hw 11

I decided to do two experiments. 1 being trying different types of tofu and not eating no meat for 2 meals, and the 2nd being an activist.

I went to this Japanese market called JAZ mart and tried different types of tofu. I started with normal tofu which my mother makes ever so often and I enjoyed the taste. I then found tofu that supposedly tasted like shrimp. I made it and shrimp is one of the many things I didn't taste. I found the shrimp tofu to be very bland and have more of a chemical taste then anything. That chemical taste could have simple been me cooking the tofu wrong. I was on a hunt to find tofu that tasted like chicken, I made my way to west 4th and found another JAZ mart and to my surprise the famous tofu chicken was found. This time I asked my mother to cook it and when i tasted it the chemical taste did not exists, but neither did a chicken taste. Although it didn't hold the full taste and consistency of chicken it wasn't that horrible.

On Thursday i tried to have a meat free lunch and dinner, and without even thinking about it my mother asked if I would like a sandwich and i said yes. It shocked me how even after finding out about all the qualities of how certain meat is taken care of I was so easy to say yes to a ham and cheese sandwich without even thinking about asking my mom where the meat was from. Friday was more productive, I had pizza for lunch and pasta for dinner. Although I was still hungry after I ate, (both meals) it felt nice to know I didn't eat another animal. I'd like to change my eating habits and have less meat but still maintain all the nutrients I need.

Ally gave me and a few others a brilliant idea one day in the computer lab, she said we should get flyer's and put pictures of slaughter houses on them, then write quotes on them informing our community of how fast food meat is taken care of. Although we didn't do this as a group I decided to print a few photos out and write sayings across the meat, such as E Coil, death, and feces. I hung them up on the sliding glass doors of the Gristides by my house and in my elevators. I was surprised when I saw the flyer's stayed up a whole night in my elevators before people started complaining about the disgusting images. I was unable to go back and visit the Gristedes but I'm pretty sure management ripped them down right away.

This project changed my views completely, I respect people who go out of there way to advocate for things they believe in, I would like to start paying them more attention and contributing to my community more.