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Vegetarianism - would you try it?

supackofidiots

I'm tempted to go for it after seeing this video which is flying around twitter.

http://hiddenfaceoffood.com/

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tayto lover

Vegetables are alright if their accompanied by a large well-done steak. It would take a lot of vegetables to fill a hungry man and he would have to eat about 7 times a day.
I would bet that many vegetarians would succumb to the temptation of meat when very hungry.

openup

I've been veggie for almost two years now (though I was **** at it for the first 3 months or so) and really love it! I'm just vegetarian in name but I eat vegan when I'm cooking for myself.

The only issue I have with being vegetarian is the non-veg people being assholes about it! That and when people go to loads of effort to make you something special when you're at their house, I always feel so awkward.

kodoherty93 wrote: »

Being a vegetarian on the grounds eating animals due to the abuse of them etc. Is total BS if your meat is Irish.

Has anyone every seen a Irish farm. They're generally tiny about 30 acres is like the average Irish farm size. There is no such as mega farms like the us and mainland Europe here. All Irish farms are small and humane.

Even in the slaughterhouse the person killing the cows is the most experienced person there and the cows barely feels anything.

Unless you're talking about chickens or pigs, or like most veggies I know, you think killing needlessly is cruelty in itself.

kodoherty93

Being a vegetarian on the grounds eating animals due to the abuse of them etc. Is total BS if your meat is Irish.

Has anyone every seen a Irish farm. They're generally tiny about 30 acres is like the average Irish farm size. There is no such as mega farms like the us and mainland Europe here. All Irish farms are small and humane.

Even in the slaughterhouse the person killing the cows is the most experienced person there and the cows barely feels anything.

LordSutch

supackofidiots wrote: »

Vegetarianism - would you try it?

Yep, tried liked it and stayed with it! for a few years that is . . . .

You can get nearly everything from a balanced vegeterian diet + some supplements. I felt great too when I was on it, sadly the new missus & kids are not veggies, and it would be too complicated to convert them, so I am back on the meat, although interestingly we have all have cut out Red meat 100%.

Raminahobbin

Scioch wrote: »

Ok. But its a low more work though right ? I know a couple people and they are kinda whingy about it. Lack of choice in restaurants/takeaways, more cooking involved, checking this and that to make sure its ok to be eatin etc etc. Not a bad thing if it doesnt bother ya. But for the average lazy Joe Soap it would fast become a pain.

Did for the people I know anyway. But then again they could be just missing meat.

Well it is a lifestyle choice to be fair, and it's not for everyone. With every lifestyle choice there are sacrifices / extra efforts you need to make, but before long it becomes habit moreso than effort and it isn't a problem at all.

You have to look at it less like work and more like a hobby / fun challenge- people don't mind putting the effort into something they enjoy. If you approach it like a chore then it becomes a chore.

dlofnep

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

They contain meat...

Er, no they don't. They are vegetarian alternatives, made out of beans and what not.

jonasjones

supackofidiots wrote: »

I'm tempted to go for it after seeing this video which is flying around twitter.

http://hiddenfaceoffood.com/

I went that way for a few (>5) years but ended up going back. People on here will tell you one way is cheaper than the other, but it completely depends on your diet. Will you try to substitute fake meat for real meat, or are you going go hardcore and eat your greens? I was in the former camp and a) it wasn't cheap and b) it was *never* as good. If you're worried about treatment of animals - and it is a valid concern - there are other options (free range etc.) to giving up meat.

Fr_Dougal

dlofnep wrote: »

Some of the veggie-alternative foods are extremely expensive. I buy spice-burgers, and it's like 4 euro for 2 of them.

They contain meat...

PickledLime

Scioch wrote: »

I'm a hard worker but on my time I'm lazy as fcuk. I just like the convenient options when eating and going vegetarian wouldnt suit me I dont think.

Haha, fair enough!

You'd be surprised though, stuff like stir frys, cous cous with grilled veg, mixed bean curry, can do one from nothing to the plate in about 20 minutes. As someone else has said, if you cook in batches, it's great. I can do up a week's worth of tasty dinners in around an hour. Freeze them, then it's come home in the evening, bang them in the microwave for 5 minutes and you're fed.

I actually eat meat, but veggie food is so cheap and handy (and tasty) that meat rarely gets cooked

leaveiton

My boyfriend's vegan, so whenever I'm over in his I'll have something vegan and we've gone to a few vegan/vegetarian places together and I do really enjoy the food. I could definitely go without meat, but I don't know if I'd be really be bothered enough to be strict about it. Things like checking that chips haven't been fried in the same oil as anything meaty, making sure there aren't any animal products in things you wouldn't expect, stuff like that. It sounds awful, but I just don't know if I'd care enough to go to that extent, but at the same time if I was to do it I wouldn't want to do it by halves.

Canis Lupus

I'm a meativore. Most vegetables I eat because I 'have' to. Excluding the wonderful potato I can't think of any vegetable in any form that would make me,ahem, excited like a steak or a pork belly roast would.

I like to think vegetarians are pleasantly deluding themselves about meat but since their vegetarianism means more meat for me then I'm happy with their hipster lifestyle choice.

bbam

We love our meat too much to give it
Up.
We rear our own pork, beef and chicken so we know the animals are kept well.

Aoifey!

Scioch wrote: »

Ok. But its a low more work though right ? I know a couple people and they are kinda whingy about it. Lack of choice in restaurants/takeaways, more cooking involved, checking this and that to make sure its ok to be eatin etc etc. Not a bad thing if it doesnt bother ya. But for the average lazy Joe Soap it would fast become a pain.

Did for the people I know anyway. But then again they could be just missing meat.

Choice in restaurants and takeaways is sometimes an issue alright but there still is a lot of choice out there if you look around. More cooking involved? Not really, no. Maybe it's just me but I don't mind checking things, I rather knowing what's in what I'm about to eat anyway.

Ghandee wrote: »

Linda McCartney vegetarian burgers, 2 pack, €3.99

Proper quarter pounder burgers from butcher. (pack of four) 3.99€

Veggie stuff, twice as dear.

Ya got me there alright, Linda McCartney is pretty expensive...but so damn delicious :P. I was thinking more along the lines of stir frys and that sort of thing.

dlofnep

Some of the veggie-alternative foods are extremely expensive. I buy spice-burgers, and it's like 4 euro for 2 of them.

3ndahalfof6

The word dose not look right it is missing some meat.

Benny_Cake

Aoifey! wrote: »

Scioch wrote: »

Maybe it is, I never investigated it but I figure you'd have to compensate for removing the meat which would end up costing ya. Too much like hard work anyway.

Well I can tell you that from my experience that vegetarian food is, generally, cheaper.

I could see how it might start getting expensive if you ate meat substitutes such as Quorn or the Linda McCartney stuff with every meal. I just eat them occasionally though and I've noticed our grocery bill is a good deal less.

Scioch

PickledLime wrote: »

Crikey, wouldn't like to see how you respond to actual hard work :pac:

I'm a hard worker but on my time I'm lazy as fcuk. I just like the convenient options when eating and going vegetarian wouldnt suit me I dont think.

Ghandee

Aoifey! wrote: »

Well I can tell you that from my experience that vegetarian food is, generally, cheaper.

Linda McCartney vegetarian burgers, 2 pack, €3.99

Proper quarter pounder burgers from butcher. (pack of four) 3.99€

Veggie stuff, twice as dear.

Scioch

Aoifey! wrote: »

Well I can tell you that from my experience that vegetarian food is, generally, cheaper.

Ok. But its a low more work though right ? I know a couple people and they are kinda whingy about it. Lack of choice in restaurants/takeaways, more cooking involved, checking this and that to make sure its ok to be eatin etc etc. Not a bad thing if it doesnt bother ya. But for the average lazy Joe Soap it would fast become a pain.

Did for the people I know anyway. But then again they could be just missing meat.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'm big meat eater, Vegetarians have their own thing going and that's cool but its not something I'd ever consider.

Raminahobbin

Aoifey! wrote: »

Well I can tell you that from my experience that vegetarian food is, generally, cheaper.

Exactly

My food shopping for the week is down to 20-30 euro and I eat very well. If you prepare food in advance and cook in batches it's so much easier and cheaper.

Risteard

No. Meat's delicious.

PickledLime

Scioch wrote: »

Maybe it is, I never investigated it but I figure you'd have to compensate for removing the meat which would end up costing ya. Too much like hard work anyway.

Crikey, wouldn't like to see how you respond to actual hard work :pac:

Aoifey!

Scioch wrote: »

Maybe it is, I never investigated it but I figure you'd have to compensate for removing the meat which would end up costing ya. Too much like hard work anyway.

Well I can tell you that from my experience that vegetarian food is, generally, cheaper.

Benny_Cake

I've been trying it for all of 2 months at this point. Largely motivated by exposure to the meat industry and general health reasons... it's actually surprisingly easy. I feel healthier and it forces you to learn how to cook and try food that I wouldn't otherwise have had.

Fr_Dougal

I'll be damned if ima gonna get addicted to vegetables!

Ghandee

Vegetarian?

I couldn't eat a whole one.

Willing to give it a good try though.

Shinaynay

Im one of 3 kids and my parents brought us up as vegetarians but since age 19 (when I moved out) Ive been regularly eating chicken. In terms of meat I just eat chicken, pudding, bacon and sausages. To be honest if I could replicate my Mums veggie lasagna, shepherds pie and cannaloni I would be probably still be vegetarian ! They are still all vegetarians :-)

Scioch

Aoifey! wrote: »

Too expensive? I've found vegetarian food is generally cheaper than non-vegetarian food?

Maybe it is, I never investigated it but I figure you'd have to compensate for removing the meat which would end up costing ya. Too much like hard work anyway.

Raminahobbin

I've been veggie for 12 years now and I love it! Only 2 more years and I will have been veggie for the same amount of time I was a meat eater- I can't wait

Vegetarianism is quite simple once you enjoy cooking (and if you don't now, you'll most likely learn to enjoy gradually :P ) If you don't you'll probably find it a struggle. I've had quite a few vegetarian dinners parties and barbeques where my more carnivorous friends have thoroughly enjoyed the food and haven't missed the meat.