Is fishing a cruel sport?

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-30 06:23pm

NecronLord wrote:(I don't deny that english food is generally cooked in a pot, or oven and burnt to ashes)

I lived in England for a couple of months in a hotel just outside of Lancaster Gate. I think I ate well once in all the meals I ate there. I literally dreaded mealtime. Not only is the food expensive in those parts, as it's rather touristy in the tourist season (if it's called "tourist season," why can't we hunt them?), but it's absolutely horrible. I remember ordering a steak cooked medium-rare, and when I got it, it looked as though they had doused it in kerosine, lit it on fire for about 30 seconds, then put it out again. The outside of the steak literally flaked off when I tried to cut it (and, for the record, they've never heard of steak knives in England. At least not in any restaurant I've been to. You have to ask for them, and the waiters look at you funny). I am personally of the opinion that meat should not have a crust, and the center of the cut should not be colder than your ice water. Both of which were the case.

After the meal, I swore I had contracted Mad Cow Disease. (Hell yes, I ate it anyway! That friggin' piece of meat cost me $15!!)

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-30 06:30pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote: No, and neither is hunting, even with bows. Or dogs. Or traps.

You left out guns.

::Lets his mind drift off into the world of Shadowrun::

Yeeeeeeeees... Huntinghumanswith guns.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-04-30 06:43pm

Queeb Salaron wrote: After the meal, I swore I had contracted Mad Cow Disease. (Hell yes, I ate it anyway! That friggin' piece of meat cost me $15!!)

The way Europeans cook meat probably explains why stuff like that is so prevalent over there. Jeez, hasn't anyone ever heard of Well Done before on that side of the 'pond?

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-04-30 06:48pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote: The way Europeans cook meat probably explains why stuff like that is so prevalent over there. Jeez, hasn't anyone ever heard of Well Done before on that side of the 'pond?

Well certainly not in France. My travels have taken me there more than once, and let me tell you how they like beef: Raw. If you order a steak done rare, they literally dangle it in front of a space heater for 15 seconds, put it on a plate, and hand it to you.

I forget what the dish is called, but I had this one meal that was literally raw horsemeat with a raw egg on top.

It actually wasn't bad. I like it raw.

...did I say that aloud?...

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-05-01 03:27am

New Variant CJD was contracted by 14 people in total last count. I'd hardly call that prevalent. This from a nation that has the occasional outbreak of botulism due to their eating habits.
Queeb. You eat at the wrong places. Again the country that invented KFC (kentucky fucked chicken) has no right to critisise anyone.

(PS First you complain that it's overcooked, now it's undercooked. Make up your mind!)

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-05-01 03:40am

Is fishing cruel? Nahhh... It's oakie and hickish, but not cruel.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-05-01 04:00am

Queeb Salaron wrote:
The Duchess of Zeon wrote: The way Europeans cook meat probably explains why stuff like that is so prevalent over there. Jeez, hasn't anyone ever heard of Well Done before on that side of the 'pond?
Well certainly not in France. My travels have taken me there more than once, and let me tell you how they like beef: Raw. If you order a steak done rare, they literally dangle it in front of a space heater for 15 seconds, put it on a plate, and hand it to you.

I forget what the dish is called, but I had this one meal that was literally raw horsemeat with a raw egg on top.

It actually wasn't bad. I like it raw.

...did I say that aloud?...

HORSEMEAT??? I know that Steak Tartar is raw chopped BEEF with a raw egg on top, but gawd! *vomits*

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-05-01 04:28am

*draws steak knife*
Oi! don't hijack my thread wish fish recipes! I was talking about the sport of angling, not fishing for food (as ecologically fucked up as that is)

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-01 06:40am

Fishing for sport is fun! So I do it. Not so much anymore though and I only fish for rough fish that need to suffer a huge population drop such as bullhead anyway, call it curtailing the invasive species. Crab fishin' is fun though, and it doesn't even hurt the crab unless u want to eat it. Just tie a string to a stick and on the other end of the string take a chicken or turkey neck. Pull it up, put the crab in a bucket, serve with fettucine alfredo.

One day though id like to go out and reel in a giant fucking swordfish though.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2003-05-01 06:43am

I can just see the crab saying : "Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard Bastard - That's the third time this week!"

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-01 06:48am

As long as it gets its chicken neck it really can't complain. But they are damn tasty, way better than that imitation stuff most people usually eat.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2003-05-01 10:40am

Frank Hipper wrote:HORSEMEAT??? I know that Steak Tartar is raw chopped BEEF with a raw egg on top, but gawd! *vomits*

That was the name of it. For some reason I keep thinking that the word "tartar" refers to seafood.

But they didn't call it "steak." There was another word for it. Horsemeat is actually the traditional meat used in tartar dishes. Over they years they just substituted in beef. I think it was an old Gaulic tradition to not cook horsemeat, just shred it and eat it raw. I've heard tell that the dish originated on battlefields; when soldiers didn't have the time to cook meat, they would kill a lame horse and divide up the flesh. The flesh was then tenderized between two stones, and eaten raw.

I guess that's the only GOOD thing to come out of the French army.

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-05-01 10:43am

Hey, if I was hungry, I'd fish. Not that I like fish that much.

Sport fishing though? What's the point? And the hook in the mouth has gotta suck.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-05-01 11:55am

innerbrat wrote:Given this article claiming fish feel pain...

nah, its not cruel. just boring.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-05-01 07:47pm

NecronLord wrote:
Queeb Salaron wrote:Can we talk about BRITISH cuisine for a moment?!
No. The nation that invented MacDonalds and KFC has waived the right to critisise anyone's eating habits.

I second that.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-05-01 08:06pm

Sport fishing is stupid. Why go through all the trouble of sitting around, doing nothing, staring at water for hours at a time if you're not going to get something to eat afterwards?

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-05-02 03:05am

Hey anyone for Salmon and Venison Jerky?

All I have to do is stop over at my mom's....

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-05-02 04:30am

Andrew J. wrote:Sport fishing is stupid. Why go through all the trouble of sitting around, doing nothing, staring at water for hours at a time if you're not going to get something to eat afterwards?

Beacuase getting Drunk in the boat is the fun part

No. The nation that invented MacDonalds and KFC has waived the right to critisise anyone's eating habits.

I'll take KFC over (shudder) curry any day of the damn week.

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