So long, dear meat-friends
(Let me start by saying the illness while powerful seems to also have been swift. I just might make it after all. Although, I’m quite miffed that I had to call in today - I was on a 5 month not-that-sick streak!)
Anyway, the Catrow family has decided to stop eating any meat that isn’t certified as organic and free of antibiotics with the exception of the traditional Valentine’s Day meal provided by Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken - you can’t monkey with tradition, guys.
This decision will basically make us vegetarians everywhere but our own home. We’ll still buy meat, but only from places where we know what we’re getting (and what the animals got while being raised).
While I’m excited about the positive impact this will have on our health, I must say that there a few items that will be sorely missed. Let us honor our fallen brothers…
Chicken burritos from Mexico and El Paso
Lean Cuisine’s chicken primavera
Arby’s roast beef sandwiches
Chic-Fil-A (TEARS, OH, THE TEARS!)
Junior bacon cheeseburgers from Wendy’s
Club sandwiches from anywhere, really
Ham biscuits (I might as well just not go to anymore family functions.)
#9 meal from McDonald’s
Chicken and vegetables in brown sauce from Ginger
If I were more technologically savvy, you would have heard Green Day’s Time of Your Life in the background. And the sound of me sniffling a lot.
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Way to go! Parting is such sweet sorrow. My family’s mostly non-meat regimen is highlighted throughout my blog… but we eat loads of fish. Got a position on the pesca-friends/food? I’m a little conflicted about the finned food, myself.
Don’t forget the Yellow Umbrella for seafood! Best in town. A little pricey but guaranteed worth it.
Awesome! I think about doing this sometimes. Sometimes I don’t. But I think it is a good idea. There is always chipotle which is delicious.
I was a vegetarian for almost 2 years and found that Indian food and barbecued tofu got me through. Good luck guys!
did i tell you that i was trying to get my dad to name the club sandwhich on his menu after you? it isn’t working so far. you’ll have to eat there i suppose.
Either way, you’re going to die in the end. Eat meat and prosper!
Awesome…I’ve got a billion recipes for you, though I guess the issue is eating out more than eating in.
Hopefully one day I will have the bravery to take the step you have. I’m just. not. ready. yet. (Why does that excuse sound so much more legit when I say it about my meat habit than when my smoker friends say it about cigarettes?)
Wow. I highly commend this move. It makes my no-soda resolution pale in comparison.
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