Comments on: Don’t Be A Boar!

By: Ella

Ella — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:33:58 +0000

Ms.Glaze,
I agree with Alexa. You are only making justifications so you can feel better about doing your work and promoting the inhumane killing of a very young and defenseless animal.”It was dead anyways, what was I supposed to do?” I’m sorry but that is a pathetic notion. If you do not agree with it, you take a stand and do not contribute. I personally do not eat any meat or fish, and have never eaten a baby animal in my life. I cannot believe that you posted this and can think yourself at all empathetic to the death of this harmless baby animal. Preparing and serving this dish was a selfish and callous act in and of itself, and the ways in which you attempt to justify your actions are even worse!

Firstly, the animal did not get to live a happy life in the wild- it was killed before it had even a chance at any kind of life.

Second, being hunted by dogs is not a humane “quick” way to kill an animal. Have you ever seen dogs take down an animal in the wild? My guess is no. You should go to YouTube now and watch a video- something like “dogs take down wild boar”, and then see how you feel about it. Fact check before posting arguments and opinions on things you obviously know nothing about. And why exactly do you want people to think about where the animals come from- to “connect to the living” as you put it?? I’d understand if you were saying killing babies is not ok- but you’re putting forth the opposite. So why would people want to think about the animal having any kind of life before sitting down to eat it for dinner?

Finally, please don’t use the “our ancestors did it, if it was ok for them it’s ok for us” rationale. It’s just disgraceful. You are referring to a different time, a time when people did not have all of the resources and options we have today, especially in advanced economies such as France. The truth of the matter is, they needed to kill to survive. That simply is not the case here. There is absolutely no need for any person to eat a baby animal, EVER. As you said so eloquently-“…it does bother me to butcher baby animals, but the fact remains that they taste better.” And that is the only reason this animal died. Taking a life to satisfy yet another gratuitous human desire. Please don’t try to fool people into believing you care by making irrelevant excuses. Just be honest. You agree with the inhumane killing of innocent baby animals solely for the reason they taste a bit better than their adult counterparts.
It is heartless and cruel.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:55:20 +0000

I am lost for words 🙁

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:55:03 +0000

I am lost for words 🙁

By: cialis online

cialis online — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:02:02 +0000

Ok that’s disgusting… i guess you should prepare it in must clean enviroment because you don’t know what of disease it could have do the contamination.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:46:10 +0000

seems sad however, living in rural outskirts of Houston there are so many wild hogs(Male, female and yes even babies. they are destroying everything in sight. lawn, landscaping, irrigation, grown trees, vehicles…They multiply like rabbits. There is no choice but to destroy them. Yes in the US!!

By: suezq

suezq — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:48:23 +0000

I am amazed.. I have a 6 week old baby wild pig that looks just like this one and i must say some peole are straight up nasty! we have 4 dogs and 2 cats and i just can’t picture us eating them. The people who eat these pigs should try having one as a pet and they will find they are great pets

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:54:10 +0000

An excellent use of a protien resource. If you think this is revolting! You should see the cute calves that go into your hamburgers.

By: Ms. glaze

Ms. glaze — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:57:29 +0000

Alexa – I hear what your’re saying and one of the reasons I post pictures that aren’t cute is because I want people to be aware of the food chain. I want people to know that animals don’t just come packaged in the store. The boar wasn’t tortured. It was killed quickly by a hunting dog.
Yes, it does bother me to butcher baby animals, but the fact remains that they taste better. Have you ever eaten suckling pig or veal or lamb or even chicken for that matter? They are all babies. I would rather eat animlas that have at least lived their life happy in the wild then raised in a farm.
Also, the animal was dead. What do you want me to do? Waste it??? That would be an even bigger disgrace in my opinion to the animal’s life. Then he would have given up his life for nothing.
I want people to think about where food comes from. I want people to connect it to the living. Obviously, I was successful or you wouldn’t have had such a knee-jerk reaction to my post.
Let me ask you this – was it okay for our ancestors to hunt and eat what they killed, but now it’s not? Are some animals killable and others aren’t.
Again, that you for your comment. I really do value what you are saying and I hope that I have in some way answered your concerns.

By: Alexa.

Alexa. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:50:19 +0000

You stated early in the blog, that you asked your boss, was it fair to hunt animals that young – yet you cook it and serve it…
if you ask me your questioning of morals is pretty out of whack, because as you cook and serve it – your promoting that it’s alright to slaughter young animals.
I also find it quite disgusting that you take pictures of you and your co-workers holding up the animals as you skin and gut and whatever else to those animals as if they are, and never were anything of value.
So why are you questioning yourself if your obviously alright with it? Doesn’t it bother you at all that what you’re “gutting” once used those organs and muscles to live?
Just as your freely express your ideas and views of what you do, I’m freely expressing my ideas and opinions.

By: Big Mumma

Big Mumma — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:52:33 +0000

That’s just disgusting. This is why there is nothing in my home that requires the death or torture of an animal. It’s just sickening and unbelievable. And for the record, fish are living breathing creatures too so it’s not justified by saying it’s a hairy fish!

By: Tubley

Tubley — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:14:35 +0000

This is the most sickening thing I have ever seen. I don’t know how you can sleep at night.

By: laura @ cucina testa rossa

laura @ cucina testa rossa — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:15:38 +0000

oh i’d have a hard time with this one…. that’s why i stick with fish. no pleading bambi eyes or soft fur, just nasty spikes and scales and slimy skin…. and when they yell at you just smile. i’ll tell you the story when i see you of the chef that tried to get me fired or get me to quit every day.

By: Ms. Glaze

Ms. Glaze — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:29:22 +0000

HI Gwar! We just took the toothpicks out of the eyes and plopped it on a wooden planche with a sprig of thyme and bay leaf. Jus was drizzled over the top for magpie appeal – c’est tout! Then the little piggy was brought back and carved and arranged on plates to look pretty.

By: Gwar

Gwar — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:02:27 +0000

I grew up in farm country in the 1950s. This sort of thing happened all the time there/then, so the pics are no big deal. What I want to know is did it look just like the last picture (pig in the pan) when they showed it to the table? Or did it get dressed up for that act?

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:03:16 +0000

Oh, wow. I just got done reading Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential,” and I thought of you more than once as I read it. Great book.
And good job on the cute leetle bebe peeg.

By: Negrito

Negrito — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:29:19 +0000

Yeeekkk, damned coming to your blog is a risky game. When you come before lunch sometimes ypou get hungry like the wolf, but this one just cuts my desire for a tartare.
Maybe..
After all it’s just a hairy fish ? Who cares about fishes being stripped? No one, so…..
Nevertheless, looks to me more like pictures you should put on the menu to be sure people know what they eat 😀

By: jeorg

jeorg — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:42:10 +0000

hunting season fits perfectly with halloween. you know, if you wanted, you could dress up for halloween in the kitchen. i would avoid wearing animal print, since it is in season in france, and you could be next…

By: Etienne

Etienne — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:47:14 +0000

Your blog has morphed into the bizarro-opposite world version of cute overload! It\’s OK, it\’s still fascinating to hear about the kitchen drama at a 3-star restaurant even if the pictures are a little squicky 😉

By: nardac

nardac — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:30:18 +0000

Oooh, les marcassins are sooo damn cute. Did they serve up the brain too?

By: Roo

Roo — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:05:17 +0000

I marvel. You’re amazing.

By: ChrisLate

ChrisLate — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:24:24 +0000

This may bring me closer to my meals than I want to be…chocolate chips, anyone?

By: sara

sara — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:14:24 +0000

ohh god that is SICK! i hope you didnt eat that for you birthday dinner…

By: Mad William

Mad William — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:51:58 +0000

That is amazing. I am at a loss. As much as I love food and cooking and trying new things, that was just sad.
That is something you would not see in the States. Viva la France.