Audio By Carbonatix
Last week several Denver chefs traveled to Kansas to visit the Callicrate Ranch, a cattle ranch and slaughterhouse owned by fiercely opinionated, radically passionate Mike Callicrate, to witness the slaughter of a steer. Lori Midson went along, and offered up her account of the trip last Friday.
It was eye-opening — and also heart-wrenching.
See also:
– Photos: Steer slaughter at Callicrate Ranch — and why Mike Callicrate has a beef with just about everyone
– Can Triple M Bar’s flock create a Colorado lamb comeback?
– Two small-town families made Colorado’s Best Beef a sought-after brand
Says spmarx:
I finished off leftover Mother’s Day brisket while I read the article…I built my own drum smoker this spring and thought it was cute to paint a stylized butcher’s diagram of a pig on the side of it. (I am proud to say my smoker kicks ass.) But I admit, it’s getting harder for me to justify the consumption. And not in a pious, moralizing way. As I grow into equal parts cynic and softie in my middle age, I just don’t want to be a hypocrite.
“I realize what these animals are doing for us, and we have a contract to honor them.” – What a fantastic quote that summarizes how much respect and thought I at least want to give the choice. This was a great, heads-up article and I really appreciate it.
If you missed Lori Midson’s account of her visit to the Callicrate Ranch, you can read it here — and then let us know if it changed your thinking.
