Reggie Bautista wrote:
> WARNING -- THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS *NOT* VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY
>
> The rooster's name was Butterball? That's really funny. We used to buy 2
> calves every spring, fatten them up, and have them slaughtered in the late
> fall. The first year we did it, my sister named them some cute names which
> I have blanked out of my mind, and because of that name she had real trouble
> eating the meat.
>
> The next year, our folks let me and my brother name the new ones. We called
> them T-Bone and Sirloin. That was a lot easier on everyone :-)
I witnessed the birth of a calf once, and helped name it.
About 18 months later, the girl whose family's calf it was came up to me
in school and said, "Remember X?" [Calf's name withheld]
"Yeah."
"We ate him last night."
I was *not* amused....
Julia
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