Does Being Served a Whole Animal Make You Squeamish?

June 25, 2009

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Yes, but not because I can't acknowledge that I'm eating an animal, but because I don't like dark meat, and can be picky about what part of an animal I'm eating. Seeing the whole thing would make me feel really wasteful, while eating just pre-butchered cuts makes me feel more like there are other people eating the bits I don't like.And as for fish, I don't like the look of dead fish, I don't like eyeless fish, I don't like seeing cooked eyes... but I'm not a big fish eater (except some hallibut fillets, crab, and smoked salmon... especially on saltines with cream cheese, red onion and capers, mmmm...).

staple salad 3 years 43 weeks

Yes, but not because I can't acknowledge that I'm eating an animal, but because I don't like dark meat, and can be picky about what part of an animal I'm eating. Seeing the whole thing would make me feel really wasteful, while eating just pre-butchered cuts makes me feel more like there are other people eating the bits I don't like. And as for fish, I don't like the look of dead fish, I don't like eyeless fish, I don't like seeing cooked eyes... but I'm not a big fish eater (except some hallibut fillets, crab, and smoked salmon... especially on saltines with cream cheese, red onion and capers, mmmm...).

dizuckai 3 years 46 weeks

it doesnt really gross me out too much because in my culture , people cook the whole pig all the time for big events and i just got used to it

3 years 47 weeks

I understand and accept where my food comes from, but it still grosses me out. I don't think it's an attractive presentation and I don't like it.

shoneyjoe 3 years 47 weeks

I do it with fish all the time, and my friends think it's exotic but fun. If any of them are weirded out, they don't tell me. As for pigs and the like, I love how creative the presentation can be.

shoneyjoe 3 years 47 weeks

I do it with fish all the time, and my friends think it's exotic but fun. If any of them are weirded out, they don't tell me.As for pigs and the like, I love how creative the presentation can be.

simplyfab87 3 years 47 weeks

Nope not at all

simplyfab87 3 years 47 weeks

Nope not at all

eshellmoyer 3 years 47 weeks

I thought I didn't have a problem with it, because I've eaten a lot of delicious whole fishes, but recently I was given a whole flounder. I didn't previously know that flounder fatty, floppy parts on the side fins. It was just slimy and disgusting. I guess that's less to do with the thought of eating a whole animal and more to do with finding the animal has entirely new disgusting parts you didn't know about.

fuzzles 3 years 47 weeks

Bravo, Chief!

fuzzles 3 years 47 weeks

Bravo, Chief!

3 years 47 weeks

Oftentimes, the face is the most tender and juicy. The small amounts of meat in the faces of fish is prized in many cultures. Pork and beef cheeks are among the most tender and succulent. And then, of course, there was Mr. Krendler.

tlsgirl 3 years 47 weeks

Doesn't bother me so much, although I've never seen a whole roasted pig...

ncsuemme 3 years 47 weeks

I totally agree with Smacks83.

CaterpillarGirl 3 years 47 weeks

Not only do I love seeing it, I love getting the meat to that point, raising it, slaughtering it, nothing better. and it tastes better too.

snarkypants 3 years 47 weeks

hahahahahahahaha chief! i love pig roasts!!!!

snarkypants 3 years 47 weeks

hahahahahahahaha chief! i love pig roasts!!!!

chiefdishwasher 3 years 47 weeks

My problem has always been that I can't get enough bacon to wrap around them.

doogirl 3 years 47 weeks

I'm with you polkadots! The whole animal kinda creeps me out. My husband is dying to smoke a suckling pig, and I just don't know if I can handle that. But I'm a wuss, I admit it!

polkadots567 3 years 47 weeks

Yes! I'm fine with eating meat, just seeing the whole body of it cooked is a bit too much for my taste

GlowingMoon 3 years 47 weeks

No. As a human being, I don't fight all the way to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian. ;) :)Seriously, no. It may be my culture. I'm used to seeing animals and fish cooked whole. I think I've eaten most parts of animals, too.

GlowingMoon 3 years 47 weeks

No. As a human being, I don't fight all the way to the top of the food chain to become a vegetarian. ;) :) Seriously, no. It may be my culture. I'm used to seeing animals and fish cooked whole. I think I've eaten most parts of animals, too.

weffie 3 years 47 weeks

Ugh even that photo is making me nauseous!!! I wouldn't even go somewhere with a spit, I would totally puke

Spectra 3 years 47 weeks

I'd never experienced it until I went to Central America and was served whole fish with the heads still intact. At first, I was kind of surprised by the presentation, but the fish was pretty good. Apparently, whole fish are served that way as a way to prove their freshness. Now it doesn't really bother me all that much...different cultures do different things with their food, I guess.

Smacks83 3 years 47 weeks

It bothers me to no end when people who eat animals refuse to acknowledge they are eating an animal! I personally feel that if you can't handle where your food comes from you shouldn't be eating it. I was a vegetarian for 11 yrs and recently started eating responsibly raised local meats (pastured/grassfed etc.) so I am fully aware of whats going onto my plate and into my mouth.

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