This is an interesting article I came across in the Huffington Post. It is basically talking about a lawsuit that was recently brought against Taco Bell, claiming that the chain does not have the right to call what it puts in its products "beef." Apparently, what many Americans (or, mainly drunken frat boys who have nowhere else to go at 3am) find to be delicious meaty goodness is actually only 36% beef. The rest is fillers and binders.
The more I learn about the food industry, the more disgusted I become. I think that is a big reason I've decided to take pride in cooking my own food. There is a certain type of power you feel when you know exactly what is going into your food. We are so disconnected from what we eat now. Even today when I prepared the prawns with the pancetta, I contemplated how disassociated I was from the animals that I was cooking for dinner. I tried to give them as much respect as possible; the process reminded me of why I prefer to be a vegetarian.
I've recently been struggling with eating meat or not eating meat. There have been a few health issues I've been dealing with, and the doctors have encouraged me to at least add some meat into my diet. And then there is the culinary aspect; how am I to be able to properly prepare meat for others if I'm not sure what it is supposed to taste like? I'm being pulled in two different directions, and am not sure which I am going to lean more towards.
At the very least, I have made a comitment to myself to know exactly what goes into my food- whole, healthy ingredients from the earth and a lot of love.
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