Good Meat for Thanksgiving

Perhaps everybody already has the Thanksgiving menu written down and shopped for. However, if you’re like me, this won’t happen until Wednesday night. Actually, when Charlie and I lived in California, we waited too long (Thursday morning…) and had to reconfigure our holiday plans. We decided to head to one of our favorite restaurants to have fish and chips on a patio overlooking the ocean. We topped the meal off with some homemade Horchata (a sweet Mexican rice drink). It was wonderful. But, here in Minnesota, that just wouldn’t be as enjoyable.

So, if you’re still shopping, be sure to purchase some quality, humane meat this year and as much local and organic products as possible. It’s especially important during this tough economy to support our local businesses.  

Some resources:

Meat Labels:  This is a great list from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). It breaks down labels like “natural” (which means absolutely nothing), “cage-free” (helpful label for eggs, but means nothing for birds raised for meat) and “free-range” (which is lax- basically means “some access to the outdoors”).

Palin’s turkey troubles… yikes.