tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post5282125711478353352..comments2024-03-28T02:29:13.507-07:00Comments on Legal Ruralism: "The Urban Deerslayer"Lisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-62406206563230180942009-11-30T20:30:16.293-08:002009-11-30T20:30:16.293-08:00There is a real disconnect for me in the image of ...There is a real disconnect for me in the image of urbanites donning heavy plaids or camo and cleaning their rifles together before they head out on their macabre adventure. The whole enterprise has a gratuitous feel to it. <br />But then I catch myself - maybe they're not mere posers or they are posers but they're driven to move towards authenticity. Beginners are easy prey.<br />And for meat eaters in particular I respect that search for authenticity. There is something honorable in at least making the attempt to restore some reality to the food we each eat. <br />Spec's description is dead on and it is a process that is replicated, without nearly so much emotion or attention, more than 50 billion times each year in order to fulfill the collective wish for flesh on the plate.camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178503988607451636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-2748954268707004962009-11-30T15:41:40.527-08:002009-11-30T15:41:40.527-08:00I agree with Spec. I think there is something to ...I agree with Spec. I think there is something to be said for civilization and not having to hunt what you eat or "figure out" how you're going to eat it locally. I think eating locally is awesome - but does that discriminate against urban people? In areas that import almost all their foods, you can't really hold it against them that they don't eat "locally" or primally. <br /><br />I'm also a big fan of food=function. With all the politics, people wanting to eat locally, vegetarians v. vegans v. all organic v. fishetarians, etc...it's exhausting. At some point we have to just remember that we need food for sustenance, and that a lot of our nation (and world) would be happy to eat Duck or Steak from no matter where it came.CityMousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714944107342746536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-48405108045293364202009-11-27T23:00:13.226-08:002009-11-27T23:00:13.226-08:00Hmmm...difficult to know how I feel about this. I ...Hmmm...difficult to know how I feel about this. I grew up hunting. If it ranged in the Pacific Northwest, my family hunted it. Deer, Elk, Bear, Antelope, Duck, Grouse...heck, my brother's even went squirrel hunting. I would also put fishing under the moniker of hunting and we did a lot of that as well. It's one thing to fantasize about being the rugged, rural individual who lives off the land (we ate everything we killed). It's another to actually kill another living thing, walk up to it while it is still dying, have to slit its throat, eviscerate it, and then cut it into quarters because it is too far to haul it back in one piece. <br />Apologize for the graphic nature but there is something to say for "civilization", we just have to decide what that is...Spechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323579827302004339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171420941776673660.post-54251511675038514372009-11-27T17:42:49.919-08:002009-11-27T17:42:49.919-08:00On a related note, a great blog for foodies, hunte...On a related note, a great blog for foodies, hunters, anglers, and everyone who's interested in how we procure and prepare our food should check out a great blog: Hunter, Angler, Gardner, Cook @ http://www.honest-food.net/blog1/<br /><br />It's written by a Sacramento local who's engaged in the laborious (and interesting) endeavor of trying to grow, hunt, or locally acquire most, if not everything he eats. <br /><br />Check it out!Adam Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090828833140911292noreply@blogger.com