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

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

Like so much else, meat-eating is about moderation, and making good choices. If people truly understood what a portion size looks like (same size as a deck of playing cards for a piece of beef) they'd be able to incorporate meat into their diets without adversely affecting their heart or waistline. we just eat too damn much of it for our own good. Make the decision to buy organic/steroid-free meat and the health risks go down even further.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If you eat wisely, meat is also quite cheap. We bought an expensive pork joint but got three meals out of it- which meant it ended up being a lot cheaper than the veggie ready-meals I used to buy.