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The Week Without Meat Day 6: Bacon wishes and pork cutlet dreams
I’m abstaining from meat for a week. Read why here.
Yesterday, I mentioned that I planned to spend my Saturday watching a bunch of gruesome PETA videos and reading a bunch of literature to give a fair shake to the personal politics side of the vegan/vegetarian question. But consuming a bunch of tasty meat substitutes in the past 24 hours has put me in a surprisingly good mood, so now I think I’m going to save all that fun for Super Bowl Sunday. Woo.
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For dinner yesterday, I dropped by Govinda’s, which I’d never been to despite it being a short walk from my apartment. (Likely explanation for this: They do not have meat.) I explained earlier this week that my objective is not to drastically alter my normal habits for the better — as much as I probably should do that, the realistic plan these past few days has been to eat as normally as possible (sans meat) and document the ensuing mental anguish. As such, I was pleased by Gov’s recognizable grilly options. After shouldering my way through a sea of really skinny UArts kids with crappy band patches sewed on their jackets, I got myself a kofta sub (fake meatballs, real mozz and marinara) and a side of deep-fried fake chicken nuggets. While I found that the one-of-a-kind texture of the kofta balls grew more and more haunting with each bite, that’s more of a “me” than a “them” issue. The nuggets, though? They’re killing it with the nuggets. Slight stringiness notwithstanding, they were crispy, chewy and satisfying. You could definitely trick an absentminded/slightly drunk carnivore with these things.
For lunch earlier today, I ate a few Morningstar Farms veggie sausage patties on a roll. These are also excellent!
I refuse to apologize for loading up on the phony stuff on the second-to-last day of The Week Without Meat. I know that this really isn’t the truest way to experience a beneficial vegetarian diet, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss the feeling of biting into something meaty. My girlfriend, the sadistic orchestrator of this entire endeavor, bought me a sack of green beans at the store earlier. I am considering eating them later.
It’s been interesting, but I think I’m ready for it to be over. I’ve felt kinda slow this entire week, and I’ve witnessed the eyes of more than a few coworkers and friends glaze over as I’ve feebly stumbled over words while trying to explain something. Is this purely psychosomatic? Most likely. But it’s still weird and frustrating. Gimme a fat burger and I will speak extemporaneously for 72 hours.
I plan on offering some insightful coherent thoughts on my temporary veg
status come Day 7, but today I just can’t shake my meat fixation. With this in mind, I wanted to ask y’all: Where should I make the girl take me for the steak dinner I’m about to win? Capital Grille was my initial thought, but I want to weigh all my options. Let’s hear it in the comments.
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Capital Grill is always an excellent meal, but there’s no prime rib, which is my personal favorite cut.
Whenever I’ve gone off the meat for an extended period of time, I find that first meat meal unpleasant.
If you really want to stick it to Mich, Fogo de Chao, just for the pure vomiting excess.
PETA kills 85% of all animals they “save”. They claim they are forced to kill viable animals because it is impossible to do much due to their limited budget (30mil annually). Yet PETA calls the slaughter of livestock MURDER and compares it to the Holocaust. In comparison their neighbors the Norfolk SPCA saves 73% of all animals they take in with a annual budget a fraction of a fraction of PETA.
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk claims: “A rat is a dog is a boy”. If a boy = a dog and animal “MURDER” is a acceptable practice by PETA standards, then is the killing of unwanted children acceptable? Apparently so according to PETA’s logic.
PETA is against all animal medical research. Good luck living past 40 without modern medicine. If you support this then please refuse all medical treatment for you and your child since modern medicine was founded on the sacrifices of animal testing. PETAs leadership uses insulin which was tested on animals. PETA does not consider this hypocritical by any means. How convenient of them.
PETA’s tax records show donations and loans made to convicted homegrown terrorist Rodney Coronado. PETA also contributed to his legal defense fund. Rodney has confessed in public lectures of firebombing private property in the name of ALF (Animal Liberation Front). PETA leadership calls this terrorist a “fine upstanding young man”. Rodney has gone to college campuses to teach students to build home made firebombs.
PETA is no better than Al Qaeda, just more media savvy.