If you watch Oprah, you probably saw the episode where she and a large portion of her staff went vegan for one week. I'm always flirting with thoughts of cutting meat out of my diet, so the title of this episode interested me. I've done the vegetarian thing on and off for years, but vegan? I've never tried it, and I was curious.
Well, after watching the episode, there is no way I could go vegan... I love cheese entirely too much, and I can buy cheese from farmers that treat animals the way I am comfortable with... but after watching this Oprah episode, I am going vegetarian! I'm not going into detail, but it showed the process a cow goes through before, during and after slaughter. Correction. The only thing they did not show is the actual "kill shot", but they showed the face of the reporter as it was done, and she looked horrified! The poor cows.
Now, I fully understand that eating meat is natural... and that, without it, we would not have evolved to be what we are today. But, animals are treated much differently these days.
Since there is much more demand for meat, the "business" has become more about "business" than the raising of an animal. The whole thing is sad, really. As a country, we don't need to be eating as much meat as we are. There would be less heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, etc., that's for sure... and the health insurance might not cost as much because there wouldn't be as much demand for that either. Of course, this is just my opinion. ;o)
So, you part of my blog now will be to document some of my favorite vegetarian meals. And with gardening season right around the corner, I just might include some of that too! :o) If nothing else, we'll save money on our bill because there won't be any meat in the bill!
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