Meat Eater / Vegetarian / Vegan

[Cornholio]

You only have the option to be vegetarian because meat-eaters made that possible. Meat's what counts out here! Not your fucking Whole Foods! Not your fucking t.v. shows!

Get this through your head, you !#% muthafucker. You only exist out here because of meat. That's the only reason. Without meat, every animal out there is gonna want a piece of your #&$ ASS!!

You've been warned, don't every go protesting meat again...you muthafucker, you.

all this from the Jolly Green Giant.

and I just noticed the he bears a striking resemblance to Apollo from 'Who Mourns for Adonis?'

I wonder if they have the same tailor?

If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat???

We humans are made of meat too, you know.

'cause we're animals too.

Not that I have anything against cannibalism. I've just never had the opportunity to try it.

tastes just like chicken.




so I've heard.

^I'm ok with carrots as long as they're not cooked.

Funny, the only way I can eat carrots is if they ARE cooked. Same thing with celery. I've just never been able to eat raw carrots or raw celery. There's something about the fibrous texture -- I keep chewing and chewing, but the stuff just doesn't want to go down.

Besides, raw carrots are for rabbits.

celery I can eat either way. carrots just get too mushy when they're cooked, and don't seem to have any flavor. although now that I think about it, I do like cooked carrots if they're like, totally burned and blackened.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

^I'm ok with carrots as long as they're not cooked.

Funny, the only way I can eat carrots is if they ARE cooked. Same thing with celery. I've just never been able to eat raw carrots or raw celery. There's something about the fibrous texture -- I keep chewing and chewing, but the stuff just doesn't want to go down.

YES. This is exactly why I can't choke down a salad! The lettuce and pretty much all the crap that's in there gives me such a strong gag reflex as I try to swallow it.

(And even if I COULD make myself eat it, I would still be left with the problem that I can't eat very much stuff that's acidic, meaning I have to keep fruits, including tomatoes, limited. Or bitter vegetables, though I have better luck with those when cooked.)

 

[Kestra]

I love raw carrots and many other raw veggies. I absolutely detest cooked carrots though I'll still eat them. I have intolerances to many fruits, though, so I'm sure I'm seriously lacking in fulfilling my nutritional needs.

 

[auntiehill]

To quote Anthony Bourdain, ""If it has four legs, is dumber and slower than me, pass the salt."

 

[backstept]

while some people may have a 'sweet tooth' I think I have an 'umami tooth'
I love a good muscle

 

[thestrangequark]

^I'm ok with carrots as long as they're not cooked.

yeah, I feel the same way when non-meat eaters get up on their soapbox and get all preachy, and look down on those of us who enjoy consuming animal flesh, and try to make us feel guilty about it.

As do I -- extremists on both sides of the issue quite annoy me. You might notice that I have not been preachy or said anything to make anyone feel guilty about eating meat. As I enjoy it myself!

if you've made the assumption that my remark was directed towards you, you're mistaken. I can see how that may have happened, and I've edited my previous post for clarity.

Sorry, I thought you were directing it at me, thanks for clarifying.

ETA: Referring to humans as carnivores and stating that vegan and vegetarian diets are unhealthy or unnatural is factually incorrect.

expressing MNSHO is just that, nothing more nothing less.[/QUOTE]But it's not factual! Humans simply aren't carnivores!

 

[NCC1701]

I eat meat, but not huge quantities of it, and I also love my fruit and veges. My parents have always bought free-range eggs, and I also continue to do so, along with free-range bacon after the pig-farming scandals we had over here last year, I prefer my animal products to be as torture-free as possible. Which leads me to this point, why aren't all cheeses made without animal products when it's not neccessary anymore?

And my girlfriend is vegetarian, so it shows both sides of the aisle can live together

 

[scotpens]

. . . why aren't all cheeses made without animal products when it's not neccessary anymore?

Isn't cheese, by definition, made from milk, which is an animal product?

Thats one thing that bothered me in Star Trek. Yes, being cruel and killing animals may be wrong, but I do not think all humans could live on a Vegetarian diet..

When was it stated in Star Trek that humans were vegetarian? In TOS, the only race who were explicitly vegetarian were Vulcans. By the time of TNG, they had food replicators, which meant you could replicate meat without killing any animals.

 

[Brent]

I think non-meat eaters are weird, meat eater all the way, tear into that good flesh that God put on this Earth for us to eat....

 

[gturner]

Well, I eat meat because I care for all the animals that vegetable farmers have to kill in staggering numbers, especially rabbits. I live with bunnies, and I don't see why they should suffer just so some vegetarian can eat unnibbled lettuce.

But strangely enough, unlike the people who are omnivores by evolution by vegan by choice, many rabbits prefer to eat chicken. It's just that evolution has left them poorly equiped to hunt and eat meat. They love the taste, they just can't manage to bring down game. Even more bizarre is that my bunnies hate salad. Go figure.

The point is that when some meat-eating guy orders a plate of wings and his date has a salad, he's eating what two out of three rabbits prefer and she's eating the weeds that even rabbits won't touch.

As an aside, rabbits also love to eat pages out of books (scream!), which is for the extra fiber and the lovely sound of ripping paper. Maybe it's their way of getting back at me for not feeding them the meat they want, but I do it because their digestive tract requires lots of fiber from low quality food like grass and hay.

 

[scotpens]

To quote Anthony Bourdain, “If it has four legs, is dumber and slower than me, pass the salt.”

LOL!

Reminds me of what Prince Philip said:

“If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.”

 

[NCC1701]

. . . why aren't all cheeses made without animal products when it's not neccessary anymore?

Isn't cheese, by definition, made from milk, which is an animal product

Yeah, obviously, but using rennet sourced from cow stomachs is quite unneccessary when it can also be found in plants etc.

 

[Miss Chicken]

. . . why aren't all cheeses made without animal products when it's not neccessary anymore?

Isn't cheese, by definition, made from milk, which is an animal product?

Thats one thing that bothered me in Star Trek. Yes, being cruel and killing animals may be wrong, but I do not think all humans could live on a Vegetarian diet..

When was it stated in Star Trek that humans were vegetarian? In TOS, the only race who were explicitly vegetarian were Vulcans. By the time of TNG, they had food replicators, which meant you could replicate meat without killing any animals.

There was an episode in DS9 which one of the O'Briens expressed disgust because the other O'Brien's parent would cook real meat. I am not sure if it was Keiko expressing disgust over Miles's parent or Miles talking about Keiko's parent.

Also in TNG, Tasha complains to the captain because some guests on board are slaughtering animals for food.

 

[Mark de Vries]

I like meat, but it's not as if I need it at every single meal, or even every day.

I do pay attention as to where the meat comes from - meat factories and such (you know what I mean) are right out.

I don't think there's anything wrong with eating meat per se.

 

[TerokNor]

Vegetarian since ... hm..16/17 years. And also before that I never ate much meat, only a few things and only prepared in a certain way. A steak for example I never ate in my life.
However also with the rest I am somewhat difficult. I eat only certain vegetables, fruits, milk-products, bread-kinds....
Its not as worse as it was in the past and by now has some variety, but the variety could be wider.


TerokNor

 

[Eyes]

Meat eater here. To be honest, I couldn't live on a vegetarian diet. Most vegetables are too bland. I just love my meat too much.

 

[Amaris]

Meat eater here. To be honest, I couldn't live on a vegetarian diet. Most vegetables are too bland. I just love my meat too much.

Ah, but variety is the spice of life. Most meat has been seasoned and prepared before it hits your plate, and for those of us who love veggies, there is seasoning and preparation involved as well. I can make you a salad that would knock your socks off, or cook a wholly vegetable dinner and you would still feel full and satisfied. There is a method to it, it's not just eating raw carrots for breakfast lunch and dinner. There is a great variety to it, and if you know how to do it, you can be fully satisfied in the flavor and nutrition department.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I think that any vegetables I grow myself are far from bland.

 

[Amaris]

I think that any vegetables I grow myself are far from bland.

I'm a tomato person. I love them, my favorite being a nice big yellow tomato that I can eat by itself. My great grandmother used to grow these huge tomatoes (no plant food, no nothing, she was just very good with her garden), and she would fry up some green tomatoes and they would be so delicious.

 

[Miss Chicken]

My tomato crop was a bit of a failure this year. I think it was because of the extremely wet spring we got. My strawberries crop was also affected.

My cucumber crop on the other hand was very successful. I was hoping to eat lots of tomato and cucumber sandwiches when I planted my tomatoes and cucumbers.