buffalo burgers

So that is you? And why were you looking so "all american"?

 

I was just trying not to get deported.


I'm so hungry i could take a bite out of a buffalo, even though i don't want to.

 

So you're not really American? I'm afraid I can't be your friend anymore then, I am only friends with Americans

All kidding aside, you are a good looking guy. And go ahead and take a bite out of that buffalo, he won't mind.

 

"the bison gives itself so the people may live" lakota sioux

what this means is the bison is volunteering to be eaten and if its volunteering...its committing suicide and not being murdered as in the case of cows and cattle

 

ahhh, got it. I'm kind of surprised that such a tough animal would commit suicide, while wimpy animals like cows have to be killed against their will!

 

there's a little roadside diner up the highway from here that sells delicious buffalo burgers. the owner of the cafe raises them himself. you can go around the corner and check out the buffalo, they're right by the road. interesting animals. they kinda sound like huge pigs.

i go for elk meat, something i've killed myself. i like to pay my respects, you know?

 

I honestly believe that if every person had to kill their own meat, there would be a lot more vegetarians in this world. I, for one, can't kill anything.

 

daisy, i bet the mosquitos love you

 

there was a huge controversy at my food co-op a while back over whether or not to start carrying organic meat products. it was a close vote, and everyone was very divided about it, but the meat finally won in the end. one of the first things they started carrying was bison meat. although i'm a vaegetarian myself, i voted for the meat because i have meat-eaters in my family, but of course i've never tasted bison myself.

rat, as far as humane farming practices are concerned, the differences is not in the killing but how the animal is raised. cows are often factory-farmed, fed poor diets (often canabalistic) loaded with chemicals, anti-biotics, and hormones, and sometimes severely resticted in their movement. those kind of farming practices simply won't work with bison. bison meat - at least the bison on the farm from which the CSA i have a share of rents its space - are grass-fed, and free-range. this not only makes for healthier meat, but for a healthier and happier life for the animal as well. they are probably killed at 14 months because most consumers may find older buffalo meat to be a bit tough compared to the factory-farmed beef they're used to.

as a vegetarian, my issue with meat is not the killing - that red leaf lettuce i drizzled with organic, homemade vinaigrette was still very much alive when i crunched into my salad at lunch, even if it doesn't have consciousness as we know it. my issue is with farming practices, which have more to do with consciousness, economics, environmental damage, and politics than with killing. it used to be vegetarianism was a pretty clear choice for more responsible living, and in general, it still is. but the issues aren't so simple anymore. is a local, free-range bison farm better or worse than a GMO soybean agribusiness that on former rainforest land in brazil? something to think about.

 

Silly Cowpoop, I was referring to animals that we eat. I have an unspoken agreement with bugs and spiders (in my house; outdoors, I just walk away), if I don't see them, they are allowed to live.

 

Didn't work for Dahmer

 

oh, tom, you're so-o-o witty!

 

interesting. i havent read this post but um, yeah, buffalo meat IS supposed to be healthier then cow meat.

god, right now, im deciding if i should still be a vegetarian or not... i ate a hamburger at schwagstock! bad trish. aw well.