Popular Post Brunolem Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 Yesterday, my neighbor lost one of his cows, which had been sick for a few days. As usual, when there is death in Thailand, there are lamentations, not about the victim, mind you, but about the money! Death costs money, in the case of a cow the loss of a potential rewarding flip. A flip, because there is an ongoing Ponzi scheme in which farmers buy cows with the only objective to find a greater fool who will buy it at a higher price. Indeed, these cows are otherwise useless, producing no milk and a meat requiring the lucky eaters to have the dentition of Jaws (the infamous killer in James Bond movies). When asked about this scheme, farmers come up with the argument that cows make babies, which give them value...certainly, but so do rabbits, and at a much faster pace, so why not trade rabbits instead? Now back to our dead cow. As is usual in the case of a major event, a small crowd had gathered in my neighbor's garden...soon enough the dead animal was moved into the back of a pick-up, and there, right in front of me, a guy not from the village paid a few thousand baht to my neighbor. Always looking for an explanation, I quietly asked what was that about..."what do you think?" was the answer, "the guy is going to sell the meat!". 4 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bert bloggs Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 Dont say that ,the wife just bought a load of beef sausages . 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, kannot said: Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tchooptip Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 I do not think the Australian beef I buy from Macro is any more dangerous than anywhere else 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dotpoom Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 I always needed a hammer and chisel to break a Thai steak into mouthfull size portions. 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) Sorry....double take? Edited September 26, 2018 by dotpoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Google cows, downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew Dwyer Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 My ex brother in law, always one for a bargain, heard from a friend that a cow had strayed onto the road, was knocked down and killed. He gathered his buddies together and they set off, a couple of hours later they came back triumphant !.In the back of his pick up were several black bags ( containing the trophy ) and a strange array of tools all covered in blood including a hacksaw, an axe several machetes and a chainsaw !!It really was a sight to see, I avoided eating at his house for a long time [emoji51] 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times. I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease 25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldlakey Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, unamazedloso said: Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times. I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease 25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me. I remember reading about a butcher somewhere in the UK many years ago who had a sign in his shop that said "The only mad cow in here is the wife" 4 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 9:58 AM, Jonathan Fairfield said: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355101 If the meat is well cooked the rabies will be destroyed. No problem. However "yaa kin neua dip" อย่ากินเนื้อดิบ, if your maid's from Isarn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jgarbo Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, oldlakey said: I remember reading about a butcher somewhere in the UK many years ago who had a sign in his shop that said "The only mad cow in here is the wife" An honest man but harassed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, unamazedloso said: Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times. I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease 25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me. First BSE is not a disease, it's a condition, like a fatal bullet wound (in the brain). Second, excessive consumption of red meat will probably shorten your life. But it's your life not mine, so I don't give a damn. Will Makro pay for your funeral, or does their love not extend that far? Edited September 26, 2018 by jgarbo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 1 hour ago, marcusarelus said: Since scorpions are no more dangerous than a bee sting and poisonous snakes are daily food for pigs what really happened? It could have been a centipede. I was told by a Thai farmer that a centipede bite can bring a buffalo down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 9 hours ago, kannot said: Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards. Some years ago in this area, a dairy cow died, so the owner chopped it up and gave /sold the meat to the locals, 1-2 day later a lot of people where at our local hospital feeling sick, after some research and testing and asking about, the animal died of Anthrax, luckily no one died . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrjrjr Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Who eats beef anyway cannot be really normal, hum ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted September 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2018 27 minutes ago, jrjrjr said: Who eats beef anyway cannot be really normal, hum ? There's a very common bumper sticker on vehicles in the Northern Territory of Australia. It reads:" You are in Cattle Country. Eat beef you bastards". 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Gandtee said: It could have been a centipede. I was told by a Thai farmer that a centipede bite can bring a buffalo down. Look at a pig skin compared to a buffalo. My pigs used to eat rattlesnakes and copperheads for breakfast. Centipedes rarely kill a man so don't see how it could penetrate a pig hide ask a pig farmer what killed your pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, marcusarelus said: Look at a pig skin compared to a buffalo. My pigs used to eat rattlesnakes and copperheads for breakfast. Centipedes rarely kill a man so don't see how it could penetrate a pig hide ask a pig farmer what killed your pig. Agree. If you look at a wild pig that's been shot with a 0.22, the bullet is still stuck in the skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Brunolem said: A flip, because there is an ongoing Ponzi scheme in which farmers buy cows with the only objective to find a greater fool who will buy it at a higher price. I don't think you fully understand what a Ponzi scheme is. Buying things, whether real estate or supposed antiques or cattle or gold or corporate stocks/shares or ... with the intention of selling the item(s) on to someone else at a profit is pretty much the essence of capitalism. A Ponzi scheme depends on accumulating more and more investors and using the money collected from newer investors to payout to earlier investors, thus creating the fraudulent illusion that the enterprise is producing impressive profits, thereby attracting even more investors. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Tchooptip said: I do not think the Australian beef I buy from Macro is any more dangerous than anywhere else Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 1 minute ago, jgarbo said: Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance... Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack Another human being with a weak immune system... but OK you have a good heart since you told me Bon Chance ( By the way its Bonne Chance) No problem I used to live dangerously for decades, between you and me but do not repeat it to anyone, I push the madness to eat it raw sometimes it's called tartar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 21 minutes ago, jgarbo said: Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance... Don't they have a best used by date on all meat? I know Australia a bit primitive but think they have modern labeling laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said: Don't they have a best used by date on all meat? I know Australia a bit primitive but think they have modern labeling laws. Aussie beef is just about the only product, that wouldn't have a label: "Grown and Packed in Australia, from Imported product" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Post in "french" has been removed. This is an English only forum.(with specific thai exceptions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgarbo Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 4 hours ago, dotpoom said: I always needed a hammer and chisel to break a Thai steak into mouthfull size portions. Thai beef is usually retired buffalo or brahmin cow, neither bred for "gourmet consumption". In Thailand, I'd suggest chicken or pork (if Allah's not your current god). Cheap, tasty, good protein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 I still prefer to eat meat from a neighbour's dead cow than stewed pork with sinews, cartilage and bones still attached. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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