Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

Jill McQuown wrote:

On 2/1/2025 1:15 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-02-01 10:31 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
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Anything cooking at your house this Friday evening?

Only heated up what was left over from lunch. :)

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I'm not worried about gluten.  I don't know what you had for lunch.

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Pretty much nobody is.
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I know there are some people who are gluten intolerant.  Celiac
Disease.   I'm not one of those people.

 
Last summer my son was diagnosed with celiac disease. He has issues that
cleared up within days of giving up gluten.  Then there are people who
are convinced that gluten is bad for you even if they aren't gluten
intolerant.  Get a group of young people together and you are bound to
get several vegetarians, a vegan or two, some who are  gluten intolerant
and some who are lactose intolerant.
 
 
 

Of course there are people like that.  But don't get me started on
Vegans who believe eating honey is harmful to the bees and one shouldn't
milk cows (for some silly reason) because it's somehow harmful to them.

  those are likely both somewhat ethics issues as the bees living
a natural life would not be exploited by humans (bears and other
animals have no problems with ethics) and baby cows killed for
eating as veal would not happen.

Don't eat cheese!  But sure, we'll make up some fake Vegan cheese that
contains a ton of vegetable oil and preservatives and stuff that maybe
makes it taste a little bit like cheese.  WTF?  I don't want to hear
that kind of preaching about food.  Eat whatever you want, but don't
bitch at me for what I eat.  Don't want to hear about any fad diet
trends, either.  I eat what I want, when I want. Moderation is the key.

  ok.  i'm fine with people who want to be kind to animals
and who pay attention to what is going on with the planet
earth.

  one aspect of sustainable living is not trashing your
environment - raising animals for meat and dairy does cause
as lot of damage (and the pace of destruction is not in
decline).  so eventually there will be a reconning.  maybe
not in my lifetime, but eventually...

  i know i'm doing my part in the face of rampant gluttony
and destruction, but i also have no illusion that my efforts
are much other than a very isolated and minor part - but i
am glad to see that some animals do find sanctuary and
relatively clean food here and as long as they aren't trying
to eat all my own crops they're welcome.

  as for bees and beekeepers.  we have hives placed on the
edge of our property (without being consulted or given
consideration) and it causes us problems at times. the bird-
baths can be swarmed by thirsty bees to the point the birds
won't use them.  beyond that they've blocked access to our
property back there and they've also left a mess behind so
now i have to call the neighbor and talk to him (again) and
get things dealt with.  native bees have to now compete with
all these honey bees - luckily we do have billions of flowers
so there is plenty to go around, but all these extra bees do
change the dynamics of what i'm seeing.


  songbird