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Love my roast veg
Literally chuckled as the link loaded.. here, take your upvote.
Yeah quacked me up too!
What is the non-literal version?
Heston has a recipe for roast potatoes which is pretty good
A few ways:
Same place you would usually use other fats like butter or oil. Obviously it won't taste great with vegemite, but cooking potatoes is an example people like - easy to get them super crispy. Any other vegetables or meat work pretty well, and duck fat has a high smoke point.
Lots of dishes require a fat to make, and duck fat is pretty rich. Pate using chicken or duck livers is a good example, this = a way better result than using butter.
Classic recipes like confit, you can store and cook ingredients in the fat.
EAT IT WITH A SPOON LIKE NUTELLA
Bread spread of course
To make really crunchy chips! Chuck some duck fat on a baking tray and whack it in the oven to heat up, meanwhile chop up some chips and boil them. Rough them up a bit to increase the surface area and then put them in the oven in your hot duck fat. Good shit.
Yup. Poor duckies :(
Why does this get downvoted? I don't know how anyone could watch something like this and think "this is ok".
Cognitive dissonance. These same people would likely be disgusted if they witnessed a family of ducks killed while crossing a road, yet don't mind paying for them to live a life of torture.
Who is down-voting this? ComfortablyNumb is not being self righteous or preachy just pointing out a reality that some may be unaware of.
It's a well known fact that animals are slaughtered (death is cruel) for food so that's not the issue. ComfortablyNumb is simply coming off as a preachy vegan and that's what people don't like - preaching.
The extent of the cruelty is not a well know fact, and I have heard many people say things like "it's not that bad in Australia". If you watched his link you would see that the slaughter part of the farming is by no means the most cruel aspect and the fact that you simply dismiss it as "death is cruel" shows that the public are not informed to the extent of the cruelty.
I can see in no way how you could take what he wrote as coming off as a "preachy vegan". He does not tell you what to do or how to live, just politely points out a reality.
@el_cheapo: I'm not attacking you, ComfortablyNumb or the content that's been shared, nor have I shared my actual opinion on the matter.
I'm simply answering your question that the reason why these kind of comments are often downvoted is because the community perceive them as being preachy. Unfortunately there are some vegans (not all) who like to really force their views down other people's throats and attack them when they disagree. Much like other people in religion, politics and any other group.
Besides this isn't restricted to posts about meat anyway. Take Nutella posts for example, people will comment about how palm oil is destroying the habitat of orangutans and that we shouldn't buy Nutella. Or how you're stupid to vote Liberal because they've done X and so forth.
People should just remember that in these kind of situations there will always be someone who disagrees. I believe everyone is welcome to share their view and I respect that, but I also know that posting anything vegan in a meat deal would always get downvoted for what I said in the second paragraph. Much like going to an anti-trump rally with a make america great again hat ;)
@Clear: Its more about exposing the industry practices that are deliberately hidden from the general population. Its not about views or beliefs (the paralell to religion doesn't hold up).
If all consumers truly knew what suffering animals go through for us to have the products, the industry would not exist. The meat/egg/milk industries know this and thats why the majority of people are still kept unaware. But that is changing, you can see that from the responses in comments here.
If you think you already know what happens, then I put it to you that unless you have seen a documentary like "Dominion", which is about Australian practices, then you don't have the full picture.
It's not a well known fact. Half the comments in this thread are denying that this is common practice…
It's a well known fact that animals are slaughtered
This is what I said. Is that not a well known fact? Please refer to my first paragraph as this is not a response to the video.
@Clear: So, when the comment was made about supporting cruelty, you just made it about the death of the animal. People do know animals die.
What was being referred to was the cruelty they suffer their whole life before they die and they manner in which they are killed. This is what the majority of people are unaware of.
But propaganda is kool.
Cruelty like dairy cows?
Chickens?
Any other type of meat in Australia?
Sure, that's why I've been vegan for years.
I watched a video on dairy cows, and while I'm addicted to butter and cheese, I now think twice about buying some.
I'm not vegan, not even vegetarian, but my dairy and meat consumption has dramatically reduced.
I could never give up eggs though.
Sorry little chickens.
@Nuclearvodka: little chickens???.. you know the unfertilised eggs you buy in stores will never turn into chickens.
Get free range or organic free range and you have yourself a good meat option.
@vid_ghost: I think they are talking about the poor baby male chicks that are ground up live to a mince by the egg industry
@realrift: Largely of propaganda value.
If you think about any industrial meat producing process, then none of this would really be surprising.
The same as visiting abottoirs.
Not a pleasant experience, but it is a reality.
And everything gets used, nothing is wasted, hence little chicks getting minced up.
The only mass humane way to kill them efficiently would be using CO2.
As much as I want less cruelty, I will not give up meat and I believe I have the right to enjoy eating meat without feeling guilty for something I have little control over.
I do believe voting in an informed way, is one way to improve our country.
@marcozmitch: So you have the right to kill another sentient being that does not want to die just because you like the taste of their flesh?
Please tell me who gave you this right?
Explain how killing a being against its will is humane?
Would you feel differently if this was happening to male kittens or puppies?
Its certainly not a necessity, its a luxury. Don't kid yourself. You have complete control over the process as you are actively supporting it every time you make a decision as to what you eat. You are paying for the "unpleasant experience" to continue.
So you have the right to kill another sentient being that does not want to die just because you like the taste of their flesh?
Please tell me who gave you this right?
Explain how killing a being against its will is humane?
Would you feel differently if this was happening to male kittens or puppies?
Comments like these always remind me of this video. Thank you :)
@OzBragain: Dissmissive responses like this might make sense if vegetables were sentient beings capable of feeling pain and wishing to avoid suffering, but there is no evidence that they are.
Whereas, there is plenty of evidence to show animals feel pain and suffering and don't want to die, just like humans.
This is ofcourse completely ignoring the millions of tonnes of plants that are fed to animals before they are killed for humans to eat. Ignoring the cruelty to animals if you wish, it is highly inefficient and unsustainable.
Dissmissive responses like this might make sense if vegetables were sentient beings capable of feeling pain and wishing to avoid suffering, but there is no evidence that they are.
Please understand that I'm not dismissing the seriousness of cruelty to animals…can't stand it!
I do find militant vegans, ignoring millions of years of evolution and trying to shove their way of life down everyone's throat hilarious!
For the record, most of my food is vegetarian…veal, lamb beef…
@OzBragain: It reminds me of that "reality TV" model proudly proclaiming he is a pescatarian.
As in he only eats fish - nothing with a face.
Quite the moral high ground.
@realrift: Please tell us who gave you the right to judge us and tell us what to do just because you watched one biased film on YouTube and now think you’re an expert?
@Some Human: People should be able to make informed choices. If the practices of the meat and dairy industry are hidden from consumers then they are not able to make an informed choices.
Videos are one way of informing yourself, books and articles are others. Inform yourself and choose your own path.
So you have the right to kill another sentient being that does not want to die just because you like the taste of their flesh?
not only that, apparently he also has the right not to feel guilty about it…
@Nuclearvodka: If you eat Gouda cheese you get the super anti aging Vitamin k2.
jump into a cold shower every month or two to activate your sirtuins maybe with the help of some resveratrol and you will live over 100 years old
Fasting can boost stem cells in the body
Polyphenols and antioxidants found in blueberries, green tea, pomegranates and even spirulina can increase circulating bone-marrow-derived stem cells
Duck fat is to be avoided at all costs if you can.
@Nuclearvodka: You realise these videos are highly edited and show portions from the worst offenders?
@Hydr4t1ngAl0e: The rest of the time I bet they are giving the animals cuddles and sitting around the campfire with them singing songs eh?
@realrift: They're certainly not doing that but there's never going to be a positive or anything approaching neutral shot from this collected footage.
I love vegetables more than animals, sorry
Pretty much all food production causes cruelty and death to animals. That includes fruits, vegetables, crops etc.
Then do something about it like break them out of duck jail and adopt a few, give them a better life.
How about we start by not supporting industries that enslave, torture and massacre animals?
that's why i dont use pillows.
Please be mindful that you're supporting cruelty when you purchase this product.
That's like saying you are supporting slave labour by walking into H&M, Jay Jays, and Gap etc…
Based on some decade old knowledge, that does not look like Pepes farm I know of (NSW) so I assume it is Luv-A-Duck (Victoria).
The only truth in that video I skimmed through is the extreme rate of growth where the ducks are fattened up (toddler duckies struggle to stand up again if they fall on their back). The density and bloody ducks issues are either staged or at some rogue farm.
That's like saying you are supporting slave labour(news.com.au) by walking into H&M, Jay Jays, and Gap etc…
Same applies to Chocolate. Part of the reason why we now have to pay more for the recently reduced in size Cadbury chocolate ;)
you are supporting slave labour(news.com.au) by walking into H&M, Jay Jays, and Gap etc…
100% agree, and that is also something consumers should be mindful of. Great point!
this guy is in the penatly box, anyone know why
Probably another vegan ghost account created to make people think there are more of them here than there actually are.
It's funny because they're saying we can make our own choices and yet they're still attacking everyone who doesn't support their view.
Thanks for that. As a consumer, morally obliged to know the source of my food. It won’t stop me eating duck, however meat free days/week have been introduced in this household.
100% ComfortablyNumb, anyone who consumes animal products doesn't care for animals.
We are not allowed to hunt/gather to keep ourselves sustained. We are forced to buy consumer goods.
Most of the things we need to survive are produced by corporations that are either cruel or damaging the planet or both.
We can't stop them, nor are we responsible for these arseholes regardless of what garbage the media force feed us.
Only the government has the power to stop these bastards and we have precious little power over the government
(regardless of what garbage the media force feed us)
I am sick of feeling guilty just because someone else is an arsehole!
Vote Greens.
Or continue voting to have your money and rights removed by the Laberals while corporations run the country by paying them off.
We are not allowed to hunt/gather to keep ourselves sustained
We are but it's not really practical with the population we have now.
We are forced to buy consumer goods
To a degree but there are still plenty of people putting in the hard yards. Give it a go if you're passionate about it.
Only the government has the power to stop these bastards and we have precious little power over the government
Did you hear there's an election coming up kinda soonish?
I am sick of feeling guilty just because someone else is an arsehole!
Go do something about it if you're feeling guilty!
Not only is it not really practical, it's impossible! What do you think 25m Australians are going to hunt on a daily basis?
And how long before the country is a barren wasteland?
Putting in the hard yards? What hard yards are they???
Yes I did hear that there is an election coming up soonish… Which box on the election paper should I tick to fix all of our problems? (Hint… it won't make a difference either way. People have been voting for these parties for many decades… including the greens, if something was going to happen it would have already.)
Don't get me wrong. I wish it was that easy but its not.
crunchyhead, you support the people who put little animals in little cages and make them suffer all their life by buying from them, you are paying these people to do it, you are just as responsible if not more. If you truely believe it is wrong then you would become vegetarian. I think people who do these things and those who financially support them (YOU) will have to pay in the afterlife. The crimes committed against these innocent animals is so great that I just can't believe the universe would these abusers and supporters off without anything to pay. I do believe if you repent, abstain from eating meat and put in some good works such as helping animals in the wild who are under threat may negate what you have done after time.
If you truely believe it is wrong then you would become vegetarian.
No, if you were serious you'd become a paleo vegan eating from sustainability-sourced fair-trade producers with zero carbon emissions.
I believe that you have a 1 dimensional view of modern problems.
Firstly, I don't believe that a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle is ideal and me changing my lifestyle just to accommodate their sins isn't any sort of a real solution.
Secondly ALL modern farming (and indeed industrial) practises are to some degree ecologically devastating. Including your precious veggie farming. Just because you watched a video about the mistreatment of cuddly animals doesn't make that the biggest issue.
Secondly ALL modern farming (and indeed industrial) practises are to some degree ecologically devastating. Including your precious veggie farming.
Total false equivalence. I vegan (or veterinarian/flexiterian) diet is orders of magnitude beter for the planet:
From a recent Oxford study
A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use
Every body needs to eat, nobody is claiming you should starve yourself, just that you should be mindful to make choices that limit your impact on the planet and the welfare of other living things.
Don't ducks like being large groups?
Buy German from Aldi, ducks get treated nicer
Thanks for posting.
While this won't stop me eating meat (as I'm aware every meat industry is horrendous), I do think that it is important to raise awareness about what's going on.
We're so far removed from the food production process that we forget what happens to not only feed people, but feed people on the scale that our society does nowadays.
Who knows, maybe one day a more humane method of farming or meat production can be attained. For now though, the least people could do is be aware where their food is coming from and appreciate the privilege.
Thanks for posting this comment. I enjoyed reading it as it's a stark contrast to the mundane drivel spouted by most meat eaters.
It is genuinely refreshing to see some form of sentience from a meat consumer
Now we need to get the big fast food players onto something like Beyond Meat that Lord of Fries do because it's delicious.
@Clear: For sure, even if sold amongside meat products it provides everyone with more choice. American's get to eat "the impossible burger" which apparently is amazing. I wonder why we also can't try it (whether meat eater, vego or vegan)?
Duck fat fries (chips)
I can't remember if they were twice cooked, but probably some of the best fries I've had and they were homemade
Duck fat roast potatoes!
I love the royal blue potatoes you can get from Coles - for some reason, Woolies doesn't seem to stock them.
I also boil my potatoes before I put them into the oven.
Curious.. do you boil the spuds fully cooked or half? (before putting into the oven)
They're usually quite cooked through so they're already fluffy.
What I do is put the potatoes (cut into quarters for big ones and halves for smaller) in a pot of water and bring to boil. Add a bit of salt. Then I let it boil for about 15-20 mins. Once that's up, I'll strain it and put the potatoes back on the stove to take out the moisture. You'll need to constantly stir or shake the pot so it doesn't burn. Roughen them up a bit so the skin and flesh is no longer smooth. This will help with making the edges/outside crispy and retain the fluffiness inside when you roast them.
Also, heat up the duck fat in a saucepan so you pour that shit all over the potatoes along with a buttload of rosemary just before you put them in the oven. Bake those bad boys for about 40 mins and you should be good. Turn them around the 25 min mark and make sure the oven is as hot as you can get it.
Sprinkle a bit of garlic salt once done but not too much, cause you've added salt in the boiling process. They'll have a bit of flavour already. Enjoy!
Lovely! Thanks much!
This is a great product. Can confirm it's great spread on toast then topped with melted cheese.
wow…gotta give this a go. sounds like a heart attack waiting to happening but hey it'll be tasty
It isn't a heart attack waiting to happen, that's something the food processing industry wants you to believe because fat isn't addictive or unsatiating like sugar.
Duck fat is unusual because it's higher in mono (nuts, fish) and poly (avocado, lettuce) unsaturated fat that than it is in saturated (butter, my arteries) fat.
Where's the "dinner sorted" comment? Am I the only one without dinner plans?
Duck Chicharrones. Duck skin fried in duck fat, it doesn't get more decadent than that.
I got a spice tailor free as a sample from coles I'm meant to use yet. This reminds me to get around to use it. Though I think it frequently goes half price
Can I use this as lube?
Report back please
Yes goes well with edible condom
Please specify this!
During the cooking? Before or after?
Swap the D with the F in the title.
Can anyone recommend how they are storing this in their fridge/freezer? I would be interested in using this in my cooking, but don't see myself using it that often so would likely freeze it. But don't want to be defrosting the whole thing each time i want to use.
I keep mine in the fridge. Lasts ages
I keep mine in the freezer, it will go off in the fridge eventually.
yuk, yuk, yuk, not for this cowboy
Where do you find this in Woolies? Been to several Woolies now and they only seem to stock the ones from France in a glass jar.
Edit: Website says “temporarily unavailable”?
Me, too. It's selected stores only.
How do you use this