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10. Any hunter can tell you stress changes the flavor of meat

Mon May 14, 2012, 10:37 AM

May 2012

My son's a hunter. One year he brought me tenderloin from a deer who'd survived a good 20 minutes after the first shot, and had to be chased down. The second year, he brought me tenderloin from a deer who'd been felled with the first shot and just dropped dead with a shot to the heart. Both animals were free range, eating the same diet, and butchered by the same commercial butcher.

The difference in flavor was undebatable. I could barely eat the first deer, and told him not to bring me any more meat. I was so glad I tried it the second time, because now I love it.

As for stress of transport, have you ever watched pigs being rounded up to put them in the transport trailer? They're terrified and squealing and know something bad is going to happen. There are a whole host of hormones and lactic acid building up in those poor animals.

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K&R. It gets harder every day to eat even a remotely healthy diet here. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #1

Very true get the red out May 2012 #2

Also very true. When you only have a choice between Walmart & Albertson's Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #5

You are so correct. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #8

One can still eat low on the roody May 2012 #14

The benefits to buying local and eating vegetarian siligut May 2012 #3

Here's why small farmers can't make it as meat growers: mainer May 2012 #4

"Slaughterhouse on wheels" exist. They come to the farm to do the slaughtering jeff47 May 2012 #6

That would be immensely better -- but I still would prefer a responsible farmer mainer May 2012 #11

It's the inspections that's the problem, not a certification. jeff47 May 2012 #15

What you said... only more so... Bigmack May 2012 #7

Excellent post obamanut2012 May 2012 #12

Peer reviewed source? AtheistCrusader May 2012 #9

Any hunter can tell you stress changes the flavor of meat mainer May 2012 #10

I hunt as well. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #13

both were young bucks, both shot in almost the same location mainer May 2012 #16

You do realize that not all animals produce the same quality meat, right? jeff47 May 2012 #17

The hormonal changes are proven; the taste is subjective mainer May 2012 #18

There do seem to be some studies on this... mainer May 2012 #19

Peer-reviewed sources are not that difficult to find GoCubsGo May 2012 #20

Thanks, I was using the wrong keywords to search. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #21

We have a small local country butcher. Best of all worlds. knitter4democracy May 2012 #22