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I'm curious as to why you are approaching this as a "humane" thing if it's only temporary?

I feel that buying humanely produced meat and using as much of the animal as possible, as little waste as possible, is the best way to go. (I have down bedding, down jackets, leather shoes, ect...) If humans didn't use many of these types of animals, a lot of species would start to die off.

I do agree with the other poster about pork products being where you least expect them. It's a migraine trigger for me, but it may also be the nitrates that tend to be added to pork products. I just stay away from both except for the occasional bacon.

You should try to make your own pickles- it's easy and only needs a little equipment. (even less if you only do refrigerator pickles....) This past year I've done three kinds of cucumber pickles (dill, sweet, and bread and butter), pear pickles, pickled garlic scapes, dilly beans, pickled cranberries, pickled beets, and pickled garlic scapes.

I have found ladybugs in salads more than once. At least I know that it's not really a foreign object.

A friend once found a metal piece, like part of a blender or something, in her biscuits and gravy when we were at a truck stop near our college.

For people in third world countries, it can be more ecologically sound to eat meat, than to eat other things. Most ruminants can eat grass and plants that a human couldn't digest, and turn it into food. And it can be done without overgrazing. Stating that somebody doesn't eat meat for ecological reasons is a vast overgeneralization. Even in the US you can purchase meat and dairy from sources that don't pollute, don't overgraze, ect. It is going to cost more and be more work to find, but it can be done.

I'd like to make some fruit shrubs- one with the blackberries in my yard, another from peaches, and who knows what else. What would a strawberry rhubarb shrug taste like?

My mom taught me the basics of baking, then let me free in the kitchen to experiment and figure it out. I've picked up more skills here and there- but that freedom to play in the kitchen as a child and teen taught me the most.

My cat isn't so abnormal. He loves to taste lollypops.

I have one cat with corn allergies, so I just feed them all California Naturals (an allergy food made by Innova). If I don't make it to the feed store that orders it for me, I pick up blue buffalo for them. They also get occasional table scraps. The guinea pigs and rabbits get the raw veggie scraps, and the guinea pigs get guinea pig Labdiet (made by Purina) and the rabbits get Purina Advanced Nutrition Rabbit (Show formula in the summer and Professional formula in the winter). They also get whatever grass hay looked good when I picked up a bale.

on pancakes or waffles. Or muffins (just drop a bit on the top before you bake them, then you have a treat inside.)

Lol, at MSG- my brain is sensitive to it- it likes the taste! Does that person stay away from the foods that naturally contain the compound?

@sharona- diabetes is not an allergy or a food intolerance- it is a case of our pancreas not producing insulin correctly. While it can be brought on by too much sugar, contrary to popular belief, type 2 diabetes has a stronger genetic link. Some try to say that it's because of bad habits passed down in families- but my family's experience doesn't show that- my great grandmother played tennis before breakfast nearly every day of her adult life. My great uncle was very active as well as my grandmother. None were obese. All got type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is not caused by weight, and nearly always starts in childhood.

On to the allergy thing. I have an allergy to apples- I break out in hives. I don't always have it happen when I accidentally eat something with apples, but I've had it happen with as little as a bowl of Apple Jacks... Apple cider vinegar doesn't seem to affect me, but I try to stay away.

I have a few intolerances too- my body doesn't metabolize oxalic acid correctly, and I end up with stones, so foods containing it are only occasional treats. Porks, especially those cured with nitrites can trigger migraines for me. I still eat non-nitrite bacon occasionally, but a migraine is a big enough deterrant for me.

There are people who I know exaggerate or jump on the latest health craze. It makes those of us who have real issues with food seem a little crazy sometimes. I do think that medically we know more about these things, and that years ago the kids with the severe allergies would be the ones who just had "failure to thrive" and they couldn't figure out the reason. Fewer of them would make it to adulthood. As we know more about the human body, we can learn these things. Those of us in developed countries also have the luxury of being able to avoid the foods that make us sick, not all countries have that luxury.

If it's heat reactive, the dark would absorb more heat than the light- which is why the logo blows up first.

It looks like that puff paint that was popular for decorating clothes in the 1980s.