#536 Taste of Summer

Barbeque is killing us.
And it’s killing the planet.
Seems the latest health scare is what we all dreaded. Barbequing changes meat and makes it more toxic.
Yep. Crusty brisket accelerates Alzheimer’s.
Pulled pork causes your blood vessels to pull apart.
Ribs kill your kidneys.
A chemical process that only occurs in meat at backyard grilling temperatures creates a whole new class of toxins known as AGEs—AKA: Glycation end products.
Glycation end products have been known to accelerate the aging process. And are associated with inflammatory conditions like diabetes, Alzheimer’s, vascular degeneration and kidney disease.
What that means is, the crusty cook on all the trail drives in western movies looked so old because he ate too much of his own cooking. He was actually about thirty-five.
And the reason the planet is being killed is because the thing we barbecue most, livestock, is contributing more to the methane gas buildup in the atmosphere than automobiles.
That’s right, cow flatulence contributes more greenhouse gassing than automobile exhaust.
PETA, the people for the ethical treatment of animals, not the bread you can wrap around tasty barbequed cow kabobs, suggests we eat fewer cows.
They miss the point.
At least for a while we should eat more.
It’s live cows that are cutting loose on our atmosphere. Just don’t replace them when we do eat them.
So I challenge each and every one of you, eat a cow this summer to save the planet.
But don’t grill them over charcoal. Too much carbon release there. And don’t grill them over natural gas either. Cause you don’t want to accelerate your aging and all. And don’t eat them raw, cause of that whole E Coli thing.
So I’m guessing boiled. Boiled cow. Not too bad. Throw in a bunch of spices and a mess of beans and you got chili.
Yeah! When you fire up the big truck and burn up a ton of fuel as you fight traffic on your way to the big ball game there’s nothing like celebrating in the parking lot with a big heaping bowl of tailgate chili.
Maybe not.
That may just be passing that cow thing down the line.
America ya gotta love it