Wait a minute, macropods? But bigfoot is a humanoid creature from North Amerca.All that said, I love my macropods...
I was reading recently about the environmental impact of beef production. I had heard it's bad, but it's actually really bad compared to other food animals. I love lamb (would like to try mutton) which apparently is just as bad on greenhouse gas emissions, but better on every other category listed. Pork, chicken, fish, and shellfish are all a bunch better on nearly every category shown (though seafood farming can mean dumping drugs into the water). I think I'll be reducing my beef consumption in favor of those other animals. And maybe I'll take up venison consumption; it seems like you can't get it unless you hunt it yourself, and I may just have to start. Also there are a few butchers around here where one can get rabbit; I don't know about the environmental impact of rabbit farming. I don't think I'll be eliminating beef completely; I do love a good steak, and would miss having it now and then.and wild kangaroo is certainly more environmentally friendly and sustainable than beef.
Wait a minute, macropods? But bigfoot is a humanoid creature from North Amerca. I was reading recently about the environmental impact of beef production. I had heard it's bad, but it's actually really bad compared to other food animals. I love lamb (would like to try mutton) which apparently is just as bad on greenhouse gas emissions, but better on every other category listed. Pork, chicken, fish, and shellfish are all a bunch better on nearly every category shown (though seafood farming can mean dumping drugs into the water). I think I'll be reducing my beef consumption in favor of those other animals. And maybe I'll take up venison consumption; it seems like you can't get it unless you hunt it yourself, and I may just have to start. Also there are a few butchers around here where one can get rabbit; I don't know about the environmental impact of rabbit farming. I don't think I'll be eliminating beef completely; I do love a good steak, and would miss having it now and then.
That's hard to believe, and a cook is not necessarily an authoritative source. It can be missing essential nutrients, i.e. fats and maybe others, but one mammal's meat is mostly like another: digestible protein.rabbits have apparently little to no nutritional value (A cook told me that.. you can eat rabbit every day, you'll eventually starve..)
Yes, I understand about by-catch. Which (unless I'm mistaken) is much less of a problem with fish farming than with wild catch, but then farming has it's own problems, as I noted.Fishing has a much bigger impact on non-target animals (aka by-catch) than most people realize. Sharks, dolphin, whales, etc. are greatly impacted by the fishing industry.
yeah that's what I thought too.. but he was rater insistent.. (and maybe that's another reason we're no longer friends..)That's hard to believe, and a cook is not necessarily an authoritative source. It can be missing essential nutrients, i.e. fats and maybe others, but one mammal's meat is mostly like another: digestible protein.
For Fish, watch the NetFlix show Seaspiracy. Fishing has a much bigger impact on non-target animals (aka by-catch) than most people realize. Sharks, dolphin, whales, etc. are greatly impacted by the fishing industry.
Yes, I understand about by-catch. Which (unless I'm mistaken) is much less of a problem with fish farming than with wild catch, but then farming has it's own problems, as I noted.
Wait a minute, macropods? But bigfoot is a humanoid creature from North Amerca.
It is true that rabbit is not a *complete* food in and of itself. Very, very few foods are.** Most meats contain complete protein, that is, all the amino acids a human needs, including the essential ones that our bodies can't make. But most meats are lacking in any number of essential nutrients.rabbits have apparently little to no nutritional value (A cook told me that.. you can eat rabbit every day, you'll eventually starve..)
With the possible exception of the Masai.Unfortunately, most people are unlikely to want blood, whether raw or cooked, as a sole nutrient...
It is true that rabbit is not a *complete* food in and of itself. Very, very few foods are.** Most meats contain complete protein, that is, all the amino acids a human needs, including the essential ones that our bodies can't make. But most meats are lacking in any number of essential nutrients.
Best -- Terry
**Don't know if it's true but long ago I read that there is one particular material that is about as complete a food as it is possible to have. Moreover, it's readily available and easy to prepare. Unfortunately, most people are unlikely to want blood, whether raw or cooked, as a sole nutrient...
That's hard to believe, and a cook is not necessarily an authoritative source. It can be missing essential nutrients, i.e. fats and maybe others, but one mammal's meat is mostly like another: digestible protein. [End Quote about rabbits having no nutrition]
Rabbit starvation is a known issue in the harsh north. Rabbit is very lean and humans need fats and amino acids to utilize protein. Other animals in the north will have the same effect after a hard winter. This chart may show the fat content of domesticated rabbit but you seldom see that much fat on a wild one.
I followed the link. This alone makes this entire thread worthwhile:
Well sure, and there's also Klingon blood wine. (That's real, isn't it?) But those aren't blood as sole sources.Not me, but there are lots of Brits who are down for black pudding. And Germans who love their blood sausage.
I prefer the Cheehoo myself.Rejection of the yowie in favour of the yahoo
Mt Rainer? Baker? Glacier?Can't argue with going on site when you have a view like this leaving the facility!
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Also took a walk out to the bluff near our house today at lunchtime. There's a street out there with 75+ year old cherry trees that all bloom at the same time.
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Mt Rainer? Baker? Glacier?
Puget sound?
I miss the yearly accidents in Vancouver (BC) from people who slip & slide on the dropped cherry blossom petals. They are pretty, but they do make a mess!
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