Not Proud

[poliphilo]

I've started eating meat. It's France that's to blame. You scour the menu for the vegetarian option and all they've got is crudites- you know, raw carrot and zucchini and stuff- so I made a decision before we went-  for the next five days I'm a carnivore.

What I hadn't been prepared for was how my energy levels went up. 

But I'm going to insist we buy meat that's been raised ethically. That's my quarrel with meat-eating- not that I'm sentimental about animals, because I'm not- but that industrial farming is disgusting. 

Last night we had lamb steaks- in a mushroom sauce- with mashed potato. 

I'd forgotten food could be such fun.

Comments

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

I'm just hoping I can trust them when they put "outdoor reared" and "organic"

I know nothing about British regulations, but in the United States this sadly doesn't tell you much about how the animals are treated. Most of the popular "organic" brands are industrial operations, and in some cases the labeling is actively misleading about the quality of the animals' care.

It's very frustrating for people who are interested in ethically raised meat. Provided they actually realize that "organic" doesn't mean "ethical" in the first place.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid things may be the same in Britain. Our local supermarket says it operates high ethical standards in choosing it's meat suppliers, but we've only got their word for it...