Vegetarian isn’t so bad

Met up with J today and we went shopping and ate – ate vegetarian. Now I’m very much the carnivore – if it hasn’t got bacon it better be good.

But on J’s recommendation we went to Greens, a veggie place overlooking the bay. And my goodness it was good; in fact superb. Really well prepared food, done with class and style. Melon soup for example, sounds blander than a public information broadcast but tasted very good indeed.

My love of meat is a bit of a problem to be honest. I’m a committed environmentalist and eating meat is about as environmentally unfriendly as driving an American car with lots of sudden stops and starts.

The carbon farted from animals, the oil used in the food chain to fertilise grass fields and the sheer waste of using ten pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat is difficult to justify. But it just tastes so good.

When ethics and pleasures collide ethics usually go out the window. But with food as good as Green’s it wouldn’t be tough. The vegan and granola crowd should go there and learn.