tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post2810136976393375465..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: The Ethical Eating Project - Day Five - FAQChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-25421723452490421822011-07-06T16:01:04.546-04:002011-07-06T16:01:04.546-04:00Oh, forgot to say, have you ever had okra curry, e...Oh, forgot to say, have you ever had okra curry, especially as fried okra?<br /><br />(I think the ability -- possibly survival tactic -- of South Indian cooking to take almost any food and make it tasty by halfway-obliterating its raw flavor and texture through the use of oil, heat and spices is responsible for my thinking all vegetables were tasty until I encountered them in school cafeteria form.)PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-2423197531362109062011-07-06T15:43:05.276-04:002011-07-06T15:43:05.276-04:00I won't buy veal or foie gras off a menu or at...I won't buy veal or foie gras off a menu or at a store, for basically the same rationale as CC's: there's a line between food that *could* have been produced without torturing the animal, and food that *requires* torturing the animal. <br /><br />But I admit to having tried a friend's order of veal once and to eating foie gras if it's part of a set tasting menu and thus not eating it means it just goes to waste. Veal, I have to admit, does taste good in a way that I don't think I've ever gotten from regular beef. Foie gras, not so much; I've had it from two very talented chefs in two very different ways. It really is pointless for me and in the future if it's on a set menu, I'm telling them not to bother giving me that course.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-57717571906982696972011-07-02T13:51:47.972-04:002011-07-02T13:51:47.972-04:00I find it surprising that your farmers market migh...I find it surprising that your farmers market might not take food stamps. I know ours did and I didn't shop at booths that said "No WIC" or "No Food Stamps". That was only one booth, by the way.<br /><br />I will be interested to see how many booths at the farmers market take food stamps. Please include that in your post.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711055149111463847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-40743083812809309412011-07-02T10:16:14.148-04:002011-07-02T10:16:14.148-04:00Most animals raised for food have shitty lives.
...Most animals raised for food have shitty lives. <br /><br />This I won't deny. <br /><br />But for me there is, rationally or not, a line between "had a shitty life" and "was tortured" and veal crates and gavage cross it. <br /><br />I do in a loose sense feel bad about the fact that I eat meat, though I am an omnivore. But I will go out of my way to avoid food that was in hell the entire time it was alive to make it taste better for me. <br /><br />If you disagree, you can tell me about it but I don't care and I'm not really judging you. We all have lines in the sand we draw, this is just once of mine. <br /><br />CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-84455173384238311212011-07-02T10:01:09.663-04:002011-07-02T10:01:09.663-04:00Why do foie gras and veal depress you?Why do foie gras and veal depress you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com