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Those of us who use an RSS Reader still had to deal with ALL of the photos arriving in the post. Please think and put this type of stuff behind a cut in the future.

I didn't mean for this to get out of hand and all political. I thought the photo was too much for the homepage, which is viewed by a lot of people, some of whom probably don't want to see a skinned lamb whose face it turned up like it's looking at the camera. My comment was directed at the SE editors who completely caught my drift and moved the more explicit photo after the jump.

Keep SE's weird and nasty bits! But the more extreme photos should be saved for the full article, for the animals rights people and those who are just casually scrolling through on their lunch breaks.

@Carey Jones - Please keep posting articles like this. These are the kind of topics that keep me coming here. I find Chichi's contributions have been the most interesting and informative this site has offered lately. This site covers a lot ground foodwise and that's what is fun about it. I don't complain about all the retro junk food or the cake mix reviews so let me have my Nasty Bits, Seriously Asian and butchering articles.

Things are generally interesting, insightful when they are also informative.

I absolutely respect anyone who wants to be vegan, vegetarian or an animal rights activist in WHATEVER fashion they choose to do so. I cannot condone them whining because some parts of food are less pleasing to their eye. Guess what...by showing people how animals are raised and slaughtered under humane conditions convinces them to be more thoughtful about the ways in which they purchase and consume meat...then this is doing you and your political ideals a service.

I cannot believe people have the audacity to complain because a free website does not conform to their own personal political beliefs, but rather, conforms to it's own mandate. If I complained about everythign I found icky on the internet I'd have to quit my job and cut back on my sleeping hours.

Yes...it's a dead animal. People eat dead animals whether you like it or not. They are curious about it and they want to see where their food is coming from. You can't possibly be that precious about it because you're not a meat eater. What is disgusting to you is just that.

Or perhaps you'd all like to write with the hours you choose to eat while browsing the internet so that the editors at Serious Eats can cater to your whims?

I'm completely grossed out by this. Yes that was one happy lamb, but now it is one dead, skinned lamb. Your audience also has Vegans/Vegetarians/Animal Rights activists because this blog is filled with interesting content, insight, and places to visit. Yet, I find this post to be somewhat inconsiderate of your outreach.

I bet people who are grossed out by that picture eat feedlot beef, factory pork and battery chickens. Those are all fine because they come in neat little styrofoam trays. But don't let them see the carcass of what was a happy, healthy, pastured lamb. That's too outrageous.

for cookbooks, i borrowed moosewood from the library soooo many times. i love the hot and sour soup.

My Mom is veg, no spicy, no dairy, and she does a lot with Indian dal and/or veg curry recipes minus the chilis.

Vegetable soup is always great for picky eaters. You only put in the veggies you are interested in eating. Winter minestrone is good for this time of year, and you can even thicken it to a more stew-like consistency to make it more hearty. I agree with the risotto suggestion as well. And if you like cheese, a potato gratin might be nice.

when you say you don't lilke milk or eggs, is that also to cook with? i mean, if you make a sauce out of milk or enrich something with eggs, you don't actually taste the milk or eggs? but maybe you aren't eating them for other reasons. just trying to clarify.

try bittman's book on how to cook vegetables.

My wife has similar restrictions (vegetarian, not spicy, no detectable eggs). When we first me there were a lot of foods that she "didn't like". It turns out she mostly just doesn't like the taste of cumin (that took a long time to figure out!). On the other hand, I love all sorts of food. I've found that I can make just about any of my favorite foods if I just limit the amount of cumin and chili peppers.

Most of the recipes I make are found by Googling "recipe vegetarian [name of food/country/cuisine]". Tonight we had a vegetarian Thai tom yum soup (hot/sour soup made w/ lots of veggies and limes/lemon grass).

Other favorites include corn salad with bean, tomatoes and bell peppers. We eat it hot or cold with rice or tortillas. We also make calzones but sometimes with oil, no sauce and less cheese. And we love Asian rice/noodles with peanut or hoisin sauce. You should also try Central and South American vegetarian dishes. Many of the central/South American countries avoid spicy foods.

I made this meal based on something I ate in Hawaii a couple years ago:

http://lveggplant.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/recipe-of-the-week-er-i-mean-tri-annual-recipe-purple-potatoes/

it is PHENOMENAL. If you like Asian flavors you'll love it (just omit the shrimp if you don't eat seafood)