{"id":7985,"date":"2021-07-21T19:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/?p=7985"},"modified":"2021-07-21T19:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:22:34","slug":"gone-veggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/?p=7985","title":{"rendered":"Gone Veggie."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/208387336_4335047213184864_6396084763209875479_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not too many things in life I take \u2018absolutely\u2019 seriously. It\u2019s an \u2018absolute\u2019 in my life, no joking, no negotiation. It\u2019s a true measure of my personality that on a daily basis I\u2019m able to remain calm, and not scream about animal cruelty and the animal\/cattle industry. Almost thirty years for me now. I realize, in all things, change comes slowly. In 2020, sales of meat alternatives rose by 18.4% and sales of veggie burgers rose by 37%. These figures back up what my eyes can see. Thirty years ago there was only veggie sausages in the supermarkets, that was our choice. Now, I literally shake my head in wonder when I see fridges and freezers in shops, packed full of plant based options. I do feel vindicated, and, if it was part of my nature, which it isn\u2019t, I\u2019d feel VASTLY morally superior. \ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s not too many things in life I take \u2018absolutely\u2019 seriously. It\u2019s an \u2018absolute\u2019 in my life, no joking, no negotiation. It\u2019s a true measure of my personality that on a daily basis I\u2019m able to remain calm, and not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/?p=7985\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7987,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7985\/revisions\/7987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tammytingles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}