An apology followed by more of the same, isn’t.
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See that is pure laziness on that chef’s part. I cooked professionally for 10 years and processed a lot of lobsters in my time.
I was taught the most humane way to kill a lobster is to insert the tip of a large knife at the back of the neck, and then apply quick and hard pressure. Instant death. Takes 3 seconds in total.
That said, there were large amounts of time in my career where I could no longer eat meat or lobster. Processing larger cuts of animals like lambs reminded me of my dog, lobsters became akin to giant bugs, 100 pound whole tunas was exhausting.
Knowing what I know if I ever came across a chef that was too lazy to humanly kill a lobster I would not be eating or working at that restuarant. Being that lazy with a live creature means they likely would be cutting corners else where. No thanks.
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Also, make sure to check your wash stall for sharks before use.
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You’re conflating two threads. One apology doesn’t transfer to another conversation. That’s not how communicating works.
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You owe me a new keyboard and monitor!
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Oh, it was hilarious. My mother lived next door and babysat when the kids were young and there had to be an adult to meet them getting off the bus.
So she was there when the game warden stopped by–he knocked on the door and showed her his ID and told her not to be concerned, but he’d had a complaint about the deer and needed to check it out.
My mother said she didn’t know anything about any deer; she was just the sitter.
After the warden found everything was in order, he stopped by my brother’s garage to tell him, and mentioned he’d had a brief conversation with the sitter.
“Who?”
“The sitter. she answered the door when I knocked.”
“That’s not a sitter. That was my mother.”
“Damn. I’ll remember to never play poker with her.”
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If you live someplace where there is no refrigeration, it’s handy if your animal protein comes in a nifty single-serving size.
Never eathen it myself, but a former student told me it was tasty, albeit greasy.
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You are brilliant.
That makes total sense. I had not thought of that.
So smart.
Single serving size. Love it.
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The big breeds of guinea pigs raised in Peru for meat consumption can be as large as six or seven pounds, which is a lot of bang for your buck compared to what it costs to produce them. Fascinating really.
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The main reason for that rule is that if the animal dies you will be blamed. It does not matter if the animal died for a completely different reason, you will be blamed. It was not the BO’s goat. The BO broke a rule.
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Do sharks make noises? 
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Doesn’t a barn owner get to make her own rules on her own property/ farm?
A random, surprise goat appearing on my property, tied up without access to water, bleating (ie trying to get attention) would be an animal that got offered access to water.
That you wouldn’t offer it water is your choice, I guess.
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In case no one mentioned it earlier, goat is a common meat for Mexican/Latino families. If you’ve eaten authentic tamales, they’ve likely been made with goat.
I might not like it, but it is between the barn owner and their staff.
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I’d likely check and see if anyone knew why it was there, since goats don’t normally just randomly appear, tied in a shed, without someone knowing about it on the property. Untied would be more likely to happen.
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I will add that even though I think goats are amazingly cute. They have something in common with pigs. If they are unhappy at all, they are talking. So talking does not mean they are in distress. It just means they want everyone to know they are not a fan of their immediate situation.
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Yeah, we had a goat for a while, and he definitely let us know verbally, when he was not impressed with something, like his meal was 2 seconds too late.
One day, if we ever get our own farm (come on lottery tickets!) I’ll have a goat pen with a couple of goats with a play structure for them to bounce around on.
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The goats at the salebarn go for $40 and many are bought for slaughter. They also eat the Guinea pigs.
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Admittedly, I don’t have a lot of experience around goats but did board at a facility that turned me off of them completely. Likely would have been very different if they hadn’t kept escaping their pens and creating chaos on the farm. The young males were a-holes and would aggressively head butt you. They got into and ate everything. The BO had a heart of gold but things at the facility went downhill when her health failed. So they were out quite a bit. I think it’s quite possible I would have had no qualms eating them despite “knowing them” before hand.
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I’m still curious as to why this person figured a wash stall at a horse barn was the appropriate place to cut up said fish. And did this person do a lot of shark fishing on their way to the barn?
I just have so many questions. Out here, the only weird things I’ve found in my wash stall have been a bull snake and a half-drunk cowboy.
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Yes my neighbor has goats who I hear bleating at him every time he pulls in and out.
“Da-aaaaaduh!”
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