do u know how to slaughter ur own food?

[hynx]

do u know how to slaughter ur own food? do u only buy it ready for cooking food?

pst. this already exists here: https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...hering-animals

[WskyDK]

No.
Specialization is what makes society possible.

[xcitng]

Nope and don't need to

[Daethz]

Never did it, sure i could wing it.

[munkeyinorbit]

do u know how to slaughter ur own food? do u only buy it ready for cooking food?

No I don't I live in a civilised country where we have people to do that.

[shadowmouse]

<bungee looks out window, contemplates where and why he would be slaughtering his own food amid well over 20 million people>

Quick somebody find the clip from the Rush Hour movies where Chris Tucker rescues the chicken!

That should be it but I can't check the link since Youtube is blocked here.

Do I know how? Yes, but that's Pink's domain.

[Deleted]

No reason to 'learn' how to kill and clean (gut) an animal. It's not rocket science. If I ever get lost in the middle of nowhere, I'll do it. Luckily I live in a civilised country where we don't have to hunt, kill and clean our own animals. Instead, we have people who do that no brains job and people who get an education and do something else useful for society. Without specialisation, humanity would not be where it is now. We'd still all be hunter/gatherers.

[Lylandra]

I know how to collect edible fruits or slaughter brokkoli, cucumber and potatoes

I also milked a cow once.

[Lochton]

The supermarket will also sell me a small piece of my choice for those times I don't need to carve a thousand pounds of beef.

Oh, indeed. Would be waste to chop down a whole beast just for a single steak.

[yetgdhfgh]

I know how to do it but i have no wish to ever do it myself

I love animals though iam not a vegetarian

[Helgrimm]

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

Oh yeah, quoting someone makes people looks smart and all, but let's really dive into that one. That quote is referring to a character archtype. A character whom if he/she came into contact with any particular task as the writer sees fit, he could accomplish it, like butchering a hog. Heinlein's talking about the type of character who will be competent in whatever setting the story is in. He is not proclaiming every competent man needs to know how to butcher a hog.

Now, the reality here is there's quite a lot of things to learn in the world and not enough time in our mortal lives to do it all. I'm putting "butchering a hog" below many other things, like playing the piano or flying a plane.

[Mormolyce]

Those carrots and potatoes better watch the fuck out, I can tell you.

[Revi]

I can catch and prepare fish, but never butchered ant land-animals.

In a pinch I could definitely get meat out of an animal, but I'd waste a some and ruin the quality due to not knowing how to do it properly.

[Eveningforest]

I know how to fish, and a little bit about canning food/preserving meat. My dad was kindof sexist and told me and my sisters point blank that girls don't need to know how to hunt so we were left out of hunting trips growing up. I'd still like to learn.

Your dad was an insecure man child whose masculinity got threatened too easily. Can you imagine the horror if you or your sister turned out to be better hunters than him? Rofl!

I grew up around forestry and hunting in Europe and have fond memories of it too. Hunting parties consisted of both men and women and I have never heard sexist nonsense like that, ever.

I share your sentiment about the whole thing. Not many opportunities in the Chicago area. Maybe, someday...

[Voidism]

I don't eat meat so yeah I know how to pick vegetables.

[Putin-Chan]

I'm sure I could learn while doing it. Just like sex and riding a bike.

[Celista]

Indeed, my aunt and I enjoyed the quiet week/ends while my shithead uncle was up north or out of state during the hunting seasons 1993-1999. I still got to go on the 1995 hunting trip to Montana though.

Sucks you missed out on hunting though. There was always lots of female hunters in ares I've lived, and my 1994 hunter safety class was half girls.

Yeah there are a lot of female Alaskan hunters in my home state growing up, I know my dad's statements/behaviors were pretty unusual. I have a few female friends interested in learning to shoot/hunt so we are talking about taking some classes together and maybe planning a trip after that.