Your thoughts on Vegitarianism

timothy leary wrote: Yeah, I never claimed to eat bees either nor was i interested in cooking them, or even knowing how to cook them.

True, that was Scott:

smartpatrol wrote: Oh, not again! Threads always turn into huge ass arguments

I never wanted to read about bees. Or know that you kept them.

timothy leary wrote: Dean wrote: Evolver wrote: How do you cook a honeybee? Deep fried - apparently "No real taste, just very crunchy"   Omnivores can eat practically anything but that does not mean we will or we should, and cultural differences play a large role in what we will eat and won't eat. There are a few reptiles and insects that are poisonous and it's not a good idea to eat dog liver but most animals are edible. Eating most plants will either kill you or make you very ill, most are indegestible, one thing we are incapable of doing is over-grazing. Any time you want to come over and grab some bees out of the hive to cook let me know and I will oblige.

I never said I ate deep fried bees, not saying I would, not saying I wouldn't, what I did say was, cultural differences play a large role in what we will eat and won't eat - western culture generally does not eat insects on purpose, crustaceans and mollusks yes, but insects are more the accidental thing, (not that we really swallow spiders in our sleep, that old chestnut's been laid to rest, it could happen, but it's just not that likely), but as an ex-cyclist, ex-motorcyclist and ex-canoeist,  I can confirm I've munched my way through a few small flying insects in my time, nothing as large as a bee and never deep fried, but there you go... sometimes we don't get to be picky about what we eat. However, the question was, "How do you cook a honeybee?", not "Have you eaten a honeybee?" or "Would you cook a honeybee?" and the internet in its ineffable depths provided an answer, not the answer mind, but an answer - in Thailand they deep fry them. Myself, having a family history of bad anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, I will tend to avoid them whenever possible, but thanks for the offer.

Dean wrote: Evolver wrote: How do you cook a honeybee? Deep fried - apparently "No real taste, just very crunchy"   Omnivores can eat practically anything but that does not mean we will or we should, and cultural differences play a large role in what we will eat and won't eat. There are a few reptiles and insects that are poisonous and it's not a good idea to eat dog liver but most animals are edible. Eating most plants will either kill you or make you very ill, most are indegestible, one thing we are incapable of doing is over-grazing.

 I think we eat too much meat in general and we expect it to be cheap.  Hence animals are often kept in terrible conditions.  We should pay the full price of good animal husbandry.  I prefer to eat less meat , less often and good quality 'free range' 'farm assured' meat and eggs.  It would be nice if everyone did the same but it aint gonna happen especially at the moment with the economy and all that. 

I don't practice vegitarianism, but I respect the choice of anyone who chooses to do so. 

I have seen many here in America who look like they have overgrazed.

Evolver wrote: How do you cook a honeybee?