2/21/2020 0 Comments WATER vs. LAND ANIMALSVegetarian, flexitarian, pescitarian, vegan and the list goes on. In the world today, there are many people who fit into at least one of these categores.Food has always been known to be a way for people to fellowship, get fat and be merry but somewhere down the line things have changed. The world has gone from, “everything is good to eat thus says the Lord,” to “that’s wrong!How would you feel if someone did you like that!?” Yes, the world has changed A LOT. You have some who still believe that everything is okay to eat. If you are wondering if I am one of those people then yes. I grew up in a home where food was sometimes hard to find. If you did find something to eat, you didn’t have time to question its substance on whether it was healthy, high in carbs, vegan or gluten free. Nope, you had to eat it or go hungry. I took my chances to eat it. There were times, when we didn’t have anything but flour, water, a little oil and some bullets. This is a recipe for squirrel meat drenched in gravy with homemade biscuits. I can hear the comments opinionating about my family’s starch intake. Trust me, we knew but as stated before, it's either eat or go hungry.
The other day, I had an argument with my friend who is a pescitarian. If you are not familiar with this term, it simply means that she only eats seafood. She believes eating animals such as cows, chickens, pigs and others are just wrong because of the killing process. I asked her, if she thought killing water creatures such as crab, shrimp, crawfish, octopus, etc wasn’t cruel. She looked at me for a minute and had no reply. Fishermen may not hit these creatures over the head or shoot them but they capture them in a way that doesn’t follow the golden rule:treat others how you want to be treated. If the world is looking at animals from the viewpoint of “imagine if that was you” when it comes to land animals why aren’t people stepping up for sea creatures? Is it because we can’t really see what's going on in the ocean as we can on land? Does boiling a sea creature in hot cayenne lemon peppered seasoned water seem less harmful than hitting a cow over the head till his legs stop shaking? I really need answers because at this point you all are being hypocritical. Now, vegans are very interesting to me. They do not believe in consuming any type of animal or animal product. Honestly, I salute vegans because they are very strong minded. I could not imagine eating a vegan chicken wing while there is a plate of real crispy fried wings sitting right across from me. The wings can even be organic, just know my desire for them will be stronger than my mind who is telling me no. If i had to stop eating meat, I would choose the pescitarian route because I for sure couldn’t give up crawfish. That is my weakness. Those who are vegan have created foods to substitute animal products. In your local Walmart, you can find vegan cheese, eggs, milk, steak, taco meat, hot dogs, sausage and the list goes on. I do not discriminate against those who do not eat meat and want to live that healthy lifestyle but a bigger question rises inside of me. Why recreate meat if you can just eat it? I watch hundreds of videos on ways to create these vegan products and some of them aren’t that pleasing to the eye. Before you ask, yes, I have tried a few vegan foods. Some of them are good and then some make you want to buy a whole new tongue. Another question I want to ask those who are vegan is this-how can you say you are vegan if you still eat mayonnaise? Trust me, I have seen it with my own two eyes. They will sit across from me with a black bean burger layered in non-vegan mayo while down talking to me about my 100% all beef patty. Honey, you are no vegan! TIME FOR YOUR POSITIVE PUNCH It doesn’t matter if you're vegan, vegetarian or even pescetarian, what matters is your respect for another person’s lifestyle. If someone wants to eat meat, let them. Most of the time they love animals just as much as they want to eat them. If someone believes that plant based food is better for them and their kids, don’t all the weird just listen to what they have to say and say cool. Who knows, maybe the two of you could switch lifestyles.
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