https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:46:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680388 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:51:41 +0000 MrsH 680388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby lamb and baby cows are yummy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680361 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:07:35 +0000 betsyboop 680361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat veal. I also eat salmon roe...does that count? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680356 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:55:54 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 680356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat lamb :) Not veal, though, it seems inhumane<br /> @squid: excellent point! I was recently surprised at how young chickens reach harvest size. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680337 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:14:44 +0000 Grace 680337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've eaten lamb and veal. Veal only at restaurants though, if there's nothing else I want. We raises lamb once and found out that "lamb" is not like the tiny "Mary had a little lamb" size. They're huge! Regardless, I didn't really care for it either. I think I like the tastes of more mature meats better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680324 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:44:00 +0000 Dandelion 680324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Balut sounds like something I probably wouldn't try. But, I eat veal and lamb no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680322 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:43:09 +0000 Ra 680322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat a lot of Greek food, so I love lamb! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680310 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:24:25 +0000 SleepyMonkey 680310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i love lamb...veal i can take it or leave it, but lamb is so delicious just by itself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680274 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:31:30 +0000 matador84 680274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love lamb and veal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680253 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:01:25 +0000 Charm54 680253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No I don't. I only regularly eat chicken and occasionally beef or ham. Not so much an ethical thing, just taste preference.'</p> <p>But growing up I would only eat meat if my parents told me it was "baby steak" - lol. I would ask every meal and they would assure me that it was (no matter if it was chicken, ham,, beef, fish, whatever!) lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-680191 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:08:39 +0000 squid 680191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The truth is that almost all of the meat we eat is "baby" at least in relative terms to the animals. Unless you're eating a heritage chicken, most likely you're getting a cornish cross bird which is harvested at 7 weeks. The vast majority of beef is harvested at 16-18 months old. Pork, 5-6 months...and of course you rarely run into any sheep older than a lamb (hogget, mutton) </p> <p>Given that these animals definitely could live for years, I can hardly consider them "adults."</p> <p>I'd love to eat older animals, but for the most part not too many farmers can afford to keep and feed older animals, and there's almost no market for it anyway.</p> <p>That being said, I do like suckling pigs and love young calf (like veal, but without the cages, free-roaming, and eating grass). For chickens I've probably only had a handful of birds that weren't the normal cornish cross. But even those can taste pretty good when they've had pasture.</p> <p>I've had balut, but I'm still of the opinion that it's eaten more for shock value than culinary value. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-674917 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:28:56 +0000 BananaPancakes 674917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat lamb occasionally when I dine Greek.. But I feel wierd about veal. Just because something is a baby doesn't bother me, but from everything I've heard and read about veal, it just doesn't feel right to eat. I've only had it once at someone's house who was making osso bucco, though. I prefer sticking to grass fed/ cage free and wild animals if I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-674914 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:28:28 +0000 crunch 674914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can, but I definitely think of it differently now that I'm a mom! I ate balut a few weeks ago and pretty much closed my eyes and ate it. So good yet so bad. sigh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-674898 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:24:16 +0000 Sweet T 674898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had veal and it was really good. I could never eat balut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-674884 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:22:12 +0000 wheres_c 674884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't eat any meat! Baby or otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673424 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:36:14 +0000 travelgirl1 673424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love lamb. Probably wouldn't try the eggs though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673416 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:34:00 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 673416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not opposed to eating the eggs, but never have tried them. I am quite fond of veal &amp; peppers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673398 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:29:38 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 673398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love lamb! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673390 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:28:37 +0000 ShootingStar 673390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I eat lamb and veal. I figure I'm already eating an animal, does it matter if it was young or old? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673358 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:21:30 +0000 blackbird 673358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mmm baby lamb </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673333 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:15:05 +0000 Freckles 673333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: It's called balut, and you can usually get it at asian stores. i think it's gross, sorry!!</p> <p>I can do veal, but i get nauseous thinking about balut. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673305 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:07:24 +0000 Mrsbells 673305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow I've never heard of fertilized preserved duck eggs... where do you get those? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/woulddo-you-eat-baby-meats#post-673247 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:56:53 +0000 regberadaisy 673247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ie Veal or preserved fertilized duck eggs?</p> <p>I can't! </p>