[HN Gopher] Grabbing Dinner
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Grabbing Dinner
Author : breathenew
Score : 65 points
Date : 2023-09-17 15:49 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| 0daystock wrote:
| [flagged]
| HideousKojima wrote:
| Seeing as they're actually eating the frogs in question, it
| sounds like it's not just for fun and sport.
| 0daystock wrote:
| [flagged]
| shepherdjerred wrote:
| Survival is inherently selfish. Something has to die for
| you to live.
|
| That something might be a plant or animal. As long as you
| _attempt_ to minimize the suffering of what you're
| consuming, then eating plants over animals isn't morally
| superior.
|
| It also doesn't really matter if it's a cow, chicken or
| frog, as long as you're not making the animal suffer
| pointlessly.
| 0daystock wrote:
| I already said I agreed survival is justification for
| eating animals. But this is not survival, this is sport,
| because they have a choice to eat something other than
| animals and still thrive.
| constantly wrote:
| Your first sentence doesn't seem to align with your
| second sentence. Can you clear up the confusion?
|
| Survival is justification for eating animals -> These
| people are bad because they eat animals but could eat
| non-animals to survive. Are you saying survival is
| justified to eat animals only if there are no other
| things to eat?
| the__alchemist wrote:
| Are you a vegetarian?
| lemao9988 wrote:
| visiting your family is not nexessary for survival or
| sustenance. In fact your survival most likely implies the
| destruction of habit for other animals thru
| consumption/farming
| anonu wrote:
| I'd argue our current culture and tradition of factory farming
| is way more sadistic than hunting to eat.
| thoughtpalette wrote:
| The article describes the literal opposite of "for fun and
| sport".
| fryz wrote:
| From the article:
|
| > When I asked Jody how much of his family's meat is wild game,
| he initially said "about half." Upon reflection, he bumped the
| number to 70 percent.
|
| Doesn't sound like this is a justification for "culture" or
| "tradition". Certainly seems a lot more responsible than the
| average "tradition" of "I got it at the grocery store".
|
| When you hunt for your own food, you are forced to consider the
| sacrifice of the animal and have to put in the work of
| preparing for the hunt and cleaning the animal. Things that
| anyone who's not done this takes for granted when they eat
| meat.
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| cheese_van wrote:
| Pulled into a rural Louisiana driveway visiting a friend. And out
| in the back yard, they were cutting off the tail of an alligator
| with a small chain saw. Apparently the tail is where the good
| steaks are, but I didn't stay for dinner.
|
| The story reminded me of an old joke about Louisiana:
|
| In Louisiana, the zoos have signs for each caged animal. 1. Name
| of animal. 2. Name in Latin. 3. Geographic distribution. 4.
| Recipe.
| scruple wrote:
| I have some friends in north NOLA and Baton Rogue. I've had
| gator a handful of times. It's an interesting experience for an
| outsider. You should stick around next time!
| aaomidi wrote:
| Sounds like you missed the steak of a lifetime :D
| easton wrote:
| I'm from Florida and fried gator tail is reasonably common
| around where I lived, somewhat similar to calamari. Unless they
| call it "gator" tail and it's actually not real alligator, in
| which case 6 year old me will be crushed.
| SV_BubbleTime wrote:
| My disappointment with that URL name is immeasurable. It's the
| most uptight and stuffy form of shotguns.
| SV_BubbleTime wrote:
| My disappointment with that URL name is immeasurable. It's the
| most uptight and stuffy form of shotguns in a couple of articles.
| mcphage wrote:
| It's a print magazine.
| mock-possum wrote:
| Fun little story.
|
| Really makes me wonder whether I should give frog legs another
| try. I've had them at fancy French places and at southern joints,
| and they've always been kinda meh - taste like chicken,
| basically, or else taste like what's get fantastically butter-
| based sauce they're swimming in.
|
| Maybe I need to try cooking them for myself to really get a feel
| for the unique flavor. I wonder if there's a place to get them
| fresh here in town?
| mikestew wrote:
| _I wonder if there's a place to get them fresh here in town?_
|
| "You got them frog legs?"
|
| "No, that's just the way I walk."
|
| Depends on where you live, of course. TFA says fancy French
| restaurants, and I'll just have to take their word on it. A lot
| of places south, and some Midwest, and you'll still have to
| look around. But experience says, yeah, quality varies from
| "smother it in garlic butter" to "just a light seasoning is all
| it needs". No recommendations, as I'm on the West Coast now,
| went vegetarian and haven't seen any on the menu out here
| regardless.
| jandrewrogers wrote:
| When I lived in the rural midwest there were prodigious
| quantities of large frogs that the locals would sometimes catch
| for food. They taste fine just seasoned and lightly fried, no
| need to sauce them. I find the flavor to be good but not very
| distinctive. Learning how to fish for frogs was pretty
| interesting though, never would have guessed.
| fallinghawks wrote:
| I occasionally see live frogs for sale in Asian groceries. I
| don't know if they're farmed, and it may be seasonal. This is
| in the Bay Area.
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