My other car is a chicken wing

Food with a face. Something I eat regularly. But not while looking it in the eyes.

I remember the first time I cooked chicken for myself.  The feeling of cutting through raw chicken flesh was really creepy.  I stopped.  I wondered if cutting into human flesh felt the same.  It was gross but I figured I liked eating chicken so I kept going.   After that I cooked the chicken before I cut it up.

A similar thing happened around the same time.  I haven't eaten many whole lobsters in my life but I don't think I will again.  I ordered lobster but didnt realize it was the entire animal.  While I'd had whole lobster before I always found it to be somewhat of a disconcerting experience.  For some reason especially so this time.  I couldn't deal with eating it as it watched me with its cooked eyes.

I am not vegetarian.  I eat meat regularly. Despite these occasions that I find animal products gross I continue to eat them.  Milk I've always disliked (cheese and ice cream however...) and I don't keep eggs in my fridge regularly. There are times when eggs are positively revolting to me. In general I find it bizarre that we eat these foods. Why am I eating embryos? Or equivalently sucking the teet of an animal for baby food?

Today for lunch I'm going meatless. I think maybe even vegan.  Periodically I take a meat-break. It can last for a few days or a few weeks, whatever my body seems to want.  I am struck by how different veggies look to me than meat. Meat can be exciting, but something about a delicious green salad really appeals to my senses

I was at a wing place recently and got a bumper sticker "my other car is a chicken wing."  I find these types of absurdities hilariously funny.  But the experience of eating a chicken wing, again, is also kind of gross.

Does this make me look vegan?