A Historian’s Take on Food and Food Politics
Here’s a trend that really worries me. That’s the growing number of writers, chefs, and journalists who take it for granted that ethical food is organic food.
As an example, consider this quote from Monica Eng (though she is simply one of many one could quote). Earlier I posted her provocative piece on watching [...]
A propos the comments on watching the killing of animals for meat, a couple of photos.
It is accompanied by shrink-wrapped “maiz para pozole,” that is, hominy for the classic meal in a bowl, pozole.
Read: Shrink-wrapped pig’s head, Mega supermarket, Guanajuato
Should you be willing to kill what you eat? Is this a precondition for eating meat?
Monica Eng doesn’t just ruminate about this but actually turns up to watch cattle, pigs, chicken, and fish killed and even kills her own crabs. Here’s the link to “morality bites.”
It’s an interesting tour, or perhaps pilgrimage would [...]
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