"Turkeys Are Interesting Individuals"

Peta doesn't understand nature. How do they plan on stopping other animals from preying on eachother, it would be impossible. We are no different than any other predator we have every right to harvest an animal for our use of consumption. Infact our way of doing this is more humane than if the animal is caught by any other animal. PETA wants to see a world with man having no animal involvment at all. The only way they see mans involvement with animals is as coldblooded and cruel murdering.(Even your pet dog or cat is suffering according to them) If all animals were allowed to run free and man not interfere with them natural controls would just control their population and hunting and trapping are much kinder ways of controling these populations. Without humans slimming down the populations of animals during the winter months den populations would grow so large and the young would expand out far enough that the animals territories would overlap and the populations become so dense that diseases spread rapidly and in the end populations fluctate quickly from birth to quick deaths. If PETA sees rabies, distemper, mange , heartworm, tularemia, as a kinder death to the animals which some of these can take up to 3-4 weeks for the animal to die only after going blind and losing all of there fur.(Several of these diseases can also contagious to humans.)Infact PETA says that animals caught in leghold traps suffer extreme stress from being caught and not allowed to get away. They must not have done any research or any of their own experiments on this one either. After being caught in the legholds after a couple of minutes the animal can't even feel there leg. These include higher levels of insulin thyroxin cortisol and beta endorphin. Scientific experiments have shown that an animals heartrate that is caught in a foothold trap will elevate quickly after being caught but then settle back down to nearly normal after several minutes after they realize they are secured, often times then lying down to take a nap. Infact animals caught in a livetrap more often become more stressed from lack of space than an animal caught in a foothold.

So what would certainly be cruel, however, is to ignore the suffering caused by disease and starvation when uncontrolled wildlife populations outstrip their habitat; to ignore pollution and habitat destruction; and to arbitrarily deny people still living on the land the right to make use of the resources the environment provide, because the choice of synthetics can never be for the sake of animals. Synthetics are chemical products, the manufacutre and disposal of which causes pollution, depletes non-renewable (usually petroleum) resources, and disrupts natural life-supporting ecosystems. Pollution and the destruction of habitat today pose the gravest threats to the survival of thousands of plant and animal species around the world. Fur by contrast , is a natural product, a fully renewable resource. Trapping and fur farming are controlled, to ensure that furs can be taken year after year; long after the richest oil well has been depleted(Blackwood). I could go on and on about this forever.....

4. I like vegan's with chili on top.

I was wondering what it might take to get you all talkin'. I agree that just seeing a label that says 'free range' doesn't mean much, but I was being lazy. I think you should research and only buy turkey or any meat product that has been raised in a clean and humane environment. There are still family farms left out there; support them! This means that even if you are not a vegetarian, if you are on a budget you won't eat meat very often, but it's worth it for some. I personally love a good pork chop, but wind up eating a lot of cornbread and beans.

1. Dead Baby.

Veganism can be healthy. So can an omnivorous diet. The parents whose child died on the almond-coconut-fruit diet were not feeding their child a healthful diet, and the fact that animal products were not a part of it had nothing to do with its lack of nutritional value.

2. Free range.

granted this is from vegan.org, but it was the most concise summary I could find quickly: "Eggs (and poultry) may be labeled as "free-range" if they have USDA-certified access to the outdoors. No other criteria, such as environmental quality, size of the outside area, number of birds, or space per bird, are included in this term."

3. A Personal Note.

if you are going to eat meat and other animal products, eat them! There is no need to be defensive of your consumption and make yourself feel better by buying products with USDA stickers on them that don't really mean much else besides an elevated cost to the consumer. Better yet, don't rely on these stickers. Do your own research on different producers. Probably the most conscientious thing you could do would be to buy locally and to waste as little as possible. Reuse, compost, recycle tra la la

4. Vegans taste better.

Yes, in that way. They do. They really do.

free range turkey? what about free range root beer?

free range turkey? what about free range root beer? http://www.freerangerootbeer.com

Ugh, wheatgrass!

Great for your ph-level, but completely disgusting

The crazy hippies were in Florida. CNN says it's a vegan diet, but it sounds like it was a raw food diet.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/08/child.starved/index.html

They fed their 3 month old baby wheatgrass, almond and coconut juice.

White meat, dark meat, no room for ham

Take the gravy boat to Tryptophan

Basically if they call a turkey "free range" it means that it wasn't cooped up *all* of its life. It's a better option than commercially produced turkey.

If you want feel really secure about knowing the life of your turkey before it hits your table, order from a site like Local Harvest. Farms that use this site can include in-depth descriptions such as "These birds will spend seven weeks on pasture before harvest."

Of course, you'll pay an unbelievable price, but at least the option is out there....

Did you hear about the hippies in California who killed there kid on a "vegan" diet.

I didn't get born at the top of the food chain to eat toforky. what

Does anyone have a good bald eagle recipe?

Everybody know Turducken is where it's at.

http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/turducken.htm

it's even better than lobster stuffed with tacos

It doesn't take much for animals/animal products to be labeled free range.

You can buy turkeys that haven't been treated like that. They're especially easy to find in Austin. Just look for free range and stick to small, local farms. PETA's crazy anyway.

yall should really change that image...it looks like a scrotum, a vagina and a peach pit got together and made a baby.

Tofurkey? I've got a few pairs of old shoes you could bake up if you want. And don't worry, they're synthetic leather.

Not only is Tofurkey fun to say, it can also not taste like rubber when done right.





Roast Tofurky baked with Caramelized Onion and Cherry Relish





2 tablespoons olive oil


1 large onion, sliced very thin


1 cup dried sour cherries


2 tablespoons brown sugar


2 teaspoons dijon mustard


2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar


4 tablespoons apple cider


1 Tofurky roast

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.




In a large skillet, heat olive oil on medium heat. Add onion, cherries, brown sugar and vinegar and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft. Stir in mustard and apple cider, and simmer for two more minutes.




Place Tofurky roast on sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil, and spread with the onion mixture. Wrap roast snugly with the foil. Place in roasting pan, and place on center rack of oven. Bake for 45 minutes. Uncover roast for last 10 minutes of baking.




Slice roast, and serve with some of the pan juices spooned over it.

*Can be served with Tofurky Gravy drizzled over it also.


http://www.tofurkey.com/recipes/tofurky_recipes.htm