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Andrew L



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:29 am    Post subject: Farming diversification? Reply with quote

A couple of unusual birds (emu's?) have appeared at a local farm recently

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15442706@N07/sets/72157603217623977/show/

You might need to look carefully at the pictures.

Any unusual farming near you?
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angel



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How can you tell they are Emu's Andrew? Icon_wink

We have an Ostrich farm somewhere near here.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spot the question mark
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I spotted it Andrew [Sheesh]
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought some ostrich steaks recently. They were very nice.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was it John, Im always a bit funny about trying new food.

We have a restaurant in Brentwood that sells some dodgy meatish stuff, they had alligator once. Icon_swoon
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few years ago we had an Australian restaurant open in Bradford. They did kangaroo, alligator, wallaby etc.... allegedly. It didn't last long.... Icon_laugh
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EEWWWWWWWWW Icon_swoon
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I find it amusing how we say that some animals are good to eat and others are not. It is not as if we are following some sort of religious law but down to if we normally eat them. After all if we are happy to eat beef then why not horse? We eat lamb and chickens and rabbit but not alligator, or wallaby, or even guinea pig.
When you think about it all animal flesh is meat is it not?
How many of us have in the past eaten something and only thought YUK when we found out what it was?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because I have a Choice, I choose not to eat Guinea Pig, Wallaby, Kangaroo or Rabbit.

Yet if I was starving, I would eat most things Im sure.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a distant relative who was shipwrecked and spent weeks in a lifeboat...................................They ate the cabin boy. I kid you not. Icon_swoon
Remember those people who survived a plane crash and ate some of the dead bodies. Who knows what one would eat if they were starving.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Updated with closer pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15442706@N07/sets/72157603217623977/show/
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Andrew. Icon_happythumbsup
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to know someone who ate guinea pig.

And I enjoyed ostrich a while ago.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's an Llama farm just up the road from where my parents live, and here in Winnipeg there are adverts on TV encouraging people to take up Alpaca farming.

I know that both animals are kept for their wool, but I think that their milk and meat is also used. (Alpaca cheese, anyone?!)
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