely if you allow smallholders a firearms licence and let them discreetly kill their own animals.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88275707848213216062012-02-09T01:20:11.483-08:002012-02-09T01:20:11.483-08:00Hi :)
The bugger of rearing pigs these days is tha...Hi :)<br />The bugger of rearing pigs these days is that you have to take them to slaughter, and you're not allowed to have the Blood. I have heard tell that some slaughterhouses will let you in with a bucket, but it's all about knowing which blood came from whose pigs. Of course, this means that we're not allowed to make Black Pudding from our own pigs, we would have to buy Dried Blood.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252983027018111307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42007228871262952432012-02-09T00:05:23.340-08:002012-02-09T00:05:23.340-08:00It isn't HWF's home, just the barn where h...It isn't HWF's home, just the barn where he runs courses..<br />the fire in a video..http://www.rivercottage.net/about/latest-news/barn-fire-river-cottage-statement/<br /><br />and the aftermath..http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098177/River-Cottage-Hugh-Fearnley-Whittingstalls-cookery-school-destroyed-huge-blaze.htmlgzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8525145844031138372012-02-08T21:58:30.650-08:002012-02-08T21:58:30.650-08:00The one I eat is called 'Boudin Viande'. I...The one I eat is called 'Boudin Viande'. It's supposed to contain some meat, but I have yet to find any. It's V good.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about H F-W's home burning down, but I suppose he has so many by now, that there's bound to be at least one burning down at any moment.<br /><br />Is there a punch line coming?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-83777011431718647552012-02-08T15:15:59.317-08:002012-02-08T15:15:59.317-08:00You flatter yourself. I wasn't apologising to...You flatter yourself. I wasn't apologising to you.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37004643459203994932012-02-08T14:48:30.302-08:002012-02-08T14:48:30.302-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84644100502962962252012-02-08T14:36:07.845-08:002012-02-08T14:36:07.845-08:00Go on, Iris. ( Sounds like a Donna joke to me).Go on, Iris. ( Sounds like a Donna joke to me).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8216594044565025982012-02-08T14:34:48.423-08:002012-02-08T14:34:48.423-08:00Doesn't sound like it, Cbris. I actually like...Doesn't sound like it, Cbris. I actually like H.F-W, but I resent paying fillet prices for belly of pork at his rip-off joints. BURN!!!!!!!!!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36428596680646398152012-02-08T14:31:52.120-08:002012-02-08T14:31:52.120-08:00At sixes and sevens? Everyone had pigs in those d...At sixes and sevens? Everyone had pigs in those days, and they were whacked on the spot - If I kept a piggy with a view to eat, I would put a .22 through it - E.U. allowing, of course. So much better than trundling them for miles to a stainless steel slaughterhouse.<br /><br />They probably need counselling because of you these days, John.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23179407296046273242012-02-08T13:27:48.684-08:002012-02-08T13:27:48.684-08:00Two sausages were frying together in a pan. "...Two sausages were frying together in a pan. "Man, it's hot in here!" says one to the other.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-67694401899502105852012-02-08T13:23:31.413-08:002012-02-08T13:23:31.413-08:00although I love the occassional pud we didnt order...although I love the occassional pud we didnt order any this time cbrisJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-829645452887929802012-02-08T13:00:15.107-08:002012-02-08T13:00:15.107-08:00Hugh Fw's house 'River Cottage' is in ...Hugh Fw's house 'River Cottage' is in reality a huge foodie empire. Even my organic layers pellets have a 'by hugh's appointment' endorsement on the bag.<br /><br />This guy does some decent stuff to raise the collective consciousness (albeit with an attending tv series, books, etc., so he can afford to struggle on through the recession.<br /><br />This guy used to eat roadkill for heaven's sake.<br /><br />Anyway in his tv shows (of which there are millions it seems) every local Tom (!) Dick and Harry (& their Aunts) gets to cook in his kitchen.<br /><br />Some of them are bound to have been pyromaniacs. Just the law of probability.<br /><br />I wonder if John's gone the whole hog and had some black puddings too? Hang on I'll ask him...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41495868349810915332012-02-08T12:51:46.824-08:002012-02-08T12:51:46.824-08:00I didnt say that the ladies referred to were all a...I didnt say that the ladies referred to were all around 6 and 7 at the time........<br />nowadays they would all need counsellingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56842867040602757472012-02-08T12:44:56.008-08:002012-02-08T12:44:56.008-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82959928209320513172012-02-08T12:34:19.168-08:002012-02-08T12:34:19.168-08:00P.S. - t might be Anthony Worral-Thompson (prick w...P.S. - t might be Anthony Worral-Thompson (prick with a fork) who pioneered 'nose to tail', but I can't remember. He has a bloody good restaurant in Spitalfields, London, and I feel for him about the kleptomania incident. Come back, A.W-T., a niche has been burned out for you and is ready and waiting.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85930665555234405152012-02-08T12:31:16.567-08:002012-02-08T12:31:16.567-08:00I could not face eating a German 'Blutwurst...I could not face eating a German 'Blutwurst', but I tried once. Liquid red blood all over the plate - not what I was expecting. B.P.s are nice and solid. Anyway, what does the Farmer thing, Weaver?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56420074091163489752012-02-08T11:44:24.754-08:002012-02-08T11:44:24.754-08:00Sorry Tom - I just could not face eating a black p...Sorry Tom - I just could not face eating a black pudding.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com