Vegetarians

[Over The Hill]

I was veggie for about 6 months many years ago when I moved in with veggie girlfriend and her veggie family. She was fit so it seemed worth it at the time. Lentil roast brings such happy memories to mind.

Now some 30 years later have a veggie daughter so we often have veggie meals. Only thing I cannot stand is quorn mince; just had a really odd aftertaste but this is overcome with a pint of HSB so i live with that too.

I think bacon would be the deal breaker for me.

 

[seashaker]

Could never be a veggie, like meat too much! Don't have too much though as try to buy british free range and thats expensive so have more veggie bits n less meat. I don't understand vergetarians (unless its health related), Vegans I can deal with, brother in Law was a Vegan for a few years and did enjoy cooking for him and his misses but cannot understand the whole won't eat meat but will drink milk situation. The direct killing of thousands of bull calfs each year as a result of the milk industry kinda spoils the whole don't harm animals debate for me.

For the fitness aspect, bro in law does triathlons and started when a vegan, fair enough he doesn't have excess baggage to his person but he was very healthy and had lots of energy so if you eat the right things then can be fine.

Anywho thats my tuppence.

 

[Drago]

Pulses, legumes, nuts, green vegetables, some grains. Eggs, cheese and milk. Tempeh and quinoa if you want to annoy Linf. Lack of protein really isn't any kind of problem in the Western diet. Most people are getting far more of it than they need.

Cheers. I could do with improving my diet while keeping the protein levels high. Downside is I'm dangerously alergic to nuts, though fine with peanuts, which aren't actually nuts but are legumes...I think...?

 

[Ajay]

Bacon has a face?

 

[theclaud]

Cheers. I could do with improving my diet while keeping the protein levels high. Downside is I'm dangerously alergic to nuts, though fine with peanuts, which aren't actually nuts but are legumes...I think...?

I believe so. I must add that I know nothing about powerlifting - I was speaking in general terms when I said most people get more than enough protein.

 

[rich p]

I believe so. I must add that I know nothing about powerlifting - I was speaking in general terms when I said most people get more than enough protein.

Those pints get a bit heavy after the 4th one though.

 

[MontyVeda]

Could never be a veggie, like meat too much! Don't have too much though as try to buy british free range and thats expensive so have more veggie bits n less meat. I don't understand vergetarians (unless its health related), Vegans I can deal with, brother in Law was a Vegan for a few years and did enjoy cooking for him and his misses but cannot understand the whole won't eat meat but will drink milk situation. The direct killing of thousands of bull calfs each year as a result of the milk industry kinda spoils the whole don't harm animals debate for me.

For the fitness aspect, bro in law does triathlons and started when a vegan, fair enough he doesn't have excess baggage to his person but he was very healthy and had lots of energy so if you eat the right things then can be fine.

Anywho thats my tuppence.

People are vegetarian for lots of different reasons... most just don't like the taste, texture, etc... some stop after a bout of food poisoning... it's not always some happy clappy 'i'm an animal lover' point of view.

IMO... people should be free to eat what they want without criticism.

I'll eat pretty much whatever is put in front of me... but I draw the line at foie gras and veal.

 

[mickle]

Forcing children to eat flesh from the corpses of dead animals is abuse...

FTFY

 

[mcshroom]

Foie Gras I agree with you but not veal. True the old version was a food produced through shocking animal treatment, but modern rose veal is actually a completely different thing.

The veal currently produced in the UK is actually male dairy calves that otherwise are shot immediately after birth. Compassion in World Farming actually promote veal (to UK standards) as part of their 'Calf life - wanted not wasted' campaign.

http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm_animals/cows/veal_calves/default.aspx?gclid=CJzHw4nM87ECFUQOfAodzFkALw

 

[vernon]

Bollocks.

I don't think that serving them will address Saddle bum's dietary concerns.

 

[lukesdad]

Nothing against veggies personally , only, when attending a dinner party I wish they'd let you bleeding know first !

 

[User169]

Just cooked up a big bowl of lentils with a couple of bottles of Westmalle Tripel - yumtus!

 

[Arch]

Nothing against veggies personally , only, when attending a dinner party I wish they'd let you bleeding know first !

My Godmother came to stay for a long weekend, and only announced her new vegetarianism on arrival... We were the sort of family who planned meals carefully to use up what we had, and all the weekend had revolved around a roast chicken and its leftovers....

I'm not veggie, but thinking I might take to abandoning meat during the week, since NT's parents feed me plenty of meat at the weekends!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I think bacon would be the deal breaker for me.

Smoked Salmon for me, oh yes! (and if you read my earlier post, it was a smoked salmon sandwich with which I finally relented being veggie ).

 

[vernon]

Just cooked up a big bowl of lentils with a couple of bottles of Westmalle Tripel - yumtus!

I've just consumed a large bowl of spicy carrot and lentil soup. No alcohol though.

Bacon and butternut squash for the evening meal to address the lack of meat.