No beef, no pork, no way!

Two weeks ago tomorrow evening, Mitch came home from work and told me he had decided to stop eating red meat and pork.

Those of you who know Mitch, I will give you a second to process that statement....

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Mitch said this. The man who wrote "The Bacon Song" and sang it to the kids on a regular basis. Lyrics of:

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Sorry all you piggies that I'm gonna eat,

but bacon is my favorite breakfast treat, yeah

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Sausage is fine, ham is neat,

but bacon is my favorite breakfast meat, yeah

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Frying up in the pan, you sure smell great,

but I can't wait to get you on my plate, yeah

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

To all my hermano's in ole' Mexico,

you know how it goes, tocino es bueno, si'

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

Bacon. Bacon is good.

I hope you liked my diddy, it didn't take long,

it's affectionately know as "The Bacon Song" yeah,

Bacon. Bacon is good.

(It is at this point that I would like to say if any "Pork Advertisers" would like to contact us regarding the rights to this little number, we will still take your calls).

So, anyway - back to the topic at hand. We have been "meat free" for 13 days now. It hasn't been easy. That time period included a trip to the county fair, and if there's anyplace on Earth that vegetarians should shake in their shoes, it's in the cow barn at the county fair!

But are we vegetarians? Not really...for now, chicken, turkey and fish are all still in our repertoire.

Are we going to go vegan and cut out all animal products all together? Probably not.

Why are we doing what we're doing? Because Mitch stumbled into the world of the slaughter house on the Internet doing research. And what he saw was very upsetting to him. It is hard to "un-ring" that bell.

(Although in talking with a friend today, he said he could look at that stuff and still eat meat. Didn't bother him. Heartless cow-hater! Meanie, meanie pig-killer! - OK, that's a bit harsh. Sorry D! :-)

This brings me to my next thought...to all of you who have been thinking to yourselves while reading this, "Oh...my....God. They are going to try and convert me now too?!?!?!" or "What am I supposed to fix when you come to dinner??" (don't worry, Mom. We'll work it out!) or "Great. Another hair-brained scheme from those Whacky Kneipp's. I give it a week." We have not lost our minds. We are not going to, or have we ever, judged other carnivores. We are not going to go all hippie and start buying hemp sheets, wearing tye-dye shirts at the Farmer's Market every Saturday, or join Peta.

We are just going to try to not eat red meat or pork. For many reasons, but here are a few, just in case you are open-minded enough to care:

Becoming vegetarian is one of the most important and effective actions you can take to ease the strain on our Earth’s limited resources, protect the planet from pollution, prevent global warming, and save countless species from extinction.
According to Dr. David Brubaker, PhD, at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for a Livable Future, “The way that we breed animals for food is a threat to the planet. It pollutes our environment while consuming huge amounts of water, grain, petroleum, pesticides and drugs. The results are disastrous.”
As the Sierra Club put it in their 2002 report on animal factories, “environmental violations by the meat industry add up to a rap sheet longer than War and Peace.”

There is a method to our madness. As we embark in this new way of living and eating, I will keep you updated as to our progress.

I will leave you with this joke, found on a vegetarian website:

Why did the tomato blush?

Because he saw the salad...dressing.