Hardly into my campaign and already hitting my first stumbling block.
Downloaded PETAs Vegetarian/Vegan Starter Kit and, ignoring everything but the recipes, I'm hating it already!
I don't think I can do it. I'm an avid foodie. I love to eat (very obvious looking at my ever-expanding figure!).
Everything I love is apparently cruel. Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with gravy made from the lovely meat juices. I love my homemade gravy, it's the best ever - how can I possibly replace it?! Cheese sauce for my cauliflower. I love my homemade cheese sauce, it's the best ever - how can I possibly replace it?! Saving up for and dining at Michelin-star restaurants. McDonalds Sausage and Egg McMuffins. Aaagghhh!
VEGETARIANS - PLEASE HELP ME!
I like to cook from scratch, I don't like to buy ready meals, I have a carnivorous husband to think about, I'd like to be able to eat out guilt-free. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GUIDE ME.
How can I make vegetarian food as delicious as my meat dishes?
This is not easy compared to choosing cruelty-free beauty, household and fashion products. That's an easy switch to make and there's nothing to stop everyone from making that switch. The switch to vegetarianism is much harder and I take my hat off to those of you who are veggies.
I'm almost praying that Laverstoke Park Farm (see previous blog "To be or not to be ..... a carnivore") get back to me and tell me that their animals live natural outdoor lives without suffering, are walked along a tree-lined boulevard to the abattoir where they're made comfortable in an environment they find stress-free. Are stunned properly and killed humanely and immediately before you can say stun-gun. But I think that's a big ask.
I'm frantically considering other options, e.g. renting a field, looking after some animals, and whether it's possible to have them put to sleep humanely on site. Then having them butchered for our own and friends' consumption. As I've said in a previous blog, all living things die and who wouldn't hope for a very quick death with minimal/no suffering?
Some of you may know already that we keep a few egg-laying chickens, but I'm now looking at keeping some for meat and "despatching" them myself, quickly and humanely. It's a cop-out I know, but I'm against animal suffering. Death will happen anyway. Ian's good with a shotgun and he can shoot to kill instantly, so perhaps game can stay on the menu.
Blimey I'm certainly trying to cling on to and justify my carnivorous lifestyle, but feel it slipping like sand between my fingers........
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