It doesn’t taste the same without the suffering!
This is a joke I’ve heard before - at least, I hope it’s a joke, but what if it’s true? What if adrenaline tastes fantastic? Does it? We should know.
I’m increasingly starting to believe that the real difference between sentient, self-aware creatures like humans and other animals is that we have the ability to decide something is bad and then not do it, even though our biological drive is to do so.
Stress in animals leads to worse tasting meat, to the point that it heavily affects the meat industry. There’s probably better sources but this was what I found quickly: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-scared-animals-taste-worse
I think I’ve read somewhere that e.g. hunters try to avoid stressing the animal before killing it, because
adrenalinecortisol tastes bad. I could be wrong, though.
Finally - now I can enjoy truly vegetarian foods, knowing that my food cried before it died! :-P (\s)
There’s actually truth in it.
There is, just a little. 🙂
For people that don’t have context…I know farmers that irrigate (water) their beans. But a lot of smart farmers don’t irrigate right away! They want the soybean plant to establish, to set up down roots in the soil (in search of water). They allow the plants to struggle. Then, when they feel the time is right, they say, “Alright, let them have it.” And shower them with water as needed.
If this isn’t done, the farmer risks creating a bunch of soybean plants that aren’t firmly rooted in the soil.
It’s similar to people in life; whether they realize it or not, they need struggle & adversity in order to fully develop properly. We can identify people that are soft & coddled, that don’t know how to work. Now more than ever. They’re ill-suited for life. Perhaps shielding them from every real pain, struggle, adversity seemed like a kindness, but in the end it tends to be a disservice.
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