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An Inside Look at a Halal Slaughterhouse

I don't understand the no shock theory. In my experience slaughtering about 5000 birds a good stun seems to help the birds bleed out faster and more completely. The birds are only stunned and not killed by the shock which also increases the heart rate actually pumping blood out faster. I have no experience with mammal slaughter so I can't comment there, but for poultry the justification given for not stunning makes no sense at all.

martij at 11:31PM on 12/09/11

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Kate's Homemade (unsalted)

martij at 8:43PM on 12/05/09

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Your Oldest Cookbook?

I have my mother's copy of the Charleston Junior League Cookbook from 1951. I can't help but love the recipe that calls for sawing open a turtle shell as the first step.

martij at 8:54PM on 03/04/09

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Mystery Meat Regularly Turning Up in Park; No One Knows Why

I work in Framingham and a few months ago someone left what appeared to be a beef shoulder in a bag by the back door. It was huge and it actually looked OK. We tossed it in the dumpster and didn't think much of it but now I wonder if it was connected?

martij at 1:53AM on 11/23/08

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An Inside Look at a Halal Slaughterhouse

I don't understand the no shock theory. In my experience slaughtering about 5000 birds a good stun seems to help the birds bleed out faster and more completely. The birds are only stunned and not killed by the shock which also increases the heart rate actually pumping blood out faster. I have no experience with mammal slaughter so I can't comment there, but for poultry the justification given for not stunning makes no sense at all.

martij at 11:31PM on 12/09/11

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Do You Have a Favorite Brand of Butter?

Kate's Homemade (unsalted)

martij at 8:43PM on 12/05/09

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Your Oldest Cookbook?

I have my mother's copy of the Charleston Junior League Cookbook from 1951. I can't help but love the recipe that calls for sawing open a turtle shell as the first step.

martij at 8:54PM on 03/04/09

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Mystery Meat Regularly Turning Up in Park; No One Knows Why

I work in Framingham and a few months ago someone left what appeared to be a beef shoulder in a bag by the back door. It was huge and it actually looked OK. We tossed it in the dumpster and didn't think much of it but now I wonder if it was connected?

martij at 1:53AM on 11/23/08

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Exploding Eggs Kill Hens

I smell crazy. Unless the eggs are somehow pressurized they couldn't possibly "explode". Break maybe, but even that seems unlikely.

martij at 8:10PM on 11/08/08

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Too Many Veggies from the CSA?

My family joined a CSA this year and we found it very difficult to use everything. Overall we were very disappointed in our CSA. The quality wasn't good and we could only eat bok choy so many times a week. I also found it annoying to feel restricted to what needed to be used. Compared to the convenience quality and choice of our local farmer's market the CSA was a letdown. We will not be participating next year.

martij at 10:59PM on 10/17/08

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Squirrel: The Eco-Friendly Meat du Jour?

Even the plumpest looking squirrel has very little meat on it. Most of what you see is just puffed out fur. You need several to make a meal and even then its not much meat. But if you bag a few the way to cook 'em is to pan fry them like chicken. Just don't eat the brain as consumption has been linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

martij at 7:32PM on 05/12/08

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