Post by sistereurope on Nov 25, 2007 10:44:44 GMT -5
Whoa, I really did not realize that I was opening up such a can of worms with my post!
OK, I do feel the need to respond to your comment, geordy, about gun laws and the ethics if hunting...my husband the hunter is also VERY anti-handgun and doesn't own one...he believes in very strict gun control laws, keeps his guns double locked in an iron safe (and only he knows the combinations). He took many hunter safety courses and follows the law to the letter. He would never ever poach, kill anything that was endangered (he also fishes and never keeps anything on the endangered list), he is an environmentalist who gives money to save the bay here in MD and also gives lots of money to wildlife organizations and organizations working to save the forests. His one son had no interest in hunting but his other son wanted to go - my husband made him take classes and taught him the laws...and I can state for a fact that my stepson has a respect for life that many teens lack (my stepsons never ever played video killing games and do not own any kind of gameboy or playstation or any other device...to me they are WAY more dangerous in teaching kids to kill and result in kids being numbed to violence) So, to sum up, the stereotype of the ignorant bloodthirsty hunter was shattered for me when I met my husband - although I agree with you that there are those out there who give the rest of them a bad name and do cause harm.
My husband wishes it were the 1800's so he would never have to rely on the supermarket for food - he grows things in our garden and we get eggs from our chickens - he fishes whenever he can and he would love to live on a farm and raise animals - for him, the hunting is about trying to get back to a time when man was self sufficient - he wants to feel connected to the earth as much as possible. It's not how I feel but who am I to question that for him? I too have more qualms about factory farming and chickens having a terrible short life, crammed into coops with their beaks clipped than I do with my husband killing one deer in a year, if that...
OK, that said, no he didn't catch one this time. But I do very much appreciate the recipes and links, and thanks Anne for taking the time to translate the recipe for me - I was, after all, looking for French recipes!! I will let you know if I ever get the opportunity to use it or any of the other recipes!
And so geordy, we can agree to disagree on this point, and we'll have many things to talk about when we get together in Paris. I'll buy you a glass of veuve and we can toast to how wonderful it is that we're all different, but we all share a love of Paris!
OK, I do feel the need to respond to your comment, geordy, about gun laws and the ethics if hunting...my husband the hunter is also VERY anti-handgun and doesn't own one...he believes in very strict gun control laws, keeps his guns double locked in an iron safe (and only he knows the combinations). He took many hunter safety courses and follows the law to the letter. He would never ever poach, kill anything that was endangered (he also fishes and never keeps anything on the endangered list), he is an environmentalist who gives money to save the bay here in MD and also gives lots of money to wildlife organizations and organizations working to save the forests. His one son had no interest in hunting but his other son wanted to go - my husband made him take classes and taught him the laws...and I can state for a fact that my stepson has a respect for life that many teens lack (my stepsons never ever played video killing games and do not own any kind of gameboy or playstation or any other device...to me they are WAY more dangerous in teaching kids to kill and result in kids being numbed to violence) So, to sum up, the stereotype of the ignorant bloodthirsty hunter was shattered for me when I met my husband - although I agree with you that there are those out there who give the rest of them a bad name and do cause harm.
My husband wishes it were the 1800's so he would never have to rely on the supermarket for food - he grows things in our garden and we get eggs from our chickens - he fishes whenever he can and he would love to live on a farm and raise animals - for him, the hunting is about trying to get back to a time when man was self sufficient - he wants to feel connected to the earth as much as possible. It's not how I feel but who am I to question that for him? I too have more qualms about factory farming and chickens having a terrible short life, crammed into coops with their beaks clipped than I do with my husband killing one deer in a year, if that...
OK, that said, no he didn't catch one this time. But I do very much appreciate the recipes and links, and thanks Anne for taking the time to translate the recipe for me - I was, after all, looking for French recipes!! I will let you know if I ever get the opportunity to use it or any of the other recipes!
And so geordy, we can agree to disagree on this point, and we'll have many things to talk about when we get together in Paris. I'll buy you a glass of veuve and we can toast to how wonderful it is that we're all different, but we all share a love of Paris!
Let the riot begin! LOL - 
hahahha