Friday, August 12, 2011

But

Food update. I haven't eaten much meat since early July. I ate at Chipotle once (where the pre-beef is treated well), the Back Abbey, where the burger was amaaaaazing, and I trust the person who told me good things, mainly because it tasted so good, but I guess I don't really know. And then some seafood once. When I had curry pizza with A the other night, it was effortless to not eat the chicken. I don't feel like I missed out at all. And then I had a bite of a Costco hot dog. And that's it. Not a big deal. Surprisingly not a big deal. And, at no other time in my life can I tell you the exact meals in which I consumed meat in the past several weeks. Each one stood out, because it was a thoughtful, very conscious event.

Here's the thing, though. I've had a lot of Boca Burgers. They are incredibly satisfying with swiss cheese and spicy mustard. They are vegan, of course, but when I look at the ingredients, it's a very very artificial laboratory-created food. It seems that way, anyway. And, the Tofurkey "sausage," which is less satisfying, is also like a fake food. Is it a lesser of two evils? Or is it really not a big deal? I wonder if there is any difference between chicken nuggets and tofurkey when it comes down to the amount of manipulation of the food.


Here is what I still want to learn about (if you have suggested reading, I'm open for recommendations), which is a surprisingly slow process when other things in life are, you know, sort of required activities:
- religious slaughter, specifically kosher and halal meats . . .
- corn feeding versus grass feeding farm animals
- tofu production, how do they do that?
- dairy production
- recipes involving real food
- high fructose corn syrup
- Applegate Farms, Hickman Farms

(etcetera... suddenly I'm off to work again)

3 comments:

  1. can you tell i like the topic food as well? :) have you read "animal, vegetable, miracle" by barbara kingsolver? book about her and her family living off the/their land - a LOT of interesting insights/facts from her and her hubby about plants and animals. her hubby is a contributor to the book, and also is her daughter who provides recipes made with real food. another one that i HIGHLY recommend! one of my fav readings in that book was about why people are lactose intolerant...soooo interesting.

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  2. i'm reading this book right now(!) literally, it is sitting next to me, and the lactose intolerant info was like a revelation.

    here is a joke for you:
    question: what is the only kind of bee that makes milk?
    answer: boobies!

    (omg, i know, i know).

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  3. LOL....HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA...nice, maya, very nice. (the sad part was - and I can't believe I'm admitting this on a public forum - is that it took me a minute to get it...I was like...boo-bees? eh? keep them food jokes comin'! :)

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