Happy Dead Animal Day 2010!
It’s that time of year again! And time again for a still-true G Bitch rerun:
Last week, the grocery ads got more meat-heavy than usual which tipped me off that a holiday is coming, the Fourth of July specifically. It is a day, as Mister, Girl and I say, for folks to burn some dead animal. For us, it’s a time to be given the fourth degree about not eating meat (or fish or even chicken?) and waiting for the proper appearance time has passed to either rush home to gobble down tofu and vegetables or race to the nearest Subway.
Except this year. I am “giving myself permission” to avoid insane and/or animal-burning family members and drink at home.
As the omnivores eat their charred animal flesh with ketchup and bread, we’ll grill some veggies, smother potatoes in the coals and start the margaritas around noon. Happy Independence (for whom?) Day!
During the month of June I had vowed not to eat meat. It was difficult for me. I didn’t think that I ate that much meat anyway, but hey, I was wrong. Every day was like torture to me. Sure I ate salads and beans and more beans and beans and rice and vegetable soup and a host of other meatless dishes. But truth be told, it kicked my butt good. I celebrated July 1st by eating a steak for breakfast (I got up at 4am) and scrambled some eggs to go with it. It was delicious and well worth the wait; but the meatless thing………I just can’t do that anymore.
Next time I’ll keep my big trap shut.
Your mistake, Reggie, was going cold turkey. Vegetarianism/veganism is not a “diet” but a change in lifestyle and perspectives, if not paradigms. And those things do not change overnight. With a balanced diet not centered around meat, it is easier to gradually reduce and remove the meat from your habits.