I’m in favor of eating food.
Aside from the above-mentioned Rotel and Velveeta I don’t believe in food products.
This bothers me- Using Beyond Eggs as a substitute for any egg based application instead of cooking with and eating real eggs.
Beyond Eggs claims their egg based application is healthier than real eggs. K… I’d like to see the research. Or is this a political statement and a philosophic approach? If it is, fine.
Read here: Opinion Dominion… Future eggs.
I will eat a fried egg on anything, even salad, even pizza!
Eggs are a perfect protein. I buy local eggs. They are sustainable.
I’m reminded of my sister and her unfortunate fake chicken enchiladas…
Her- “I’m going to make my fake enchiladas for dad’s birthday.”
Me- “Why would you do that? He hates them. Last time he ate them he threw up.”
Her- “But you’ll eat them, won’t you?”
Me- “Yeah… uh, hell no. Those enchiladas are disgusting. I just don’t get it. If you want to eat tofu, eat tofu, make a nice tasty tofu dish, but don’t try to make rice and tofu and coconut oil fake cheese and green algae slurry pretend to be tortillas and chicken and cheddar cheese and tomatillo salsa. Sorry. Doesn’t work.”
I know… harping and preaching. Same old same old. But I truly believe real food is good for us. More and more studies indicate eating real food keeps us healthy. Your brain kinda says that too…
I don’t want to wake up one morning and find soylent green on my breakfast table, or some sort of nutritional substitute for food in the name of political correctness.
Eat meat. Don’t eat meat. It’s a choice. I didn’t eat meat for a very long time after an ill-advised visit to a slaughter-house. But I refuse to divorce myself from the source of my food. Do you know there are food labs where researchers are planning to grow steaks from a single cell? You want a steak? They’ll grow one from a muscle cell. You never even have to know that cell came from an animal.
I prefer my daughter’s approach even though I can’t yet put the organ meat portion into practice- Respect the animal. Be grateful. Eat every edible part of the animal because it’s disrespectful to waste a life.
I’m passionate about the humane treatment of both domestic and wild animals. It’s one of the reasons I was a vegetarian for so long, but now local eggs, milk and meat are widely available just like they were when I was a kid growing up back in Iowa. This may be one of the perks of living in California, but I have no doubt the local foods movement is big all around the country. I know of many people using their initiative - forming co-ops, trading eggs for fresh vegetables, sharing a steer among several families, purchasing milk directly from small local dairies. Criminy! Even the medical clinic where I’m supposed to get my allergy shots hosts a farmer’s market three days a week.
I like to think most of us have good intentions. We try to do the right thing for our families and for our world. I know I’m grateful we can put food on the table.
I view cows as cows, actual living breathing creatures, not as a protein delivery mechanism. I view an egg as a delicious runny yolk, not an egg based application. Geez! I’m telling you… soylent green... I ain’t eatin’ it.
I love eggs, too. Hardboiled, poached, scrambled, over medium, in omlettes, etc. Real eggs. When I was young and gathered eggs at my grandparents’ farm, the little hen buggers had my number and pecked my hands and flew at me, so warm, freshly gathered eggs aren’t my favorite.
Please tell me the description of the fake chicken enchiladas is a joke. It reminds me too much of a fundraiser dinner we attended when the three entrees were all tofu…
p.s. Your daughter has the right idea.
Hi Marylin. I gathered eggs too. The hens were fine, the roosters tried to kill me all the time. I got pretty good at intercepting them with a boot. I wish the chicken enchiladas were a joke, but alas…
My son raises chickens. I eat as little processed food as possible. This week it’s even less (the diverticulitis diet). I’m all for knowing where every bite comes from. The fake enchiladas sound terrible…
Living on a farm makes real food easier to get. I can’t eat hamburger from the super market after eating our own beef. And as for Tofu, I’ve never had it, probably never will.
Hi Stephanie. I’m not a big tofu fan. I prepare it a particular way - drain, press, cube, marinate and then add to a cashew nut noodle salad. Nothing compares to my daughter and son-in-law’s beef. I occasionally buy local beef here at Whole Foods but it’s not as good as the beef we get from Montana. Happy cows! People don’t realize how much time, effort, sweat and love ranchers actually invest in their herds. A rancher will do anything to keep his herd healthy. I have yet to meet a rancher who doesn’t put his animals first- cows, horses, dogs… All come before you.
Me too, Anny! I don’t want molecular components of food masquerading as food. I want food. I’d raise chickens if hubs would let me. I have the space. Sigh… You’ve learned so much about food the past few years.
I will never eat egg substitute! EVER. I love my eggs too much. I got eggs from my own chicken for years, and now that Towanda doesn’t lay anymore, I buy local. All for eating as little processed as possible, and knowing where it comes from. I can’t yet manage raising my own food animals (besides Towanda’s eggs) but I housesit for a lady and can feed her turkeys/pigs and then happily eat the end results that she sends me for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Best ever is a when I can occasionally score fresh non-pasteurized milk from a friend who has Jersey cows… YUMMO.
Hi Artemis! Thanks for stopping by. I admit I’m addicted to fresh eggs - eat them on everything. I buy from a woman who has hundreds of chickens - lives a mile from my house. I couldn’t kill my own animals either, but my grandmother did it. Oh, and non-pasteurized milk? I know people think I’m crazy but I love it! If I could have my own milk cow I would.
Glad to hear you’re not going for the Soylent Green because, IT’S MADE OF PEOPLE!!!
Good recipe for eggs in the NYT Mag Sunday - Eggs with Cabbage and Tomatoes.
Yeah, Steph, it’s like that Twilight Zone episode - “The book… To Serve Man… It’s a… cookbook!” Ha! Ooh, the egg recipe sounds good. I’ll go look!