EATAPETA Day: Where will you be?

Posted on 03/11/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Folks, if you haven’t signed up your gathering on the Peta is full of crap site, there’s still time.

If you haven’t heard about it yet, International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA Day was started three years ago when a child of Holocaust survivors emailed me about a reprehensible PETA ad campaign called “The Holocaust on your Plate,” which compared the slaughter of Jews to the slaughter of cows and chickens, and used photographs of cows and chickens side-by-side with photos of Jews in concentration camps. It could have gotten more disgusting, but I can’t think how.

So we decided that since this is a free country, after all, and we’re not about to protest by the thousands and riot and kill and burn, we decided that our protests would consist of doing the exact opposite of what PETA would like us to do. In other words: Eat meat. Eat more meat, actually. Most observers of EATAPETA Day have meat at all three meals.

Even vegetarians can get in on the festivities, by eating eggs and dairy products.

Me? I’m having a tall glass of milk with breakfast, meeting Sarah and the twins for a lunch that will include fried chicken, and finishing off with a steak for dinner. Or maybe corned beef. I cooked a corned beef last week. Mmm, corned beef.

I am also going to be in Rockville, MD tomorrow at 4 p.m. on a dual-purpose mission: Picking up more kosher meat, and having a meat-up with friends from the area to enjoy great kosher Chinese food.

So. What are you having?

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4 Responses to EATAPETA Day: Where will you be?

  1. Chris L. says:
    03/11/2006 at 12:05 pm

    Hotdogs! I was just about to grab some. In fact, I think they’re Hebrew National. Nice and lean. Mmmmmmmmm…

  2. Balabusta in Blue Jeans says:
    03/11/2006 at 11:33 pm

    You know, I just can’t quite figure out in my head why animals should suffer just because PETA has no taste. Not that I didn’t just eat a bowl of turkey chili–just that I’m aware the turkey didn’t actually design PETA’s Holocaust ad campaign. Or endorse it. Or indeed, comprehend it.

  3. Meryl Yourish says:
    03/13/2006 at 12:16 am

    Balabusta, most people were going to eat them anyway.

    The point is, PETA wants us to eat less meat. The answer is no, not until PETA gets a clue.

    I’d be willing to add a meatless day to my diet to help a decent animal anti-cruelty organization. (Note that I did not use the phrase “animal rights,” because I don’t believe animals have rights.)

    But I won’t do it for PETA.

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