Thursday, September 30, 2010

Gross Out!

My kids are dutiful vegans, and I'd like to keep them that way. When a commercial comes on for fast food, I point out the commercialism of it-  how the food isn't healthy, how they just give toys to kids to get their parents to spend money, etc. My kids are really good about it, and I don't think they have any desire to eat those foods. Just in case, though, I occasionally will share visual reinforcements: 


A chicken: 


Princess Tosha, Farm Sanctuary, CA 
Photo courtesy of amazing animal friend Kerrie!

Sadly, this beautiful lady passed away about a month ago. Heartbreaking as it is, I am happy to know that it was from old age and that she spent her golden years surrounded by love & friends 




The  inside of a chicken nugget: 



According to the USDA, mechanically separated poultry is "a paste-like and batter-like poultry product produced by forcing bones with attached edible tissue through a sieve or similar device under high pressure to separate bone from the edible tissue." 





A McDonald's Chicken Nugget: 





And in case that's not enough of an incentive to avoid this crap: 













Want one? EWWWWWWW!! 




1 comment:

  1. Wow. I'm a pretty devoted vegan with no need of convincing... but that's NASTY.

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