Controversial ... do any of you eat rabbit?
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Santa
Wise Old Thumper
When I ate meat I would have eaten rabbit apart from the fact that I don't like the way it is farmed/slaughtered - far more cruel than some other farm animals IMO, and wild rabbit risks leaving unweaned babies in the nest to die of starvation, as there is no 'closed' season for rabbits, meaning that mums can lawfully be shot, so I didn't. In theory though, when I ate meat I would have eaten rabbit (if it was farmed humanely) because I don't see any difference between eating rabbit or eating lamb.
xx-snowball-xx
Wise Old Thumper
If I liked the taste I'd eat it
sun_city_girl
Warren Veteran
If it tasted nice I would eat it. Obv I don't know what dog and cat taste like.
This is only because I'm not a fussy eater and would pretty much eat anything. We rarely actually eat meat though.
xx-snowball-xx
Wise Old Thumper
It's not remotely the same question though.
That is like asking if you'd eat guinea pig or horse or something.
You don't go to the local butcher and find dog or cat, you do find rabbit.
(Incidentally, if I was in countries where those types of animal were eaten as part of regular day to day menus then yes, I would try them)
That is what I meant. I know that you don't find them to eat in this country. It was more of a case of would you eat them if given the chance.
Would you feel the same if you had pet chickens or pigs do you think?
aaammmyyy
Mama Doe
I like chicken and thats one of the only meats I like - but I like ham, but no other form of pig meat - so I only eat ham and anything chicken.
My parents ate duck once and that nearly made my physically sick just seeing the meat so I could never eat rabbit - but imagine if ages ago they decided to keep cows as pets and horses as meat? Then it would be the other way around
Still I'd like to be a vegetarian but I can't possibly at the moment due to my weight but if I ever manage to mantain a good weight then yes ill become a vegetarian, though I only eat free range chicken and eggs and organic stuff so its better because thats all I can do at the moment
My parents ate duck once and that nearly made my physically sick just seeing the meat so I could never eat rabbit - but imagine if ages ago they decided to keep cows as pets and horses as meat? Then it would be the other way around
Still I'd like to be a vegetarian but I can't possibly at the moment due to my weight but if I ever manage to mantain a good weight then yes ill become a vegetarian, though I only eat free range chicken and eggs and organic stuff so its better because thats all I can do at the moment
parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
I am veggie so no I dont -
and when I was living in Peru I didnt eat the guinea pigs, or horse when living in France etc etc
BUT if I was not veggie I expect I would have done as all the other people I was in those places with did (other than the other veggies).
I do eat the eggs of our own hens or other free range eggs from the village when we run out of ours, and the honey of our own bees,
just wish we had a goat or something for milk/yog!
and when I was living in Peru I didnt eat the guinea pigs, or horse when living in France etc etc
BUT if I was not veggie I expect I would have done as all the other people I was in those places with did (other than the other veggies).
I do eat the eggs of our own hens or other free range eggs from the village when we run out of ours, and the honey of our own bees,
just wish we had a goat or something for milk/yog!
bizziel
Alpha Buck
I went veggie after getting rabbits last year. I'd thoughtabout itfor years and I knew then that I wouldn't eat a rabbit after seeing how intelligent they are, and if I wouldn't eat rabbit then what was the difference between them and lambs and pigs? So I gave up all meat.
Re dogs and cats, I think it's a really bad idea to eat carnivores.
Re dogs and cats, I think it's a really bad idea to eat carnivores.
Vilija
Warren Scout
I'm curious, if you don't mind explaining. Why is it bad to eat carnivores?
Badger4920
Warren Scout
We only eat chicken, but only as I have 3 fussy teenagers. I don't see eating rabbit as any different from any other meat, so long as humanly kept and slaughtered.
bizziel
Alpha Buck
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081121071638AACA4Eu
It's to do with concentration of toxins as you go up the food chain. Not sure if it's science fact or fiction but if you look at the meats consumed around the world, the vast majority are herbivores. Though I guess that's also to do with efficiency of farming.
Kim_perkins
Mama Doe
That is interesting! I think due to the nature of having dogs and cats as pets I couldn't bring myself to eat them.
But no doubt if I lived in a country where it were readily and freely available who knows!
I don't like lamb just not a fan of the taste, and I eat my own chickens but I guess I'm not attached to them in the same was as I am my rabbit and horse etc. They aren't really "pets" to me.
But no doubt if I lived in a country where it were readily and freely available who knows!
I don't like lamb just not a fan of the taste, and I eat my own chickens but I guess I'm not attached to them in the same was as I am my rabbit and horse etc. They aren't really "pets" to me.
William
Wise Old Thumper
No I've never eaten rabbit, and I'm veggie so I never will. Rabbits aren't something that most people here eat. Same with lamb which also seems to be very popular in the UK and not here.
I have no problem with people eating different kinds of animals because to me rabbits aren't anymore important than chickens or cows or pigs etc etc. I love all of them equally. What really matters is how they were raised and killed.
Foie gras is one kind of meat that I do have a huge problem with though. It's one of those things that's hard to believe exists in the 21st century. I don't care if it's a cultural thing or whatever - as some French people claim - it's evil to eat foie gras when you know the cruelty behind it.
I have no problem with people eating different kinds of animals because to me rabbits aren't anymore important than chickens or cows or pigs etc etc. I love all of them equally. What really matters is how they were raised and killed.
Foie gras is one kind of meat that I do have a huge problem with though. It's one of those things that's hard to believe exists in the 21st century. I don't care if it's a cultural thing or whatever - as some French people claim - it's evil to eat foie gras when you know the cruelty behind it.
no. tried it once when i lived in the isle of man, where it was easily available, filleted, in the supermarket. found the flavour most unpleasant.
lambs gambolling on the hillside make my mouth water. honestly. but eating lamb means several hours locked in the bathroom later.
lambs gambolling on the hillside make my mouth water. honestly. but eating lamb means several hours locked in the bathroom later.
Jackaroonie
Mama Doe
I completely agree with you!
