Tortilla Treat

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Hi all,

 

I got home and was hungry so I mashed up

two avacodos, to which I added some handy, dandy, thick and chunky salsa,

and filled a couple tortilla's. Instant Yummy:-)

On a side note I work in a school as an assistant in a first grade class and

got talking with kids about vegetarianism.

I had been doing Halloween songs with them during transition and wait times,

but now that's gone by I was trying to think fast and I came up with a

turkey song for Thanksgiving. By way of introduction I told the kids that I

thought the song was cute for the holiday, but I don't really eat animals.

One girl said she didn't eat animals either and I thought she might be a

veggie so I said " oh you don't eat things like hamburgers? " She said " Yes,

but those come from cows. " I said " Well a cow is an animal. " It turns out

she and some others were under the impression that hamburg comes from cows

in the same way milk does! I explained that meat was obtained from animals

by killing them. I didn't get graphic at all but I didn't want them

thinking you just extract meat and the animal goes on about it's business.

Suddenly a whole discussion was sparked as it dawned on the class just what

meat was. Some of them started to get upset and I said it was ok by me that

people ate meat and I was just making a choice for myself. A boy asked if

people sometimes ate dogs... they are an animal after all and we were

talking about eating animals. I explained that in our country dogs are

considered pets and we don't eat them (that I'm aware of), but that in other

countries the people eat dogs the same way we eat cows or pigs or chickens.

This was a really big deal as you can imagine and I just know some of them

took it home to discuss. Uh oh, I'm in trouble. :-)

Take care everyone,

Kim

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Good for you Kim. It is amazing how many people (not just the little ones)

do not equate eating hamburgers, steaks, bacon and so on with animals. I

have a dear lady friend that is in her 70's. She loves animals and will

take in anyone's unwanted pets to keep them from going to the humane society

and be put to sleep, but she eats meat all the time. I think people aren't

so aware because they don't have to do the dirty work. They can just go to

the grocery and buy all the nicely packaged items. It's a cultural thing

that we grow up with.

Sharon

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kim bower <wi1622

 

Monday, November 06, 2000 7:35 PM

Tortilla Treat

 

 

> Hi all,

>

> I got home and was hungry so I mashed up

> two avacodos, to which I added some handy, dandy, thick and chunky salsa,

> and filled a couple tortilla's. Instant Yummy:-)

> On a side note I work in a school as an assistant in a first grade class

and

> got talking with kids about vegetarianism.

> I had been doing Halloween songs with them during transition and wait

times,

> but now that's gone by I was trying to think fast and I came up with a

> turkey song for Thanksgiving. By way of introduction I told the kids that

I

> thought the song was cute for the holiday, but I don't really eat animals.

> One girl said she didn't eat animals either and I thought she might be a

> veggie so I said " oh you don't eat things like hamburgers? " She said " Yes,

> but those come from cows. " I said " Well a cow is an animal. " It turns

out

> she and some others were under the impression that hamburg comes from cows

> in the same way milk does! I explained that meat was obtained from

animals

> by killing them. I didn't get graphic at all but I didn't want them

> thinking you just extract meat and the animal goes on about it's business.

> Suddenly a whole discussion was sparked as it dawned on the class just

what

> meat was. Some of them started to get upset and I said it was ok by me

that

> people ate meat and I was just making a choice for myself. A boy asked if

> people sometimes ate dogs... they are an animal after all and we were

> talking about eating animals. I explained that in our country dogs are

> considered pets and we don't eat them (that I'm aware of), but that in

other

> countries the people eat dogs the same way we eat cows or pigs or

chickens.

> This was a really big deal as you can imagine and I just know some of them

> took it home to discuss. Uh oh, I'm in trouble. :-)

> Take care everyone,

> Kim

[Guest guest]

Have you ever heard the line that people " Do all they

can to make their food not resemble the animal it came from, then warm it

to body temperature? "

 

I once dated a guy who would eat anything on four legs, but said he'd die

of starvation before eating his dog. It's all a matter of denial, I guess

(that's probably why I still eat cookies). Those parents will settle down

as long as long as Billy doesn't stir-fry his sister's hamster . .

..