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May 28, 2008
On Food
We had a big ol' Memorial Day BBQ/backyard party this past weekend, which was a ton of fun. The menu was the usual, burgers and brats and a few healthy sides. I actually resisted the temptation of burgers, though I did have a brat. I've eliminated cow from my diet, though not yet pig, chicken, etc. One step at a time, right?
Because my recent slide back towards vegetarianism is two fold, both ethical, health, and environmental in nature, I've been much softer on the eating of things like venison, humanely raised meat, and a few other items. Ostrich is one of those things I can almost condone eating, partly because it's such a healthy meat. I don't know too much about the ins and outs of the environmental impact of raising ostrich, but it can't possibly be as damaging as the raising of cows. If I wanted to do the research, now there's ostrich.com for all your ostrich-as-livestock related questions or needs. Although there is something a little ghoulish about buying burgers, handbags, masks, and feathers on the same website. You could have a hell of a Mardi Gras cookout though, and there is something to be said for nothing going to waste.
I have actually eaten ostrich. I'm trying to remember if I've ever had burgers; I remember them being about $20 a pound at our local health food market in grad school, but I did eat ostrich filet while we were in Las Vegas on vacation a few years ago. It was really really good. I didn't check shipping rates, but it seems from the ostrich.com website that prices have come down considerably on ostrich meat. I already worry about what my child tells people at school about our home life, I can only imagine if I start feeding her exotic meats. Sigh.
Maybe I need to retire somewhere and become an ostrich rancher. One can dream, right?
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