Blog Post #1
October 27, 2009 by Bao
One kind of food that I have been trying to give up as a part of my diet is beef since my attendance in this class. The essay Kosher Wars provides couples of examples to show how the food industry is changing the food quality. The more industrial food productions involve in the society, the less you know what have ever happened to food. I couldn’t imagine that the food which sending to our mouths is being prepared in a dirty environment. Also, the beef contains too high percentage in protein for human consuming. As food plays an important role of body energy, we shouldn’t eat unhealthy food that increases the risks of diseases. It is meaningless if we are offered with many options, but don’t choose something good for our health. Kosher War also brings me another image of how chicken behaves when the slaughter reaches the door of its cage. Even the chickens, they all know what is going to happen next, and their reactions are trying to tell people that they don’t want to be killed. The article Consider the Lobster, which was written by David Forster Wallace, explains the painful experience in details through the way of killing lobsters. Animals act much like when human beings act in a terrible pain. Same story happens to beef. We all believe that it is interesting when a cow milking, however, have you think how hurt it is while it suffering from a defunct-processing plant, and being prepared as food on your table? It is an ethical problem. After I finish reading those two essays, my mind keeps coming up and mentions me not just the beef is done under the bloody war between the machine and cows, but also its disgusting taste each time I see beef. These two essays we read in class help me shape my perspective view of the beef, and offer some reasons that make me thinking deeply about if it is necessary for me to change my eating habits.
My diet was also changed from the various works we discussed in class. I also could not imagine eating food that came from a bad environment. It makes me nauseous thinking that i eat food like that. After reading that and the documentary King Corn i try to find meat that is grass fed and from the kosher brand. This is because i want to cut down on how much corn i put into my body and my parents and I always trusted the Kosher brand. As for the killing of the animals, i never really cared if the animal suffers or not. In my opinion animals are here so they can feed us. It might sound cruel but i was raised watching my grandfather kill his chickens by pulling thier neck so it’s not a big deal for me. After the readings ive given it some thought, but it still doesnt make a big influence on me. Its good to know someone else was changed with the subjects discussed in class.