Food Preferences

[JCoatsworth]

I don't really agree with the you can only eat an animal if you can kill it yourself attitude.
I understand what you mean, but I don't approve.

A friend of mine faints when he sees blood, or sometimes even if somebody talks about it. It's pretty extreme.
What exactly is he supposed do? Become a vegetarian? No, I don't think so.

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

I really like meat, though a lot, of my friends are vegetarians or vegan. It's a an interesting experience eating their vegan stuff with them and sometimes it's really tasty, but I couldn't k imagine living like that. I don't feel good about eating meat, but it's really hard to stop something you kinda love.

 

[wickedtiger86]

I've tried so hard to be a vegetarian. I love animals, and I sometimes feel bad for eating them.

But I love steak. Rare as can be. I'm even salivating as I type this . . .

There is a steakhouse across the street. . . I'm in trouble. lol

 

[Mr Giles]

How far would meateaters take it?
Would you eat a dog if you went to Korea?
Or would you eat a hamster sandwich?

 

[Bexieh]

No I don't think I would because that seems weird to me. But it's different cultures. Some people probably think we're odd for eating chicken or beef. I think that's more of a cultural thing than a how-far-are-you-prepared-to-go thing.

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Mr Giles agrees: Why? id eat a kitten burger. And id eat a puppy leg with potatoes.

Well, that's good for you but I just don't fancy it! Especially since I love my cat like a crazy cat lady so I couldn't think of eating a kitty burger. I have yet to develop any relationships with poultry though! Perhaps if I was raised in a place where eating it was common practice I'd be alright with it. But I wasn't, so I don't fancy it!

 

[EvilWillow]

How far would meateaters take it?
Would you eat a dog if you went to Korea?
Or would you eat a hamster sandwich?

Nope, I couldn't any pets.

 

[HalloweenRain]

Not everyone in Korea eats dog. My husband is Korean. He's never even met someone who ate dog meat. He said it's not practiced very much. Usually only men eat it, and it's only after the dog has been beaten to douse the meat with adrenaline. It's supposed to help with virility. So it's seen more as folk medicine than food.

That's off-topic I guess. So to answer that question I would eat dog if I had to, in a sort of survival situation any animal would be up for grabs...except human. I'd die before I ate human flesh...literally. I don't mean symbolic flesh 😉.

 

[SlayerFest]

HalloweenRain agrees: I couldn't remember if it was spelled with and A or an E. The diet itself is so appealing. How does your family feel about it? Cause I know my husband would hate it.

Haha I always screw up the spelling. I became one when I was 14 and my parents were fine with it. My dad makes separate sauce when he makes spaghetti and we don't have meat for dinner as often as we used to. My grandma is convinced that I must eat chicken haha and my great grandma makes me macaroni whenever we visit her 🙂. She's adapted well, which surprised me because she's pretty old 😉 she's convinced that I'm going to just keel over one day due to lack of protein.

 

[patriot1123]

I'm a pescetarian, for moral reasons. Have been for most of my adult life. The idea of eating land animals or birds makes me feel nauseous. (I don't feel the same way about fish and shellfish, IDK why.)

I've never felt "looked down on."

And, I don't look down on people who eat meat. Everyone makes their own decisions.

This wasn't too difficult a thing for me, though, because I didn't really like meat anyway. Steak, hamburger, and turkey were okay, but I detested chicken and pork.

 

[Jodast]

I am almost pure carnivore. I would pretty much sell my soul for roast lamb. I have nothing against vegetables but there are very few that I enjoy enough to say that I like them. People who are vegetarian do not bother me in the slightest. It is their right to choose what they eat the same way as it is my right to choose what I eat and a person's diet doesn't change the way I think or feel about them at all.

 

[Living Dead Boy]

No matter how hard I tried, I could never successfully become a vegetarian. Believe me, I've tried. A maximum of two weeks: that's the longest I've gone without meat. It just became too expensive, to be honest. And plus, meat follows me everywhere I go. It doesn't help that my entire family eats meat. Every Christmas, every Thanksgiving, every Fourth of July, what do I see? Meat. Chicken, beef, ribs, steak, chitterlings (I'm sorry, "chitlins". My family's very southern. 😉). I just cannot escape it. As a matter of fact, at this very moment, I'm chewing on a very delicious porkchop. I am addicted to those things. Just put some hot sauce on them, and......😀 😀

....I mean I honestly feel bad about this, though.

 

[david4wt]

No matter how hard I tried, I could never successfully become a vegetarian. Believe me, I've tried. A maximum of two weeks: that's the longest I've gone without meat. It just became too expensive, to be honest.

In what country is meat cheaper than vegetables and carbohydrates? 😀

 

[Living Dead Boy]

In what country is meat cheaper than vegetables and carbohydrates? 😀

The US freaking A, my friend. 😉 Dude, a hamburger only costs you one dollar. A salad? Seven dollars, or up. If you want something healthy, you pay more, if you want something not so healthy, you pay less. I would think that veggies would cost less, but wow, was I wrong. Of course, it depends on where you go, but most places (especially Whole Foods) I went to were a bit expensive.

 

[david4wt]

The US freaking A, my friend. 😉 Dude, a hamburger only costs you one dollar. A salad? Seven dollars, or up. If you want something healthy, you pay more, if you want something not so healthy, you pay less. I would think that veggies would cost less, but wow, was I wrong. Of course, it depends on where you go, but most places (especially Whole Foods) I went to were a bit expensive.

You are a messed up country 😉

 

[Abbeycat]

I don't LOVE meat. But I eat some meat but I also eat salad.

 

[HalloweenRain]

Marshall is totally correct on this one. I've bought the stuff to make dinners for four nights where the main dish was meat for $60, and when I tried to start cooking healthier the price shot up to $100 for four nights.

 

[Goby]

I've been a vegetarian for almost 12 years. I've never thought of eating meat since then, although I still like the smell of BBQ and fried chicken.

My son is 10 and has never had meat in his life. He's horrified that people eat dead flesh, although he can eat around people eating meat.

I really dislike factory farms. It's so cruel. But I'm not against hunting with a rifle (seriously) since humans have simply replaced the wolves, coyotes, and grizzly bears we used to have. And the animals get to live "normal" lives until that fatal shot. Where I live I don't know anyone who hunts deer, duck, or bear for "sport." Most do it because they can't afford meat.

When I purchase eggs I pay the extra dollar and get cage-free, vegetarian fed eggs.

 

[Living Dead Boy]

Marshall is totally correct on this one. I've bought the stuff to make dinners for four nights where the main dish was meat for $60, and when I tried to start cooking healthier the price shot up to $100 for four nights.

Exactly! Like, why is that? Probably supply and demand. With meat, you can store it for longer periods of time, making it easier to ship and optimize distribution. It's probably just easier to stick us with all these unhealthy meats. But still, it's ridiculous.

 

[arabella]

Normally, I'm vegetarian. Pregnant, I eat meat...and ice chips. The idea of it still grosses me out, but it's 40 weeks of my life and the easiest way for me to personally manage anemia (iron tablets make me super sick), do I deal. I'm so ready to cut it back out of my life though.

Side note, I also come from a family of hunters and that has never bugged me as a means of acquiring food... I never wanted to eat it, but I don't find it particularly cruel or the least bit repulsive. I enjoy shooting a bow (at a target) and will sit in a boat and fish all day 🙂

 

[PassionBecoming]

I could never give up steak or burgers. I eat with the philosophy of "everything in moderation". Keep it in balance, stay healthy, and you're good to go.

I have friends who are vegetarians, vegans, and one who eats a strictly plant-based diet. I never look down on them, but I do like to make sure they are getting the vitamins, etc. they need. (I did have a friend who was basically using being "vegetarian" as an excuse to starve herself, so sometimes I worry. 🙂 ) So no, to each his own in that case.

As for a law for restaurants, I haven't heard of that going around, but that would be ridiculous. Do vegetarian restaurants have to have meat options by law? Go to a different restaurant! 😉