whatcha eatin

[Flutter]

Ouch, get them fixed already! I got my medicine for free. The doctor was like "it's really expensive" and handed me the entire box of samples

[~reefchik~]

I thought I had, but then they flared up again. Probably gonna be something that I really have to stay on top of from time to time.

[LilGreenPuffer]

Dinner tonight:
-Greek yogurt
-Broccoli soup
-String cheese
-Fat-free single-serving broccoli/cheese dish thingy
-Peas
-Quaker rice cake things
-Skinny Cow ice cream cup

[J-P]

the wife made ribs! (yes a meat dish!) and they were actually good!! After almost 10 years I think she is catching on!!

[xrayjeeper83]

Dinner tonight:
-Greek yogurt
-Broccoli soup
-String cheese
-Fat-free single-serving broccoli/cheese dish thingy
-Peas
-Quaker rice cake things
-Skinny Cow ice cream cup

Im sorry but that sounds NASTY lol, need some kind of meat instead of the broccoli soup

[LilGreenPuffer]

I don't eat factory-farmed meat, so I hardly ever get any except when Mom makes it. I had Tofurkey for lunch, though.

It's a misconception that you need meat in a meal. In most parts of the world, meat is eaten once a day to once a week, not with every meal. No wonder us Americans are so unhealthy.

[J-P]

once a day but once a week seems a little extreme. I know if they could they would

On the same token, that doesn't necessarily make "them" more healthy than North Americans... but that also depends on who "they" are

[Flutter]

Well, we are pretty darn unhealthy really. That can't be argued if you actually do some research into the subject.

I eat meat from 0 to 3-4 times per week. Most of the time I prefer the vegetarian option and when I do eat meat I eat a very small amount, probably less than the size of my palm. Often times I go for about a month where even the thought of eating meat makes me sick. During those times I'm obviously completely vegetarian

[LilGreenPuffer]

once a day but once a week seems a little extreme. I know if they could they would

Not necessarily. Many societies see the harm in factory-farming animals (the only way to support America's ridiculous meat consumption) - it's bad for animals, the environment, consumers, meat industry employees, the economy, and small farm owners. Many societies see the health benefits of less meat. Many also see animal lives as something not to be taken lightly or more often than necessary.

[Flutter]

+1

Many of them also thank the soul of the animal for the meat it will be providing and apologize to it as well.

[purplecandle]

For some of the reasons provided, I eat Halal meat when I can

[Flutter]

I would never ever ever eat Halal meat. They slit their throats and let them bleed to death. Nasty. At least the common methods are fast.

[purplecandle]

If an animal must be killed sliting of the throat is quicker than people think it is and much less abusive than other common methods.

Halal meet most often does not have hormones and other nasties

And the animal is treated to a nicer life than that of commercial farms...where they stand knee deep in feces.

The raising and killing is much like what you would see on old fashioned family farms

If you want to be a vegan, that is fine. If you have the stand point that no meat is what is best, then that is ok too.

However, if you are a meat eater... you think that slitting the throat is bad...then I have to ask you what method should they die by? Which method would be better, electroshock? Poison? Hammers to the head?

I eat meat, and I make a conscious choice to buy from butcher's who treat the animal with respect, and kill the animal with swift cuts to the throat so that the animal dies quickly and does not suffer.

What "common" methods do you refer to? Fast does not equal painless..

Please do not call my food nasty

I do not insult your vegan tendencies, I commend you for them..so please do not insult my meat eating tenancies, especially when I go out of my way and pay more per pound to know my meat had a good life and does not contain a bunch of growth hormones and was not force feed a bunch of indigestible corn and was killed swiftly the same way our ancestors did it.

[Flutter]

I'll expand later but I'm sorry for upsetting you.

[J-P]

I don't think it is thought of the actual "food" being nasty, as much as the thought of the procedure.

This is starting to remind me of an old Saturday Night Skit where Dan Aykroyd runs a steak shop (forgot the name) and he's standing there with a chain saw in his hand yelling at the camera "You slaughter it, you cut it and we'll cook it! Any thing you want! A 6" steak, no problem!! You slaughter it, you cut it and we'll cook it!!"

but I'd still like to know who these societies are that eat less meat. I am very curious who "they" are. Are we talking North America? Europe, South America? Asia? Africa? maybe Antarctica? .. no because veggies don't grow there.. lets rule that one out.