Meating my match
It shouldn't surprise me, I suppose.
I had six months as a vegetarian after I visited a slaughterhouse in Scotland to cover the Carcass of the Year contest when I was a young reporter. And my older son had a meatless spell as a teenager, I'd guess in an attempt to impress some girl on whom he had his eye at the time.
Now my younger son has announced his intention to forsake meat - though he's still willing to eat fish and pragmatically says he may eat meat when he visits a good restaurant.
Which means that at home I'm having either to cook special meals for him or veggie dishes for the whole family.
I've tried to tempt him back to to carniverous ways by frying bacon, but to no avail.
All of which is a bit embarrassing for a bloke who's been known to poke fun at the sandal-wearing, mueli-botherers who share the boy's (present) distaste for meat.
Fingers crossed it's just a fad and he'll soon be tucking into calves liver, foie gras and all those other meaty treats that make eating such a pleasure.
I ask you: who on earth would choose a lentil over a rare rump steak?
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Just cook normal meals and leave the meat off his plate. He'll soon see the error of his ways.
Shame on you for eating foie gras - The liver from normally reared geese is rich enough without having to force-feed them.
Carcass of the Year ??????
Bill: it wasn't the highlight of my journalistic career....that would be when Mrs Thatcher scolded me at the quayside in Portpatrick, saying: "Stop standing on those boys' fishes!"
Seb: it's the hunter/gatherer in me...I have to ensure he's has a proper meal.
Re foie gras - I wrestle with my conscience, but the the pleasure I gain from the taste and texture of foie gras wins.