I must admit I have a bit of the 'Big Brown Eyes Syndrome'myself, yes I go gooey over baby lambs and calves, foals, puppies, kittens you name it. All the way through growing up I have always maintained that I would never eat Thumper, Bambi or Daffy ever - until the I went to a popular Chinese Restaurant in the city here and they served some delicious crispy duck as part of the suggested menu and I am ashamed to say that it was delicious.

As a matter of interest has anyone tried any Halal meat to comment on how it tastes, does it make any difference to the quality of the meat? I thought I heard once that the process of how cattle are slaughtered in standard abbetoirs here in the UK made a difference to how tough the meat was because of the sudden jolt. (Sorry to be graphic!).