tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post1570838504425408326..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: GroceriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-40977771084231223512019-07-21T15:41:49.442+01:002019-07-21T15:41:49.442+01:00Hi Jenna — thank you — waving!Hi Jenna — thank you — waving!Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-87116859549987708172019-07-21T11:35:47.204+01:002019-07-21T11:35:47.204+01:00Some in my extended family, including myself, have...Some in my extended family, including myself, have adopted birthday pie. Mine's in January so not a lot of local fresh fruit here in the Mid-Atlantic of the US, but I'll still gin up an apple pie from fall apples--that way I control the ingredients. It all started when we were celebrating a birthday and all sitting around eating the "requisite" cake, when somebody admitted that they just didn't actually like cake. It made us all stop and think. So much of what we do seems sometimes to just be autopilot. <br /><br />The scriptures are pretty clear that plants were what was food up until possibly changes in the atmosphere (both physically and spiritually) made clean meats necessary. Life spans have gone from hundreds of years, then with precipitous drop-off at that time so then the instructions had to include properly selecting and preparing that. But evidently in the time to come, even carnivorous animals will eat grain. So--something to look forward to. Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817348519203352250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-47333082627592338882019-07-18T16:14:01.760+01:002019-07-18T16:14:01.760+01:00Me too. I hold it as a real responsibility to be s...Me too. I hold it as a real responsibility to be sure that I waste nothing of what an animal has given, and that I do my best to be sure it had a happy life, not a miserable one. At Primal Meats, where I have started buying my meat, they always insist a vet is present to supervise the slaughter of the animals, and that they are helped to be calm when it comes time for their lives to end. I am so grateful they do that.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-30954383441099978472019-07-18T08:35:02.575+01:002019-07-18T08:35:02.575+01:00I can understand not wanting an animal to suffer t...I can understand not wanting an animal to suffer to feed oneself. But some people do need what animal based foods provide. For instance last night we roasted a very small piece of lamb and ate this with veg. I had a sandwich for lunch and now the left over bone and shreds of meat are slowly simmering to make a broth. I do believe that we owe it to use every little bit of edible food that comes our way. I need to improve with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-90579971019965672602019-07-18T07:43:29.658+01:002019-07-18T07:43:29.658+01:00Hi Suzan — I think the vegan philosophy of life is...Hi Suzan — I think the vegan philosophy of life is very beautiful, and for stretches of my life I have been vegan just because I hate the idea of slaughter and of the (necessary) disposal of baby animals in the egg and dairy industries. But as I have researched into it, I've come to the view that vegan diet doesn't suit many people for an extended period of time. Natasha Campbell McBride has a book about this. On Amazon there's quite a long section in the Look Inside, so you can have a read of the beginning even if you don't want to buy the book. https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarianism-Explained-Making-Informed-Decision/dp/0954852060/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=natasha+campbellmcbride+vegetarianism+explained&qid=1563432015&s=gateway&sr=8-1 <br />Two of my family who have been lifelong vegetarians have recently introduced some bone broth, eggs and a little meat to address health issues. Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-83194937607530046822019-07-18T05:16:57.979+01:002019-07-18T05:16:57.979+01:00Food is a problem when we look at ethics and nutri...Food is a problem when we look at ethics and nutrition. My middle child is vegan but last week decided she was tired of being physically tired and ate some fish. She thought she would be judged harshly for not sticking her to her principles. I think we are designed to eat s diet that has a little of many things. <br /><br />I have made decisions similar to yours. Meat is needed as my mother is permanently anaemic and has to have regular iron infusions. Her teeth are bad. So I buy small amounts fo the meats she can and will eat and pair them with vitamin c rich foods. I am not doing so well at growing veg and herbs but I am persevering. I buy our milk from a local dairy that processes on the farm. These animals are treated so well. <br /><br /><br />Suzannoreply@blogger.com