![]() I have nothing against organic food nor do I know whether it is truly healthier. As for it being better for the chicken, the fact that it isn’t going to die of natural causes kind of negates concerns one may have about potential stress levels. I get that there are aversions to growth hormones and such but whether a chicken can roam to Timbuctoo and back as opposed to being in a contained area makes a difference I honestly don’t know especially since the assumption is that it will produce healthier and tastier meat. I’d like to see a blind taste test conducted by those that eat chicken to tell the difference in taste. It’s kind of like restaurants that brag about selling free range chicken as opposed to chicken raised under unnatural conditions. Besides the fact it is usually more costly, I personally believe the benefits are dubious at best. That last statement when I’ve been stupid enough to utter in conversations with a hardcore vegan has triggered marginally civil responses.Īs for organic food, I don’t buy it - figuratively or literally. And I honestly don’t have a problem with anyone eating meat. But the leather is retrieved, so to speak, after the cow is killed for food. Now if cows were raised just to slaughter for their leather I doubt I would be wearing leather. The experience gave me my fill of being subjected to a modern-day Spanish Inquisition when I dine out.įor judgmental vegans reading this, I own five leather jackets. It was a polite exchange and when they asked what type of vegetarian I was, the stranger told me I had no business calling myself a vegetarian if I ate anything involving eggs and milk and certainly not if I would wear a leather jacket. Someone made a comment about the fact I was wearing a “real” leather jacket as in one made out of a cow’s hide. ![]() I never engaged in such chatter except once when I was forced to. When I was dining in such places it seemed every other time someone at an adjoining table would start jabbering on about the virtues of how they were eating like a fervent born again disciple. It’s not that the food isn’t good - it’s actually great in most cases. I’ve been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 32 years and I avoid vegan restaurants like the plague. More power to disciples of the diet trend du jour as long as they don’t overreach onto my plate. The problem is too many of us have become “drive by” converts to the latest trends without really delving into what we put into our mouths. I don’t think it was her age - she was 22 at the time. It surprised me that she had no idea what gelatin was or that the bars of soap she used were made from animal fat. ![]() I know of one person that found out a year ago that gummy bears and one of her favorite desserts - Jell-O - was made from remnants of animals. Not slamming gummy bears but some people are shocked when they find out the gelatin used to make gummy bears is the collagen produced by boiling animal bones, animal skins and cartridge. The real question is does organic really matter compared to other things you can do to modify your diet. ![]() That, by the way, is truly an assumption as the word “organic” is used pretty loosely and means different things to different people. The Black Forest website assures you their organic gummy bears are USDA certified organic candies “made with at least 95 percent organic ingredients.” You buy an organic apple and you assume it is 100 percent organic sans pesticides and chemical fertilizers. It is why Campbell’s Soup, as an example, is struggling with declining sales. Aside from the concept of gummy bears that is anything but natural I’m assuming Black Forest developed an organic gummy bear not necessarily to cash in on the organic movement but to avoid suffering declining sales when more people are convinced by social media and/or marketing to cut back on processed food.
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