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I have a soy milk maker (Soyajoy, circa 2001), though I haven't used it in many years. But when I did, I would save the okara and make it into little "meatballs". I cannot remember the recipe (though I think arrowroot was a key ingredient) but I am pretty sure it came from Bill Shurtleff's "Book of Tofu".

Yes, I was in a hurry and that last sentence of mine was lacking nuance. Sorry!

What bothers me is the concern trolling about "PETA killing animals". The people leveling this sort of charge are usually disingenuous and don't care about animals at all, but just want to fling mud at PETA. (that is certainly true of those running that domain name)

This is similar to people who bring up how many animals are killed while harvesting grain. This argument usually comes from meat eaters looking to find a "gotcha" hoping to nullify the ethical arguments for veganism.

These are valid topics to debate, but the bad faith arguments are annoying.

The petakillsanimals.com web site is run by an odious outfit which is just a shill for some pretty awful corporations. It is best to assume everything they say is somewhere between misleading and outright lie.

There are valid criticisms of PETA coming from the animal rights side, in particular Gary Francione has written extensively on this. (I am generally in agreement with him... let's hope I didn't just open up a can of worms here)

But the meme is right, if you don't genuinely care about animals, then you can STFU about PETA.

You know, 16 years ago I would have also highly ranked my pressure cooker (mine was not electric). Being able to go from dry beans to meal in less than an hour was fantastic. But when my daughter was born I just surrendered to canned beans out of necessity, so I haven't used it in years. Actually that's not true, I just don't use the lid, the pot is great for making soups, etc.

Given recent events, I plan to read Cory Doctorow's somewhat prophetic short story "Radicalized", which he made available for free: https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/09/radicalized/

Other than that I have been reading along with my daughter's high school English class reading (three years). Just finished The Scarlet Letter and now working on Into the Wild and I think The Great Gatsby is next. Nothing terribly exciting.

Many years ago I remember someone summing it up as: I don't eat animals for the exact same reason I don't eat people.