There’s nothing quite so wonderful as a thick, juicy steak. Or a nice thick burger with cheese and bacon strips. Or just bacon strips. Or a bacon cheeseburger with a side of bacon. Oh, there’s other stuff, too: pork chops, not the little thin ones you get someplace, but the big, thick Iowa chops I grew with. Roast beef, the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, fried chicken – it’s all wonderful. Up here we eat a lot of moose, spruce grouse, caribou, and snowshoe hare, not to mention salmon, trout, cod, and halibut.
My grandfather was fond of pointing out that “…eatin’ ain’t eatin’ unless there’s a dead critter involved,” and he was right.
Of course, there are those folks who want us to stop eating delicious, nutritious meat. These people are pushing a plant-based diet, and to convince people to eat these ultra-processed diets, they make plant-based foods that are… yes, really……
