[New post] Eating What Feels Right: On Going Vegetarian

Alison Fishburn posted: "Bert's Market was a grocery store in my hometown of central Florida that I remember for three reasons: It was always freezing, the place reeked because they butchered their meat on site, and it's where I learned where the meat we ate came from. One day" New post on Longreads Eating What Feels Right: On Going Vegetarian by Alison Fishburn Bert's Market was a grocery store in my hometown of central Florida that I remember for three reasons: It was always freezing, the place reeked because they butchered their meat on site, and it's where I learned where the meat we ate came from. One day, my sisters and I were with our dad at Bert's when he lifted a package in front of us and made it dance. I was probably too little to know what species of animal the shrink-wrapped feet had belonged to, but Dad confirmed they were once part of a pig when he oinked. My older sister Ashley thought it was hilarious. My younger sister Abby laughed along with Ashley. I cried. And the feet danced "wee-wee-wee all the way home."   That might've been the first time I said I'd never eat meat again. When Abby and I were in middle school, we decided to give vegetarian life a try. That night before dinner we had a conversation with Dad about it. "What kind of tacos are we having?" "Beef." Abby and I decided we wouldn't be vegetarians that day. In my adult life I've experienced situations that have prompted further consideration of giving up meat; like when I became a pet owner, when I was in a car that hit a raccoon, when I walked the stables at a county fair and saw the animals drawing breath, or that time I witnessed a rabbit's death in rural Ontario. Read more of this post Alison Fishburn | October 23, 2019 at 9:00 am | Tags: carnivore, diet, eating, Food, health, meat, omnivore, vegetarian | Categories: Reading List | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-ymN Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2019/10/23/on-going-vegetarian/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com