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A local mum has rewarded her son for being an angel during the weekly supermarket shop with what she claims is a nutritious and ethical treat, the ubiquitous twiggy stick.
Willow Davidson, 32, of Betoota Grove, has raised eyebrows in the supermarket deli as she handed the highly processed meat product to her three-year-old son, Noah-Bodhi.
The Advocate spoke to Willow outside the French Quarter Aldi supermarket on Rue des Raffineries.
“Bodhi is such a good little soul,” Willow explained, smiling as her child gnawed on the shiny red tube of emulsified meat.
“I always want to make sure his rewards are organic and high in protein, so I feel good about giving him a twiggy stick. They’re gluten-free, and that’s super important to us as a family.”
Willow, who lives by a strict organic lifestyle and fears microplastics like her father feared communisim, seemed blissfully unaware that the deli delicacy contains a higher ratio of preservatives than actual meat.
“It’s all about balance,” she explained, rolling a smoke from her kangaroo scrotum tobacco pouch.
“Oh don’t worry, I grow my own. I don’t use a filter, either, because Big Filter doesn’t want you to know about how many fibres you inhale, too.”
Willow’s husband, Mini-Moke, was reportedly confused by her treat choice.
“I thought we weren’t doing meat anymore unless it was locally harvested by hand,” he said, noting that Bodhi had consumed three sticks during the car ride home.
“I’m pretty sure the animals in that twiggy stick died under the rule of Queen Elizabeth II.”
Still, Willow stands by her decision, insisting that the twiggy stick represents “the perfect combination of mindfulness and practicality.
“It’s like… a guilt-free indulgence,” she said, as Noah-Bodhi cheerfully regurgitated the twiggy sticks onto the floor of their completety rooted 2004 Chrysler Voyager.
More to come.
