Street Meat
Day 39
Weight: 209 lbs
Thought for the Day: The other white meat!
As I was walking home from work today I was hit with the immensely pleasant smell of meat cooking on an open grill. It this time of year when everyone has a stove going and sweet, succulent smells of chicken, beef and other meats can be sniffed from miles away. The meat smells hang in the air pointing enticing arrows to the back deck from whence they came. What was unusual was that I was walking down Madison Ave, midtown at the time where the only green grass within a mile to be seen is the fake stuff displayed in the windows of Saks. Unfamiliar with such a suburban smell (and curious what kind of meat it was) coming from such an urban spot I decided to investigate. One block down and half a block over I came to a street meat cart. The guy had hunks of delicious meat on a grill. Sheets of smoke bellowed from the tiny gridiron. I stepped back in horror wondering what kind of exotic meat was sizzling? There were a lack of pigeons in the area, it could be concocted and spiced, or it could have been groundhog, dog or any other kind of urban bush meat, it certainly wasn't lamb, beef, chicken or pork. Perplexed I decided to move on before my stomach growled again.
As I continued to walk and turn the corner towards the bus station irony happened upon me. A woman was handing out flyers, and usually I just look away and ignore the solicitor but today I actually took what she had to give out. It was for a new vegetarian restaurant nearby that will probably last 3 months like the 4 before it in it's same location. It had some interesting albeit funny five 'facts' why we should all denounce meat and turn vegetarian:
1. Free of Hormones --- well since most humans are not free of this, I am not sure why animals are!
2. Mad Cow Safe --- too late, grew up in England
3. Animals contribute to global warming by farting --- guilty! I am too.
4. The Menace of Manure --- yeah I hate when I tread in dog poop too.
5. Animals have feelings --- so do plants, carrots scream when you pull em out of the ground.
All kidding aside, I am not sure this sort of militant, over the head marketing is necessary, and brings the right kind of mentality to bring in perspective diners. I imagine the mess if there was a fly dying in my soup. This almost had me running back to the street cart.
Not long to go!
Weight: 209 lbs
Thought for the Day: The other white meat!
As I was walking home from work today I was hit with the immensely pleasant smell of meat cooking on an open grill. It this time of year when everyone has a stove going and sweet, succulent smells of chicken, beef and other meats can be sniffed from miles away. The meat smells hang in the air pointing enticing arrows to the back deck from whence they came. What was unusual was that I was walking down Madison Ave, midtown at the time where the only green grass within a mile to be seen is the fake stuff displayed in the windows of Saks. Unfamiliar with such a suburban smell (and curious what kind of meat it was) coming from such an urban spot I decided to investigate. One block down and half a block over I came to a street meat cart. The guy had hunks of delicious meat on a grill. Sheets of smoke bellowed from the tiny gridiron. I stepped back in horror wondering what kind of exotic meat was sizzling? There were a lack of pigeons in the area, it could be concocted and spiced, or it could have been groundhog, dog or any other kind of urban bush meat, it certainly wasn't lamb, beef, chicken or pork. Perplexed I decided to move on before my stomach growled again.
As I continued to walk and turn the corner towards the bus station irony happened upon me. A woman was handing out flyers, and usually I just look away and ignore the solicitor but today I actually took what she had to give out. It was for a new vegetarian restaurant nearby that will probably last 3 months like the 4 before it in it's same location. It had some interesting albeit funny five 'facts' why we should all denounce meat and turn vegetarian:
1. Free of Hormones --- well since most humans are not free of this, I am not sure why animals are!
2. Mad Cow Safe --- too late, grew up in England
3. Animals contribute to global warming by farting --- guilty! I am too.
4. The Menace of Manure --- yeah I hate when I tread in dog poop too.
5. Animals have feelings --- so do plants, carrots scream when you pull em out of the ground.
All kidding aside, I am not sure this sort of militant, over the head marketing is necessary, and brings the right kind of mentality to bring in perspective diners. I imagine the mess if there was a fly dying in my soup. This almost had me running back to the street cart.
Not long to go!