Mani the carnivore

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To those whom it may concern:

 

It is not ethical to put direct mail on the list without permission of the

writer!

 

I thoroughly regret having ManiPested myself.

 

If I am not a strict vegetarian it does not mean that I am a strict

non-vegetarian. Here the facts:

 

When I was at sea I lived on meat, potatoes and soggy cabbage. After I left the

sea and could cook for myself I was essentially vegetarian. A stomach operation

reduced my eating capacity and theoretically I had to eat many meals a day,

which was not possible at my work place. The midday meal was at the office

cantine, where vegetables were rare and rottenly cooked. A bit of meat kept me

going till the evening, potatoes and salad alone did not.

 

After cancer put an end to my career and I was mainly at home I could cook my

veg the way I like it. Actually I am known to be an excellent cook, esp. of

vegetarian food. But I do have a digestion problem with legumes, lentils and raw

salads. I started eating meat every third day - about 3 ounces. If I went out to

eat I ate meat - but still only the 3 ounces - for German cooks turn the

vegetables into shit before it is eaten and digested.

 

Since about a year I have no appetite for food at all, owing to a severe loss of

smell. I have been living on rice, yoghurt, olive oil and mango pickles to push

it down. Portionwise about half a normal meal per day. Lost over 10 pounds in

weight, got jittery. Have started enhancing the beggar´s portion with food

supplements out of tins!

 

Because I said "respect the carrot" I have become the depredatory carnivore.

Jesus blessed the bread before eating it, but of course it was stupid to think

that a lowly insentient thing like bread needs blessing!....

 

If my stupid advaitic views lead me to think that a carrot is also a

manifestation of Krishna, pity my ignorance. But there is no way you can cure me

of my folly!

 

namaste

Mani

 

The natural shedding of fruit is a slow and painless process: the plant builds

up a separating layer that seals the "wound" before the shedding. Plucking is

traumatic and leaves the wound open to "bleed". Naturally shed vegetables are

neither palatable nor nourishing. The plucked fruit is the aborted child of the

plant. So I beg for forgiveness when I eat my apple. Is this a sin?