Meat For The Masses

I love meat. I have a degree in Animal Science from Fresno State University. In order to get this degree, I had to take a Meat Science course that followed the animal all the way from slaughter to processing. We had to cut up a lamb for a final project. I've seen chickens hung upside-down, stunned, slaughtered, and processed.

If that experience wasn't enough to make me go vegetarian, nothing ever will.

It sounds a lot worse than it is. Like any capitalist venture there are those that abuse the system (and the animals) and the beef lobby is incredibly powerful in this country. But the truth is that there are multiple safeguards in place to make sure that the animals are treated as humanely as possible. And we are approaching a time of year when people eat a lot of meat, for Thanksgiving and the winter holidays.

And so I want to bring this up, because I think that it's important. I refuse to eat kosher meat. I also refuse to eat veal, but that's another story. The conclusion at the end is very poignant. Go have a look see.

Vacation

Ahh, it's been nice doing a whole lot of nothing. Actually, that's not really true. I've been getting a lot of knitting done, planning out holiday gifts (as a poor student I'm glad that I'm so crafty) and spending lots of quality time with my husband.

I know I have posts and all kinds of goodness promised. I will try to catch up on all of the content that I want to write about. Life just got so busy and I just needed some time to catch up on sleep and do a fair bit of nothing for a while.

I haven't even been keeping up on my reading list. That shows you how disinclined I've been to touch the computer. ;)

I hope all of the Americans have a lovely Thanksgiving full of wonderful food and great family memories. Love and happiness to all.

-RF