Public Service Announcement
Dec. 27, 2005 by Jason
Not Vegetarian:
- Chex Mix (anchovies in the Worcestershire sauce)
- Jello (horse/cow/pig hooves in the gelatin)
- Miso Soup (dried baby sardines or shavings of dried bonito fish)
- Caesar Salad (anchovy paste)
December 27th, 2005
But neither of those are especially difficult to live without….right?
Anchovy paste in Caesar Salad? Hmm….
December 27th, 2005
But you can’t hug an anchovie… so there’s not really a foul there, right? Right?
December 27th, 2005
Also? Cheeseburgers.
December 27th, 2005
Isn’t interesting that with the exception of the jello there are so many products with small, oily, smelly fish like anchovies and sardines.
I’ll be talking to my broker to buy up all the United Smelly Fish Co. stock he can find. Who knew it was such a booming industry?
December 27th, 2005
well, hooves aren’t that bad are they? fit the animals with some padded socks and ease the guilt
December 27th, 2005
Oh, and you may also want to check your vegetable soups. A lot of times they’ll make them with some chicken stock.
December 27th, 2005
Good thing I’m a heathen and not a vegetarian! Love me some miso soup.
December 27th, 2005
As a vegetarian, JJ, do you really feel guilty eating anchovies? I know you’ve discussed your feelings about not eating meat on a post of mine a while back, but would you feel bad if you ate a piece of Chex Mix that was sprinkled with some Worcestershire?
I’m just trying to comprehend this, but I don’t know that I’ll be able to because meat is an essential part of my diet.
December 27th, 2005
Thank you, April. That’s exactly the question I’ve been waiting for (and I’ve prepared an answer). Hahaha…. Okay.
14 years ago I decided to stop eating animal flesh. No cows, pigs, chicken, fish, dogs, cats, squirrels, rats, etc. So to me, sprinkling fish flakes into soup or putting bacon bits on a salad makes me sort of uncomfortable. If I eat soup and later discover it was made with chicken broth, I’m not going to freak out but I will think about it for a while.
To describe it to someone who feels comfortable eating beef and chicken, I’d say:
Imagine you’re eating at a Japanese restaurant and you want to order miso soup. You ask the server about the ingredients and they say, “Well it has flakes of cat flesh in it.” Or maybe you want to order a Ceasar salad at an Italian restaurant and the server says, “It’s made with ground up dog eyeballs and a bit of guinea pig paste.”
That’s sort of how I feel when I accidentally eat Ceasar dressing.
December 27th, 2005
Wow. I worked in a restaurant for over 11 years and there’s so many food products that have some sort of animal in it. Even the stuff that you would think to be 100% vegitarian.
Curious, do you eat and drink Dairy?
Do you wear cloths made from animal hair. Not just leather, but wool too. Does the fact that most veggies are growen in manuer bother you? Do you use glue? Do you drive a car made that uses oil byproducts?
Just pickin’ on ya’ JJ
December 27th, 2005
Mac - he’s not a vegan, silly goose. Wearing wool is different than swallowing animal flesh.
There are plenty things I touch but don’t put in my mouth….
Yea.
December 28th, 2005
True.
I eat dairy and eggs. I wear leather and wool.
December 28th, 2005
No more Altoids for you either, JJ. Pig hooves.
December 28th, 2005
I love your ‘its like eating part of a domestic animal’ analogy (to paraphrase.) I couldn’t put it better myself, when I was a vegetarian. Of course, now I eat meat. But that’s beside the point…
December 28th, 2005
Christa:
Good point. I don’t miss any of those foods. But I do kinda miss street vendor hotdogs.
Mojotek:
I’ve hugged an anchovy. It stunk up my shirt.
Poobah:
I don’t understand why so many people enjoy adding fish flavor to non-fishy foods. That’s just weird.
Antickpix:
Or we could give them bionic hooves like Robocop. “Sorry we cut off your hooves, Horsey. But now you can shoot lasers out of your feet.”
Maine:
Yes! I try to be careful when buying pretty much any type of soup.
Eddie:
You’re no heathen.
J.Mo:
Altiods? Whoops.
KT:
Thanks. I thought of that while in Siem Reap. The driver made reference to “barking beef.” Apparently people there used to eat dogs and perhaps some still do.
December 29th, 2005
Have you ever heard that Melanie song I have on the Radio Blog JJ? Have to scroll down a little to find it- Melanie- I Don’t Eat Animals
December 29th, 2005
I’m a veggie too, JJ, and I loved your analogy. What I don’t get is people who take it as a personal affront that I don’t eat meat. It’s not like I’m pushing my views on them. It doesn’t bother me if they are sitting across from me eating meat; I just can’t do it myself. Makes me physically ill, like the other night when I discovered little pieces of bacon mixed in with the string beans & almonds I was eating.
December 29th, 2005
Diane:
Thanks. I gotta check that out. There were a few hardcore bands back in the early 90’s that had songs about being vegetarian.
Gorilla Biscuits - Cats and Dogs
Burn - Shall be Judged
Into Another - Herbivore
Youth Of Today - No More
Those were the kind of bands I was listening to when I became vegetarian and I’m sure they had an influence.
Skye:
I’m totally with you on that. I certainly don’t try to convince my friends to become vegetarian. It’s a personal choice. In fact, most of my friends are carnivores.
I did know a guy years ago who was completely offended by vegetarians. He believed “God” gave us animals to consume, and that by not eating meat I was going against God’s design. Totally fucking ridiculous.
December 29th, 2005
LOL JJ You always make me feel so young!!
That song was off of her (Melanie Safka) Leftover Wine LP released in 1970.
December 30th, 2005
You’re kidding about the Jello, right? RIGHT?
January 2nd, 2006
Ranting:
I wish. No Jello shots for JJ.