Chef carves deer leg in window of restaurant where vegans protest

[Stevicus]

The vegans came to protest his restaurant. So this chef carved a deer leg in the window.

I thought this was kind of funny. This restaurant owner was being protested by vegans who took issue with some of his fare. He's also an avid hunter. He felt the protests were hurting his business, so he staged his own kind of counter-protest by carving a deer's leg in the window of his restaurant.

The chef is an avid hunter, and though he is prohibited by regulations in Ontario from serving the wild meats he eats at home like deer, duck and wild turkey, the restaurant’s menu leans toward game and foraged foods like mushrooms.

The dust-up began in December, when an employee at Antler Kitchen & Bar scribbled a slogan on a sandwich board for the restaurant’s exterior: “Venison is the new kale.”

The sign upset Marni Ugar, an animal rights activist who runs a dog-walking business, according to the Globe and Mail. Ugar did some research and said that she took issue with the fact that the restaurant served foie gras, the dish made from the liver of fattened ducks or geese that has long drawn complaints, as well as the impression that people were eating ethical meat there.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'd seen that in the news.
Good for the chef!

 

[Deidre]

Two wrongs never make a right. That was in poor taste. No pun.

 

[Revoltingest]

Two wrongs never make a right. That was in poor taste. No pun.

What's wrong with butchering in the window?

 

[Twilight Hue]

Should have brought out the grill and a pair of bellows and blew the delicious smell of fresh cooked venison in their faces.

 

[Deidre]

What's wrong with butchering in the window?

He's doing it to spite the protesters.

 

[Twilight Hue]

He's doing it to spite the protesters.

Sounds like the protesters were there to spite the chef.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Hahaha. Good for him. Those protesters are stupid and out of line. He shouldn't feel bad about what he did. Reminds me that I would like to try venison eventually. Deer jerky is supposed to be good.

 

[Deidre]

Sounds like the protesters were there to spite the chef.

I know but still. He doesn't need to be on display.

I actually practiced vegetarianism for a time, and while I do like a hamburger now and again, I definitely have reduced my consumption of meats, because it's really pretty inhumane what goes on in the food business. Dairy included.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Practicing veganism is all well and good. But demanding that others follow your diet is tyranny. Like it or not we are omnivores. We evolved to eat meat along with grains and vegetables. I am for humane treatment of all animals, which ironically is why I am pro-hunting.

 

[bobhikes]

The vegans came to protest his restaurant. So this chef carved a deer leg in the window.

I thought this was kind of funny. This restaurant owner was being protested by vegans who took issue with some of his fare. He's also an avid hunter. He felt the protests were hurting his business, so he staged his own kind of counter-protest by carving a deer's leg in the window of his restaurant.

What kills me about this is that veganism is no better than eating meat. Clearing fields for planting kills off natural species. The vegetables and fruits themselves have been changed to suit our taste causing genetic issues, whereas, they are more incline to disease. Left on there own the species would die off. Then certain species like bananas, coffee and chocolate are going to be dead in our life time unless changes are made. Certain illnesses, like Lyme disease are a direct result of farming causing animals that normally would not mix to mix. Any thing we mass produce for food is going to cause issue's with other species.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I know but still. He doesn't need to be on display.

I actually practiced vegetarianism for a time, and while I do like a hamburger now and again, I definitely have reduced my consumption of meats, because it's really pretty inhumane what goes on in the food business. Dairy included.

Well if it is proven an animal suffers and is cruelly treated then I would support such a protest. An experienced Hunter can typically take down a deer without too much of a problem.

Slaughterhouses are regulated and I would hope repeatedly inspected to ensure the animal is humanely killed prior to processing and sectioning into meat.

I remember going through what appears to be a periodic student (peaceful) protest against pig slaughter mainly in the summer time in Oakville ON.

Anyways I think a lot of us eat too much meat and would encourage a reduced portion for health reasons as well as eating some meat to maintain proper Health in the converse.

For myself I stick mainly with poultry and fish as a meat source with the occasional hamburger or ground beef. Aside from that, I've grown quite fond of many vegetarian dishes.

 

[Twilight Hue]

What kills me about this is that veganism is no better than eating meat. Clearing fields for planting kills off natural species. The vegetables and fruits themselves have been changed to suit our taste causing genetic issues, whereas, they are more incline to disease. Left on there own the species would die off. Then certain species like bananas, coffee and chocolate are going to be dead in our life time unless changes are made. Certain illnesses, like Lyme disease are a direct result of farming causing animals that normally would not mix to mix. Any thing we mass produce for food is going to cause issue's with other species.

It's hard to get people to see that. Looking at the vast tracts of fields that are being plowed and planted year after year year just got to be millions of small mammals that are killed and maimed annually. Both in the field and through vermin control in storage facilities where vast amounts of grain, corn, and other foodstuffs are being stored.

 

[Axe Elf]

If God didn't want us to eat cows, He shouldn't have made them out of steak.

 

[Shaul]

Oh, deer. They hurt his ability to get some doe. How’s the chef supposed to make a buck? Especially with protesters fawning about? They just don’t like his game.

 

[Aldrnari]

Practicing veganism is all well and good. But demanding that others follow your diet is tyranny. Like it or not we are omnivores. We evolved to eat meat along with grains and vegetables. I am for humane treatment of all animals, which ironically is why I am pro-hunting.

Couldn't have said it better myself. As someone who has grown up hunting and fishing, but has also seen the inside of a slaughter house, the choice is clear as day as far as ethical treatment is concerned.

As for what this guy did, good. It's his business, his property, and he didn't mistreat the animal. He's just doing what he normally does for an unwelcome audience; they didn't have to stay and watch.

 

[Aldrnari]

Oh, deer. They hurt his ability to get some doe. How’s the chef supposed to make a buck? Especially with protesters fawning about? They just don’t like his game.

Face palmingly good puns...

 

[Deidre]

Well if it is proven an animal suffers and is cruelly treated then I would support such a protest. An experienced Hunter can typically take down a deer without too much of a problem.

Slaughterhouses are regulated and I would hope repeatedly inspected to ensure the animal is humanely killed prior to processing and sectioning into meat.

I remember going through what appears to be a periodic student (peaceful) protest against pig slaughter mainly in the summer time in Oakville ON.

Anyways I think a lot of us eat too much meat and would encourage a reduced portion for health reasons as well as eating some meat to maintain proper Health in the converse.

For myself I stick mainly with poultry and fish as a meat source with the occasional hamburger or ground beef. Aside from that, I've grown quite fond of many vegetarian dishes.

I recommend doing a search on the practices of the food industry. You'll come away sadly shocked at how many major farms in the US and Canada, are treating their livestock before slaughtering them. The thing is, all of that abuse creates an unhealthy product. And we ingest that unhealthy product as consumers.

Shooting a deer in the woods, that would be different I guess I think this is why many hunters prefer killing their own food, because it's more humane, and no antibiotics, or contaminants.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I recommend doing a search on the practices of the food industry. You'll come away sadly shocked at how many major farms in the US and Canada, are treating their livestock before slaughtering them. The thing is, all of that abuse creates an unhealthy product. And we ingest that unhealthy product as consumers.

Shooting a deer in the woods, that would be different I guess I think this is why many hunters prefer killing their own food, because it's more humane, and no antibiotics, or contaminants.

I would not trust PETA as a source. Yes, sometimes animals are abused, but that is not the standard practice. Abusing an animal can lower the quality of meat or even contaminate it past the ability of being used. No one wants that. There are safeguards in existence. Are they perfect? No, but then no safeguard is. As has been pointed out vegetable farming is not "victimless" either.

 

[Deidre]

I would not trust PETA as a source. Yes, sometimes animals are abused, but that is not the standard practice. Abusing an animal can lower the quality of meat or even contaminate it past the ability of being used. No one wants that. There are safeguards in existence. Are they perfect? No, but then no safeguard is. As has been pointed out vegetable farming is not "victimless" either.

Some of them were from PETA but many weren’t. Our food is bad for us. It’s not healthy to eat food that has pesticides and antibiotics pumped through them. I choose organic as much as possible but I wish I had my own farm. I think buying locally from farmers markets is a better bet than grocery store food in general.

Sorry this is going OT!