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I just bought some great food that I can't eat

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So I am out with a relative today and we go over to his house and he is showing me his cows and horses and goats. So I tell my relative that I am thinking about buying some goats and have them butchered, and he looks at me and says, "hey I got four goats for sell and I'll give you a great deal on them.

So I get to thinking, which by now anyone on this board knows is dangerous and I ask, "how much for the goats?" and he says, "give me a hundred bucks." I say you got it, and pull out my wallet and give him a hundred bucks. So by now I am starting to think about how great these goats are going to taste and I get out of my vehicle and go over and ask can I look at them and he says sure.

So I go into the field and walk over to the goats and they come over and start nuzzling on me and his daughter comes out and says to me, " they're my pet." I thinking oh crap I can't eat lassie with horns so I look at my relative and ask what does it cost to feed these things and he says 7 dollars a week.

I pull out my wallet again and hand him another hundred bucks and say to him call me when that runs out. I am now the proud owner of 4 pet goats that I will never eat.:cry:

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Plays With Food avatar
Beach Lover
#27
Watch Fast Food Nation and get back to us.

READ Fast Food Nation - the movie barely scratched the surface!
lisaloebmalone avatar
Beach Lover
#28
:scratch:I don't think I WANT to watch that movie. I've heard about it. Kurt, you're challenging me WAY too much!!

And there's a BOOK???:eek:
Plays With Food avatar
Beach Lover
#29
:scratch:I don't think I WANT to watch that movie. I've heard about it. Kurt, you're challenging me WAY too much!!

And there's a BOOK???:eek:


The book came first - and it is nothing like the movie, which was fictionalized and just tried to cover too much, so it covered nothing very well. The book is well researched and explains the "why behind the what" of fast food - where it came from, what sustains it, where is it going, and the harm it causes on so many levels.
SoWal Insider
#30
The book came first - and it is nothing like the movie, which was fictionalized and just tried to cover too much, so it covered nothing very well. The book is well researched and explains the "why behind the what" of fast food - where it came from, what sustains it, where is it going, and the harm it causes on so many levels.
This was required reading at my son's high school last year. He momentarily became a vegetarian. :cool:
lisaloebmalone avatar
Beach Lover
#31
:lolabove:

My daughter became a vegetarian for about six months after her FATHER let her watch a SAW movie (Saw 2? 3? I don't know) that apparently had a segment in a meat processing plant....

( :bang:STUPID ex-husband, no 12-year-old needs to see that crap!)

I cannot imagine what she'd do if she read that book or watched that movie. We may all be eating tofurkey from now on...
bluemtnrunner avatar
Beach Fanatic
#32
:lolabove:

My daughter became a vegetarian for about six months after her FATHER let her watch a SAW movie (Saw 2? 3? I don't know) that apparently had a segment in a meat processing plant....

( :bang:STUPID ex-husband, no 12-year-old needs to see that crap!)

I cannot imagine what she'd do if she read that book or watched that movie. We may all be eating tofurkey from now on...

Has she seen how they torture those poor soybeans.....the milking process is brutal!!!
lisaloebmalone avatar
Beach Lover
#33
Has she seen how they torture those poor soybeans.....the milking process is brutal!!!

:floor::funn::floor::funn::floor::funn::floor::funn::floor::funn:
organicmama avatar
Beach Fanatic
#35
sorry, but I have to do this....

http://www.chooseveg.com/animal-cruelty.asp

Dan,

:wave:Question, I don't digest soy well.... was a vegetarian for 8 years until I realized it. Wheat is another thing I don't want to overdo. Any suggestions besides beans, beans & more beans?:biggrin: Still a veggie at heart & don't like meat but am tolerating it right now. Can't stand fish.
danhall avatar
Beach Lover
#36
I may not be the best one to ask, as I am still formulating the vegetarian diet that is right for me...

the other options that I am aware of are:

mycoprotien, derived from mushrooms
seitan, or "wheat-meat"
beans, including soy, of course
tree nuts and such

for me, the idea that we have to replace that slab of cow or pig with some equally dense form of protein is sort of out-moded. It seems when we focus too much on one thing (i.e. protein, low-carb, saturated fat, etc.) we miss the basic idea that what we should eat is a variety of whole foods, organically grown, as fresh as possible and with little to no industrial processing. Protein is found in many of those things.

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...
Kurt avatar
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#37
I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

Was that because it was so hard to digest?
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#38
Was that because it was so hard to digest?

:funn::clap:Very good daddy-o.
organicmama avatar
Beach Fanatic
#39
I may not be the best one to ask, as I am still formulating the vegetarian diet that is right for me...

the other options that I am aware of are:

mycoprotien, derived from mushrooms
seitan, or "wheat-meat"
beans, including soy, of course
tree nuts and such

for me, the idea that we have to replace that slab of cow or pig with some equally dense form of protein is sort of out-moded. It seems when we focus too much on one thing (i.e. protein, low-carb, saturated fat, etc.) we miss the basic idea that what we should eat is a variety of whole foods, organically grown, as fresh as possible and with little to no industrial processing. Protein is found in many of those things.

I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

I was using "seitan" but I'm trying to avoid wheat as a staple, KWIM? It's like soy is to me. A little is grayt, but as a main food source... I don't feel so good at all. My taste buds are happy with both soy & wheat but not the rest of me.

I'm trying to get past that whole dense protein thing, too. My mind has comprehended it, but my tummy hasn't.;-)

I also need to not be nursing to really focus on getting back to being vegetarian without the extra calories, nutrition requirements.
Plays With Food avatar
Beach Lover
#40
I just finished a great book called In Defense of Food, it really rearranged some of my thought patterns...

Michael Pollan's books are actually a little better than Fast Food Nation (which is a good book, but focused more directly on the topic of fast food); his book previous to In Defense of Food, entitled The Omnivore's Dilemma, is also a great read.
drsvelte avatar
Beach Fanatic
#41
The Omnivore's Dilemma is an excellent book. I still eat meat, even the occasional industrial burger, but Pollan's experiences will make you think. Another excellent book that touches on some of the same issues as the Omnivore's Dilemma is Heat by Bill Buford.

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