Read more meat stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2476/meat.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68871/were-dogs-domesticated-as-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday, they’re man’s best friend, but dogs may have originally come to humans as their best bet for dinner. Researchers in Sweden examined the DNA of dogs around the world and found that they all seemed to be of the same lineage, pointing to “a single domestication event” in southern...http://www.newser.com/story/68871/were-dogs-domesticated-as-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 11:50:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63874/butchers-sex-symbols-of-the-food-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagButchering, once a dying art, is coming back thanks to the demand for local meat—and a new generation of butchers, full of machismo, is emerging. “Think about it. What’s sexy? Dangerous is sometimes sexy, and they are generally big guys with knives who are covered in blood,” one fromager...http://www.newser.com/story/63874/butchers-sex-symbols-of-the-food-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 11:52:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60691/chadian-vampire-dish-gets-blood-boiling-or-frying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s a vampire resurgence in Chad, and no, it’s not because Twilight has swept the African country. Cost-conscious residents have resurrected a dish slyly known as “vampire”: cooked animal blood, the BBC reports. With global food prices soaring and meat increasingly expensive, traditional vampire is “actually an excellent source of...http://www.newser.com/story/60691/chadian-vampire-dish-gets-blood-boiling-or-frying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 16:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58834/belgian-city-goes-vegetarian-weekly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn good news for Belgian cows, the city of Ghent this week begins a weekly “veggie day,” on which officials will go vegetarian, the BBC reports. The move is an effort to cut greenhouse gases, almost a fifth of which come from livestock, the UN says; the city also foresees...http://www.newser.com/story/58834/belgian-city-goes-vegetarian-weekly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 10:40:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57241/wayward-bull-steers-into-supermarket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA wayward bull nearly locked horns with employees as it slipped through sliding glass doors and raced up aisles in a supermarket in Ireland, reports the Guardian . The animal, which escaped from a nearly outdoor market, butted a shopping cart that workers used to try to corral him, and chased...http://www.newser.com/story/57241/wayward-bull-steers-into-supermarket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Apr 2009 7:27:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55558/teens-hide-eating-disorders-with-vegetarianism-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany teens dabble with vegetarianism, and the choice is usually accepted by parents as a mild form of rebellion. But a new study suggests some use vegetarianism to hide an eating disorder, Time reports. Researchers found that 20% to 25% of current and former vegetarians had engaged in binge eating...http://www.newser.com/story/55558/teens-hide-eating-disorders-with-vegetarianism-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 15:07:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55267/vegetarian-butchers-plug-clean-meat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer vegetarians are opening butcher shops and revolutionizing the US meat industry, educating buyers about humanely grown cattle on small farms, Gourmet reports. Their squeamish attitude toward steak—inspired by horror stories of mass-market meat production—is making them the most trustworthy sellers. “When we opened the butcher shop, I...http://www.newser.com/story/55267/vegetarian-butchers-plug-clean-meat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 1:47:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54163/eating-red-meat-daily-raises-death-risk-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDaily consumption of red meat has been linked to higher mortality rates in the most comprehensive study on the subject ever made, the Washington Post reports. Researchers studied more than 500,000 middle-aged and elderly Americans and found that those who consumed 4 ounces of red meat a day were...http://www.newser.com/story/54163/eating-red-meat-daily-raises-death-risk-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 3:35:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51584/peta-president-wills-body-to-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe president of PETA has written a will donating her body to the organization along with suggestions about how best to use various body parts, TreeHugger reports. First on the list is the request that her “meat” be used as “human barbecue,” to remind the world “that flesh foods are...http://www.newser.com/story/51584/peta-president-wills-body-to-group.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 15:35:01 CST