Comments on: Um, Excuse Me, But There’s Bacon In That Cupcake

By: Alonzo Schmautz

Alonzo Schmautz — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:26:57 +0000

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By: Blind Doc Jones

Blind Doc Jones — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:40:55 +0000

All it needs is a Habanero Dill.

By: dan cortland

dan cortland — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:24:24 +0000

industrial corn and soy are just as damaging (some would argue more so)…

More so? How calculated?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:11:43 +0000

I have to agree with @14 on this. My earlier comment was a bit glib (it’s fun to make fun of ourselves sometimes, yes?) but it’s the production of meat that’s the issue, not the meat itself (if you’re making the argument from an environmental perspective – ethical arguments are thornier). As Joshua points out, industrial corn and soy are just as damaging (some would argue more so), but the answer isn’t to stop eating vegetables, right? You can be sparing and selective in your meat consumption (as you should be in all consumption) and still feel good about your enviro-cred. Of course, this does rob you of a self-identifier and a nicely packaged solution.

By: Joshua Daniel Franklin

Joshua Daniel Franklin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:14:28 +0000

I might as well point out that the environmental problems of meat are founded on fossil fuel farming, and not on traditional or biodynamic methods. In that sense eating industrial corn or soy products are also quite damaging to the environment.

That said, we could all do to eat less meat. And cupcakes. But, they’re delicious.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:19:18 +0000

Alright, that would be kind of awesome.

By: Matt the Engineer

Matt the Engineer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:15:47 +0000

Ah, but imagine what would happen if we did.

Newsflash: 300,000 protesters mobbed a suspected whaling ship today in Interbay.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:35:00 +0000

@Matt: I once got a corn muffin only to find it was chock full of ham. I am a vegetarian, and there was absolutely no indication of it’s contents anywhere. It’ll be easy enough for me to boycott the place though, as it was in “Backroads Montana” as the ads say.

Otherwise, it is a shame Dan’s not a veggie, but we’ve all got our own causes. we can’t all protest whaling, meat, over-irrigated farming, poor transit choices, poor residential planning and refrigeration chemicals at the same time.

By: NotSoAnonymous

NotSoAnonymous — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:18:39 +0000

@Renee.

No one talks about it because meat is goooooooooooooood.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:34:45 +0000

A large percentage of environmentalists in Seattle are vegetarian. It is always refreshing to discover this.

Land use and cars aside, the carbon impact of meat is an issue that no one like to talk about. Thanks for raising the issue, Brian.