Rants and Raves


Bulgarians Love Meat

January 11th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

More meat, Mr. Khan?

While some people still try to claim that meat is bad for you, I think just about everyone across the spectrum of vegetarianism can agree that meat is unquestionably healthier than cigarettes.  So when I read an article entitled “Meat Displaces Cigarettes from Bulgarians’ Diet,” I was nearly as happy as Khan Krum must have been when his Bulgarians defeated the Byzantines at the Battle of Pliska. Continue Reading»


Meet Horse Meat

December 2nd, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Sitting on a pile of food.

What’s your favorite type of meat?  Is it beef, chicken or pork?  Or maybe it’s something cool and exotic like venison or rattlesnake?  What about horse?  Didn’t think about that one, did you?  Not exactly exotic, but also not exactly meat to most Americans.  Now, though, thanks to a little slip of legislation, the slaughter of horses for meat has been legalized in the USA. Continue Reading»


Vegans Keep Killing Babies

September 19th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

How could you kill a thing like this?

It’s happened before, and once again the vegans have used their love of vegetables to kill a baby.  Last time, it was the French, but now the vegans have brought baby killing into America.  Now, the baby-killing may have occurred in 2004, but just last week the killers were convicted of their heinous crime. Continue Reading»


An Unvegan Twitter War

September 8th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Is this the face of unvegan hatred?

It began with a simple Twitter @ reply.  You know the kind that happens every day.  But soon it spiraled into something no one could have ever seen coming. Continue Reading»


Do Burgers, Not Drugs

August 3rd, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Crime doesn't pay. Except in burgers.

I don’t do drugs, but if I did I wonder how upset I would be if I were Timethy Delarrance Morrison.  Morrison recently attempted to buy some pot, but when he opened his bag of contraband he instead found a bunch of hamburger meat.  Maybe the dealer accidentally swapped his bag of munchies with pot, but Morrison was not amused. Continue Reading»


Save the Bacon!

July 7th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Save us!

Debt ceiling got you down?  War and instability in the Middle East making you feel unloved?  Casey Anthony getting away with murder pissing you off?  I get it, the world is having some problems, but such problems are nothing compared to the biggest problem the world is currently facing:  Bacon Prices.  Cue the wailing. Continue Reading»


Lab Meat

June 29th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Moo!

I’ve reported on on in-vitro meat before, and now it seems that dream of death-less meat is closer than ever.  According to the Times of India, this lab meat could even be ready in a year.  Yeah, that’s pretty soon.  Apparently the key is stem cells. Continue Reading»


Dine on Iodine

June 16th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Eat me!

While there are many obvious nutrients missing from the diets of vegans, there is one essential element that is typically passed over: iodine.  This element is particularly important in a pregnant woman’s body because “low iodine can increase the risk of miscarriage and thyroid problems in moms, in addition to mental disabilities in babies.” Continue Reading»


Just Meat, Please

May 19th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I accept your diet suggestion, thank you.

An article in Popular Science recently posed the all-important question of our time.  Namely, “What Would Happen if I Ate Nothing but Meat?”  The answer might be surprising to you.  For starters, it won’t kill you. Continue Reading»


Vegans are Killing Bolivia

April 25th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Stop stealing food from these children.

As if Bolivia wasn’t troubled enough as one of South America’s only two landlocked countries, now it has a whole new problem with the onset of veganism.  If you know a vegan or vegetarian, the odds are that you have heard of a strange little plant called quinoa. Continue Reading»


Unvegan Top 20 for 2011

‘Tis the season for “Best of the Year” lists, so I thought I would join the party and put in my top 20 new restaurants from 2011.  By the way, this means the restaurants were new to me, not new to LA.  Please note that I am only including meals in the Los Angeles area.  As much as I loved the food on my travels, you can check any of those places out pretty quickly by clicking here.  So, without further caveat, here’s the best that 2011 had to offer for the unvegan:

20.  Cobras and Matadors

This tapas place in Mid-City is everything tapas should be.  From bacon-wrapped dates to a variety of cheeses, there is really something for anyone looking for a delicious meal.  Just beware, while tapas can be kept to a moderate price, when you throw a big group in with small plates, there are bound to be some people who don’t get their money’s worth.  But keep the group small and Cobras and Matadors will send you home full and happy.

19.  Steingarten

Dishing out delicious sausages, including a few of the exotic variety, Steingarten also offers up a pretty stellar beer selection.  If you’ve ever wanted to eat alligator in sausage form, Steingarten won’t disappoint, but they also serve a wider range of foods, including some pretty delicious burgers.  Their sausage execution, though, could use a bit of improvement, which pushed another sausage joint further up on the list.

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