dovie -> RE: With a recent report on eating meat and pork is bad for you what do you make instead? (3/26/2009 7:18:10 PM)
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I attended the Houston rodeo over the weekend. In the petting zoo were several different types of farm animals complete with pigs, cows, chickens, goats etc. I’m not a fan of zoos as I don’t like that we cage animals such as lions that in my opinion should be left in their natural habitat. Mind you, until the age of 7, I lived on a farm …okay, back to the rodeo…For the first time ever I came face to face with a Texas longhorn. He looked at me and I looked at him; eye to eye. He was followed by another longhorn and several cows. Here was this majestic creature; magnificent and beautiful. I walked away from the rodeo feeling a bit uncomfortable. The next day, my brother and his family invited me out to eat. The restaurant was cooking beef on the grill; grilled steak…arghhhh. I couldn’t eat it. On Sunday, there was an article in the paper about the veterinarians that work at the rodeo. In the article, they commented on how hard the veterinarians work on animals that would be sent to the slaughterhouse after the rodeo. I’m still processing all of this’ thinking about my place in the universe and “the natural order of things.” I’m not sure if I’ll give up beef and pork forever, however, for now, my neighbor received a gift of pork tenderloins, rib eye steaks and ground beef. Steamed asparagus and shrimp was the fare for this evening. We shall see. Regards, dovie
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