'Being Gordon Ramsay' featuring dead pig!

Wow, your comment says a lot more about you than Gordon, whom you've never even met.

Know what's really vile? The sheer ignorance and arrogance of vegetarians...

A suckling pig is one of the least wasteful meals, everything is eaten, even the leftover bones can be used for broth afterwards.
On the other hand the amount of wild animals those of us on fruit/veg farms have to kill to sow, grow, protect and harvest food for people like you while you stand there and judge the food choices of others is ridiculous.
The animals that died to feed you have been poisoned, shot or snared and are now rotting in a ditch at the end of the field while you look down on meat eaters for not wasting any part of the animals that died to feed them.

The production of your veg dinner is no less bloody than a steak but we keep the reality from you so you can live in your bubble believing the lie that no animals were harmed for your plant based meals.

At least a meat eater will look a sucking pig in the face and be grateful for the meal it provides them whereas vegetarians and vegans will not even acknowledge the countless deer, rabbits, birds etc.. or the native ecosystems that are destroyed on a daily basis just to fill your judgemental bellies.

You're welcome.

I'm not vegan or vegetarian but I'm with you on this. Wouldn't want to see that either.

My Christmas turkey does tend not to have his or her head still attached.... so no.

What part of my post about vegetarians inflicting their views on others ( in This GR context ) is confusing to you

But if whole animal on platter is bad, does that mean bits of animal on plate is ok?

Or are you objecting to any meat being served at all?

I didn’t say that in my post

But a 1/16 of an animal chopped up is ok?

My son at the age of 4 did, on seeing a leg of roast lamb for dinner remark 'but mummy, can the lamb still walk without its leg?'

A whole dead turkey, chicken or salmon is seen frequently. Its literally no different from any other piece of meat. Why do you think that a bit cuf off eg a pork chop is somehow more acceptable than the whole carcass the chop came from? The pig doesn't donate the chop and trot off to enjoy the rest of its day. If anything seeing the whole animal is more honest.

Gordon Ramsay is a pig just an old one with Botox

I have never eaten a hog roast or suckling pig. I have eaten veal (rose).

However, my mum did get a pigs head some years ago that we had to burn the hairs off and cut in half (with a hacksaw) to be able to fit in the oven. The cheeks were delicious - but I already knew that I would like them as I love guanciale.

I think it's important if you're a meat eater to make sure you're not only eating the finest cuts; I believe that's more of a disservice to the animal.

FYI - lobsters, crabs and prawns are classified as sentient beings according to the UK government, so there is little difference in eating a pig and an unpeeled prawn, as was discussed further up the thread.

Wonder if he’s got a new team now 3

Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire has faced significant financial struggles, with The Times reporting pre-tax losses rising to £15.5 million in late 2025 despite high sales. Key issues included closing multiple Street Burger/Pizza locations, cutting nearly 200 jobs, and high operating costs [1The Sun]. The group is restructuring amid a tough hospitality environment.

Randomly... you can't eat fresh Greenland shark meat as it is poisonous to humans. However, once it has been fermented and then dried for some months, it's good to go.

Polar bear liver is too high in Vitamin A for us and also puffer fish has the potential to be lethal due to the neurotoxins it contains. It's why chefs have to train for so many years to be certified to prepare the fugu.

Not really.

You're talking about somebody choosing to go somewhere that meat is served - rather than a vegetarian or vegan restaurant - and then getting aeriated that they aren't hiding the fact that they serve meat.

I'd happily criticise a meat eater that kicks off because a vegan restaurant doesn't cater to their dietary choices by offering steaks, I'd be absolutely ridiculous to kick off that I can't get guaranteed gluten free bread from a bakery that bakes all of its bread in a single oven and there would be no merit in a complaint from somebody with a juniper allergy complaining after a visit to the Plymouth gin distillery tasting menu that couldn't guarantee that there was no juniper in any of the drinks.

Agree. Its the lefty wokies who dont like it. Screw them

Nope. Just a white, british, middle aged man who remembers the 1990s and doesnt want to stop eating pork because it might offend someone

i don’t buy halal meat because I dont want to but I don’t expect it band

So, to be clear, suckling pig (and also baby lamb) is not uncommon as a specialty dish in many parts of Europe.

The pig isn't slaughtered at birth, they are slaughtered before they are weaned (hence the name "suckling" pig). So some weeks old.

Not tremendously different from a roast chicken, often slaughtered at 6-8 weeks old (and pumped full of growth hormones first - which is arguably worse).

You're vegetarian and you are entitled to your views of course, but I don't think you're being entirely rational.

Erm Asia is a VERY big place, you know. And most of it isn't Muslim. 🤔

Middle Eastern restaurants tend not to serve a lot of pork to be fair.

True, it's always someone offended on behalf of someone else.

As if Gordon Ramsey doesn't have a marketing team to do the research before opening yet another restaurant.

Well it’s not irrelevant because you say that walking through a restaurant with a full animal on a platter is inflicting views on others,

Their restaurant, their rules.

Of course it is

its irrelevant to my post though

In a lot of cultures it's normal. I've been to a wedding before where one was served, it's often for special occasions. I'm a vegetarian too but I can't see how I could object in a restaurant that serves meat? I've been in one place years ago where they had a trolley and sliced the meat at your table. If you don't like the idea of people eating meat around you, go to a vegan or vegetarian restaurant?
I find it extreme to call it depraved though, that's like calling other cultures depraved for it being part of their culture. You're contradicting yourself by saying that you won't tell people what they can and can't eat but calling it that, that's surely exactly what you're doing?

It’s surely up to the restaurant owners what their views are, what they choose to offer on the menu, and how it’s served though.

Don’t like or share their views, don’t go. Plenty of other restaurants around.