I killed Tom. He was a big, mean, blue slate turkey, about a year and a half old. Today, I will make sausage from him. It will be delicious I'm sure!
I read a very interesting article in UU News (we attend a UU church....maybe I should do a post on that aspect of my lack of conventional faith?) and it was a family with a mini farm like ours, she was killing animals she'd raised for food and trying to explain how she comes to turns with this in her belief system. I get this. I really do. That big mean tom, he pretty much sealed his fate with me when he attacked my 4 year old son...and my friend, my husband, my neighbor....like I said, he had it coming. I don't tolerate aggressive animals. Anyhow, getting off track here, I'm not a vegetarian or vegan and nor do I care to be. I do believe very strongly that we should respect the lives of all living creatures, even if we intend to eat them or a byproduct of their existence. I think it's Joel Salatin who says something to the effect of...'They live a great life, with one bad day', and that's pretty much the philosophy I try to keep when rearing animals for food.
Thanks for reading. I'll probably have more later. I have this big turkey to get done today, can some spaghetti sauce and then I need to start working on some packets for my mozzarella demo at the farmer's markets (I have them two weekends in a row!). Homesteading work never ends, combine that with housework never ends and you end up with my insanity.
I read a very interesting article in UU News (we attend a UU church....maybe I should do a post on that aspect of my lack of conventional faith?) and it was a family with a mini farm like ours, she was killing animals she'd raised for food and trying to explain how she comes to turns with this in her belief system. I get this. I really do. That big mean tom, he pretty much sealed his fate with me when he attacked my 4 year old son...and my friend, my husband, my neighbor....like I said, he had it coming. I don't tolerate aggressive animals. Anyhow, getting off track here, I'm not a vegetarian or vegan and nor do I care to be. I do believe very strongly that we should respect the lives of all living creatures, even if we intend to eat them or a byproduct of their existence. I think it's Joel Salatin who says something to the effect of...'They live a great life, with one bad day', and that's pretty much the philosophy I try to keep when rearing animals for food.
Thanks for reading. I'll probably have more later. I have this big turkey to get done today, can some spaghetti sauce and then I need to start working on some packets for my mozzarella demo at the farmer's markets (I have them two weekends in a row!). Homesteading work never ends, combine that with housework never ends and you end up with my insanity.
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