Another abotoir story
I once went to the Frey Bentos factory in Uruguay. (It's called that because it's in a town called Frey Bentos). It had been closed for years, but there was a woman who would do guided tours, and having nothing better to do, I went to see it.

It was very creepy. A lot of the old equipment was still there, including a lot of rusty hooks. I asked the woman how many cows had been slaughtered there, she said 'Oh, about 6 million'.

The one thing that really creeped me out was the walkway. Wrapped around the building was a wooden track, about 6 feet wide, gently spiralling all the way to the top of the building - about 5 floors. I asked what it was, she said 'Well, they made the cows walk up this, to the top floor. They would kill them up there, so then moving the carcasses would be easier, they just used gravity'.

I guess that was obvious, but it seems so brutally practical - making the doomed cows do a walk of death to save on energy costs.

They also had a display of deformed foetuses . . . 2 headed calves, 7 legged sheep etc, in big formaldehyde jars.

Wierd shit . . . !
(username failed moderation, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 8:52, 4 replies)

No fat or gristle, guaranteed
Hang on, that was Tyne Brand.

Wouldn't half ton of cow falling from such height cause all sorts of problems?
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 8:57, closed)

Nah. You just place a heavy-duty metal grill half way down and a bunch of pastry cases on the floor.
Instant pie.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 9:04, closed)

Good thinking
You just invented the 'cow grater'.
(username failed moderation, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 12:06, closed)

I find the idea of animal slaughter houses equally as disturbing and.... terrifying?
as those used for humans in the second world war by the Nazis. I can't understand how anyone would want to work there or do things like that. I know people do, as there's meat in the supermarkets and there were piles of bodies during the war, but I don't have the mind to comprehend it at all. =S
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Tue 12 Apr 2011, 15:21, closed)