Living Without Meat

For the first post of 2008 here on Living Without Meat, I bring you the second half of the Top 10 TV References to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights as seen on the tube in 2007.

5. The Next Food Network star had a challenge to cater a wedding for a vegetarian bride and non-veggie groom. What a disaster! One team put chicken stock in the “vegetarian” polenta, and the cake is questionable as it used fondant which usually contains gelatin.

4. Ranking so high because it received so much coverage, is the little animal friends of Kid Nation. To kill or not to kill the chicken was the hot debate (click photo for episode recap) - some cried; some showed signs of evil torture; and others declared that they were only okay with killing the ugly ones, not the cute ones. Worst of all, the producers actually started this whole debate. The journal that the kids were given read: “You brought chickens with you, right? Truth is: they’re good for more than eggs.”

3. From the blogger at Watching Bionic Woman: “There was a GREAT episode of King of the Hill where Hank goes in search of good beef and ends up working for a farmer’s coop where they massage the cows every day, and talk about how the vegetables they buy there actually have taste.”

2. A fellow writer at Watching Pushing Daisies points out the number two moment of the year: “There was a whole episode of Pushing Daisies on dogs in which the murder of the week was actually a disagreement over who gets to keep/protect the “super dog” (cross breed) which a puppy mill was planning to clone and sell for big profit.” My friend over at Limited Edition Foods concurs: “It really was the best … the way the polygamist dog trainer had the four wives whose personalities resembled those of the dogs they trained? It was great stuff!”

And … the number one veggie-friendly moment on TV in 2007 … will be posted tomorrow!

Think you know what it might be? Think I’ve missed a key feature? Leave a comment and let me know!