No I am not crazy. I just came back from the "Organic Garden" in Beverly. I went because I love my friends, because I'm going stir crazy with the winter, and because you never turn down a chance to mooch a meal. I also figured that eating raw, vegan food would give me some sort of "Fear Factor" street cred. What's the worst that could happen? Boy was I wrong. The stuff was delicious.
I'm almost mad about it, because despite this bloggy little exercise in politics and food porn I create I don't eat very much meat. There's a reason for that. I actually got to murder my own dinner many times when I was a wee lad. I spent a summer working at a religious retreat (many posts buried in my soul from that 3 months) that had their own farm. It wasn't a factory farm though so I never even blinked about the concept of where meat comes from. When Bessie got too old you eat her. What were you supposed to do? Let her go to waste? Then my friend who invited me today linked me over to this.
Tough stuff. I buy my meat at "Whole Foods". I pay a premium for organic free range. Somehow if you watch that video though, and you slip and think about it while you eat, the food porn loses a little of its' luster.
So here I am ruining my own blog with reality. Not really though. We all make choices every day. Is democracy something we believe in even if the results don't favor us? Is destroying unions really nessicary to balance state budgets. Are Planned Parenthood and Head Start really just fatty extras that we don't need? Is cruelty still cruel when animals are involved?
Lot's to think about, lots of hard choices to make. but remember one thing...You always have a choice. You may not like'um, but you always have'um.
Shout out to Mr and Mrs Stone, the food was grand, the conversation stimulating, and the company world class. In a world of too many choices you have made some excellent ones.
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