I am watching Iron Chef America

It's disgusting. They are cutting up live catfish. Why can't PETA do something about this program?

I can't endure more than a second of it cause it is ALWAYS that kind of disgusting stuff. :puke:

...Meat Industry. On every show on that network, they're always trying to push some kind of meat down peoples throat.

You got that right. Meat and junk food worship seems to be what they push most of all. Emeril is the "Hunchback of Notre Diner".

(PETA, that is). I can't imagine that they are unaware of this, but maybe...

Whenever Iron Chef features seafood dishes, the fish is always alive when they start cutting it up. The same with shellfish, squid and one time it was octopus. I have written Food Network with complaints, but they never replied. And I sure other people have written also.

The further up the economic ladder you go, the worse it gets. Picking a lobster out to have someone cook it up is barbaric.

Ironically, I had been surfing through the cable guide last month and noticed that there was a show called BBQ. I thought -- well, that's one show I *know* I won't watch. Then I got this e-mail about it.

DawnWatch tip: Terrific vegan segment on Food Network BBQ show 4/13/05- 4/30/05

It is TV day! (And I send an apology to my International subscribers to whom these shows are not available -- though I suspect the episode of Judging Amy will come your way.)

I received the following from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Founder & Director of Compassionate Cooks: http://www.compassionatecooks.com:

"BTW, Karen, the Food Network is airing the Vegan BBQ again - Watch our veggie segment on BBQ with Bobby Flay on April 13 9:00 p.m., April 14 1:00 a.m., and April 30, 2:00 p.m. All time zones. It's on tonight, tomorrow, and on the 30th. Perhaps you'd be able to send something to your group and encourage people to thank the Food Network - we're really encouraging them to create a veg show, and the more responses they get, the better.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_sf/text/0,1976,FOOD_17616_21388,00.html "

I have seen the segment. It is thoroughly positive, just delightful, and a surprising inclusion in a show all about BBQ. I hope people will support Colleen's efforts by sending thanks to Bobby Flay. A 'Tiny URL' for the comments link above is: http://tinyurl.com/3z2sc

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/04/1732912.php

Also, today I was reading Ingrid Newkirk's new book Making Kind Choices. There's a chapter in there called The King of Barbecue, about a vegan entry in the biggest barbecue contest in the world, the American Royal Barbecue cook-off in Kansas City. A lady made a vegan brisket and the Kansas City Star and other newspapers covered it as a first in the history of the ARBC.

From the book:

Their vegan brisket, which appeared beneath a big banner, proclaiming "American Royal Barbecue Competition: First Vegan Entry" was a huge success. "We made it with tempeh and vegetables so that it was like a loaf, and then we slathered it in locally made barbecue sauce and grilled it really well," says Paige. "We did all the classic stuff."

The tasters' comments ranged from "What do you mean there's no cholesterol and no fat?" to "What do you mean there's no meat in this?" with lots of tasters saying in wonder, "Well now, if I didn't know this wasn't meat..." People took the "No, I don't have any spare ribs" buttons with the endearing piglet on them and went away, drinking their Boulevard Brewery beer and marveling to themselves.