And kill it, etc.
2007-01-27 11:48:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Um, no RK. That isn't where I was going with this, but thanks all the same! *wink*
2007-01-27 12:05:32 · update #1
By the by, I meant this in the most literal sense. My response to RK was in reference to his recipe for chicken and dumplings, from scratch. I'd go with Swanson's first! Just wanted to clarify, no nuance, no innuendo!
2007-01-27 13:27:00 · update #2
It depends on the situation. A chicken would be neat walking around in my garden with a cute cluck cluck here, and a cluck cluck there. Now if I were hungry, a chicken would look already cooked if I looked at it, the only thing to do would be to make it happen. Hunger can move you. If my babies were hungry, that 's a DEAD chicken! :) arum
2007-01-28 00:01:00 · answer #1 · answered by arum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had no other way to get food, and I could even catch the chicken, of course I'd kill, pluck, and cook (or not depending on the circumstances) it. Getting the pinfeathers off is the most challenging.
Somehow I have the feeling that I'm not picking up an innuendo that's there in the question. Oh well.
2007-01-27 20:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Holly R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I would not, I already know that I don't have the will to do it myself. I have enough trouble eating my own meals prepared with already packaged meats. The reason is because I visited a few slaughtering farms when I was a child. We took a lot of road trips when I was a kid, so I've seen more than a few things. A visit to a rabbit farm as a preteen actually triggered an interest for me in being a vegetarian and I did that for two years. What I saw was traumatic, sad, and I remember the smell of the blood the most. For me it's best to leave it to farmers and a professional butcher.
2007-01-27 23:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by Compass Rose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only would I, I have.
You did say PLUCK, right ?
I think everyone should participate in the slaughter and preparation of some of the food we eat at some point in their life so that the individual can appreciate the contribution that the animals make to the food chain.
There is actually a spiritual connection between eater and eaten when you have participated in this manner.
A lot of people have no idea, these days from whence their meals are derived. Even the vegetables !!
2007-01-27 22:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brevity is acceptable even in philosophical mysteries, and I relate to RK, Been there done that hundreds of times.
I've also virtually,,,shot myself in the foot, poisoned my favorite dessert, cut off my nose to spite my face, eaten crow, held a deaf ear to shouts from the Universe, tripped over my tongue, etc. etc. etc.
The Chicken and plucking metaphor is as much inane as any examples I just offered. To kill after the fact certainly happens in an analogous sense in many processes we engage in.
Steven Wolf
2007-01-27 21:13:20 · answer #5 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that hard to get all the feathers off. You take a barrel, raise it off the ground and put a propane torch under. Fill the barrel with water and heat it up. After catching the chicken/s and killing them, dunk the body in the boiling water. This will make plucking easy.
By explaining how to pluck the chicken, need I say whether I would or not, or shall I say I have.
CyberNara
P.S. I don't know how this pertains to philosophy, but figured I would answer.
2007-01-27 20:39:06 · answer #6 · answered by Joe K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is RK? Hell no, I wouldn't. I have chickens and I would never!! Chickens are so much more cool when they are alive and happy, AND safe.
2007-01-27 21:02:58 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
been there and done that, no big deal, want a recipe for chicken stew and dumplings?
2007-01-27 19:59:42 · answer #8 · answered by rkilburn410 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋