aircooled wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:
....Our digestive systems are set up to deal with meat and veggies both. That tells me that eating meat is something we (along with zillions of other critters) have adapted to over the millenia. Heck, bacteria eat each other, isn't that a form of meat eating?
But not dairy, at least no originally. That was a result of some genetic trait hundreds of years ago that took hold (probably because of the advantage of easier access to nutrition).
I always thought dairy consumption was possible because of bacteria in the gut that helped break it down into useable stuff. A quick Google shows it being a liitle bit DNA and a little bit bacteria. Sort of a symbiotic relationship thing. http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=135
Curmudgeon wrote:
aircooled wrote:
But not dairy, at least no originally. That was a result of some genetic trait hundreds of years ago that took hold (probably because of the advantage of easier access to nutrition).
I always thought dairy consumption was possible because of bacteria in the gut that helped break it down into useable stuff. A quick Google shows it being a liitle bit DNA and a little bit bacteria. Sort of a symbiotic relationship thing. http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=135
We are mammals. Dairy is kinda our thing. You have to go a long way back to find an ancestor who's mother did not produce milk. I have read that it is only recently - the last bunch of thousands of years that adults began to tolerate it. Probably not too long after we got around to herding and domesticating food bearin' critters.
I eat meat like I drink booze. I buy good quality stuff, and if I get to the point where I'm spending so much that I'm tempted to shift to cheaper stuff, I curtail my consumption. Of course, both my local liquor store and my butcher know my name, so maybe I need to rethink this strategy.
ppddppdd wrote:
I eat meat like I drink booze.
I am not there yet. I've never woken up sick, in a strange town covered in puke, E36 M3 and blood from an entree.
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Not sure why we need to keep suckling the teet of cows after we put momma's jugs away.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
ppddppdd wrote:
I eat meat like I drink booze.
I am not there yet. I've never woken up sick, in a strange town covered in puke, E36 M3 and blood from an entree.
Then you haven't done it right. Er, wrong. Er...
In reply to Otto Maddox:
Because ice cream is delicious.
If you don't like ice cream, drive to either the Whippi Dip in Fairlee, VT or Kurver Kreme in Colonie, NY and try theirs.
If you still don't like ice cream, fine.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
Ok. I am convinced. I like ice cream.
Trans_Maro wrote:
Cows are plants, they can be hunted with a hammer.
Magazine. "Say What" section. NOW.
Otto Maddox wrote:
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Not sure why we need to keep suckling the teet of cows after we put momma's jugs away.
Me either.
I don't eat dairy, and never have. It's not an allergy thing, I just can't get by either the smell, look, texture, or taste of it. I take my lunch to work, and typically will take just fruit and vegetables, for no reason other than them being not processed, easy, and generally cheap and healthy. After working a 3 day weekend, and eating just fruits and vegetables, the first few bites of meat seem to have an odd texture that I don't really care for, but the feeling goes away.
fasted58 wrote:
k, so an egg is not meat
and chicken is meat
but still... which came first? 
Here ya go: fossilized dinosaur eggs.
You know they were around before chickens right? Ergo, the egg came first.
You're welcome.
On a slightly different note: I bought some pears yesterday. They were supposedly Bartlett pears. Only they were huge. And lumpy. Didn't look anything like Bartlett pears did 30 years ago. Has the species evolved? Or been genetically modified?
Speaking of weird and icky things we do in the name of food.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282876-mcdonalds-drops-use-of-gooey-ammonia-based-pink-slime-in-hamburger-meat
Btw, ever look at the ingredient list on something like pre-packaged cupcakes? Compare it against the MSDS for automotive paints some time. Whole lot of sameness.
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Okay, So what do we call a mutant yellow pear that's as big as a grapefruit and covered with lumps?
1988RedT2 wrote:
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Okay, So what do we call a mutant yellow pear that's as big as a grapefruit and covered with lumps?
a good value for your dollar?
1988RedT2 wrote:
In reply to Giant Purple Snorklewacker:
Okay, So what do we call a mutant yellow pear that's as big as a grapefruit and covered with lumps?
'round these parts we call 'em Kieffer pears.
foxtrapper wrote:
Speaking of weird and icky things we do in the name of food.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282876-mcdonalds-drops-use-of-gooey-ammonia-based-pink-slime-in-hamburger-meat
Btw, ever look at the ingredient list on something like pre-packaged cupcakes? Compare it against the MSDS for automotive paints some time. Whole lot of sameness.
The hand cleaner at FM sounds like some sort of dessert topping. It also appears to be vegetarian for those who care.
If you're working out, you might be able to take that as a supplement 
