On highway 40 we came across a truck with live pigs on the way to slaughter, as we drove along this truck one of the pigs stuck his nose though the little window/air vent and looked straight at me, we made eye contact, it looked at me with an innocence that made me break down and cry.
I said to myself I don't want you to die for me.
I was a vegetarian in the past, for 10 years actually. But Greece back in the 80's was a hard place to be a vegetarian.
Things got better, but by then I had managed to convince myself not to think of the animals.
I would get disgusted with meat sometimes, but block it out.
In the last couple of years, me and my husband have been toying with the idea, he often finds the idea of meat disgusting too, but hey it makes for easy meal planning.
Recently, for health reasons we have had to change our diet drastically, so after talking about it, we have decided to cut all meat except chicken, fish and eggs.
Now it know, chickens, eggs and fish are not quite vegetarian, but this is a transitional period for us.
I have a soy intolerance that make being a vegetarian tricky.
So for now, we are semi vegetarians.
It will be very interesting to see how our body changes with this new dietary change. I am sure there will be tweaking to do, but I am excited to see all the new yummy foods we can make.
And I love a challenge.
RIP piggy, you did not die in vain.
