My dad grew up on a farm. We visited the grandparents on the farm. We played with the cows in the summer and ate them in the winter. I wouldn't eat my cat, because he's become a pet. But I would try cat if I was in a country where cat was eaten. If I go a day without eating meat it feels like I really haven't eaten. I'm also slightly anemic and hate the texture of legumes, so it's a good thing I like meat or I'd be passing out all the time. Mmmmm.

Yeah, I wouldn't knowingly try cat. I'd feel like a cannibal. Actually, I'd find it easier to be a cannibal than a cat eater, I think. And I'd love to have a pet goat someday. And a pet cow. And a pet lemur. Heh.

If I were anemic, I'd eat meat. As it stands, I just get really ticked off when I'm hungry. And shakey. Nothing a salad wouldn't fix.

At least I got to try quail before I stopped eating bird. Quail was really, really yummy.

If I let my iron levels get too low, I perform truly entertaining stunts, like falling out of chairs, sponaneously collapsing in hallways, and so forth. Fun!

I'd like to have sheep. I'd spin wool and eat mutton. And goats. I've never tried goat, but I have recipes! And I know how to make goat milk cheese. Yum! And I could spin angora goat hair. Did I mention that I've helped shear a goat before? I should really get that film developed. His name was Morley and he was annoyed with us so he kept pissing on his fleece.

Morley is a perfect name for a goat.

Goat meat is really, really tasty. I also really love Ox tail. I don't think I'd be able to maintain a mostly vegetarian diet if I still lived in NYC.

Damn. I so want to try goat. You're now the umpteenth person to tell me that it's tasty. Why is there no goat at the grocery store? I suspect I need to find a Halal grocery. Maybe the people at the Gyro House will refer me. They make great food at the Gyro House. I think that's a chain franchise or something, but they basically do their own stuff. I think they're Pakistani. They have great food -- including a lot of actual vegetarian stuff. If you ever come up here, I'll take you and we'll both have yummy meals.

I hope you don't mind but these are my sentiments exactally.

For me eating a carrot does not envoke the same feelings as eating cow. But that may have to do with what I saw coming home from the Grand Canyon. I know my red meat consumption dropped drastically after that.

Oh heck no.

And I'm not getting rid of my leather boots or suede coats. And that's OK. ;)

I was a vegeterian for YEARS. Plus, I only ate organic food - unless I was really hungry then it was what was in the next available can given to me by by parents. Then I met Chris. More importantly, I met Chris' Mom. Have you ever eaten German food? Do you remember large amounts of green things? Well, it's not there. There's lots of brown things as in meat, beef gravy, meat, potatoes with beef gravy, meat, spaetzla with beef. Well, what was I to do. I gave up my veggie ways over starvation.

Now, I still COOK almost all vegetarian or I'm heavy on the vegetables and grains, but I so love my varieties of meat. One of my favorites is Lamb. I try not to think about the cute wittle fuzzy things as I'm eating its delicious, sucullent, tender meat. If I had to kill it myself I'd fo all Fern on you. This is MY WILBUR! But, the guy is already gone, so why not enjoy them?

So, I understand the veggie tendencies. I did it once myself. But, my taste buds and stomach won out in the end.

Mine may as well, for all I know. My guesses for the future are ALWAYS wrong. I'd probably have to reevaluate my choices should I ever actually get to travel in Eastern Europe.

I will certainly keep the invite in mind!

If you've got a Mexican grocer near you, they may carry it as well.

I tried goat milk for the first time after reading Heidi, and man, it's yummy.

I don't object to killing animals for food, I object to the way the animals are treated before killing them. I don't care to eat calves that are fed their moms blood instead of milk (because you can sell milk you know), or meat from hormone injected sick cows that can't even stand up. I don't want to eat a chicken that has never been out of a tiny cage, or eggs from a chicken pumped with loads of hormones to make her lay lots and lots of eggs. I won't drink milk filled with cow puss and antibiotics (the bovine growth hormone gives the cows mastitis which creates puss so the give the cows antibiotics).

So I do eat meat, eggs, and milk, but only from grain fed, free range, organic cows and chickens. If it means I pay $6 a gallon for milk then so be it. I don't want my kids hitting puberty at 7 or 8 because of all the hormones.

Incidentally, Japan (and I think a few other nations) won't import American beef at all because of our low standards.

I'd love to have a pet cow and goat. I think someday I will. Goat's milk is supposedly very healthy. They make me sneeze though.