PETA to Zac Brown Band: Try tofu!
If PETA gets its way this will be "Tofu Fried" instead
Here’s the latest from the folks who wanted a robot bulldog to replace Uga on the UGA sidelines and a robot groundhog to replace Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day.
PETA wants the Grammy-winning Zac Brown Band to make a little tweak to “Chicken Fried” and make it “Tofu Fried” instead.
“We’re writing today in the hope that you’ll extend your love of freedom to animals,” the animal rights group wrote in a letter to the Georgia rockers. “In your song ‘Chicken Fried,’ you praise the simple pleasures of life—a cool drink, a home filled with love, enjoying the sunshine—all pastimes denied to the millions of cows, pigs, chickens, and other animals raised for food on factory farms every year.”
To help seal the deal PETA said it’s “sending the band a basket of delicious, protein-rich faux meats.”
No word on whether tofu products are set to appear on the band’s next album.
- Jennifer Brett, jbrett@ajc.com
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88 comments Add your comment
Angela
February 4th, 2010
3:01 pm
I agree with Noneya!
dood
February 4th, 2010
3:22 pm
PETA has gotten nuttier over the past few years. Also- why do they hate plants so much? All they want to do is eat plants? That is very cruel.
ZBB Fan
February 4th, 2010
3:23 pm
I think PETA exists just to b**** and fuss to everyone. Change a song indeed. I hope ZBB writes a song about it – something like “I’ll leave the tofu, for little ol’ you”. Tofu Fried indeed. And you wonder why people don’t take PETA seriously.
Harvey
February 4th, 2010
3:29 pm
Anyone who hands out flyers to children at school showing animals being slaughtered with the intention of upsetting them, are terrorists, nothing more. They should be jailed.
minime
February 4th, 2010
3:32 pm
seems like PETA is trying to expand their idiocy. worked with some and they just tried to get everyone to follow along in their footsteps. ignore me, and I’ll ignore you !!! rock ‘n roll eu-che-koo, ya’ll.
messin w/ ZBB or anyone else is uncalled for.
T
February 4th, 2010
3:35 pm
Well at least we know where all the crackheads have gone to work, cause it’s become overly obvious they are smoking ALOT of something at PETA and it ain’t pot. Surely no one takes them serious anymore. What a bunch of morons!
Right On Time
February 4th, 2010
3:35 pm
Well, I for one, never ate chicken or anything else “chicken fried” before I heard the great ZBB.
Now I hate chickens. I eat them every chance I get.
PETA is right on. That song has brainwashed me. It is my own little Helter Skelter.
Thank you PETA for your help!!!!
Craig
February 4th, 2010
3:36 pm
PETA exists to raise money. Thats it. They get a few rich wackos to give them seed money and then they spend their time getiing people to join and donate so they can spend more money pissing off farmers, fisherman,slaughterhouses, and fur farms. Man has been surviving on animals since the beginnning of time and now its all of a sudden we are supposed to change because they say so? Its a substitute for true religion with these people. Pass the A-1 please.
miss marta
February 4th, 2010
3:39 pm
PETA needs to learn how to pick a good fight, instead of just flailing around like a blind retard.
(sorry blind retards!)
Dawg Stephen
February 4th, 2010
3:40 pm
Still a member of PETA….People Eating Tasty Animals.
And Im proud of it
Sharon
February 4th, 2010
3:43 pm
I would just like to say “CONGRATULATIONS” to the ZAC BROWN BAND!! You know you’ve finally made it to the big leagues when PETA needs to worry about what you’re doing! Congratulations on your Grammy as well. And to PETA – enjoy your Tofurky….I’ll stick with my Fried Chicken.
UGA
February 4th, 2010
3:58 pm
Imagine if Peta heard the last song on their album “Sic em on a Chicken.”
Tricky
February 4th, 2010
3:58 pm
So, why do media outlets such as the AJC feel compelled to report on every absurd press release made by PETA?
Jeff
February 4th, 2010
4:05 pm
I agree … they should say tofu fried…
Rob
February 4th, 2010
4:06 pm
If PETA didn’t make silly requests like this they would never be in the news.
I have my own version of PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals!
RamblinLonghorn
February 4th, 2010
4:14 pm
Okay. You can Chicken Fry anything, it’s a cooking method, not an ingredient. Get lost PETA.
Cassie
February 4th, 2010
4:17 pm
Did PETA say anything about the dead-looking dog on the album cover? Surely he was oveworked and underpaid.
Girl raised in the south
February 4th, 2010
4:17 pm
Peta needs to get a life! Everybody is not a vegetarian. I guess it is inhumane to raise chickens for eggs? After all, it must be very painful on the hens to lay that big ole egg!!!!!
Iceman
February 4th, 2010
4:30 pm
PETA is full of chicken crap
Griffin
February 4th, 2010
4:40 pm
I love animals…They are delicious!
Fleischman in Chattanooga
February 4th, 2010
4:56 pm
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
MEAT . . .
February 4th, 2010
5:04 pm
EAT ME!!!
Pleeez
February 4th, 2010
5:10 pm
Why the heck can’t these PETA freaks find something more productive to do with their time . . .
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REALLY!!!!!
February 4th, 2010
5:22 pm
REALLY!!!
PETP CEO
February 4th, 2010
5:53 pm
PETA members, what about us, persecuted, innocent plants that are grown, cut, boiled and eaten with no rights at all. We can’t speak up either. Why do your sacred animals eat us . . .
ginn
February 4th, 2010
6:02 pm
I wish PETA would get and clue and get out of people’s business.
They need to stick to real cruelty issues and stop tryin to tell people what to eat and what to wear.
I love fried chicken, a good rib eye steak, beef stew, buffalo burgers, roast beef, and on and on and on. So I expect to hear from PETA.
Williebkind
February 4th, 2010
6:07 pm
Would it be unethical to fire all known PETA members? I would not hire them because they are terrorists.
Tim
February 4th, 2010
6:26 pm
MEAT IS MURDER!!!!
…delicious…tasty…succulent murder….Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
BUCKMASTER
February 4th, 2010
6:40 pm
P. PEOPLE
E. EATING
T. TASTY
A. ANIMALS
I enjoyed watching BAMBI last night wth my children and sure was hungry, after the show…
Non-Veg
February 4th, 2010
11:26 pm
Yes eating more veggies is good for you and we should treat animals with respect, specially if we are going to eat them.
Plants are living creatures too…Bacon had a mother but so did Pickle. It takes life to support life – welcome to the planet.
carnivore
February 4th, 2010
11:29 pm
ohh meat, oh did you say something.
WTF
February 4th, 2010
11:35 pm
This is hilarious. Peta is a flippin joke and really stands for People Eating Tasty Animals. Maybe they should say how we like our peta fried, right next to our quail fried on a bbq saturday night cuz that’s the way it rolls.
Leslie
February 5th, 2010
4:17 pm
WTF- You are so creative. Dumbass.
Jim
February 5th, 2010
5:30 pm
These PETA people are frickin idiots! If they want to live that way, then fine , go do it but don’t try and cram your lifestyle down my throat! I know Zac and there is NO WAY he’s going vegan. He didn’t hire Chef Rusty to feed the guys tofu sandwiches! The only good chicken is a DEAD one thats been on the smoker for about 2 to 3 hours and smothered in bbq sauce! And while your at it, wrap it up in some smoked bacon from that DEAD pig! I think ZBB should have a big order frpm Jim & Nick’s delivered to Peta’s office.
PETA = Pretty Eatable and Tasty Animals
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CMIX
February 8th, 2010
2:36 pm
This is to say the least, laughable! I Live in Habersham County, well known for our Chicken Farming but since the release of “chicken fried” we have not been able to keep up with the rise on demand of chickens! So please take what PETA is saying to heart and just decide to eat plants and become mal-nourished!
And remember— Work Hard… Millions on welfare depend on YOU!
Caci
February 9th, 2010
9:54 pm
I sincerely hope everyone who reads this understands that the majority of animals raised on farms in the US are treated humanely. As a livestock producer struggle to understand PETA’s standpoint and where they get their false information. PETA is wanting to abolish all animal agriculture in the US and force their beliefs on the rest of us. I personally enjoy my chicken fried and I hope that the Zac Brown Band will continue to do the same.