Comments on: To Eat Chicken Or Not To Eat Chicken… http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/ An American in Bloomsbury Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kathyf http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-171 kathyf Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-171 <I>I could not subsist on beans and tofu alone.</I> Sure you could. There are far more kinds of beans than there are kinds of flesh. And have you ever tried Quorn, or some of Tesco's line of vegetarian products? And then there's tempeh, and TVP, and a load of other soy products, and seitan, a gluten product that's sometimes called "wheat meat". I could go on. But get yourself a vegetarian cookbook and you'll see what I mean. Lecture over. Like the blog, btw, and your comments to ViL. I could not subsist on beans and tofu alone.

Sure you could. There are far more kinds of beans than there are kinds of flesh.

And have you ever tried Quorn, or some of Tesco’s line of vegetarian products? And then there’s tempeh, and TVP, and a load of other soy products, and seitan, a gluten product that’s sometimes called “wheat meat”.

I could go on. But get yourself a vegetarian cookbook and you’ll see what I mean.

Lecture over. Like the blog, btw, and your comments to ViL.

]]> By: Anglofille http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-170 Anglofille Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:50:00 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-170 Anita, I'm surprised you can even eat chicken after that! Jann, it's good to know that cooking the chicken kills the virus. I feel totally confused and there's so much misinformation floating around. Anita, I’m surprised you can even eat chicken after that!

Jann, it’s good to know that cooking the chicken kills the virus. I feel totally confused and there’s so much misinformation floating around.

]]> By: Jann http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-169 Jann Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-169 Eat, eat! Bird flu or not, if you cook chicken properly the virus dies. And you have to cook chicken thoroughly anyway, right? Basic food hygiene and common sense is all that's needed. Although I freely admit that I have no idea of the implications of a full-blown epidemic. But let's face it, so far the only cases of transferrence to humans have involved strange practices like kissing the bloomin' things. Not my style. If someone I know has flu and eats some of my roast chicken off the bone, I'll still chuck their leftovers in the stockpot. 100 degrees for a few hours and nothing short of anthrax is goona get through that... Eat, eat! Bird flu or not, if you cook chicken properly the virus dies. And you have to cook chicken thoroughly anyway, right?

Basic food hygiene and common sense is all that’s needed. Although I freely admit that I have no idea of the implications of a full-blown epidemic. But let’s face it, so far the only cases of transferrence to humans have involved strange practices like kissing the bloomin’ things. Not my style.

If someone I know has flu and eats some of my roast chicken off the bone, I’ll still chuck their leftovers in the stockpot. 100 degrees for a few hours and nothing short of anthrax is goona get through that…

]]> By: Anita http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-168 Anita Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:47:00 +0000 http://www.anglofille.com/2006/02/22/to-eat-chicken-or-not-to-eat-chicken%e2%80%a6/#comment-168 I eat bird or fish or both every day that I breathe. What to do, what to do? I long for the summers at my great grandmother's house. She raised the birds and wrung their necks, plucked 'em and fried them and you knew where they'd been and what they'd eaten and their wasn't a chemical or a flu within miles. Of course, after watching my great grandmother plunk the bird down, slap a board over its neck, step on the board and pull the fool birds body headless, this kid rarely wanted chicken for dinner. I eat bird or fish or both every day that I breathe. What to do, what to do? I long for the summers at my great grandmother’s house. She raised the birds and wrung their necks, plucked ‘em and fried them and you knew where they’d been and what they’d eaten and their wasn’t a chemical or a flu within miles. Of course, after watching my great grandmother plunk the bird down, slap a board over its neck, step on the board and pull the fool birds body headless, this kid rarely wanted chicken for dinner.

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