XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, misc.rural   
      
   On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:18:23 +0000, Derek  wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:23:25 -0500, dh@. wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:47:10 +0000, Derek  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On 25/02/2012 00:39, ToolPackinMama wrote:   
   >>>> My favorite food used to be chicken.  recently, while I was preparing   
   >>>> chicken for my family, I had an epiphany.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I was handling the chicken parts with great caution.  I had vinyl gloves   
   >>>> on, and I was working hard to keep the process sanitary.  I am aware of   
   >>>> how unclean chicken meat generally is.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It suddenly struck me:  "If I believe this has to be handled like toxic   
   >>>> waste, why am I feeding it to my family!?"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It hit me like a bolt of lightning:  I believe that meat is unwholesome,   
   >>>> so why am I still eating it, and serving it to others!?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have always hated the cruelty that "food animals" were subjected to.   
   >>>> I had to not think about it, to be able to eat meat at all.  Well, I am   
   >>>> thinking about it now, and it makes the thought of meat even more   
   repugnant.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> OK!  The solution seems simple:  vegetarianism.  However, the solution   
   >>>> has created a new problem for me... I don't know how to cook vegetarian   
   >>>> meals.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I am asking you good people to post your favorite recipes.  Not the   
   >>>> fancy ones, but the every-day comfort foods ones that you rely on the   
   most.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks a million!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Laura   
   >>>   
   >>>Hiya, Laura. You've made a very good decision to go vegetarian, so   
   >>>don't let the naysayers here against it fool you into thinking otherwise.   
   >>   
   >>  · From the life and death of a thousand pound grass raised   
   >>steer and whatever he happens to kill during his life   
   >   
   >Meat-labeling guidelines are all over the place, allowing   
   >producers of so-called grass-fed beef to make whatever   
   >claims they want while finishing their so-called grass-fed   
   >beef at the feedlot, just like any other steer.   
      
       I'm referring to grass raised cattle regardless of non-grass raised cattle   
   and purely grain fed cattle.   
   . . .   
   >>Due to the influence of farm   
   >>machinery, and *icides, and in the case of rice the flooding and   
   >>draining of fields, one serving of soy or rice based product is   
   >>likely to involve more animal deaths than hundreds of servings   
   >>derived from grass raised animals. Grass raised animal products   
   >>contribute to fewer wildlife deaths, better wildlife habitat, and   
   >>better lives for livestock than soy or rice products. ·   
   >   
   >You've been posting that same lie for more than 10 years   
   >without ever trying to substantiate it.   
      
       From some of Ruperts math is looks like it might only be about one hundred   
   times instead of hundreds. That's still more than plenty though...much more!   
      
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