Nhs To Serve Venison In Hospitals

[pastafreak]

Deer are at their highest numbers in 1000 years, and will be culled...so patients in some hospitals will benefit. Surely a good thing...but there are some who believe lentils and beans would be better. Apparently it's a very popular choice in East Lancashire where it's been trialed so far.
Thoughts?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11323515/Vegan-activists-slam-NHS-decision-serve-patients-venison-animals-culled-Forestry-England.html

[Redhelen72]

My husband adores venison but it’s classed as a luxury meat.
A lot of older people won’t/can’t eat it.
Perhaps they should sell it at a reasonable price to the general public and funds go to the NHS?

[ZebuSanctuary]

// My charity? What do you mean? //

HaHa.... Not the charity/s (as in institutions) you might subscribe to. Charity as in the 'kindness and tolerance'. An attribute which may or may not lie within your very being.

[naomi24]

What on earth are you talking about?

[barry1010]

Venison is not expensive unless you buy it from a 'high end' outlet where everything is expensive.
It's on a par with beef from my butcher, sometimes cheaper.

[davebro]

I tried venison once & wasn't impressed. Bit too rich for me - the taste not the cost.

[Redhelen72]

Barry - it is dear over here!
Even bought it from a butcher on Islay - where they roam free ( and on Jura)

[Old_Geezer]

Bambi is a great meat. Had Bambi burgers for dinner a few days ago. Delicious. If it's good enough for Robin Hood and his merry men...

[woofgang]

I don't like venison and can't eat pulses so I would not be happy either way.

[naomi24]

Hospitals usually offer a choice. They're not going to force anyone to eat venison.

[Bazile]

^^^you hope

[davebro]

let them eat cake!

[ToraToraTora]

I guess my 22:09 Latin Pun was too advanced!

[naomi24]

Bazile, I've never known a hospital that doesn't offer a choice. They must - not least because some people, for religious reasons, don't eat specific types of meat and some don't eat meat at all.

[Bazile]

Any much different to goat ?

[bhg481]

Nothing like goat.

[naomi24]

It's not like goat, bazile. I find it very strong.

[Redhelen72]

Venison loses its potency when steeped in port and juniper for 24 hours then slow roasted.

[davebro]

hang on - I'll just go check on my port & juniper stocks!

[davebro]

I doubt the NHS will be doing that.

[Bazile]

I'll stick to my curried goat , then