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Ribfest Chicago will draw 50 thousand people to Chicago’s North Side this weekend - people who will consume 65,000 pounds of ribs. But not all those ribs will come from animals.

This past weekend's National Restaurant Association trade show included exhibitors for all sorts of restaurant needs from meat cookers to vegetarian foods, from customer loyalty programs to beverage dispensing equipment. Many have predictable names that seem to tell exactly what they do. Then there's Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning. I stopped by their booth and chatted with Jack Walker, who explained the name.

This text was originally posted to Gapers Block, with a transcript of this interview.

 

(bellow: "10 out of 10 cats prefer NOT to be tortured by Iams" Iams is one the leading brands in pet food)

This ties together LSD and raw foods:My ex-boyfriend became a vegetarian because of LSD. He was tripping out in the farmlands, and he ran upon a cow. He said he looked into the cow's eyes and saw that it was a feeling, sentient being. From that moment on, he could not eat meat. That was more than 25 years ago.I wish I was a vegetarian. But Iike the taste of birds way too much. Maybe I should drop acid and commune with a chicken.kisses,strepsata