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and pitchin' hay, carrying to the lynching...That fork's not good for much, except spearing your tyrannosaurus steak.Lucky they only ate bread, meat and fruit.
18th century tableware. Easier to eat peas with the knife.
I grew up on a farm and my parents prided themselves in being able to set our dinner table with 100% things from the farm. The only exception was the cornmeal for the cornbread, simply because it was easier (and better) to buy it already ground. I used to hate that sometimes we wouldn't have ANY meat on the table... it was ALL veggies. My dad grew up in the Great Depression and that's how they lived... and learned to like it.
Later, we started raising pigs and cows, and we would have meat with our meals but my sisters refused to eat the meat because they would become "attached" to the animals before we slaughtered them... it was kind of hard eating Ol' Bessy the cow... I didn't have a problem with that. To me, the farm fresh meat was SO much better than the processed crap you bought at the store. I can remember watching my grandmother wring chicken's necks and chop their heads off... and yes, they DO run around without their heads!
That's why I prefer to buy my meat already cut up and packaged at the grocery store. It just looks like meat.
I grew up on a farm and my parents prided themselves in being able to set our dinner table with 100% things from the farm. The only exception was the cornmeal for the cornbread, simply because it was easier (and better) to buy it already ground. I used to hate that sometimes we wouldn't have ANY meat on the table... it was ALL veggies. My dad grew up in the Great Depression and that's how they lived... and learned to like it.
Later, we started raising pigs and cows, and we would have meat with our meals but my sisters refused to eat the meat because they would become "attached" to the animals before we slaughtered them... it was kind of hard eating Ol' Bessy the cow... I didn't have a problem with that. To me, the farm fresh meat was SO much better than the processed crap you bought at the store. I can remember watching my grandmother wring chicken's necks and chop their heads off... and yes, they DO run around without their heads!
My grammy told me stories about how she used to wring the chickens necks too, but she was very young. I didn't grow up on a farm, nor was I ever exposed to any animal slaughters. I would feel terrible for the animals and probably get attached to them too. I don't see how you can't when you feed them and care for them. I would feel like I betrayed their trust for one thing.
That's why I prefer to buy my meat already cut up and packaged at the grocery store. It just looks like meat.
I don't raise my own meat anymore, it's actually more expensive to do that these days than to buy it already processed. My dad figured this out on the cattle we raised.. he estimated we were paying about $5 a pound back in the 70s for beef when you factor in the feed, shots, medicine, hay, etc. That wasn't even counting the time. It was good but it was expensive as hell. You have to maintain a huge number of cattle for it to pay off. Pork is better because basically every part of the pig is used.
Today, I buy all my meats from a local farm. It's grass-fed beef and all organic. It is so much better tasting (and better for you) than anything you can buy at the grocery store. I feel sorry for people who've never had it or can't get it. It's almost like the difference between fresh seafood and canned seafood.
I disagree. I think grain finished beef is tastier and cheaper. It's more tender, less greasy and has more marbling.Today, I buy all my meats from a local farm. It's grass-fed beef and all organic. It is so much better tasting (and better for you) than anything you can buy at the grocery store.
