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Mary McCartney has raised her own three children without fish or meat – but it’s a lot easier for her now than it was for her parents in the 1970s

Sunday 18 July 2010

Our house always revolved around the kitchen, because Mum cooked a lot and it was quite a social area. She never wanted to be stuck on her own if we were all in another room. So we’d go in there and have a snack, watch her cooking and generally hang out.

One day Mum and Dad said, “Look, we’ve decided to be vegetarian. We’re not going to have meat at home, but it’s your decision [whether you want to be vegetarian, too].” Mum was a good cook and I didn’t really notice the difference.

They’d been driving behind a lorry that had lots and lots of chickens crammed into it and obviously between the two of them they thought, “That’s not right.” I even think Mum took a picture of it – I have a vision of it because I’ve looked through her archive. They said, “Because of that we don’t want to eat chicken any more.” But they wouldn’t scaremonger and they’d discussed it between themselves. Dad was a traditional eater and didn’t want vegetarianism to mean missing out. So Mum made a real effort to fill that hole on the plate and make interesting food….Continue Reading