Apparently I have irritated - maybe even truly angered - an animal rights activist.  I believe he called my willingness to eat grass-fed beef "loathsome."  Wow.  I could try to argue back but I won't.  He has his opinions, which are clearly very strongly held, and I applaud him for taking a stand.  And I think there's a lot of good that comes from eating vegetarian and vegan foods.  I eat quite a few myself.  I have a theory that Americans would eat more vegetarian dishes if main-stream magazines covered quality recipes.  Just lay off the processed soy products, please.    

I can't really apologize, AnimalRighter, because I will always enjoy a good burger or steak, preferably slaughtered using Kosher methods.  I'm not for animal pain or cruelty, which is one reason we eat a lot less chicken.  And I never eat lobster, crab or shrimp.  It's not just that I couldn't actually kill the animal myself - I could not - it's that I find sea inhabitants utterly disgusting.  But that doesn't mean I'm going to suggest other people stop eating them.  Humans are omnivores.  We can choose to limit our diets - for moral, health or religious reasons - or not. 

For now, I'll just say thanks for leaving more beef for me.