Tofu Tuesday #33

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This was my first Thanksgiving as a vegetarian. No turkey for me. No gravy for me. No stuffed inside the turkey stuffing. And you know what, it was a wonderful meal and wonderful holiday.

From EatingAnimals.com:

If our holiday meals are supposed to serve as a reflection of our gratefulness, can a turkey that spends its life crammed by the tens of thousands into giant warehouses, on antibiotics, that has been bred to suffer-as is true for more than 99% of turkeys sold in America-be the choice we feel best about?

This holiday season, consider the turkey. Take this conversation in any direction you'd like. The most important thing is that our choices be deliberate.

I've never really taken the time to think about this before, or maybe it was just another one of those things I pushed to the back of my mind as not to think about it. But I totally agree with the above statement. What does turkey have to do with the reason we celebrate Thanksgiving? And honestly, the best part of the meal for me has always been all the yummy sides. I've never had a problem filling up on all the yummies that sit around the turkey on the table. This year I had a wonderful reason for filling up on those yummies and foregoing the turkey.

I would not have made a turkey this year. The Husband was alright with that, but I don't know he would have been completely happy. But my mother invited us to Thanksgiving at her house this year so there was a turkey. The rest of the family had turkey but I had none and I'm alright with that. But I think next year I may try my hand at making the meal and also inviting family to our house, where there will be no turkey. I don't know that it would go over well, but we'll see.

How was your Thanksgiving? Did you try a turkey alternative? Did you have a turkey for the rest of your family? I'd love to hear about your vegetarian/vegan Thanksgivings.