Food Ramblings and Happenings in Egypt

Hey, I heard there was something going on in Egypt and I wanted to have a little anecdote concerning that, so forgive the seemingly random composition of this post.

First off, being a university student I have to take a number of IDC or Seminar courses here seem, in some cases, to be about as random as a moose riding backwards down a hill on skis during the summer following a rain storm made of crabs wearing party hats (possible exaggeration here, but I needed to get this out of my system). That being said, some are relevant to current topics and some to my interests as well.  The most notable and pressing one deals with understanding the food system in America.  Prior to the first day I had no idea what the class' name was, but I assumed it regarded the food system based on the books we had to purchase.  These included titles such as Food Politics, The Omnivore's , and Eating Animals, and Stuffed & Starved. I read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and, long story short, I am eating more vegetarian fare.  I do not feel that eating meat is wrong mind you (do not get me started on PETA), but the issue is how we are getting the animals we eat and what we do to them in the process. Killing and eating them is one thing, it is quite another to expose them to processes that remind me of Saw films (ie: cutting up a cow before it is properly killed). The way I see it, if you do not like the way a company performs a business, simply do not give them your business. There are also several conflicts of interest in how food is regulated thanks to lobbying and other seemingly underhanded political moves, but I am no politician.

Speaking of politics, there seems to be a massive movement in several countries including Egypt that involve massive protests, govermental leaders that seem a little too comfy in their current political seats and very harsh police action. These developments are very interesting and, for those of you who are interested in this issue, check reddit.com, they often post updates on this and are good about staying up to date.

Until next time, watch for the sticky bombs and crit rockets.