Do sacred cows make good hamburgers?

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• We Americans have some strange names for things, Suby. Hamburgers contain no pork products here. They are ground beef patties on a burger bun garnished with selected condiments and sliced vegetables such as tomato, pickles, onion, and lettuce. I know Hindus would never consider eating such a thing.

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

• I have eaten mushroom burgers. I really thought hamburgers will have minced pork, rather the legs that make the ham, as the main filling. Garnishing must be same for mushroom burgers and other burgers. That there is no ham in a hamburgers is news to me.
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  As for the sacred cows: Only a few traditional native breeds of the bovine specie could qualify for the 'sacred' or 'holy' title.
  I have a good number cows in my farm - all high yielding hybrid milch cows.
  But after their 8th calving their milk productivity goes down and they are not economical to maintain. These as also the male calves I sell. I know they go to the slaughter house, but I have no qualms about that. I am running a business, you see.
  To find a real sacred holy cow, you must visit temples which have them. They are worshiped in the temples and I very much agree with this traditional practice of the Hindus.
  As for the commercially raised cows - they won't qualify for the sacred status.

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  by Suby the Coat on June 13th, 2009

• But having been born into a vegetarian family, I wouldn't consider changing over to including meat in my menu. No problems with eggs and milk though.
  Just for your information.
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  You must see the holy cows in some of the Hindu temples to believe how wonderfully divine looking they are. But the same would apply to most animals, not just cows, I suppose.

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  by Suby the Coat on June 13th, 2009

• Fascinating, thanks. I'd love to visit India some day and have a chance to see that.

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

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• A heavenly burger indeed!

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

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• I was watching a program on Easter Island tonight. The people there were convinced that by erecting giant stone statues they would influence their gods to provide a bountiful harvest. So the sut done all the island's trees to roll huge stones from quaries to sites where they could be erected as statues. Eventually, there were no trees, so no canoes to fish, so they starved to death.

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

• That was a Mel Gibson directed movie. He did the one on Christ too. I think he is deeply disturbed masochistic and homoerotic. There's nothing but I can't watch the movies.
  
  I saw the movie and read about Easter island. That's the current theory but there were no survivors and very few artifacts to prove what actually went wrong. Like I said, religion ruins everything.
  
  It's a good thing the Easter Islanders didn't send out missionaries.

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  by Ron C on June 13th, 2009

• Ha! They were going to, but there were no canoes. :)

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

• No wood, no canoes, no missionaries, good point! Too bad the Spanish had wood.

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  by Ron C on June 13th, 2009

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• Perhaps so. :)

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

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• Ha! Great answer, too. +6

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

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• Best way to dispose of them, right? :)

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

• some you need to catch early and make veal

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  by Someguy on June 13th, 2009

• Good idea.

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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on June 13th, 2009

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