Comments on: Santoña Sunday http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-100 erik Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:00:57 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/#comment-100 Yeah. None of the web pages talking about bullfights talk about what happens after the bull is killed. After death, the animal cruelty debate abruptly ends. Yeah. None of the web pages talking about bullfights talk about what happens after the bull is killed. After death, the animal cruelty debate abruptly ends.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Betsy Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:38:50 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/#comment-99 Hmmm. I'm trying to imagine the Google search: "What happens to bulls after they are killed by matadors?". Hmmm. I’m trying to imagine the Google search: “What happens to bulls after they are killed by matadors?”.

]]> By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-98 erik Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:12:44 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/#comment-98 I interrogated Google in two languages for about 30 minutes with no success at all. Luckily, I know a Spanish slaughterhouse vet. The bulls are taken to regular abattoirs where they are prepared for human consumption just like any other cow. However, the meat is kept separate and sold to special butcheries. I will quote Marga now: <blockquote>"From a technical point of view, the meat is worse, but it is very appreciated by some people because it has different characteristics, similar to game meat."</blockquote> So there you have it. Personally, I wouldn't mind trying a bull steak. I interrogated Google in two languages for about 30 minutes with no success at all. Luckily, I know a Spanish slaughterhouse vet.

The bulls are taken to regular abattoirs where they are prepared for human consumption just like any other cow. However, the meat is kept separate and sold to special butcheries. I will quote Marga now:

“From a technical point of view, the meat is worse, but it is very appreciated by some people because it has different characteristics, similar to game meat.”

So there you have it. Personally, I wouldn’t mind trying a bull steak.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Betsy Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:33:38 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/09/12/santona-sunday/#comment-97 We were recounting our bullfight experience to friends last night. They (and I) wondered what happens to the carcasses. Are the bulls eaten? taken to dog food plants? buried? We were recounting our bullfight experience to friends last night. They (and I) wondered what happens to the carcasses. Are the bulls eaten? taken to dog food plants? buried?

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