First, I start to eat meat. Then today, I meet an 11 year old who is friends with the Palin Family. Her Grandma grew up with my second cousin once removed. That cousin’s Aunt is my Grandma. She grew up in Metaline Falls. Metaline Falls is the town the train to Ione travels from (as seen in Benny and Joon). I ate buffalo in Ione last weekend. Does that mean I am going to turn into Sarah Palin?

Eat buffalo in Ione. Really you should. The town is surrounded by gorgeous scenery and contains about 497 residents.

One of those 497 residents whips up amazing organic home cooked food. If she had a restaurant, I am sure Chef Ramsay would have to search deep in his soul to find one bad thing to say about her cooking. My buffalo was grain feed on a reservation near Ione. I don’t just go eating buffalo everyday but from what I could tell it was perfectly cooked. Very tasty. The cut I had was a bit more dense and chewy than the red meat I have been eating. It had a distinct savory flavor.

Maybe I will take up buffalo hunting with Sarah next year?

Despite a message in my email inbox today reading "Holidays Are Murder on Turkeys,"? I am looking forward to my very first Thanksgiving turkey and all of the dishes created out of turkey leftovers. The email came from Action for Animals, a Seattle based 501©(3) non-profit corporation to promote the vegan lifestyle. I signed up for the Action for Animals emails at least 4 years ago. If you read past all of the invites to gather to close another KFC and protest fur, you can get some great tips for vegetarian restaurants in Seattle and Portland.

For more information about the group you can visit their sites:

http://www.afa-online.org
http://www.myspace.com/actionforanimals
http://actionforanimals.buzznet.com
http://www.VeganStarterPack.com