Thursday, 01 September 2011
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The Health Benefits of Eating Veal
I'm a big meat-eater, and I always have been. Humans are just too perfectly engineered to hunt and eat animals to be vegetarians. One of the kinds of meat I especially love is veal. I know a lot of people think it's cruel to eat veal, but what most people (like PETA, an extremist organization) don't realize is two vital facts: firstly, that veal is one of the healthiest things you can eat; and secondly, veal of one of the tastiest things you can eat. Basically, there's no reason not to eat veal. That's my opinion, and I'm allowed to have it.
So what are some of the health benefits of veal? World Healthy Foods says that veal has high quality protein with essential acids. It's also a source of just about every vitamin and mineral the human body needs. It's all packed in there by nature, who was trying to give the baby cow every vitamin and mineral the cow body needs. That's one of the great things about eating veal: you know it's right, because it's just so perfectly designed to be good for us.
As for the delicious factor, I don't think I even need to explain that. Anybody who's tried my grandmother's veal meatballs knows what the phrase heaven-on-earth really means. They're just so darn delicious and tender. I could eat them all day long, every day. People who deny themselves that kind of pleasure have no clue what they're even missing in life. I don't want to be one of those people.
And for those of you who don't like meatballs, and instead fall into the deli-meats crowd, there's a veal for you too. Pastrami is fine, I guess, but the real treat is had in sliced sweet baby beef. It's just so tender. They achieve that by not letting the baby cows move at all. Moving builds chewy, stringy muscle tissue. That's why old bull is so hard to swallow. The baby cows are kept nearly completely immobilized until they're slaughtered. Basically, that means less effort for them, and more deliciousness for us.
On top of that, I'm pretty sure the process is terrifying for the cows. Think about it: if you were being slaughtered as a toddler, you'd be scared too. And that's the second part about what makes veal so tasty - fear is delicious. Did you know that cats play with mice before they eat them, because the fear hormones help to tenderize the meat? It's true. The more scared an animal was before it died, the tastier its meat is going to be.
Now I know, a lot of people are going to say it's cruel to kill baby animals, and I'd agree with most animals. I think anybody with a heart would. But anybody with a stomach knows veal is just too good to pass up.
What do you think about this? Do you eat veal, or do you prefer not to? Have you ever before? Did you know about the health benefits of veal?
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i can't say i've ever had veal. but it sounds delicious.
Fuck you.
I thought this was going to be a serious article about why veal is good for you, but it actually did nothing but make me sick to my stomach. I will never in my life eat veal. Thanks for that.
@willjogforicecream@xanga - It IS a serious article about why veal is good for you. Check the link. Thanks for commenting! :)
@how2saveaplanet@xanga - Thanks for commenting! :)
@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - It is! Thanks for commenting! :)
@StatelessPilot@revelife - I know how it's made. I outline that in the post. It's part of the reason why it's so delicious. Thanks for commenting! :)
@designlessthts@xanga - Amen, sister. Thanks for commenting! :)
I can't stand red meat. I think it's gross. Never liked it. I can't even really eat it without getting ill.
Veal is murder... tasty, tasty murder!!
@TheMushyPear@xanga - One paragraph and one link does not a whole article make. This article was mostly about your opinion on veal. A disgusting opinion, might I add. One single paragraph and one single link does not make this an article about why veal is good for you. Healthkicker FAIL.
I was thinking about creating a post for Health Kicker, but I was worried that what I wrote might not be good enough and be rejected. But with this post on veal, I now see that there isn't any quality control or standards. I could write any retard thing and it would be accepted.
"And that's the second part about what makes veal so tasty - fear is delicious." Wow, that is one of the most asinine reasons I have ever heard for eating veal, not to mention a really disgustingly inhumane thing to say. This post was not really about the health benefits of veal as much as it was someone parading their arrogant opinion because they like meat and aren't one of those tree-hugging veggie types. It's the internet version of puffing out your chest and saying "I am so totally okay with eating something that was a tortured and slaughtered baby animal and that makes me cooler than you." I'll stick to broccoli, thanks. I have no problem with people who eat meat and in fact grew up on a farm where we raised pigs and cattle. But I can't stand people that are obnoxious and think that just because they love meat everyone who doesn't is depraved and a pussy or something.
Vegetarians and vegans are just as entitled to their extreme opinions but people who write posts like this usually believe that their own condoning of murdering baby animals is a far superior mindset. If you know the actual real gritty details of the veal industry, INCLUDING how the animals are raised during their short, hellish existence and you STILL eat it, that's just disgusting. Even my fiance who is very a much a carnivorous masculine guy who loves red meat, will never eat veal. Because he has a soul and a sense of compassion. This post is 13 shades of fail.
@needmoreink@xanga - I agree completely! Fuck this person.
LOL, I love veal when it's cooked properly.
What in the world does eating veal have to do with hunting? Hunters eat animals that lived free and died well. It is much more humane to eat hunted meat than meat raised on a farm, especially a factory farm. There is nothing at all 'natural' about immobilizing an animal from birth for future human consumption. Nothing at all wrong with eating young animals, but animal cruelty is animal cruelty.
@distractedbyzombies@xanga - Yeah, you can't really hunt veal.
Now if you go out and accidentally shoot Bambi, might as well eat him. I've tried veal, but I really didn't like it. I'm not sure if it was prepared wrong or what, but it was mushy and turned me off from it.
I liked your article a lot, it was funny and honestly I had no idea veal was better for me, I just liked the way it tasted, thank you for giving me more things to use when I express my opinions on eating veal.
And for the record, I also wear furs and leather.
@Athlyx@xanga -
Mushy? That sounds gross. I think it was cooked poorly.
@HopeWithinReach@xanga - It was in an alfredo pasta and cut up into medallions. It was pretty bad. I didn't eat all of it so I put it in a take home box and tried giving it to my dad. He said, "This shit is nasty." Lol.
Satire, I think.
well... I DID like veal! you pretty much just ruined that for me for a little while. you're most definitely not convincing people to try it if they haven't by detailing the cruelty of it... I mean really... comparing the calf to a toddler "you'd feel scared too" WTF... there are things better left unsaid, and that is definitely one of them. I'm still going to eat veal if I get the chance, but you've kinda taken my enjoyment of it down a few notches because I'm sure I'll think back to this post as I'm contemplating ordering it and as I'm eating...so thanks for that
@WhenHateIsTheOnlyOption@xanga - I was thinking that when I hit paragraph 3. If it is though, it's a bit subtle because I almost believe the OP is just a jerk who wants to make clear they love veal regardless of how it is created. I was interested in hearing about veal until they made me feel sick to my stomach about it.
That being said, I love meat as much as the next person, but I don't love animal cruelty. I hate it. And from what I know of veal, you can't get it without some cruelty (aka, keeping baby cows from moving). As soon as I have money and access out of college, I'm going to make sure my meat is from sources I know.
I had it once or twice when I was a kid. Once I found out it was baby cow, I couldn't eat it anymore. I'm not judging anyone who likes it, but as far as I go, I draw the line at baby animals. Or any animal I've ever had as a pet, for that matter (no, never had a salmon as a pet...goldfish are a little different.)
I can't eat pork anymore either, but that might be because I let myself think about how grody all the fat in the meat is for too long...oh, no wait. I did have some pet pigs when I was younger...if I ever make friends with a chicken, I am screwed.
Er, by the way, I do have to point out that being apathetic towards animal cruelty is one of the main reasons why it's so rampant. People keep thinking that they're "just animals" and conveniently forget that animals can feel fear and pain every bit as much as we can; perhaps even more so as they are completely at our mercy. That should be humbling, but people are far too self-absorbed for that kind of thing.
You know, I'm a meat eater. A huge one. I love pork and chicken and I really don't care how it is prepared - bacon, pulled pork, hot dogs, grilled chicken, chicken tenders, whatever you name it I love it. I've never had veal and I would try it. I didn't know it was all that healthy. I've never had it because I don't know if I've been to a place that sells it.
This article started off well and was giving the benefits and voicing a nice opinion on eating veal. And then I don't know what the fuck happened. As much as I'm pro "eat meat", I'm definitely not pro "terrorize and be cruel to animals" especially baby animals. I expect that ANY animal I eat is treated humanely while alive and also humanely killed. If you're going to torture them, terrorize them, and be cruel in various ways - I don't want it.
This article is fucking sick.
I don't eat veal because I like baby animals. I sense OP is trolling.
I feel sick now, thanks.