Blog Weirdness, and PETA Nonsense
Posted on 27 October 2007 under BlogsMonroe, Notes, Rants
Back on my posting from last week about the Rabbit & Sausage Gumbo, Stephanie left a comment yesterday evening about her guy J (a chef we know) making rabbit dishes at the restaurant he works at. To be honest, looking at that comment from Stephanie, you can’t tell who she is, but Mary and I know who Stephanie is. Because of her work and her specific request to keep her identity a secret, I intentionally help hide her identity in this blog.
But in a second comment from last night, Stephanie wrote:
What’s weird is that someone just delivered some literature about eating animals to my desk about five seconds ago. Did you have something to do with this? I’m going to blog about it right now.
Over in the blog Behind The Headlines, Stephanie continues the story:
One of my coworkers just came back from a game and checked the drop-off box for whatever reason, found some fliers and jokingly said “these must be for you” while delivering them to my desk. There’s no way he could have read the comment since he was at a game all night … The fliers are all about animal cruelty. One asks “Why call some animals ‘pets’ and others ‘pants’?” and then goes on to ask “What if leather shoes were made from cocker spaniels? … The other flier is about KFC and cruelty to chickens with a rendition of the Colonel on the front, smiling, bloodied and holding a knife to a frightened, scalded chicken. Both are from PETA … Did someone read the comment and feel compelled to pass along the literature? Is it just a coincidence? Am I thinking about it way too hard? Is it simply time to go home and instead of doing yet another political brief (as I felt my head may explode) this blog fodder was a twisted gift from the gods?
As I said, because of how Stephanie comments here, there’s no way even coworkers can tell who she is unless they know about the connection with the anonymous Chef J. Of course, I can’t stand PETA so I had nothing to do with it. I’ve actually accepted literature from someone from PETA on a street in Columbus, calmly torn it up, dropped it on the sidewalk, and walked away.
The timing of what happened to Stephanie yesterday is what’s weird, as she wrote, “a twisted gift from the gods”. Those brochures would have likely arrived even if she hadn’t made the initial comment on this blog. There’s a sense of foreshadowing on her part, that she would comment on such a blog entry from over a week ago, as though she somehow knew the brochures were coming. Yeah, Stephanie, you’re using The Force … 
And why would a co-worker “jokingly” think of her that way? I’d be dropping dead chickens on his desk sometime soon.
Here’s my thing about PETA; There are Biblical and other ancient writings regarding the use of animals in food. PETA says animals are not ours to eat. I worship a God who says otherwise. In my life, PETA has no authority over that connection I have with God’s word, and because of this, PETA appears to me as an aetheist organization.
While some methods of animal husbandry are cruel, not all are, especially when it comes to smaller family farms. PETA’s generalizations in this area are irresponsible, especially considering the amount of hunger on this planet. If they had any sense of perspective, they would be attempting to assist in solving this massive human problem rather than harrassing people like Stephanie … even when it’s through a co-worker of hers who thinks it’s supposedly funny to do the same.
I might lose readers because of this. But I’ll tell you what, this is my opinion. If you agree with PETA, go ahead and do so. Just don’t try to force that opnion on me. I’ll tell you how I feel, and if you’re a mature individual, you’ll realize this posting is only about me expressing my opinion, not about my trying to force that opinion on you.
This is where I stand. “That’s all I have to say about that.”
Come to think of it, I think I have some Rabbit & Sausage Gumbo in the freezer. That’d make a nice lunch on a chilly Saturday like this one.
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27 October 2007 @ 10:22 pm Posted by tonya
I know you meant to write “I calmly ripped up the pamplet and throw it in the trash and a HUGE gust of wind blow it onto the sidewalk…” LOL
28 October 2007 @ 6:22 am Posted by LunaPierCook
Nah … ‘cuz the way I did it, the PETA person had to clean it up!
28 October 2007 @ 10:00 pm Posted by Nora
Um, this is mysterious, and now all I want to know is who the heck is the mystery chef! If Stephanie thinks her liaison with him would bring upon the wrath of PETA, he must eat a whole lotta bunnies!
As for me, rabbit gumbo is AWESOME but my cute animal of choice is lamb. Driving through the Irish countryside one gorgeous June day, I insisted that we stop the car so I could climb a hedge and frolic with some wooly little darlings. That night at the hotel restaurant, there was no question what I’d be eating: spring lamb, please, with mint and those tasty little potatoes! (I believe it was F Scott Fitzgerald who recognized that the person who holds two opposing thoughts without exploding is, ahem, a genius!!)
29 October 2007 @ 5:10 am Posted by LunaPierCook
Sorry Nora, I can’t tell you who the mysterious Chef J is!
He’s a local anyway, you’d have to come to the Toledo area before any of it would make sense.
Wow, it’s been a lo-o-o-o-ng time since I’ve had lamb. Chef Tad says he makes pretty good lamb chops, which are probably way different than the lamb burgers with goat cheese that he made for the Taste of the Nation event this year. Hmmm …
30 October 2007 @ 12:13 pm Posted by Tad
Hey Dave,
I also have a similar problem with those who would have us believe that nourishing ones’ self is somehow animal cruelty. The simple fact is that in other regions of the world, there are few other choices. Perhaps PETA members should be exposed to survival training in those areas where nothing but game meats are what they would exsist on! You might see a different attitude evolve. I don’t deny that there have been instances of animal cruelty when being raised for food. But by and large, this is the way we sustain life. Could you imagine the PETA organization at the time of Moses? Vegetable sacrifice? No, it just doesn’t seem to work. The native indians believed that when they hunted and subsequently consummed their harvest, they took on the spirit of the animal. Hence, the kill was respectful. They realized animals were there for them, and wasted nothing. Buffalo, for instance, was nourishment, clothing, the bones used for tools, etc. It IS true that grains and berries sustain life as well, but not too practical in this day and age. Oh well, my guess is that we who hold to this philosophy may never be underestood by PETA. I’m not sure they want to understand.
Chef Tad