digest#212: silly words, hominy harmony, turkey terrorism

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat... sorry for any confusion due to my word

usage of the term " witnessin' " . Yes, it is generally

seen in the religious context, but i was just being

silly-fun and using it in the context of making

vegetarian converts. i guess my mind just " went

there " when i saw the word " convert " used here

so many times the past few weeks. i am not religious

about religion, that's for darn sure! *lol* Happily Heathen.

i do like the idea of helping open people's minds to a

better way of eating by sharing our good vegetarian

lifestyle benefits [when they ask me] and mostly our

recipes.

 

Okay, i am cool with the creepy sounds of that lye

use in the production of hominy now. i am determined

to try some of those white hunks in a can. Thank you

to all for the useful info about the nutrients and preparation

ideas. i shall report back as soon as i try it.

 

Bron, i hear you and completely understand about how

seeing dead turkeys in the supermarket in such HUGE

quantities can be upsetting. i have a friend who is the

meat manager for one of those big market chains [you

can just imagine us chatting about food, eh *lol*... talk

about debates], anyway, he told me the worst part of

all the turkey carnage is that they will have to toss many

of them in the garbage dumpster after the holiday

season! What an outrage to consider those poor beasts

being needlessly born, raised and killed all for waste.

i asked why they didn't give them to food banks, or

something! He said they do as much as will take them,

but they always have way more that is ever needed.

UGH! Crying shame.

 

~ pt ~

 

TÊ hanks for time to be together, talk, and tangy weather.

HÊ for harvest stored away, home, and hearth, and holiday.

AÊ for autumn's frosty art, and abundance in the heart.

NÊ for neighbors, and November, nice things, new things to remember.

KÊ for kitchen, kettles' croon, kith and kin expected soon.

SÊ for sizzles, sights, and sounds, and something special that about.

That spells THANKS for joy in living and a jolly good Thanksgiving.

~ Aileen Fisher, All in a Word