I'm coming out of the closet, too. I love veal. I love duck liver. I think I probably love

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clofthwld

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trans-fats without even knowing it. I should be stoned in the public square. Seriously. I should be in an O Henry short story.

I love this stuff, but as I'm learning more about it, I don't want to eat it, and where does it stop?

We see little talking fish and Nemos and every animal speaks and is cute nowadays on film, even Antz, for goodness sakes, and I'm flummoxed! What can I eat? What if my zucchini started to speak to me? Would I? Should I? Eat it?

You bet your life I would. If a zucchini can beat me in a wrestling match, more power to him! But, if I win, he's my DINNER.

I'm not kidding you here. I saw this "Twilight Zone" where this vegetarian was sitting at her kitchen table in front of a bowl of fruit and she started eating a peach and it started screaming at her, "Don't eat me, please!", and this kept happening every time she tried to eat a piece of fruit, so she finally sewed her lips together because she felt so guilty. And she died. And so did the fruit.

So, what's the moral of the story? Did anyone see "Babe". Can I not eat a pig after that movie? What's more important?

You know what? I don't know the answer. Plants are alive, veggies are alive, tulips are alive. I have to eat something so I can be alive. Should I starve myself so that nothing else dies?

 
This is such an emotional subject. We can't eat our food without feeling

guilty about it. Can we? Lobsters, fish. How do you rationalize what we eat as caring human beings? What if we were food for another species? We have to make choices to survive.

What are your choices?

 
How I rationalize… Let ‘em eat meat! (Slim Jim slogan)

I’m an omnivore like most of us, and so are other species. See “Humans are Omnivores” under references at bottom of the first page of link.

Why, we’re all fine practitioners of gastronomy and if our preferred food is not available, we’ll eat anything - including a Vaseline sandwich!

Yes my heart was touched by the two Babe movies, but that didn’t stop me from eating pork. Pigs are omnivores by the way… I love veal too and I don’t discriminate food by age, gender, or size. I also like buffalo wings dipped in bleu cheese and baby shrimp. I’m an equal opportunity consumer of all things edible.

Clofthwld, you’re a great source of entertainment here!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore

 
I was talking with a seasoned veteran lifeguard on the beach in San Diego over...

...the summer.

He pointed out that "our world ends right over there, where the sand meets the water. Cross that line, and you're part of the food chain again". He's so right!

Like Ron White says, "hey, I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat carrots".

Biblically, which is the final stop for many of us, we have nothing which is not given for food. Peter's vision/dream set that straight.

Michael

 
Beware of the children's show "Veggie Tales". Yep, talking/singing veggies.

And I love the movie Notting Hill when he has a blind date with a "fruitarian"---she only eats fruits/veggies that have fallen off the tree and are already "dead". I laugh everytime I see that.

 
I heard that carrots stay alive for days after they are pulled from the ground. this madness must

end, we are supposed to eat everything that grows, flies, swims and runs or even just sits there. but sometime when I'm chopping the veg, I wonder....

oh yes, and wine is a living organism, vinegar too. what else I wonder???

What is the alternative though, we don't have machines like star trek!

So don't feel guilty, have some chocolate, have some vino and enjoy life, and remember, Soylent Green is People! LOL

 
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