I think that harvesting your own food could actually give you a stronger connection with the food you hunt because it will bring you back memories. Like for exactly there would be other memories from that day other than actually hunting. It could be a memory of certain scenery or going somewhere memorable to hunt. When you just go to stores to buy your meats I think it will be different because you don’t where the meat actually come from. When you hunt you know where exactly it comes from and also get the opportunity to get the meat without being processed through anyone else.
Although I wouldn’t say that killing your own food is a bad thing, but I would prefer to just buy mine at the store because I don’t know anything about hunting. I also wouldn’t know how to clean the meat properly, so I would just rather buy it. I wouldn’t say hunting is a good or bad thing to do because some people just have to do what they have to do. All cultures are different and there are cultures where they prefer to hunt and cook their own meat. Lower developed countries also seem to have villages and areas where they hunt and kill their own meats and feed to their families. Markets like we have in our country may not be accessible to other countries, meaning in some places they just can’t go buy their meats and food like we can. So it would be totally understandable if people put in those citations kill animals in order to survival. They just can’t starve themselves or their families, so they just doing what’s necessary to survive.
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I would have to agree with you on this one that hunting would have a stronger connection because of memories. Hunting is something that has to be taught and practice which will force you to connect with it. I agree that when you hunt you know exactly where your food is coming from and not just assume.
ReplyDeleteI agree that hunting for your own food will build a stronger connection to the food you eat. Hunting is a learned and must be taught by someone who has experience in killing animals. Growing your own food will allow you to eat what you want; it’s something that I wouldn’t do living in today’s society. Our generation was raised on food that comes directly from the grocery store rather than finding our own food in the wilderness.
ReplyDeleteI can understand your point about just going to buy the food at a market, considering how much would you would have to put into preparing it if you hunted it yourself. Although it may be better to hunt it yourself so that you know where its from and don't have to deal with the middle man or other processes that go into making it last longer, the thought of hunting my own food leads me to worry about having them time, energy and knowledge. I caught a few fish once when I was young, and my grandfather showed me how to clean them and cut them up to store in the refrigerator. Not only was it gross for me to even touch a fish that wasn't cooked, but seeing it sliced up after just watching it squirm around from the lake was too eerie for me.
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