*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If the best flavour from lamb could only be > obtained by plunging a red-hot poker into its > eyeballs whilst simultaneously hitting it on the > knees with a snooker cue in the week leading up to > the trip to the abattoir, would this be ok? In the > interests of flavour and gourmet bravado, I mean. > > A ridiculous scenario, the point being that > everyone would surely draw the line somewhere. > That fact that a lot of people draw the line > before force-feeding to the point of liver-burst > hardly makes them camo-jacketed ALF radicals. > Let's be honest, it doesn't look good on paper. > > It does seem odd that the general momentum of the > foodie brigade has consistently been towards > allowing animals to exist in as natural a state as > possible before they get eaten, free range, free > roaming, - but for some reason, exceptions like > this are don't count - because, well, it tastes so > diddly-darned good! Agree with all this. But come on everyone you'll never get the likes of MM, Loz et al to agree about this, largely because they're enjoying this thread too much. And because they clearly don't see it as a big issue, so let's let this die quietly like a free range goose after a long and happy life. :)