IF folks went to a slaughter house they would be introduced to reality. Cows and pigs dispatched with a sledge hammer...and often the swing misses the right spot so the animal loses part of the skull and another swing is required. This was at a huge processor. Then watching what goes into the vats for hot dogs...YUM!
Re the use of offal; Americans are overwhelmingly too squeamish and wasteful. Many types of offal were considered gourmet fare for generations. Even things like the head are virtually unseen here, where everything is geared for processing speed, packaging, or the mass market. Anything other than standard beef cuts or chicken are either hard to find, or like lamb, sky high. I asked for calves liver recently and they just looked at me funny and couldn't understand the difference.
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