Veal / lamb?!
I am not asking this to antagonise people, but why is there an ethical problem with veal (young cows) but not with lambs (young sheep)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Veal are reared in very restricted veal crates under artificial lights so that muscle does not develop and the flesh is white!.
In the UK this practice has now been baned but is still widespread throughout the EU!.
Lambs spend time with there mothers in a natural environment before being seperated after weaning!.
No comparison!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In the UK this practice has now been baned but is still widespread throughout the EU!.
Lambs spend time with there mothers in a natural environment before being seperated after weaning!.
No comparison!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
There are two types of veal based on the colour of the meat:
red, which is produced by allowing a calf to consume grains and it's mothers milk while being allowed to roam freely; and white, which is produced by restricting a calf to a narrow crib in which it can not move nor lie down during it's short life while being fed only milk!. As you can see, white veal, the way it is produced is rather inhumane!. Red veal on the other hand is produced similarily to lamb with no ethical concerns!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
red, which is produced by allowing a calf to consume grains and it's mothers milk while being allowed to roam freely; and white, which is produced by restricting a calf to a narrow crib in which it can not move nor lie down during it's short life while being fed only milk!. As you can see, white veal, the way it is produced is rather inhumane!. Red veal on the other hand is produced similarily to lamb with no ethical concerns!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love veal, however, good quality veal is hard to come by!. I see no problem in eating either, however, I do try to source my meat locally (I have the privilage of living quite rurally)!. I like to source all my food where practically possible, be it fruit, veg or meat!. Lambs do tend to be more "free range" and therefore seen as less of an ethical problem!. Veal tends to come from calves that have not seen much light of day!. Veal crates in particular, are regarded as being cruel!. also veal calves tend to be fed on formula milk nowadays and not the natural mother cows milk, where as lamb, drink mothers milk and fresh grass!.
EDIT: Veal is not "bled to death to get white meat" the whiteness comes from just being so young and only having a diet of milk or milk products!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
EDIT: Veal is not "bled to death to get white meat" the whiteness comes from just being so young and only having a diet of milk or milk products!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
when i came to answer i totally thought veal was deer but that's venison isn't it!. i think the reason more people are willing to accept lamb is that it's significantly tastier than crappy mutton [which is harder to cook right] whereas veal i find, is just a bit nicer!.
As for venison people are put off by bambi - i never watched it - and would quite happily rather go out and a kill some more deers for my tea than watch itWww@FoodAQ@Com
As for venison people are put off by bambi - i never watched it - and would quite happily rather go out and a kill some more deers for my tea than watch itWww@FoodAQ@Com
I understand that calves for veal are milk fed and kept indoors never knowing the fields as lambs do - that is what my Italian father in law told me anywayWww@FoodAQ@Com
ahhhh lambs are allowed to run round the fields - young calves for veal are not!. They are kept in fairly unpleasant conditions to whiten their meat!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Im pretty sure that Veal!.!.!.!. as in young calves are kept in barns out of daylight so the meat stays white!.!.!. so they never see the light of day or have fresh air - pretty cruel if you ask me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Veal calves are bled slowly to death which makes their meat white!. I think that is the reason!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
lambWww@FoodAQ@Com
mmm!.!.!. i could go for a lamb shish kebab right now!.!.!. yum moh!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I have no idea!. Always puzzled me too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i dont knowWww@FoodAQ@Com