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You're reading If you had a pet that was a food animal (dove, rabbitt, etc) and it died at a relatively young age would you eat it?
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but it's dead? have you ever eaten fish?
by Possum on September 17th, 2008
A fish isn't a mammal and doesn't have the same circulatory system. I will only eat a mammal that has been killed and bled properly. I don't eat 'dead' animals that have died from who knows what. It's not safe.
by Galeanda on September 17th, 2008
But fish weren't raised for food. I didn't say "died of who knows what". What if it got stuck by lightening in front of you?
by Possum on September 17th, 2008
I wasn't talking about fish at all when I was talking about pets. I was thinking bird, mammal. And it is not safe to eat an animal that is not properly bled. YOu cut off it's head or slit it's neck and the blood drains out, clearing most of it out of the body. Then it is suitable for human consumption. That is the way you butcher animals. If it got struck by lightning and I was right there with a knife handy, and my husband who does this very well, then fine, bleed it and I'll eat it, though not a pet. We don't eat our friends unless possibly starving to death and it wasn't human. If it got hit by a car under the same scenario, AND it was legal, that would be fine with me too. Just not a friend:-)
by Galeanda on September 17th, 2008
I know how to butcher an animal.
Actually a car hitting a animal would make a terrible mess-bruised meat, ruptured internal organs including bladder and bowels-I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
by Possum on September 17th, 2008
Well it really depends on how bad it was hit and what speed. Our county animal dept used to often use the meat from some accidents and they would have special dinners using it and it wasn't bad at all.
And if you know about butchering, then why would you not have a problem with something that wasn't bled properly. The keeping quality and spoilage of meat that has it's blood in it is so much worse than well bled meat, never mind the flavor.
by Galeanda on September 17th, 2008
You seem to have a one track mind. Bleeding wouldn't help a bit if the body cavity was full of piss and crap and it was seaping into the meat. The blood would not be circulating.
by Possum on September 17th, 2008
Then if it's that kind of an accident you wouldn't use it now, would you? I did say depending on what kind of accident and what circumstances. Blood does still circulate a short time after death, if not, then bleeding would never work. It's obvious you really don't know much about butchering. I've been doing it for over 40 years. I do know what happens after an animal is killed.
by Galeanda on September 18th, 2008
I've only been butchering (game) for 35 years.
by Possum on September 18th, 2008