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Zoeisright

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77. I eat eggs, beef, and pork, but only free range, locally sourced.
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 05:09 PM
Oct 2012

Nothing from factory farms. I shun veal and foie gras because eating them is cruel.

The Eight Cruelest Foods You Eat [View all] Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 OP
You forgot the link. n/t FSogol Oct 2012 #1
Corrected, thanks! n/t Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #2
Where are the vegetables on that list? Won't somebody think of the Parsley? onehandle Oct 2012 #3
There is a guy in France who can produce foie gras without force-feeding. aikoaiko Oct 2012 #4
You also forgot... SOYLENT GREEN! TlalocW Oct 2012 #5
Have eaten in the past: MadrasT Oct 2012 #6
"The article didn't change my mind, it reflected decisions I had already made." CrispyQ Oct 2012 #8
I buy eggs from a local farmer co-op. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #11
Those are exactly the kind of eggs I'm willing to eat jsmirman Oct 2012 #13
Same here - although it should read "the only thing I eat ever" jsmirman Oct 2012 #10
I need to get smarter about how eggs are labelled. MadrasT Oct 2012 #20
You really do - and I don't mean this to chide or criticize jsmirman Oct 2012 #27
Yep. No offense taken. I agree. n/t MadrasT Oct 2012 #34
I think there was a time you could trust the packaging - "Our chickens run free in fields!" CrispyQ Oct 2012 #30
I live in farm country and I should be able to do that. MadrasT Oct 2012 #33
This thread is sounding like the script from Portlandia central scrutinizer Oct 2012 #52
Totally agree about chickens! The sheer number we kill annually alone should put them on the list, CrispyQ Oct 2012 #22
Great post jsmirman Oct 2012 #29
Trash is another by product. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #35
Yes, but shit lagoons are where it's really at jsmirman Oct 2012 #40
This one is really good, too MadrasT Oct 2012 #32
Looks like a good read. CrispyQ Oct 2012 #38
I prefer venison and wild turkey. My shots are almost always clean kills... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #39
So, so true about Big Ag jsmirman Oct 2012 #41
Bottom land ecosystems traded for soybeans.wow Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #44
I wish someone would have told me. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2012 #7
Misleading title..these are not the foods I eat... dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #9
Nothing wrong, imo, with eating eggs from birds you care for yourself jsmirman Oct 2012 #12
I knew what some of the stuff was, the Balut I was clueless about, but it disgusted me bluestate10 Oct 2012 #15
Uh, there's a stupidity in turning off all arguments jsmirman Oct 2012 #19
I spend a lot of time thinking where the meat that I eat come from. bluestate10 Oct 2012 #94
You're not reading, and you're jumping to assumptions jsmirman Oct 2012 #99
are my sharkfin and lobster chips okay... Evasporque Oct 2012 #14
Oh, and, um congratulations on your willingness to ignore cruelty? jsmirman Oct 2012 #16
What was that about? Quantess Oct 2012 #17
Read the OP jsmirman Oct 2012 #21
I'm not ignoring anything. On the contrary, I'm acknowledging it. Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #76
And to ignore it in your final calculus jsmirman Oct 2012 #78
I don't ignore it, I acknowledge it and then dismiss it.  Not the same... Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #80
"I don't think the suffering we're speaking of is extraordinary." jsmirman Oct 2012 #83
For some reason you keep equating humans with non-human animals.  How odd. Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #85
For some reason you keep equating a non-equivalence with entitlement to dismiss jsmirman Oct 2012 #89
And to be more specific, and yes jsmirman Oct 2012 #79
You're comparing cooping up chickens to The Holocaust? Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #81
Only by reducing it do you ignore the blinding logic jsmirman Oct 2012 #82
So when someone sets a mousetrap with the full knowledge that it will cause the mouse to suffer Grave Grumbler Oct 2012 #86
You find this amusing jsmirman Oct 2012 #90
Sad human ArturoOsito Oct 2012 #104
Yours is selfish. flvegan Oct 2012 #109
Embracing it, really. Rejoicing in it. flvegan Oct 2012 #105
Ignore the OP's calling card. I guess. flvegan Oct 2012 #108
I occasionally eat cage free, free range eggs. a la izquierda Oct 2012 #18
Any animal-related foods I buy come from tiny local farms I can visit gollygee Oct 2012 #23
Visiting the farm itself is by far the best way jsmirman Oct 2012 #31
Not going to worry about the latest ZOMG!!!! list. Daemonaquila Oct 2012 #24
Unnatural critters ArturoOsito Oct 2012 #107
I eat eggs from our friend's pet chickens REP Oct 2012 #25
k,r stuntcat Oct 2012 #26
You made me look up Balut YankeyMCC Oct 2012 #28
I know right? laundry_queen Oct 2012 #47
I use them for Halloween. Our Asian stores here have different kinds of balut...nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #92
The only thing on this list I eat is eggs Kookaburra Oct 2012 #36
Why is it ok to boil live plants but not live animals like lobster Johonny Oct 2012 #37
I assume because animals are sentient gollygee Oct 2012 #43
There was this documentary laundry_queen Oct 2012 #48
Uh, gee, maybe because animals have brains and plants don't? Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #60
Plants lack a cntral nervous system. yewberry Oct 2012 #97
We get our eggs locally ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #42
vegetarian here Texasgal Oct 2012 #45
Mostly vegetarian here. I do not eat enything with hair, fur or feathers, RebelOne Oct 2012 #66
Shark fin soup and foie gras are banned in California KamaAina Oct 2012 #46
never have had shark fin soup or littlewolf Oct 2012 #49
Well, I'm one for eight, but we get our eggs from one of my wife's coworkers (raises chickens). HopeHoops Oct 2012 #50
My pets make me breakfast - lynne Oct 2012 #51
Hehe... Kurovski Oct 2012 #53
ours too! 6 red stars and we consistently get 35-40 eggs a week...... piratefish08 Oct 2012 #56
I pictured dogs flippin' pancakes. :-) WinkyDink Oct 2012 #62
I have not had #2 or #6 and don't plan to LadyHawkAZ Oct 2012 #54
Glad to see this list is free of any Ethnocentric value judgements.... slampoet Oct 2012 #55
Why shouldn't we judge other cultures? China's superstitions, e.g., are endangering species. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #64
A gulf shrimp says, what? slampoet Oct 2012 #73
I've eaten all of them except Shark-Fin Soup. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #57
I've observed the geese in the Perigord. IDK what you mean by "done right" if you mean France. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #63
Lobster and Beef Aerows Oct 2012 #58
Saw something on Current TV about this. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #59
See my post above yours Aerows Oct 2012 #61
Of course buying locally is always the best choice. AtomicKitten Oct 2012 #65
You are correct. Aerows Oct 2012 #87
K&R revolution breeze Oct 2012 #84
Should we all have to slaughter our own food? One_Life_To_Give Oct 2012 #67
I guess it's not as bad as eating live animals snooper2 Oct 2012 #68
I've heard there's a specialty item in japan 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #71
I think that's an old wive's tale Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #100
Let's see: 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #69
I love eggs. I love cheeseburgers. Bake Oct 2012 #70
Lobsters are like giant insects mainer Oct 2012 #72
Why do I eat animals? They would eat us if they could. GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #74
Gummi Bears are almost extinct cthulu2016 Oct 2012 #75
I've seen them on camping trips. Kurovski Oct 2012 #95
I eat eggs, beef, and pork, but only free range, locally sourced. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #77
The cruelest thing I ever ate involved a little chili pepper. porphyrian Oct 2012 #88
I don't eat any of those things. I'm a vegetarin, I don't Raine Oct 2012 #91
I've eaten Buddha Jumps the Wall, which is a shark-fin soup. Eaten everything else, except the msanthrope Oct 2012 #93
The hunter/gatherer debate has already been hashed for the month... Earth_First Oct 2012 #96
I'm ashamed to say Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #98
I couldn't eat anything on that list but for those who eat foie gras Doremus Oct 2012 #101
Balut stinks like hell, too. MADem Oct 2012 #102
Free Range Chicken, Grass-Fed Beef… AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #103
Limp Bizkit had that awesome song about Rollin' or Trollin' or something? flvegan Oct 2012 #106
1,5,7,8 Marrah_G Oct 2012 #110
Basically, avoid factory farmed food. killbotfactory Oct 2012 #111
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