Turkey will be on the table this Thanksgiving, thank you

To the editor,

In your Spectrum column entitled “Give turkeys a break” by Toni Faubion-Truesdell, I said to myself, ‘Self, you should try to become a vegan.’ So I drove myself into town and bought many vegetables.

I came home with a head of lettuce and as I wrapped its core on the counter and tore its heart out, then tore her outer leaves and pulled her apart in many tiny pieces and threw her in the salad bowl, all while hearing her whine in pain, then I took the carrot and with my potato peeler I ripped off its skin, chopped off its head and tail, graded it into fine pieces and threw it into the salad. Then I heard the carrot say ‘Geez, couldn’t you be nicer to me?’ Then I grabbed a bunch of radishes and after chopping off their heads and tails, these veggies were crying in pain, too.

Well then since my husband had diverticulitius and can have no seeds, nuts or popcorn in his diet, I cut through the tomato and seeded it and of course there isn’t much left of the tomato when that is done, but threw it on top of the salad. We both ate salad and that night there were bombs going off in our bedroom all night long (passing gas, you know).

So Toni, I will be eating turkey this Thanksgiving season and you go ahead and eat your tofu and vegetables.

Millie Wickham

Palmer