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I think "Meatless Monday" was chosen because of the clever alliteration. "Meatless Tuesday" just doesn't have the same ring now, does it?
For those who do eat meat I think the point is to stop and consider the source. Mindful vs. mindless eating (consuming) and all that.
Yes, a conceptual advertising thing to get people to think about eating less meat. I think its fine. People don't have to take it so literally.
Hope it helps people be more healthy and/or have positive environmental impact.
If people don't incorporate something into their life then having "a day" for it is rather shallow and meaningless.
Not as shallow and meaningless as those who would be deriding people for making a change in their lives one day each week.
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Originally Posted by Bulldogdad
Eh, nothing new to us Catholics for the last several hundred years.
Funny how, even though we're not told any longer that going meatless is a sacrifice should make (and sometimes it wasn't such a sacrifice, especially when Mom splurged for salmon or made homemade mac & cheese or vegetable soup!), we do it anyway, out of habit.
Well, we have Meatless Monday and Fishy Friday just to make it simpler for me to do meal planning. With the nearest grocery store 3+ hours away, we have to plan meals months in advance because shopping excursions are an ordeal. MM helps provide a low(er) cost alternative for variety. FF makes sure we get all those Omega's and I don't end up with a freezer full of salmon (and nothing but salmon) again
But if it's Monday or Friday and we want pork, I'm not opposed to swapping out a different day's meal in it's place. It's not gospel written in stone or anything. And it's definitely not got anything to do with going green, just saving some green. Ethically and sustainably raised pastured meat is just as green as veg and grains (sometimes more so). I've got no moral issues killing another living thing in order to eat, be it animal or vegetable, but I do attempt to obtain my food in the most responsible ways possible.
We don't have a specific day of the week where we don't eat meat, and most half the time we do eat meat every day of the week (mainly chicken), that being said, we prefer to buy high quality meat and ethically raised meat, and for that reason we obviously don't eat meat every single day, cause it tends to bring up the price a lot.
I will say this, I think it's far better to eat a meal with no meat than the $2.99/lbs, corn fed, antibiotic ridden, fat, sad cow from the supermarket.
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Originally Posted by Pierce2011
Yes, but everyday is "meatless Monday" for me. I don't want to put a dead animal in my mouth. Only because I want to live forever. I will admit I like turkey though. But even that is on a rare occasion. I don't touch red meat ever. It has way too much cholesterol and fat in it.
Well now... Red meat is only high in cholesterol and fat if you eat corn fed (feed lot) cattle.
Get grass fed and preferable pasture raised cattle and the meat is actually healthy for you.
Not to mention other super lean meats like buffalo and deer.
The human species are omnivores, if we were supposed to never eat meat, we would've been herbivores.
Though I do think reducing our meat intake could be a good thing, for a number of reasons, I think the focus should be on eating the right type of meat, instead of just cutting consumption but keep eating off of animals that are more or less abused their entire life.
If one were to focus more on eating the right types of meat, consumption drops would follow, as the price is higher.
I plan on living a while too, which is why I include meat in my diet, including decent quantities of lean, grass fed or wild, red meat. And I can inform you that my cholesterol levels are perfectly healthy.
I'm suspecting there are a lot more "Meatless Mondays" as well as meatless Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, etc. As the economy worsens there will be more folks eating vegetarian just because of cost factors. We are now eating more vegetarian meals than meals with meat but only because of the cost of meat. The meat we do get is generally pasture raised (because of the cost of imported grain) or feral so going meatless is only because of cost.
I've decided to eat less red meat and with the money I save on eating less of it I buy the locally grown and pasture raised here in my own state. It is a bit more expensive but much better quality.
I remember when Catholics, wouldn't or "couldn't" according to their "faith", eat meat on Fridays. I just didn't get it. Was that considered a sacrifice or a sin?
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