Posted on 05/23/2021 6:47:50 AM PDT by Libloather
As a gesture of solidarity with the tens of millions of carrots murdered every year to facilitate #Veganuary,” typed failed mayor Laurence Fox while still in his folk music period and presenting as a flaccid tree, “tonight I forsake vegetables.” Then he uploaded a picture of his steak. As a piece of food photography it was poor; as a statement of resistance it was powerful. Last week Fox News apologised after airing a piece titled Up in Your Grill, which claimed Biden wanted to curb meat consumption. This would include, they said, a plan to cut 90% of red meat from the American diet, leaving them with 4lb of meat a year, or “one burger a month”.
It wasn’t true, but that mattered little, because it had the green taste of something true, and it pricked in all the right places. “I’m pretty sure I ate 4lb of red meat yesterday,” Donald Trump Jr tweeted in response, a cry of freedom. Fox’s steak and little Trump’s tweet were self-portraits – food as a symbol of their identity politics. They were grenades lobbed into a culture war that is playing out in meat and soy and sausage rolls, and what it means to be a man.
Such wars are not new, but each battle updates its weapons. Prosaic objects and domestic choices come to symbolise the politics of each side, whether cars, lattes or bras, burned. Food has always been a key marker of who we are and how we see ourselves, so inevitably becomes a marker of identity, especially at a time when so many certainties, the economy, health, the environment, gender roles, are being challenged. When posted with a Veganuary hashtag, a steak is no longer just a steak.
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They’re barking at him, laughing at him. But every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals who he is.
Bkmk
Well, there is always Greenbeefos. The Ultimate Catalyst by John Taine.(1939)
Finally found a copy on line! in English! See what eating veggies eventually does to you!
https://1lib.us/book/1595235/487576?id=1595235&secret=487576
So what’s the story on the report on the Biden Administration discussion on limiting meat? Wrong source? Made up? Satire taken as news?
“Joe Biden’s climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030,” freshman Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert tweeted. “They want to limit us to about four pounds a year. Why doesn’t Joe stay out of my kitchen?”
Anybody got recipes with Solent Green you’d care to share?
Why is it that vegetarians always seem to be unhappy, unhealthy looking and miserable creatures who are always lecturing the rest of us?
If the cave man/woman didn’t eat meat we wouldn’t be here.
What does a failing group reach for to get better.....everything. It’s called throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks and pointing at it until it falls off.
wy69
I have a terrific friend who is a vegan. She is knowledgeable and does everything correctly. She never tries to force her views onto anyone else. She is into a lot of holistic medicine but does use modern medicine, as well. Full on conservative, gun owner, no masks, no vaccine. She is the epitome of someone who respects others’ views.
There are a fair amount of people in Alaska like that. I’m friendly with some of them.
Honestly, its just about the best thing about living in Alaska. Most people just don’t care what you do and leave each other alone to do their own thing. As it should be. Lobby hard for your position, but in the end, it’s their position.
No, it hasn't. It's become a key marker of what's available throughout 99.999% of human history. The luxury of deciding what to eat is an artifact of plenty. That isn't the norm.
What does appear to be universal throughout human history is the proliferation of fools whose only function in life is to tell other people what to do. There ought to be a bounty.
Hi.
Could be a fun thread...
I love all kinds of food. Animal, vegetable, sea food and everything in-between (ants, grasshopper, snails etc.).
Whether it’s raw, rare or medium rare, doesn’t matter.
Although, since I’ve grown older I have lost the taste for chitterlings, liver and brains (all types).
Bon appetit.
5.56mm
I made a big pot of sloppy joes last night. The kids ate like 3-4 helpings each.
I just ate 1.25 pounds of wild caught salmon. Ralph’s has it frozen for $7.99.
I’ve been on the carnivore diet the last three years and I’ve gotten really healthy. I went from 235 to 183.
I recently switched from beef to fish and turkey breast to lose even more fat.
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