tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post7548281759070216290..comments2023-10-22T03:48:28.301-04:00Comments on Henbogle: Cloning is just creepyAlihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462041577129730944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post-43792927985370511622008-01-20T20:25:00.000-05:002008-01-20T20:25:00.000-05:00Tracy, I LOVE our freezer, it is so nice to have f...Tracy, I LOVE our freezer, it is so nice to have for freezing the extra from the garden, or even from a CSA if you were in one. <BR/><BR/>It is not as efficient as a chest freezer, but since we bought it used for $20, I am ok with that. It sits in our unheated shed, which also keeps the cost of running it lower during the winter months, when nature lends a hand.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can go and see MP some time when he's on tour, I understand he is making the rounds... that might convince Bill.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462041577129730944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post-39076665887935242982008-01-20T20:08:00.000-05:002008-01-20T20:08:00.000-05:00Ali: I completely agree with you on cloning. I jus...Ali: I completely agree with you on cloning. I just don't understand the need or desire for it. Plus, who knows what unintended consequences we'll end up with in years to come? I really envy you your freezer. I'm trying to get Bill to read The Omnivore's Dilemma so I can convince him we really need a chest freezer. (I wish I were more convincing on my own, but I think after all this time of me ranting about local food, it seems I need an "official" third party to help me to convince him!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post-50248066668748144132008-01-20T19:31:00.000-05:002008-01-20T19:31:00.000-05:00And the thing with cloning is that it presumes you...And the thing with cloning is that it presumes you have reached the ultimate animal, that there is NOTHING about the animal which could be improved upon in the next generation. <BR/><BR/>The local pork is divine. Try this simple marinade -- 1 cup buttermilk or milk with 1 t salt. Yum. I'm really curious about the sauerkraut, I'd love to try it, but honestly don't know where I'd be able to store a crock... At least we have a good kraut maker within 40 miles.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462041577129730944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post-82441343400354946172008-01-20T10:18:00.000-05:002008-01-20T10:18:00.000-05:00What I just don't get about cloning is that it is ...What I just don't get about cloning is that it is really very expensive to do. I would think the "old fashioned way" would be a lot cheaper so would be the preferred way...and it is, actually. But the race to monocultures is just so insidiously endemic to industrial agriculture that most likely cloning will become both common and cheap.<BR/><BR/>And I just started eating meat again (after 16 years) because I finally had the alternative to humanely raised stuff...and my local eating thing has kind of taken over my life. SO. I made my first pork chop in probably 20 years and they were HEAVENLY. Considering the nasty shoe leather I grew up eating, it was a revelation. (Marinated in wine and garlic for a day, cooked in a cast-iron skillet under the broiler. Served with my sauerkraut and salad and apples.)<BR/><BR/>--ElAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25135779.post-67026493540603064262008-01-19T21:43:00.000-05:002008-01-19T21:43:00.000-05:00I'm with you--cloned meat is creepy, gross, and un...I'm with you--cloned meat is creepy, gross, and unnatural. I'm all about science, but I don't get this. <I>Why</I> would it even be necessary? I understand that Monsanto or whoever is probably out to breed the ultimate beef cow, but hasn't good ol' selective breeding gotten us pretty good animals up to now?<BR/><BR/>I haven't eaten meat in years--because of the environmental impact the whole business has and because of all the junk that's in it--but I'll eat good, local, responsibly raised meat like you guys have stocked up on. It's great that you've got a friend who can hook you up!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830705259612540929noreply@blogger.com