Panic!

@relentless-red said
I was sad when I heard about the pigs, although I also wondered about the argument about 'having' to cull them. To some extent there was an element of not being able to keep them alive to grow a bit older just because of the standards dictated by supermarkets that the meat of older pigs won't quite meet. Like the potatoes that 'can't' be used just because they don't hi ...[text shortened]... shermen going out in poor conditions through fear of being dropped if they didn't meet the standard.

@drewnogal said
It feels like we’re all now becoming more aware of all manner of consequences that have resulted through our own design. I’m lucky to have a tiny plot of land where I can pretend that the world is an ideal place where wildlife and humans live in harmony together.

On the subject of our fisheries industry I read that we have a plentiful supply of mussels in our waters but ...[text shortened]... .uk/defra-says-get-over-it-brexit-threatens-to-wreck-devon-mussel-business-and-defra-dont-much-care/

Now we are in the tragic situation where farmers are going to have to kill their pigs, because there are no abattoir slaughtermen to err kill them.

@the-gravedigger said
Now we are in the tragic situation where farmers are going to have to kill their pigs, because there are no abattoir slaughtermen to err kill them.

It's the Damn democrats fault.

@drewnogal said
My bone-in tinned sardines are already out of stock.
France report they have shrunk by a third due to warmer waters😢

@badradger said
glenryck pilchards are the same thing

@relentless-red said
Seem to be able to get tinned mackerel easily. Love that with the Korma or BBQ sauces.

@badradger said
glenryck pilchards are the same thing

@relentless-red said
And because the supermarkets have dictated that we the customer won't buy the meat if the pigs are allowed to grow older, so won't pay prices that make it in the farmers' interests to keep them alive until the system is ready. Are they right that we are so pampered that we must have the finest quality meat regardless of the implications?

(I'd take it to debates, but I have no interest in watching it become an American party political issue.)

@relentless-red said
Totally agree. Moules Frites is like French equivalent of fish and chips.

@relentless-red said
And because the supermarkets have dictated that we the customer won't buy the meat if the pigs are allowed to grow older, so won't pay prices that make it in the farmers' interests to keep them alive until the system is ready. Are they right that we are so pampered that we must have the finest quality meat regardless of the implications?

@shallow-blue said
Well, quite. I'd love to be able to buy some mutton, or goat, but even the middle-eastern shops only sell lamb. At least the fish stall in the market occasionally has shark or catfish.

@great-big-stees said
Over here you can get goat at most Jamaican shops and catfish are plentiful here too. Love them “blackened” and the goat on a roti with hot sauce. Mmmmmmm👍

@drewnogal said
Just looked up catfish, now they do look somewhat like a cat which left me wondering about the similarities between a dogfish and dogs? It apparently stems from their habit of feeding in packs — sometimes numbering in the hundreds or thousands 😮