If a squirrel takes a bite

[jillian]

Personally, if I knew for a fact that a rodent had taken a bite I would not eat it. But, to each his own.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by My Foot Smells

lived on the coast for several years growing up (Galveston), and I can taste the difference between gulf coast shrimp, and farm raised. As a matter of fact, I can taste the difference in a lot of things in terms of raising practices with regards to animals. Plants I cannot, but the fresher the better.

The chicken houses for Tyson are scattered all over the state and stink like an unbathed hippie. The summertime you can hardly walk into one of those things, and even a drive by will draw comment. They are stuffed in their like sardines and live amongst several dead birds that die from prison conditions, overcrowding, and high heat. The meat is fatty, and not to mention all the growth hormone stuff.

One example of many. Personally, I think it does make a difference with animals and quality of meat. In regards to fish, I'm a snob. There are some water sources I will not eat from........

First it was a derogatory comment about rednecks and now it is a derogatory comment about hippies.

My wife was a collage hippie and I (((just ">>>might<<<" be a redneck))) in some peoples eyes.

If we would have had children they would have been redneck hippies.

Worth

[dmforcier]

In Texas we call them "longnecks". Like the beer.

[My Foot Smells]

The F1 hybrid of the "hipneck" usually becomes a corporate c.e.o., school teacher, or software engineer.

Good one dm, "that long neck bottle, let go of my hand"

[dustdevil]

Originally Posted by Worth1

First it was a derogatory comment about rednecks and now it is a derogatory comment about hippies.

My wife was a collage hippie and I (((just ">>>might<<<" be a redneck))) in some peoples eyes.

If we would have had children they would have been redneck hippies.

Worth

When the original Hippie Movement took place, they didn't take baths. That was part of being "natural".

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by dustdevil

When the original Hippie Movement took place, they didn't take baths. That was part of being "natural".

That's what I was thinking, they just didn't anticipate the lice and sewer problems.
My cousin was a member of one and at Haight Ashbury in the 60's.

He did the whole gambit.
Turned on.
Tuned in
Dropped out of collage.
Burned draft card.
Ran off to lord knows where.
He still lives in California is in the building trade and a really nice guy.

Worth

[fonseca]

Originally Posted by My Foot Smells

The chicken houses for Tyson are scattered all over the state and stink like an unbathed hippie. The summertime you can hardly walk into one of those things, and even a drive by will draw comment. They are stuffed in their like sardines and live amongst several dead birds that die from prison conditions, overcrowding, and high heat. The meat is fatty, and not to mention all the growth hormone stuff.

And yet The US raises 9 billion broiler chickens each year in those deplorable conditions. It's truly sickening. The few corporations that dominate the market also take advantage of the farmers they contract with. Consumers end up with unhealthy birds and flavorless meat that is contaminated with harmful bacteria during processing.

On topic, I have more than a few tomatoes and peppers with squirrel bites. I have been pulling them if they are immature, but I have a few further along that I will eat if they heal.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Why are people so concerned about animals and what they eat before we eat them and feed every nasty thing under the sun to their plants?

I have heard people say they wont eat catfish because they are scavengers but rave about how good the crab or lobster was some place.
Truth of the matter is, catfish are less of a scavenger than most people think.
A crab and a lobster are noting but scavengers.
The crab is also very close relative of the common head louse.

Head louse salad sandwich, on ciabatta. Mmmmmm.

[Bulldog]

I was thinking like a piece of tape or like the clear film they use for medical bandaging over the hole. It was a beautiful tomato. It came back and ate more, so all is lost, I think.

[ScottinAtlanta]

Not only do I eat the tomato, I eat the squirrel that ate it.

All comes around.

[Bulldog]

Well, I did chop off the part where it was bitten, and I had a large part of the very large tomato left. It was almost ripe, despite being greenish with pink stripes. I think it may have been Fred's tie dye. Very tasty almost ripe very large tomato on a dwarf type plant about3 feet high.

My labeling with Popsicle sticks leaves me guessing

[habitat_gardener]

Originally Posted by fonseca

And yet The US raises 9 billion broiler chickens each year in those deplorable conditions. It's truly sickening. The few corporations that dominate the market also take advantage of the farmers they contract with. ...

Here's another video on the same topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI

[Stvrob]

You could drip a few drops of candle wax over the hole as a sort of bandage.

[Gardeneer]

If I have plenty of maters to go around , I will pitch them. Otherwise just cut out the munched part and use the remainder.
You can always use them in cooking.
Gardeneer.