Good news FLASH!
Let the following excerpt from today’s Times of Trenton tell the story, with
specifics to follow in future posts:
“The embattled Hamilton Township Animal Shelter
violated state law on animal euthanasia and euthanized more than 300 animals
over a two-year period without following proper procedures. Now the township’s health officer and its
former shelter director are charged with animal abuse and mismanagement, the
Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri announced Friday evening.”
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A longtime Hamilton Twp. animal advocate says, “Stay
tuned. It made Newsweek and News12. More troubles coming.”
Hurry up, “witch-hunters”!
A meaty argument
“One of my biggest
problems with human meat consumption is the perverted way we collude in
sanitising and Disneyfying it: those boards outside butcher’s shops in which a
smiley pig in a striped apron and hat holds aloft a tray of chops. He’s
thrilled to be serving up himself see! WTF is all that about? Take the national
outcry when Marcus, a school lamb raised by children, was slaughtered and his
meat shoved in the school raffle. This is traumatising, said parents. Children
should be protected from such brutal reality. Why? Everyone who eats meat
should be required to visit a slaughterhouse and then if they still want to eat
it at least it’s an informed decision.” --Carol Midgley; Don’t Hate Me Because I Refuse to Eat Meat; The Times (London,
UK); Nov 19, 2013. -- (quoted in A.Word.A.Day)
Of the alternatives to beef burgers, the “Impossible Burger” has seemed to get the most publicity lately. While waiting for it to
arrive at area Burger Kings (see April 18 post), I heard it’s available at the
Trenton Farmers Market, of all convenient places. So a friend and I tried it last Thursday.
The much-heralded burger can be had at the Savory Leaf
Café, serving “good food for good souls.” (hungry
ones too) Pleasant proprietors Marie
and Eddy have been there for about two months now, serving vegan-only food,
including the “Possible Impossible Burger.” In a plastic basket lined with chips, it comes
in a nice roll with sliced tomato, lettuce and Violife cheese on top, with a
side of tasty coleslaw ($11).
Organic coffees and teas and bottled water appear on
the menu, but we enjoyed cucumber-lemon-flavored water. Five sandwiches and three specialties are also
offered, with soup, salad and desserts.
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My co-taste-tester, who eats mostly chicken, with other
meat only once in a while, said, “It tasted to me just like a delicious
hamburger I’ve had in the past,” also citing its juiciness and texture. She especially likes spaghetti sauce with meat
in it and decided “this could work!” for that too.
Fairness dictates that I mention the other side of
this coin: Google “impossible burger and
stomach upset,” and take a look. Parts
are, well, unsettling. I have to believe
that some of the after effects mentioned could happen, since -- despite the
impossible burger’s deliciousness and appealing presentation -- my own reaction
was closer to this side than to my friend’s take on the possible impossible burger.
For awhile anyway, I’ll stick with Field Roast burgers,
with a taste and texture that are more appealing to me.
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