Vegan/Vegetarian

I have posted several times and some of you have heard me talk endlessly about Alec and his bacon dilemma. He loves pigs and wants to keep them alive but bacon (to him) just tastes SO GOOD. He can never decide if he should eat it or not and if he does I seriously think he feels guilty sometimes. (This does not come from us – Erik is a happy meat eater and I am a decent meat eater).

Alec started another conversation about eating animals over dinner a few nights ago.

Alec wanted to know what chicken is.

Yes, for all of you who say is he so bright and I give you the stink eye like come on, really? This is why. Seriously?

What is chicken?

So, Erik and I respond that chicken is a chicken (we were about to eat grilled chicken thighs).

Alec informs us that of this moment we are never (after today’s meal) ever to buy chicken again. Or pork or bacon or ham.

And then (and it will not translate well but was so priceless)

And what is steak?

Silence from us.

Erik finally says “Cow”.

Under his breath Alec mutters heart broken and painstakingly “oh shoot –it’s cow. I love steak”.

Dilemma again.

He loves a good steak.

And the meat eating went out the window…

And then he asks if cows pee milk. (Ummm…that’s a gross thought as he is raising a glass of it to his mouth.)

No.

Do cows have to die to give us their milk?

No.

Phew.

Then .. and the one that seems to trump all…..”Do cows want to give us their milk?”

Erik and I stare across the table at each other.

Is he seriously asking us this?

We both were thinking “probably not but let’s lie and and tell him yes”

Yes – we say in unison.

And he knows we might be lying.

Erik and I never agree on anything and certainly never say anything in unison.

He looks at us and confirms “but no cows died right?”

Nope.

And he drinks his milk.

Phew!

(We could serve him Almond milk but he hates it- he calls it ‘nut milk’)

I served him Macaroni and Cheese last night. As I served him the plate I told him that no animals died in the making of this meal.

His response?

“Good- that’s the way it should be. Plant based meals.”

And here we go……