# TV Chef for kids stuns, kills & cooks cute little bunny, & I think it's a good thing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675 "2009-04-02T02:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/1 "2009-04-02T02:39:20Z")
She’s right, [people need to know where their food comes from.](http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Kids_TV_chef_kills_Easter_bunny&in_article_id=606373&in_page_id=2&in_a_source=)If your precious snowflake is mortified and frightened that his or her chicken tenders and dippin’ sauce didn’t come from the chicken fairy you’ve done a crappy job as a parent of teaching them about the origins of things. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/2 "2009-04-02T02:53:02Z")
First thing I thought when I read that? [Clarissa Dickson Wright](http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/clarissMS2508_468x722.jpg) has a new show? I’d warn the little buggers first, let them opt out if they want but yeah, you wanna be a meat eater, know from whence the happy meal came. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/3 "2009-04-02T03:29:42Z")
I recall when I four years old and we were visting a farm and I has spent the day becoming bestest of friends with the chickens. I was in the kitchen and the lady we were visting said “Let’s have chicken.” So I followed my mother out to where the chickens were, totally oblivious to the fact those chickens were the same as the kind you get at KFC. Then to my horror my mother picks up two chickens and procede to calmly ring their necks. Then she basically pops their heads off. It was bad enough to lose my new friends but now my mother was not only a murder but she expected me to be in on her killing spree by telling me I should pluck them 🙂 That was the day the music died ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/4 "2009-04-02T03:34:22Z")
_My_ son knows where meat comes from; I told him a long time ago…ya’ know “circle of life” and all that. That being said, I wouldn’t want him to witness an animals throat being cut (especially a rabbit; sometimes they let loose a blood-curdling scream) on television. I’m sure that there are ways to inform children without permanantly traumatizing them. Let 'em wait until they’re in their teens before you slaughter Peter Cottontail in front of them. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/5 "2009-04-02T03:37:03Z")
Yeah…I’m an adult, I eat meat, and I wouldn’t have wanted to see this. I’m in favor of proper medical care, but that doesn’t mean I want to witness gruesome operations. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/6 "2009-04-02T03:44:50Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > That being said, I wouldn’t want him to witness an animals throat being cut (especially a rabbit; sometimes they let loose a blood-curdling scream) on television. You’d be surprised how few people know this. I’d almost completely forgotten but this reminds me of when I was a teenager walking in the woods with an active duty military guy who was interested in buying some of our land. One of our dogs (a shepherd/lab mix, incredible hunter) was with me and he dove into the bushes and ran down a rabbit. This active duty totally built/butch military squealed out like a little girl for a second when the rabbit screamed- he recovered quickly, but I thought he was going to pee himself at first. It wasn’t squeamishness- he was an avid deer hunter- but he had no idea rabbits made (very sharp, loud) sounds. I would imagine the electrocution was to cut down on the possibility of this. I agree that kids should know where meat comes from, but I don’t think that seeing the throat being cut should be part of the first exposure; start by showing them a carcass perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/7 "2009-04-02T03:49:18Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > I’m sure that there are ways to inform children without permanantly traumatizing them. Let 'em wait until they’re in their teens before you slaughter Peter Cottontail in front of them. They were 12 to 15. Close enough. From [this](http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4142569,00.html) slightly longer article: > [@](#): > > Pablo, 13, was also unenthusiastic and said, "It really hurt me to see this."But it had also been interesting, he added. And none of the kids opted out of taking a helping of rabbit at the meal served later. Mmmmm. Tasty Benjamin Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/8 "2009-04-02T03:56:32Z")
Yes, Benjamin Bunny is tasty. It helps a lot when you are eating him to push you over the unpleasant moral issues. OTOH, I had some at a college cafeteria that still contained shot. Like from a shotgun. If they had warned me that THIS Benjamin wasn’t domestic I’d’ve chewed with my incisors, not my molars, and I wouldn’t chomp down on gold today. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/9 "2009-04-02T05:32:25Z")
I found it oddly amusing that the host’s last name is “Wiener.” ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/10 "2009-04-02T12:02:01Z")
When I was in New York on Easter Sunday a couple of years ago, I found it amusing that the restaurant we chose for that day had taken their regular rabbit dish off the menu. I was also somewhat disappointed, since I don’t see a lot of rabbit served in restaurants around here. As for the bunny slaughter in the OP, maybe the actual on-air throat slicing was a bit much, but it doesn’t hurt for kids to know where their food is coming from, especially since they weren’t all that young. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/11 "2009-04-02T15:45:02Z")
While they were old enough, and the principle is sound, that is not something to surprise them with. But yes, I’ve been through that myself. Not with bunnies, but with chickens. Gone from live bird to dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/12 "2009-04-02T15:48:04Z")
Hmm. > [@](#): > > Kids’ TV chef kills Easter bunny: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/13 "2009-04-02T17:56:05Z")
I love the caption on the photo “A rabbit, not being eaten” That said, I would also not welcome a surprise tazing and butchering. I know where my meat comes from, I also am glad I have the choice to opt in or out of its direct preparation. This situation has reality show gone wrong written all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/14 "2009-04-02T18:06:50Z")
Dude, check the date. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/15 "2009-04-02T18:13:07Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Dude, check the date. D’oh… ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/16 "2009-04-02T20:26:24Z")
Yeah, but the date on the [second link](http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4142569,00.html) is 3/31/2009. It’s far from clear to me that this is an April Fools joke. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/17 "2009-04-02T20:31:08Z")
And each and every one of us should work at a sewage plant for one day, or else we have no right to use a toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/18 "2009-04-02T20:32:31Z")
Here’s another story about it from March 30. I don’t think it’s a 4/1 prank. [http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090330-18333.html](http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090330-18333.html) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/19 "2009-04-02T20:38:40Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I recall when I four years old and we were visting a farm and I has spent the day becoming bestest of friends with the chickens. I was in the kitchen and the lady we were visting said “Let’s have chicken.” So I followed my mother out to where the chickens were, totally oblivious to the fact those chickens were the same as the kind you get at KFC. > > Then to my horror my mother picks up two chickens and procede to calmly ring their necks. Then she basically pops their heads off. > > It was bad enough to lose my new friends but now my mother was not only a murder but she expected me to be in on her killing spree by telling me I should pluck them > > 🙂 > > That was the day the music died So bye, bye Mrs. Chicken Pot Pie Did some pickin’ of a chicken that I meant to deepfry. And it matters not if I made my boy cry sayin’ “Why oh mommy, must it be? Why? Was my poultry friendship a lie?” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675/20 "2009-04-02T20:38:47Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > And each and every one of us should work at a sewage plant for one day, or else we have no right to use a toilet. Yes! This is exactly why this reasoning bothers me so much. WHY is it wrong to eat meat and not really know how bloody slaughter is? I don’t know how a television works, or how wireless operates. I don’t know about the hardships endured to create the wheat in my sandwich. And I don’t care! Why must I? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-chef-for-kids-stuns-kills-cooks-cute-little-bunny-i-think-its-a-good-thing/491675.md?page=2)