I really don't think I could, I know it is part and parcel of being a chef and all that goes with it but I don't think I could bring myself to do it 
If you had have been in HK, could you have chopped up those eels?
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Nope, I'm incredibly squeamish. I passed out the other week after cutting my finger on a tin lid!
At any rate, I don't buy all this nonsense about 'learning where our food comes from' as a reason to justify killing animals on live TV. It's just an excuse to be controversial.
At any rate, I don't buy all this nonsense about 'learning where our food comes from' as a reason to justify killing animals on live TV. It's just an excuse to be controversial.
No way could I do that.
Niomi refused I believe but I switched channels as I couldn't bear to watch the whole scenario so I couldn't be entirely sure.
Niomi refused I believe but I switched channels as I couldn't bear to watch the whole scenario so I couldn't be entirely sure.
Maybe I could have chopped the head off an eel but I couldn't do it to any other living creature.
When I was small we lived by the seaside and pulling a crab apart didn't bother me, all us kids did it, it was just part of country life or if you will seaside life.
Today, living a town life for the last 20 years, I'm much more squeamish.
When I was small we lived by the seaside and pulling a crab apart didn't bother me, all us kids did it, it was just part of country life or if you will seaside life.
Today, living a town life for the last 20 years, I'm much more squeamish.
Originally Posted by flowerpowa:
“Maybe I could have chopped the head off an eel but I couldn't do it to any other living creature.
When I was small we lived by the seaside and pulling a crab apart didn't bother me, all us kids did it, it was just part of country life or if you will seaside life.
Today, living a town life for the last 20 years, I'm much more squeamish.”
“Maybe I could have chopped the head off an eel but I couldn't do it to any other living creature.
When I was small we lived by the seaside and pulling a crab apart didn't bother me, all us kids did it, it was just part of country life or if you will seaside life.
Today, living a town life for the last 20 years, I'm much more squeamish.”
Do you mean live ones??
I must have always been a softie. My sisters and I went out and caught some prawns when we were on holiday and my mum was going to boil them alive and we were all horrified. We put them back...........I can't eat lobster and crab to this day.
I would do it in self defence, for instance if an eel were trying to kill me or possibly if I wanted eel for my tea.
Nope, veggie, don't eat em, don't see why I should kill em.. I would have been sitting out the back with the bins. 
Originally Posted by Reality Sucks:
“Do you mean live ones??
I must have always been a softie. My sisters and I went out and caught some prawns when we were on holiday and my mum was going to boil them alive and we were all horrified. We put them back...........I can't eat lobster and crab to this day.”
“Do you mean live ones??
I must have always been a softie. My sisters and I went out and caught some prawns when we were on holiday and my mum was going to boil them alive and we were all horrified. We put them back...........I can't eat lobster and crab to this day.”
Like I said I was born and brought up by the seaside, we used to have crab races on the promenade. My mother used to collect winkles and mussels and cook them, so it was all part of growing up.
Now I have become a 'Townie' after 20 or so years of living a Town life, I have become used to their habits.
I would have done it, I grew up with my mother buying live eels etc from the fishmongers.
Although I have to say I personally don't like the taste of eel.
Although I have to say I personally don't like the taste of eel.
No.
I would never eat eel, so I wouldn't kill one.
Though it might be tempting to smack Jody round the chops with it
I would never eat eel, so I wouldn't kill one.
Though it might be tempting to smack Jody round the chops with it
Originally Posted by john176bramley:
“I would do it in self defence, for instance if an eel were trying to kill me or possibly if I wanted eel for my tea.”
“I would do it in self defence, for instance if an eel were trying to kill me or possibly if I wanted eel for my tea.
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pmsl !
Would it have little blowdarts in it's mouth, laced with human poisin ?? Would make a great movie
No problem at all. I used to work in a salmon processing factory. When you have to kill & gut 30 or 40 per hour it becomes second nature
I felt a bit sorry for the eels because slimy Grant Bovey had more cause to be shoved in a sack and then have his slippery head thwacked off by a meat cleaver.
Absolutely not! If anyone has been deep sea fishing, you'll know that catching live fish and killing them is a horrible experience. I went a few years back on a trip fishing for barracuda (naiive to what was involved). The fish were thrown into dry metal boxes on the boat and left in there to die. As well as the thrashing around (as they tried in vain to escape) they made terrible noises - a sonar type squeal.
Absolutely one of the worst experiences of my life. I'm not squeamish but this was quite horrific as well as the feeling of guilt and helplessness as all I wanted to do was throw them back into the water.
Absolutely one of the worst experiences of my life. I'm not squeamish but this was quite horrific as well as the feeling of guilt and helplessness as all I wanted to do was throw them back into the water.
Originally Posted by lozza73:
“Absolutely not! If anyone has been deep sea fishing, you'll know that catching live fish and killing them is a horrible experience. I went a few years back on a trip fishing for barracuda (naiive to what was involved). The fish were thrown into dry metal boxes on the boat and left in there to die. As well as the thrashing around (as they tried in vain to escape) they made terrible noises - a sonar type squeal.”
“Absolutely not! If anyone has been deep sea fishing, you'll know that catching live fish and killing them is a horrible experience. I went a few years back on a trip fishing for barracuda (naiive to what was involved). The fish were thrown into dry metal boxes on the boat and left in there to die. As well as the thrashing around (as they tried in vain to escape) they made terrible noises - a sonar type squeal.”
99% of the time it is not always like this so please don't tar all fishing with the same brush. Your skipper should have had the good sense to kill the fish as quickly and efficiently as possible. I've been fishing off the coast of Dorset a few times and can honestly say the fish I caught, killed and ate a couple of hours later that day were the best I've ever tasted.
I'd have chopped the eels' heads off, but not just for entertainment like it was the other night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBh1FAEthoc&NR=1
Just have a watch of this Frasier Episode "The Innkeepers" Part 3 - the bit with the eels...lol it is so funny - What Daphne does is brilliant.......
Just have a watch of this Frasier Episode "The Innkeepers" Part 3 - the bit with the eels...lol it is so funny - What Daphne does is brilliant.......
I would not hesitate in doing so as I love meat and fish and have to accept the consequences of that. However it would not amuse me and I would relish it. I would just do it quickly and abruptly and then move on to get ready to cook it.
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