Approximately three years ago I watched the movie Food Inc.
It opened my eyes to factory farming in the United States and the horrible acts of cruelty brought upon animals to feed the American addiction for fast food, meat, eggs and seafood.
In order to feed our addiction we have taken an age old tradition of farming and turned it into an assembly line like at the Chevy plant.
These animal assembly lines are riddled with sickness just to make sure we can eat $.59 burgers and get ground beef for $1.79 a pound!
In no way do I feel that we should torture animals for our holiday feasts. Nor do I feel that as Americans we should be consuming an animal that has been subjected to such a torturous life.
Consuming hate and sickness only breeds hate and sickness!
The following video clip is gross, compelling, sickening, twisted, eye opening, wild, weird, strange, grotesque and utterly offensive.
It is an illustration how much of our meat, eggs, dairy, seafood, poultry and pork is killed to reach your super market in the United States and around the world.
If you do not want to see where your McDonald's, Long John Silver's, Shaw's, Hannaford's, Big Y, Sam's Club, Albertson's, Kroger's, KFC and Costco food comes from then close your browser now.
If you would like to be humbled click the link here: http://www.meatvideo.com/
On a positive note...
In no way do I think eating meat is a bad thing. I think that it is an important part of my diet and I do enjoy it. I believe we as humans should pay a premium to enjoy animals as a part of our dinner. Not to mention we should honor them and ensure that they were raised and slaughtered responsibly. We should be buying form local farms, those that raise happy animals and treat them fairly.
I like many are guilty of the occasional Taco Bell run or fried chicken at a Celtics game and we can change this one day at a time.
In no way am I advocating for you to be Vegan. What I would like to advocate for is changing our eating habits one day at a time.
Here are some ideas on how to change your eating habits and end factory farming....
Grow a garden to eat fresh veggies more often as your main course.
Go to McDonald's or Wendy's once less a week.
Next time you need to buy steaks go to a COOP or a local farm and pay an extra three or four bucks to know your meat was raised happy. I guarantee you'll taste the difference, you did at my Wedding!
Raise chickens yourself.
If you cannot raise chickens do a quick Google search and find a local farm that sells eggs.
Buy Tofu or Tempeh, its good, seriously and its filling.
Watch meatvideo.com or Food Inc.
Friday, August 5, 2011
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3 comments:
I'll try those tips (except the tofu one-I tried to like it but it's gross). Good for you. It's definitely hard to complain about what's going on if you never do anything about it yourself.
Hi Dave
Give tofu another try.
Many first timers don't like the consistency or there is no flavor. Try this technique.
-Go to a co-op and buy extra firm tofu, that's key.
-Drain the water and then wrap the tofu brick in a few absorbent paper towels..(yes, those towels aren't green)
-Place some kind of weight on the tofu brick, this squeezes all the excess moisture out. Let it sit for at least 15 minutes, longer is better.
-----Make the marinade while you wait!
-Then slice the tofu horizontally/ lengthwise, then into long rectangles, then into smaller pieces or triangles...I like triangles, but that's because I'm a square.
MARINADE
-Make a marinade with soy sauce, sesame oil, fresh chopped garlic, lime juice, and fresh ginger.
-Let it marinate at least 15 min but no longer than an hour.
-Put the tofu pieces on a cookie sheet and BROIL until each side is a nice golden color. You'll have to watch it and turn it while cooking.
=Then add that tofu to whatever veggies or salad you have in mind.
The key is to pre cook the tofu separately, not with the stir fry where that softness really can be gross.
Bon Apetit!
Thanks for the tip, Hermine. I can see that you've thought this tofu stuff through. I'll keep an open mind. I want to want to like tofu.
Full disclosure, I am not even proficient with a microwave. But my plan is to give this recipe to someone worthy of it and hopefully taste what they create...
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