Vegetarians -- do not read this!
December 17th 2007 13:12
Warning: if you think eating baby animals is evil, you will be appalled by this story.
I went to an unusual dinner party on Friday night. It was supposed to be a birthday treat for a girl we are friends with. The thing that made this dinner unusual was that it had a special theme: a medieval feast.
The restaurant that organised this party had obviously gone to a lot of trouble to create an authentic medieval dining experience. Hay was strewn all over the large wooden table as decoration and the crockery consisted of heavy ceramic bowls and cups. Instead of modern metal spoons, thick wooden spoons awaited those who were keen to try the soup.
The entree itself was very generous, consisting of strings of sausages, large slices of salami and freshly-cut onions, tomatoes, carrots and radish that you could eat as much or as little of as you pleased. Then came the giant pot of soup, filled with deliciously greasy chunks of meat, potatoes, carrots and barley.
And then... the spectacular main course: a whole piglet roasted to perfection. It came complete with a head and tail, which were just as beautifully baked as the rest of it.
I was slightly shocked and reluctant. This was the first time in my life that I was being confronted with an entire animal served as a meal. I looked at the piglet's closed eyes and pointy little ears and thought, "The poor thing..."
I then leaned over to my boyfriend and whispered, "How do they kill them? Not brutally, I hope!"
To which he replied, "Don't worry -- they are quickly and painlessly electrocuted. Other methods are illegal in Germany."
Before I could hesitate any longer, a sizeable chunk of the piglet was placed on my plate, its tempting aroma wafting up to my nostrils and awakening the merciless carnivore inside me. "Dig in!", someone next to me enthused.
All of a sudden, my mouth was filled with a tender, juicy, delicious piece of meat. As I chewed and swallowed with pleasure, the piglet's cruel fate was a distant memory somewhere beyond the horizon. "Give me more pig meat!”, I commanded with a grin.
As we continued to devour the piglet (together with its skin, which tasted exactly like crunchy fried bacon), I felt like a happy savage at a true medieval feast. Kudos to the restaurant for creating such an authentic experience.
I went to an unusual dinner party on Friday night. It was supposed to be a birthday treat for a girl we are friends with. The thing that made this dinner unusual was that it had a special theme: a medieval feast.
The restaurant that organised this party had obviously gone to a lot of trouble to create an authentic medieval dining experience. Hay was strewn all over the large wooden table as decoration and the crockery consisted of heavy ceramic bowls and cups. Instead of modern metal spoons, thick wooden spoons awaited those who were keen to try the soup.
The entree itself was very generous, consisting of strings of sausages, large slices of salami and freshly-cut onions, tomatoes, carrots and radish that you could eat as much or as little of as you pleased. Then came the giant pot of soup, filled with deliciously greasy chunks of meat, potatoes, carrots and barley.
And then... the spectacular main course: a whole piglet roasted to perfection. It came complete with a head and tail, which were just as beautifully baked as the rest of it.
I was slightly shocked and reluctant. This was the first time in my life that I was being confronted with an entire animal served as a meal. I looked at the piglet's closed eyes and pointy little ears and thought, "The poor thing..."
I then leaned over to my boyfriend and whispered, "How do they kill them? Not brutally, I hope!"
To which he replied, "Don't worry -- they are quickly and painlessly electrocuted. Other methods are illegal in Germany."
Before I could hesitate any longer, a sizeable chunk of the piglet was placed on my plate, its tempting aroma wafting up to my nostrils and awakening the merciless carnivore inside me. "Dig in!", someone next to me enthused.
All of a sudden, my mouth was filled with a tender, juicy, delicious piece of meat. As I chewed and swallowed with pleasure, the piglet's cruel fate was a distant memory somewhere beyond the horizon. "Give me more pig meat!”, I commanded with a grin.
As we continued to devour the piglet (together with its skin, which tasted exactly like crunchy fried bacon), I felt like a happy savage at a true medieval feast. Kudos to the restaurant for creating such an authentic experience.
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I am against cruelty to animals, but seeming that most meats are animals that are farmed to be eaten and killed in humane ways, it's ok with me. Humans have been eating these kind of things for the duration of our history!