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Thanksgiving for the Birds

 

In This Issue: October 2004

 

. November 13th - Thanksgiving for the Birds

. Veg Cooking DVD - Just Weeks Away!

 

 

. On the Menu for November's Class

. Tradition, Habit, or Choice?

 

 

. San Mateo Cooking Class - November 21st

. More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History,

Myth, Ritual, and Reality

 

 

 

November 13th - Thanksgiving for the Birds

 

Join us for our most popular class!

 

We will feature a cornucopia of delicious dishes

that will impress friends and family members alike while showing reverence to

the 300 million turkeys slaughtered each year (45 million of which are killed

for Thanksgiving alone). Join us for what will most certainly be a special -

class!

 

Sign up online!

 

 

 

 

On the Menu for November's Class

 

Gorgeous, seasonal vegetables are on the menu

for our special Thanksgiving class. Bring a friend, and come hungry!

 

-Baked Pumpkin with Vegetable Pilaf

-Sensational Stuffing with Chestnuts and Raisins

-Mashed Potatoes with Carmelized Onions

-Seasoned Garlic Green Beans

-Pumpkin Pie with Toasted Pecans

Sign up for November's Class

 

 

 

 

San Mateo Cooking Class - November 21st

 

Join Compassionate Cooks at the Peninsula Humane

Society for a class devoted to delicious, nutritious Autumn meals.

 

On the menu is Carrot Ginger Soup, Butternut

Squash Risotto with Sage, Roasted Vegetables with Whole Spice Seeds, and Autumn

Berry Crisp.

 

Sign up by contacting the Humane Society at

650-340-7022 ext. 369. Only $20.

 

 

 

Veg Cooking DVD - Just Weeks Away!

 

Featuring a feast for the eyes as well as for

the palate, the Compassionate Cooks create decadent dairy-free desserts,

demystify tofu and other soy products, emphasize fast and healthful meals, and

present a gorgeous holiday centerpiece.

 

Including a helpful segment that provides a

visual aid to finding vegetarian products in the supermarket, the Compassionate

Cooks also answer a number of frequently asked questions regarding

vegetarianism. This is an invaluable resource you will turn to again and again.

Pre-order your copy!

 

 

 

 

Tradition, Habit, or Choice?

 

We all have a certain image in our minds when we

think about a Thanksgiving meal, and most of us grew up conforming to this

picture - complete with a lifeless bird in the center of the table. I appreciate

tradition as much as the next person, but when we can no longer support certain

traditions for the cruelty they inflict upon the victims, isn't it our

obligation to choose a new tradition? My favorite human characteristic is our

ability to change, to evolve, to do better when we know better - especially when

we have a choice.

 

Personally, I don't have a need to connect with

whatever the pilgrims did or did not eat on the " first Thanksgiving. " What I do

desire is a connection with the bounty of the seasonal harvest, the company of

family and friends, and the opportunity to create a peaceful and nonviolent

world - through how I eat and how I live my life. I am thankful for having the

option to choose.

Create a New Tradition - Enjoy a Turkey-free

Thanksgiving

 

 

 

 

More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth,

Ritual, and Reality

 

In her book, Karen Davis explores how turkeys

came to be seen as birds who were not only the epitome of failure or stupidity

but also the suitable centerpiece of the celebration of freedom in America

itself-Thanksgiving. She examines the many varieties of turkeys and uncovers the

methods by which millions of turkeys are raised, fattened, and slaughtered on

farms around America today.

 

Davis takes us back to European folklore about

turkeys, the myths, fairytales, and downright lies told about turkeys and their

habits and habitats. She shows how turkeys in the wild have complex lives and

family units, and how they were an integral part of Native American and

continental cultures and landscape before the Europeans arrived.

Buy " More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History,

Myth, Ritual, and Reality "

 

 

 

 

 

" The thinking [person] must oppose all cruel

customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When

we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of

another. " ~Albert Schweitzer Compassionate Cooks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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