Rows Grower wrote: » There are loads of approved abbatoirs for the slaughter of pigs all over the country. There's probably 5 alone within an hours drive from my house.
Muahahaha wrote: » I dont think Ive ever seen any food product advertised so widely and consistently on tv/radio as you do ham. Between Bradys Family ham, Dennys Deli style Crumbled Ham, Shaws Hand Carved ham, Carrolls Traditional Ham, O'Heliheys Cooked SLiced Ham, it goes on and on. Rarely a day goes by you dont hear an advertisement for ham but you rarely hear much for chicken, pork, beef, lamb etc. I cant even remember the last time I bought any kind of sliced ham. Maybe I'm missing something here, is the rest of the nation completely obsessed with ham or something? The amount of advertising certainly seems to suggest so. Just saw that the company behind Carrolls Ham in Tullamore sold in 2015 for €40m. Is ham some kind of black gold for the Irish? And ultimately who comes out top in the Irish Ham wars?
Thelonious Monk wrote: » Same here, I saw some piglets playing with each other a few years ago, they're just like puppies. Haven't eaten pork in a few years, I get sad even thinking about their existences I've never seen free range pork in Ireland mind.
_Brian wrote: » We tear a few pigs free range each year and have them butchered and cured. Now that’s ham, the other commercial shed reared stuff is a pale comparison to it.
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » Are you sure they're not processors? A processor just handles the meat, eg packaging As far as I knew there were only five. There are probably small, family abbatoirs doing a tiny amount of work. But the ones I'm thinking of would kill thousands per day.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » There are now more pigs than people in Spain. Do Irish pigs ever actually get to go outside?
zoe 3619 wrote: » Had a pet pig a while ago.Lovely intelligent animal with a wicked sense of humour. Sheep and cows you see grazing in the fields,but for all the pork that is eaten,when was the last time you saw a herd of pigs frollicking in the sun.
Rows Grower wrote: » I'd have to check the list I got when I got a herd number for pigs to be 100% sure but I'm not going to do that. There is no probably about it though.
OldMrBrennan83 wrote: » No it all isnt. Like everything there's ****e and there's good stuff. And there's also stuff in between, whatever you're trying to peddle.
jbt123 wrote: » Nothing like a bit ham with some bread.. I'm sure you'll agree Mr. Brennan.
Muahahaha wrote: » I dont think Ive ever seen any food product advertised so widely and consistently on tv/radio as you do ham. Between Bradys Family ham, Dennys Deli style Crumbled Ham, Shaws Hand Carved ham, Carrolls Traditional Ham, O'Heliheys Cooked SLiced Ham, it goes on and on.
Muahahaha wrote: » I know some people dont like fat running through it but wouldnt that be a sign that it was sliced off a single piece of the pig like the leg rather than being some kind of factory pressed reformed ham made from all the innards and entrails?
A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: » The problem isn't with some butcher who has a licence to slaughter a few pigs a year, that's great. But the bulk of the work, all of the slaughtering by the big farmers is done by only a few abbatoirs. The company my relative occasionally works in slaughters thousands in a day. It takes a lot to shock a vet with twenty-odd years experience of doing slaughterhouse inspections. As a farmer, yoy must know vets who do this work, have a word with them. It's also quite ironic, but not very relevant, that the only vet that ever lays a hand on these pigs is the one that *might* inspect their carcass. There are a tiny number of pig vets in the country, and they deal with whole herds, they don't treat individual pigs. That means bacterial infections and parasites can be rampant before they're detected. It's all quite concerning from a public health viewpoint. Obviously that doesn't apply to someone who is just keeping a few pigs, but they're the extreme minority.
The Rape of Lucretia wrote: » The way business seems to be these days for mass market products, I wouldnt be surprise if they actually all come from one global company called 'United Aliments Consortium' or the like, that they all come out of one factory, and the names were devised in a marketing board room in Tennessee. Overall, its a sign of a declining market I would say, an effort to counter the fact that its now widely known that processed meets are bad for you, and you shouldnt be touching them with a barge pole, no matter how well acted the 'local, friendly, know-to-the-town-for-generations' smiling man in an apron in an ad is.
dxhound2005 wrote: » I'll take my chances with a ham sandwich and a breakfast fryup. In the knowledge that despite their dangers our population is living far longer than ever before.
The Rape of Lucretia wrote: » The way business seems to be these days for mass market products, I wouldnt be surprise if they actually all come from one global company called 'United Aliments Consortium' or the like, that they all come out of one factory, and the names were devised in a marketing board room in Tennessee.
Overall, its a sign of a declining market I would say, an effort to counter the fact that its now widely known that processed meets are bad for you, and you shouldnt be touching them with a barge pole, no matter how well acted the 'local, friendly, know-to-the-town-for-generations' smiling man in an apron in an ad is.
The Rape of Lucretia wrote: » Dicing with death though, and the chances are against you. But makes you feel more alive doesnt it ? To each their own.
freshpopcorn wrote: » I'd take a breakfast fry up any day over a Happy Pear breakfast!
_Brian wrote: » In your shopping bag
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