Some great advice to help be better for the environment and yourselves.

[logansrogue]

It's a matter of choice (on eating; and the environment)

A really good post by Pen, and you know, even the stuff about minding what you eat and eating less meat is appropriate because both where you get your meat from and what kind of meat you eat can make a big difference.

You don't have to stop eating meat to help the environment. For example, instead of beef (which ended up costing 30 bucks for some fillets which is outrageous) my Mum bought kangaroo fillets which can be prepared just the same as beef and is actually better for you - less fat, more iron. If it served native Australians for 40000 years I think it can do us some good too. It's a bit like turkey, a bit like beef, I couldn't really tell what I was eating when I first tried it. It's a new taste so it might weird some people out but it's good stuff and it is good for you. Kangaroo is not just for cats and dogs. It's also much better for the environment because:

- Kangaroos don't fart methane or breathe it out
- Kangaroos require less grass and vegetation for survival than do cows
- They also need far less water.

For Australia that is incredibly important to our resources.

Comments

[mawaridi.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about the killing methods used on them; I think people have been very quick to cry "yay, native meat source, much better than european livestock!" and on that level, of course they are right. Kangaroos are much more suited to - and less likely to destroy - Australian land than cows or sheep. But I don't feel I know enough about the way they are 'harvested' to say "yup, awesome, let's go for it."

That said, I have eaten it, and kangaroo is very tasty. Especially barbecued.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Probably a bullet to the head like cows. I might try to find out, actually. You've opened that can of kangaroo meat for me now, girl!

[tangofiction.livejournal.com]

I also worry about the killing methods -- unfortunately the only humanely killed meat I know of is kosher, and that costs a mint. Sigh. (That said, I prefer kangaroo to almost any other type of steak, but try making pasta sauce with it. Gross.)

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Never tried that. The flavour musn't go very well. :T

[tangofiction.livejournal.com]

It's just too strong. Kangaroo doesn't seem to go well with anything that gets its flavour from the sauce/spices. Somehow I don't think kangaroo stroganoff is going to take off. :D

Also, what about dairy? I live on dairy (I think I have more dairy than anything else, most days), and while I appreciate that cattle aren't fantastic for the environment, I do like my milk.

Heh, actually that reminds me of a rather apt 1924 poem by A. A. Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh). I hope you don't mind if I quote it in full; feel free to edit if you don't like it taking up space.

The King's Breakfast

The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told the Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."

The Alderney said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!"
And went to his Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer
And butter for his bread."

The queen took the butter
And brought it to
His Majesty.
The King said
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down
The banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. Indeedie. I like my cheese and milk. Guess I'm stuck with cows. *sigh*