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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Eight Cruelest Foods You Eat [View all]
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/nutrition/photos/8-cruelest-foods-you-eat#0By the time that cheeseburger arrives on your plate, it's hard to think about anything but how tasty it'll be. But when you trace the origins of each ingredient--the beef, the fried egg, the splurge-worthy bacon--some uncomfortable truths emerge.
That we're uneasy about the origins of our food is no surprise. After all, in our shrink-wrapped, pre-cooked, fast-food world, it's easy to ignore. Fortunately, though, awareness is growing where it matters: Big Food. In just this year alone, shocking cases of documented animal abuse have persuaded many of the biggest meat purchasers--McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway--to make their chains more humane.
Still, we're a long way off from feeling good about what's for dinner, whether it's beef, chicken, or even eggs. Join us as we check in with the 8 Cruelest Foods You Eat--plus, what's being done about them, and what to eat in the meantime.
The list:
1) Lobster
2) Shark Fin Soup
3) Veal
4) Foie gras
5) Eggs
6) Balut
7) Beef
8) Pork
(more detail regarding each dish at the link)
A bit of explanation regarding #6: Balut is a soft-boiled duck egg, where the embryo is almost fully formed--feathers, bones, and all. The egg is cracked open, the soupy liquid drunk, and the fetus dug out to eat. It's popular in the Philippines, Laos, and other Southeast Asian countries.
This article hasn't persuaded me to change my eating habits, but others here may well feel differently, so...quiz time!
Which of these have you eaten in the past, and which do you plan to continue eating?
I've had everything except #6 (balut), and will continue to do so. The only scenario where I can imagine voluntarily chomping down on balut is if I wind up on Survivor (unlikely at best), where it's a popular item when they do one of their "gross food eating challenges".
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I think there was a time you could trust the packaging - "Our chickens run free in fields!"
CrispyQ
Oct 2012
#30
Totally agree about chickens! The sheer number we kill annually alone should put them on the list,
CrispyQ
Oct 2012
#22
I knew what some of the stuff was, the Balut I was clueless about, but it disgusted me
bluestate10
Oct 2012
#15
I don't ignore it, I acknowledge it and then dismiss it. Not the same...
Grave Grumbler
Oct 2012
#80
For some reason you keep equating humans with non-human animals. How odd.
Grave Grumbler
Oct 2012
#85
For some reason you keep equating a non-equivalence with entitlement to dismiss
jsmirman
Oct 2012
#89
So when someone sets a mousetrap with the full knowledge that it will cause the mouse to suffer
Grave Grumbler
Oct 2012
#86
I use them for Halloween. Our Asian stores here have different kinds of balut...nt
msanthrope
Oct 2012
#92
Well, I'm one for eight, but we get our eggs from one of my wife's coworkers (raises chickens).
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#50
Why shouldn't we judge other cultures? China's superstitions, e.g., are endangering species.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#64
I've observed the geese in the Perigord. IDK what you mean by "done right" if you mean France.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#63
I've eaten Buddha Jumps the Wall, which is a shark-fin soup. Eaten everything else, except the
msanthrope
Oct 2012
#93