tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218405954607089685.post5128490780970446589..comments2015-10-09T19:09:02.220-07:00Comments on The Little Ballroom: Maple Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookies, For SeriousKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324329778743980006noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218405954607089685.post-62328726619246075302013-01-06T11:56:08.763-08:002013-01-06T11:56:08.763-08:00Wasn't it one thoughtful man named Mark McClou...Wasn't it one thoughtful man named Mark McCloud that led you to vegetarianism? (I don't think it's spelled that way). I do believe I hated his philosophy class and mostly drew pictures of people we sat next to, but I remember you being pretty convinced of his arguments. Something about souls and harming God's creatures? I don't remember. <br />Anyway, he didn't really do it for me because frankly I don't mind the killing of animals as long as it's ethically and for food, not sport. I don't know anything about souls, but his lecture impacted me somewhat as well. I mean, I think I ate meat for like 6 months or so after that class, but I eventually came to good ole Marky-Mark's basic conclusion, minus the souls, the watery eyes...side note: remember his bread? OMG. Anyway, now it's hard for me to imagine eating meat again. I tried to hunt last year--again, something I do not have a problem with, as long as it is for food--but I couldn't actually pull the trigger this time around. BECAUSE I'M A CHICKEN-LIVERED COMMIE NOW! Just kidding. But I was a little disappointed in myself. Minus 5 points of badassery. <br />But, anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, I've been thinking about this veg stuff lately because meat in Ecuador is often hanging by its neck, swarming with flies, and sold by the leg or ear or whatever in the markets. Of course, there are supermarkets that shield people from the reality of what it is they are consuming, but not like in the States. It's interesting. I think that if everyone had to see their meat in this form, there would be a lot more vegetarians. (But not here apparently. When I ask for something without meat they are like, "chicken?" "fish?" Still, way better than your Motherland...) <br />Maybe if everyone had to hunt and kill their meat their meat then? Other people eating meat doesn't bother me, but since I can't look an animal in the eyes and kill it (and subsequently drink its blood..er, I mean thank it for giving me its life?) then I don't feel right eating it. I also just really like to know where my food comes from in general. Doesn't mean I'll always make an ethical decision when I'm faced with a choice that involves supporting nasty corporations like Nestle--usually Edweena wins the argument--but the point I think is that everyone considers the food they are eating. That everyone understands what it is they are eating and what their money is supporting, etc. The point I'm making here, in some sort of roundabout way--because bacon cookies have me all pukey in my tum-tum--is that people should be more connected to the food they eat. Whatever that means for them. For me, it means still sometimes supporting Mansanto or Nestle, etc, but doing so knowing what I'm doing and having excessive liberal guilt about it. For others, maybe it's paying a little bit more to know that their meat is coming from people who treat their cows and their land better, etc. <br />Holy shnikes. I'm sorry bout the soapbox. Miss you, Twistin! Email me an update. Crystal Stuvlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220461652610986484noreply@blogger.com