Frogs, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails - What Are You Eating?

Liver. I was forced to eat liver (usually paired w/rice and lima beans) as a child. LIVER!!!! Another beast's LIVER! For what? Iron they say? Did no one know that iron is in vegetables? I could puke knowing that I ate the liver - THE LIVER of an animal. Dramatic much? eh, maybe, but I'm just having a moment here. Was it cow's liver? Pig's liver?

Giblets - Have you ever stopped to research what a giblet is and where it comes from? What part of the chicken/turkey is it? I'm betting you have never done this research - your granny gave it to your mama and she gave it to you and now you eat it and feed the garbage to your progeny. Such a shame.

Then there are neck bones. Why are you eating neckbones and turkey necks?The bones of an animal's neck. How barbaric does this sound or does it sound weird to you?

And to the cultures that eat feet, intestines, tongue, brain, eyeballs. What are you doing? How low can you go to eat another beast's FEET - their FEET!!!! You can't find anything other than a TONGUE to put in your stew? Are you telling me that your money is so tight that you gotta eat the intestines of a beast - its digestive system - and have the unmitigated audacity to serve it up with rice, gravy, and a buttered yeast roll on a dinner plate and threaten the little ones to eat it all before leaving the table?

Moment of silence for all the children who've been subjected to this unrelenting cycle of dehumanization.

We are better than this.

Not to mention eggs. You are eating the unfertilized egg of a bird...A BIRD!!! - in humans we call the release of this unfertilized egg our menstrual cycle. Yet, you scramble it right up and serve it for breakfast. I'm positive that at this point people are giving no thought to their diet. None.

And why are you ruining your pot of collards with the STOMACH of a pig - oh, pardon me, I believe you call them HOG MAWS! Is that okay with you? No other seasonings or herbs will satisfy you other than the lining of a beast's stomach? I bet you had no clue what hog maws were - you are just playing your role in passing down ignorance to the next generation.

And there's nothing like eating the spine of a pig is there? You don't eat spine? I beg to differ. I bet you'll salivate over what's better known as pork chops any day.

WAKE. UP.

*Drops mic*