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'Being Gordon Ramsay' featuring dead pig!

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:10

Ffs! I'm just watching this Netflix show about Gordon Ramsay and his opening of a new restaurant with amazing views in the city. I'm not interested in him particularly, but thought I might go to this 'Lucky Cat' just for the views over London, if and whenever it opens.

BUT - then there is a scene where he is consulting with his head chef about the menu and there is a whole dead baby suckling pig on a plate. They are talking about making this a restaurant feature, requiring two chefs who carve it at your table.

AIBU to think this is obscene? Yes, I'm vegetarian, but I think even most meat eaters would balk at this?

If I were in his restaurant and that was going at the the next table, I would leave. Wtf is wrong with humans?

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AlcoholicAntibiotic · 27/02/2026 17:47

No problem with this at all. If you don’t like it, don’t eat there - I am sure plenty of people will.

Not sure why Muslims are particularly relevant; I imagine they wouldn’t be ordering the dish anyway.

Tableforjoan · 27/02/2026 17:46

City bankers do much worse than eat suckling pig lol

Your be better off campaigning for the police to tackle all the snow floating around

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:44

I will be city bankers etc ordering it to show off and be flash. Urghh.

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faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:43

HoppityBun · 27/02/2026 17:42

That’s nothing compared with the hypocrisy of cooing over little baa lambs, ignoring that they’ll be shoved on a lorry to go the abattoir in a few weeks.

Then insisting that Welsh and English lamb tastes better than imported lamb

Why is that hypocritical?

Are baby lambs cute? Yes.
Are they very tasty? Also yes.

IDontHateRainbows · 27/02/2026 17:42

LeavesOnTrees · 27/02/2026 17:26

And the poor lobsters? I think they get the worst deal.

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Although the ones in the restaurant on the titanic got lucky...

Mapletree1985 · 27/02/2026 17:42

I have eaten it and enjoyed it.

HoppityBun · 27/02/2026 17:42

That’s nothing compared with the hypocrisy of cooing over little baa lambs, ignoring that they’ll be shoved on a lorry to go the abattoir in a few weeks.

Then insisting that Welsh and English lamb tastes better than imported lamb

FreshInks · 27/02/2026 17:42

I wonder why OP is not a vegan. Vegetarians generally eat dairy, eggs, honey and other products with ingredients derived from animals. It’s a bit hypocritical.

IDontHateRainbows · 27/02/2026 17:42

Love a bit of suckling pig...

If I'm going to eat pork in any form why not the whole pig, there's no difference morally.

thecatdidit · 27/02/2026 17:41

I'm with you @paloma7 . I'm an omnivore but I don't eat much meat at all, when my DH is away my diet is entirely meat free.
My DC is a stockman and I usually only eat animals raised by them. I try not to dwell on the awful reality of livestock farming.
I certainly wouldn't want to see a suckling pig on display.
I don't eat poultry cos you can tell what it is 😞

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:40

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:39

What a laugh for all

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What's the issue?

The pig had a lovely life and was raised in a humane way, us children learnt where our food comes from.

FWIW, no child refused to eat the hog roast.

DarkEyedSailor · 27/02/2026 17:40

Head on the table wouldn't bother me at all. It would some of my family, but not me.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 27/02/2026 17:40

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:37

If you ordered veal, would you want the cow's head on the table while you ate?

Yes, people know where meat comes from, but many of them don't like to dwell on it too much. No meat eater I know would be particularly delighted with the head of a lamb, pig or cow on the table while they ate. Let's be honest.

Then they are deceiving themselves. It’s refreshingly honest to confront people with the reality of their diet.

I don’t have much sympathy with those who try and deny what they are eating.

WiddlinDiddlin · 27/02/2026 17:39

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:17

Are these baby pigs slaughtered the minute they are born? How is this considered appetising in any shape or form? What is wrong with people?

No, I mean the minute a piglet has been born it hasn't suckled yet so it wouldn't be a 'suckling pig'.

6 to 8 weeks of age.

Have you seen a newborn piglet - there is next to no meat on them. It would be pointless - a suckling pig feeds between 6 to 14 people on average. A newborn pig wouldn't have enough meat on it for a sandwich for one!

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:39

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:37

If you ordered veal, would you want the cow's head on the table while you ate?

Yes, people know where meat comes from, but many of them don't like to dwell on it too much. No meat eater I know would be particularly delighted with the head of a lamb, pig or cow on the table while they ate. Let's be honest.

Sheeps head is a delicacy in many countries. Same with goat.

Do you feel the same way about whole fish being served? Or prawns?

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:39

faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:38

I can't see the issue, tbh, but then my primary school had a pig that we "raised" and that got slaughtered for a bonfire night hog roast 😂

What a laugh for all

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faerylights · 27/02/2026 17:38

I can't see the issue, tbh, but then my primary school had a pig that we "raised" and that got slaughtered for a bonfire night hog roast 😂

DarkEyedSailor · 27/02/2026 17:38

I get a pigs head or half of one every so often. I make brawn. It's delicious.
I also buy trotters and cheeks from the market. I know where meat comes from. It doesn't bother me.

Blogswife · 27/02/2026 17:37

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

But you are doing just that ! . If you don’t want to be around meat then perhaps frequent a vegetarian restaurant!

RedToothBrush · 27/02/2026 17:37

paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:23

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

What I find obscene is the making a spectacle of the whole dead animal. Like it's supposed to be a 'wow' factor. What can possibly be 'wow' about a baby pig, slaughtered at birth. To me, it's totally unnecessary and actually depraved.

I am vegetarian but I'm not going to tell other people what they can or can't eat.

But I'm going to make sure they damn well know how disgusting I think it is and how awful they are as human beings.

Multiple times.

I would be inclined to say that's actually worse than telling people what they can and can't eat.

FreshInks · 27/02/2026 17:37

@paloma7 you’re on another thread today calling the beef industry evil, so it’s meat eating in general that you appear to have a problem with. Not just Gordon Ramsey’s restaurant.

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paloma7 · 27/02/2026 17:37

If you ordered veal, would you want the cow's head on the table while you ate?

Yes, people know where meat comes from, but many of them don't like to dwell on it too much. No meat eater I know would be particularly delighted with the head of a lamb, pig or cow on the table while they ate. Let's be honest.

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DinoLil · 27/02/2026 17:36

What about a fish on the plate?

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 27/02/2026 17:36

Most meat eaters would not care. I’ve been at parties and weddings with whole hog roasts on the spit.

Yabu to decide this is not ok for everyone and also to mention the Muslim perspective, as if this needs to be a primary concern in the UK.

showyourquality · 27/02/2026 17:35

I think it’s much healthier to own what meat actually is, which is dead animals than to prepackage it beyond recognition.

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