Sunday, February 26, 2012

One of These Things Is Just Like The Other

I recently watched the documentary Forks Over Knives.

I am horribly susceptible to documentary talking heads,
so as I watched the credits I vowed I was going to
CHANGE ALL MY EATING HABITS.


The light of day and some internet sleuthing made me realize that no, I wasn't giving up
dairy and eggs, among the meeeellion other foods the doctors said I should
if I wanted to make it to my next birthday.

However...

One guy did point out that both milk-making cows and
meat-producing cows are "factory-raised," i.e. treated as food-producing widgets
instead of brown-eyed, sweet-faced moo-ers.


(How could I be mean to that sweet beastie?)

My research turned up that organic yogurt is generally made from "pasture-fed" cows, but, boooo, my favorite Trader Joe's yogurt is NOT organic.

So I went looking for organic yogurt, since I eat yogurt like other people eat,
I dunno, potato chips?  Point is, I eat a lot of yogurt.


And look!


(That's Minnie's brother, Jack, btw, supervising my photo shoot.)

Notice anything?  The tasty (but more expensive) organic Wallaby yogurt looks pretty similar to the tasty (and less expensive) Trader Joe's brand vanilla yogurt!  It turns out that they are the same, just in different packaging!

Yay!  I can still eat Trader Joe's yogurt!

Now I just need to find a vegetarian*-friendly cheese, and I'll be golden!





*For the record, I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't eat beef.  
Traditional rennet-based cheese is made from calf's stomach.







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