The Week in Meat

The New York Sun explores the quiet market for veal. Stuck as a 'fringe' product for years, the article explores a few new trends that may bring veal back into the mainstream. Including ways to ethically (gasp!) raise and serve this notorious meat. The new advertising campaign (Veal: Explore the possibilities) still leaves a lot to be desired.

Puppy sales, however, have hit a bit of a setback. Legislators in Taiwan have passed a law calling for huge fines for anyone caught selling dog meat. Although dog meat, or 'fragrant meat' as it is euphemistically referred to on menues, is seldom sold in restaurants, it is still consumed in some parts of the island as a winter delicacy.

If you like to hack apart your own bright-eyed baby animals, the other New York publication does a bit of blade-porn, with a photo gallery of the best cleavers on the market. Check out the $300 Kershaw Shun, which has a slight curve so you can get a natural 'rocking motion'.

The Senate has passed an amendment calling for further study of cloned meat (meat-meat? remeat?) before it can be sold to the public. The House bill did not contain the same provision, so lawmakers will adjourn to a closed-committee session to fight it out. (Hopefully not with Kershaw Shuns).

Comments

[reed]

I saw a Kershaw Shun cleaver in the store last week. It was a thing of beauty.

[Clone]

glow in the dark beef?

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