An experiment (as a follow-up to a funny story)

My father probably wonders what planet I'm from more than once a week.

Rewind about 6 years ago. My dad came out to Victoria to visit me while I was a west-coast pseudo-hippy. I still remain enamoured with Van Isle and will continue to want to attempt to make my life there (upon, of course, my return to Canada).

I was showing my pop around the city and giving him a bit of a glimpse of my life out on the Pacific coast. As we were touring near downtown, we headed down to Fisherman's Wharf and decided to get some coffee at my favourite hangout, Moka House. I am a bit more loyal to the Cook Street location, but I digress...

My dad steps up to the counter, orders a coffee. I follow, asking for a coffee as well. My dad stops... "What the hell did you just order??" he asks. 

I respond, "Uhhh, a dark roast coffee. It's a good one!" I reply. 

He stares are me with a sideways look and clarifies: "What KIND of dark roast coffee?" he inquires.

 "Uhhh.... ummm... you mean, like, the country it's from? Or the organic part?"

"ORGANIC?!? What the hell are you trying to do to me?? Kill me??? Do you know what I DO for a living??"

He's been in agri-chemical sales in southern Alberta for more than 20 years. 

If you know my dad, you'd know how funny this moment would be.

I bust up laughing, and he does the same, although his has a twinge of exasperation mixed in. I think he believed I was a lost cause, then and there.

Anyways...

The blog title refers to my recent experiment of becoming a kinda-sorta-vegetarian for a month. I've cut out meat from my diet, save for the smallest amount of seafood and a limited supply of eggs. Part of it is just a small attempt to offset my carbon footprint (I do, after all, fly all over the world for recreational purposes), and another part is just to diversify my cooking experiences. The final part is just to see if I can make the switch.

I stopped eating meat after lunch on the 15th, so I guess I'm about 10 days in and I think I'm doing alright thus far. I've had friends from a bunch of places send me recipes and cooking ideas, and I think I've even got one of the girls from work doing some cooking FOR me! Awesome. I'll let you know how it goes.

I know my big brother is disappointed in this decision... he is, after all, most well-known for his late Friday night Bacon-Time parties with the boys, but I'll just have to postpone my own bacon-time for the time being.

So animal-friendly friends and acquaintances, let me know if you have any recipes or cooking ideas in mind that I need to try. For now, though, off I go...

Your veggie-loving, Moustache-sporting friend,

T

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