Meat Neutral — the Blog


We Are All Meat Eaters by woodstockcollective
March 28, 2008, 4:34 am
Filed under: diet, food, lifestyle, meat, meat neutral, vegetarianism | Tags: , ,

Carrots

In past posts, we have mentioned how from a political perspective, Meat Neutral is about reclaiming the word “vegetarian.” Continuing in this thread,today, we are going look into the origin of the word meat.

The first meaning of the word Meat was solid food in general, in contrast to drink. This was the meaning in the first citation in the Oxford English Dictionary ~900. It was not until ~1300 that meat was used to denote the flesh of animals and not until even later the definition in the dictionary was changed.

So there you have it. We are all meat eaters, whether you like it or not.

Leave your preconceptions behind, or take them with you, and join the Meat Neutral movement.

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exactly.. :)
we really are.. ;)

Comment by jonathan

this whole meat thing is incredable. who knew? I’m going to try some bacon bits on my baked potato tomorrow

Comment by sengl

hehe so i guess i can’t call my self a vegetarian anymore lol. love this post =]

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Comment by bre101

Most interesting graphics this week. I was debating fiercly with myself whether or not those were earthworms or sausages hanging on the page. Never would I have guessed carrots.
But hey, it’s all meat, right?

Comment by Nicole




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