Vegetarianism - The Debate

[Belmit]

Well I've no idea what backwater stores my mum was shopping in then!

[Feek]

I've read the whole of this thread and there are some very interesting points. I care not what other people eat and I generally won't take the piss out of anyone for their eating habits. Live and let live, I say.

I'm a confirmed carnivore. I've never been one for veg and salads simply because I don't like the feel, texture and taste of them as they crunch away in their greeness in my mouth. I'm getting better and will eat some now, but still not a lot.

From what I read in here I also guess I'm pretty much alone in really not giving a toss about where my meat comes from, how it has been bred and how it's been looked after. My logic is that I'm going to eat it, so I really don't care what's been done to it in life. Battery farming doesn't bother me, foie gras, yum, etc etc etc.

When buying meat, I'll see what looks nice. If I'm shopping to a budget then I'll buy what I can afford. We're not especially well off and Mrs. Feek makes do with what we can afford to buy and it's very often convenient to buy the cheap crap nuggets, twizzlers and package stuff simply for the time factor. She's healthy, the kids are healthy and even though I'm massively overweight *and working on it* I have my regular checkups and all the figures, blood stats, lung checks etc are all much better than the 'average' for my age.

If I had to hunt to get meat then I'd be out there in my hunter-gatherer hat and coat stalking!

[Vaultingslinky]

I often eat vegetarian meals, and enjoy them they are easy to cook, very tasty and cheap to make. however I also enjoy meat greatly and miss it when I haven't eaten it for a couple of days, and its much harder to get 'cheap' varied sources of protein in my opinion.

I strongly dislike vegetarians that feel it is their duty to convert others. Especially as many are misinformed or have many glaring conflicts in their arguments. For example drinking milk goes against the whole idea of 'moral' vegetarianism as the milking cows have to give birth in order to start lactating. Male calves/calves which aren't viable for milk production are discarded, or turned into veal.

Now this isn't a problem for vegetarians that (a) are so purely because they dislike the taste/smell/texture of meat or (b) are so for moral reasons, and are doing their best to reduce their impact on animal cruelty.
However for those vegetarians that feel the need to impose their views on others, or feel that its wrong to eat meat, they must completely fulfil their own mantra. I.e. no pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, leather products, dairy, or meat (for a short list). Because all these processes involve 'cruelty' to animals. Most 'intelligent' people that would be open to debate probably have made a conscious decision on whether to eat meat or not, and everyone else probably wouldn't be open to debate and so argument is futile.

For the record I am against unnecessary animal cruelty, battery farming and the like, and raising awareness of these processes is important as many don't know how the cheap meat has arrived on their plate. These issues do not go hand in hand with vegetarianism though, and I am fully in support of animal testing. I am of the opinion of any one against animal testing is either misinformed or is opposed to just about every drug ever produced, and most of the advances we have seen in Biological and Medical Sciences.

[Muban]

Vegetarian or not, everyone should eat their vegetables. For they are good for you and they are tasty..................



I find some random stuff on my HDD

[lostkat]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's awesome

[Tak]

Brill

[Stan_Lite]

Looks like the wee fella's enjoying that - clever chap, broccoli is yummy

[Belmit]

One more benefit of vegetarianism I've just discovered - if you undercook a carrot you'll be fine. Undercook a chicken breast and you'll have to force yourself to be sick seven or eight times to prevent food poisoning. My throat hurts.

Something is wrong with the oven. 25 minutes should have been plenty.



Edit: How do people cope with eating disorders? It feels like I've swallowed a cheese grater. Could never take it up full time...

[SidewinderINC]

How undercooked was it?

[Belmit]

The ends were fine, then I got to the thick bit and the centre was actually raw. To be honest there wasn't a whole lot left at that point though, hence not chancing it.