Are you / Could you ever be a vegetarian?

Archeron

I say fair play to those who adopt this choice and can do it, but it would never work for me. I'm a true and true carnivore (omnivore if you count mushrooms and onions) and the mere prospect of life without eating meat is a nightmare not worth entertaining.

So are you a vegetarian or do you live for meat? (ahem)

Could you or would you ever become vegetarian by choice?

John Mason

i am one of those freaks and have been for the last 20 years

never... i don't see any point in it.

i don't consider a meal a meal without some meat..

Abi

I was throughout my teens. I started eating chicken in my twenties, but thats pretty much it. Im thinking about going completely veggie again.

liah

I'm an omnivore. I enjoy meat. It's not a large part of my diet, though, I really only have meat once a week or so lately, and a bit in my bolognaise.

Humans need certain proteins from meat for proper development, whether vegetarians/vegans want to believe it or not. It also helps with brain development. If we weren't meant to eat meat, we would not have evolved as omnivores, we would've evolved as vegetarians.

Plus anyone who can say no to a good barbecue is simply insane.

metaoblivia

I tried a few times and failed each time. I can't help it. I just really love bacon.

midlandsmissus

Archeron wrote: »

I say fair play to those who adopt this choice and can do it, but it would never work for me. I'm a true and true carnivore (omnivore if you count mushrooms and onions) and the mere prospect of life without eating meat is a nightmare not worth entertaining.

So are you a vegetarian or do you live for meat? (ahem)

Could you or would you ever become vegetarian by choice?

Ah great a topic after my own heart.

I'm a veggie. Never really liked meat as a child, gave it up properly at 12. Never liked the taste of it. Girl I work with doesnt like the taste of it either so I dont think we're all born carnivores.

I do it for moral reasons aswell, but have long learned to just stick to 'I dont like the taste of it ' if anyone asks, as if you give moral reasons people will argue with you to the death, when I really dont care what anyone else does. They're like 'do you eat this , do you eat this?' and eventually theyll get you to admit that you ate a cake containing eggs or something, and then go 'AHA you're not REALLY a vegetarian'.

Bloody anti - vegetarian nazis.

galwayrush

Love steak, chicken and rashers too much to even think about a life without them.

midlandsmissus

liah wrote: »

I'm an omnivore. I enjoy meat. It's not a large part of my diet, though, I really only have meat once a week or so lately, and a bit in my bolognaise.

Humans need certain proteins from meat for proper development, whether vegetarians/vegans want to believe it or not. It also helps with brain development. If we weren't meant to eat meat, we would not have evolved as omnivores, we would've evolved as vegetarians.

Plus anyone who can say no to a good barbecue is simply insane.

I've been a vegetarian since i was a child and I was consistently top of my class.

So you're talking sh*te!

You can get all the protein you need from other sources.

Plus some of the strongest and biggest animals are herbivores, so it does no harm to you physically either.

bronte

I've been vegetarian for the last 16 years. Christ! It's been that long already!

laurashambles

Haven't eaten meat since I was 13. Dead stuff freaks me out.

phasers

No meat = not a meal

liah

midlandsmissus wrote: »

you're talking sh*te!

Yup, utter shíte...
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/6-14-1999a.html

Without meat we wouldn't be where we are today.

It still helps kids obtain necessary nutrients in a much easier, more efficient manner today, since a lot of kids really only eat junk and won't eat a lot of "alternative" veggies that adult vegetarians would consume to make up for the lost nutrients you can get from red meat.

midlandsmissus

liah wrote: »

Yup, utter shíte...
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/6-14-1999a.html

Without meat we wouldn't be where we are today.

It still helps kids obtain necessary nutrients in a much easier, more efficient manner today, since a lot of kids really only eat junk and won't eat a lot of "alternative" veggies that adult vegetarians would consume to make up for the lost nutrients you can get from red meat.

Sorry Liah, I didnt mean to phrase my post so harshly ,

Kids yeah might find it hard to get all they need from a vegetarian diet, you do need to put a little bit of thought into it

Lilyblue

Meat doesn't "make me who I am" but I do love it and couldn't be without it!

az2wp0sye65487

No meat, No eat

Simple as that.

When going for dinner at a vegetarian's house, be sure to make them aware of your special dietary requirements that you will not eat a meatless meal...

Redpunto

Couldnt live without me quarter pounder and cheese - how much meat is in it is debatable.

Nature Boy

Been veggie for around 3 years.

liah wrote: »

Humans need certain proteins from meat for proper development, whether vegetarians/vegans want to believe it or not. It also helps with brain development.

Fancy backing that up? Or did you just make it up yourself? EDIT: Sorry I see your link above!

liah wrote: »

If we weren't meant to eat meat, we would not have evolved as omnivores, we would've evolved as vegetarians.

You obviously don't understand evolution. A more likely reason is that we started evolving towards becoming omnivores because it benefitted is at some point (e.g. it could have been out of necessity). What reasons do we have for eating meat now?

Helix

the only meat that i really like would be steak

everything else i could live without easily. id have steak maybe 5 times a year. i dont like the idea of vegetarianism if its based on absolutely anything other than simply not really liking meat

liah

Nature Boy wrote: »

Been veggie for around 3 years.



Fancy backing that up? Or did you just make it up yourself?



You obviously don't understand evolution. A more likely reason is that we started evolving towards becoming omnivores because it benefitted is at some point (e.g. it could have been out of necessity). What reasons do we have for eating meat now?

In this country? There probably isn't one.

But in other less developed countries, it is a lot harder to get the required mass amount of "alternative" vegetables to make up the loss of meat in your diet. It is still very much of importance on a global scale in this particular stage in our evolutionary growth.

As for the meat proteins thing, google it.

Snowie

read my sig

galwayrush

Thinking about it, if i found a dead baby / foteus in the fridge, i might consider giving it up.:eek:

b12mearse

I'm planning on becoming a raw vegan.

Snowie

i forgot i changed it no i eat meat i thin to deny my self meet is ethically incorrect...

I eat meet i like eating meet its good for you

John Mason

Eliseo Round Yo-yo wrote: »

No meat, No eat

Simple as that.

When going for dinner at a vegetarian's house, be sure to make them aware of your special dietary requirements that you will not eat a meatless meal...

i cook a mean steak

i would never invite people to my house for dinner and not feed them meat. that is just plain rude

actually, i am on first name terms with my local butcher

Podge2k7

phasers wrote: »

No meat = not a meal

+1

slippy wicket

the very idea makes me gag.
Anyone who has not eaten a big lump of steak extra rare hasn't lived

Disease Ridden

If I dont stop eating so much meat I'll end up being made out of the stuff

bnagrrl

I couldn't live without steak.
Chateaubriand... NOM NOM.

Clare Bear

Been a Vegetarian for almost 10 years now, not dead yet and still not done with the "phase" as my parents like to call it.

Poor Uncle Tom

Was off meat for over 3 years once, when I went back to eating it a friend of mine put it best when he said,

"for 3 years you didn't eat a thing, now you'd pull a cow out over the ditch and eat it on the road"

I think that says it all.:)

rainbow kirby

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Was off meat for over 3 years once, when I went back to eating it a friend of mine put it best when he said,

"for 3 years you didn't eat a thing, now you'd pull a cow out over the ditch and eat it on the road"

I think that says it all.:)

Similar here, was a vegetarian for 2 years then ate far more meat when I went back to eating it than I ate before I went veggie.

That means I only discovered the joys of steak at age 23.

Poor Uncle Tom

Yup, if God didn't want us to eat it, why did he call it MEAT?

TheInquisitor

I'm a zombie...EAT MORE MEEAAAATTTT!!!

Blazer

For dieting I will go off meat etc and go vegetarian even though I really hate them.
Remember stick to this diet for 3 months..then one day decided to have a McDonald's double quarter with cheese + a large coke..
my frackin god...:eek: it was out of this world
Anyone that has never eaten meat has no idea what they are missing out on.
My sister is a veggie or vegan or whatever they call themselves..you know the crowd that justify eating fish and eggs etc. I wouldn't exactly call her healthy looking.

Tar.Aldarion

I am a vegetarian since I was 18, so for 5 years now. Before I became vegetarian I never realised how much I hated plants and needed to eat as much as possible to show them who is boss(I ate a lot of meat, my diet was mostly meat). My missus is a vegan for 2 years and was vegetarian before that.

I studied it and thought about if for a few years before I became one, having all the arguments in my head and with friends that were vegetarian and ones that were not, arguing both sides to see what others thought. I don't mind what other people do, it's none of my business, but I quite happily engage in debate when it comes up or I am asked about it. Some of the nicest things people have said to me is that they became vegetarian because or, or in part, due to me. One friend somebody I greatly respect who a doctor now, called me a rolemodel. That was nice :-p I've even got some pms on boards from the threads, only two or three.

Then some friends of course will not understand it, and their opinions are up to them. Most people will stick to their views from the outset. But I do know some people that were quite anti vegetarian growing up and are vegetarian now. And on the other hand I know people who were vegetarians for 10 years and now eat meat.
It was quite a difficult decision as a teen to stop eating the only thing I liked to eat and going cold turkey, per se. I'll tell you, it teaches you how to cook properly.

cos!!

I eat meat pretty much every day!need the protein anyway!

one thing to say though....i think vegetarians who eat eggs, dairy ect..but dont eat meat because "its wrong" or "farming is cruel" and so on are complete hypocrits, animals are farmed for milk and eggs he same way!now vegans they've got my respect!thats commitment!!

Orla K

I wouldn't like to be a veggie, I love the taste of meat, my favourite isn't steak but deer, although I'm sure you can get it in steaks I've normally had a roast or burger(a guy my father knows makes them and whatever spices he puts in them, yummy). If your a meat eater and ever get the chance to eat it, just take it. The thing is I don't actually eat alot of meat, maybe once a week sunday dinner or if I have a pizza(have to have some from of meat topping). Other than that I eat a more veggie diet, I love different types of beans and pulses. I've gotten in the habbit of roasting veg in balsamic vinigar too.

Alright I just like food, and would try just about anything (inclueding chocolate covered scorpion - seen it somewhere and it looked good).

Tillotson

My enjoyment of meat > My feelings that I shouldn't eat meat.
Logically I know it's not the most ethical thing to do - especially concidering the resources needed to produce meat. I just don't care enough.

Gummy Panda

I couldn't live without meat.

I could eat meat solely without a problem. I don't think i can say the same about veg.

Tinchy

god no i love the meat especially bacon! i hate the taste of most veg, wish i didnt

Captain-America

Nature Boy wrote: »

What reasons do we have for eating meat now?

1. It creates employment.

2. It tastes really really good.

3. Cows are boring unless they're steak.

monellia

I’ve been vegetarian since I was eleven or twelve. I would have started earlier but for parental pressure. They probably thought I was just going through a Lisa Simpson phase, but eventually realised that I was genuinely distraught about it all, so they let me make my own decision. Meat sickens me. I don’t look at it as food. I look at is as a corpse, a dead thing. For me, eating meat would be the equivalent of going into a morgue and taking a bite out of one of the dead bodies. I’ll never understand the appeal. The taste doesn’t even occur to me. The knowledge of what it is makes it impossible for me to even consider the taste.

b12mearse wrote:

I'm planning on becoming a raw vegan.

Best of luck to you on your journey. The changes that have come over me since switching from a typical vegan diet to a high raw diet have been amazing. I’ve never felt so healthy

Borneo Fnctn

midlandsmissus wrote: »

Plus some of the strongest and biggest animals are herbivores, so it does no harm to you physically either.

That's a totally ignorant statement. They evolved to get all the nutrition they need from vegetation. You go out and eat grass exclusively for the next week and see how big and strong you get. If it works for cattle it will work for you. Right? Top of your class?:eek:

Steo46

Vegetables are people too. Cows and pigs were invented for our consumption.

Captain-America

What about Pumpkins? They have faces. If I'm a vegitarian can I not eat that? It's technically alive.

jaffa20

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siobhan.murphy

jaffa20 wrote: »

http://mmatthews136.com/images/lolcat1.jpg

excellent:D:D:D

Tom65

I was an avid meat eater, one of the "if there's no meat, it's not a meal" meat eaters. Then I started to feel uncomfortable about how the meat got to my plate, and why it was there. I went veggie about a year ago and I'm much happier. Comparing my way of thinking now to two years ago is a complete turn around. I can't see meat as anything but a corpse.

I thought it'd be really difficult to go vegetarian, but it's been easy. People ask if I'm not tempted to 'just have a bite', but I'm really not because eating meat doesn't attract me at all.

That said, I'm not a great vegetarian. I still drink Guinness, which, I understand isn't veggie. But I'm trying to phase that out.

Holsten

Hell no, not a chance.

I love my steak, we're meant to eat meat.

Protein........ HO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Borneo Fnctn

Tom65 wrote: »

I can't see meat as anything but a corpse.

There's your problem. I can't see a corpse as anything but grub.:D