Any other vegetarians / vegans?

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Me, I dream of the day when we can raise veal in zero-G. I couldn't be a vegetarian if you put a gun to my head.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Oh, and something I discovered when I started eating meat again - if you suddenly eat a lot of meat after close to a year of not eating any at all, your digestive system will react VERY violently for a few days. Ugh.

I've heard this as well, and it reminds me of a story I heard from a friend a while back: He was at a barbecue, and one of the guests there was a woman who was a rather militant vegitarian (in the sense that not only did she not eat meat, but she'd get preachy about how wrong it was to eat animals to anybody who did).

Anyways, my friend and a couple of other guys managed to convince her that the hot dogs cooking on the grill were actually veggie dogs. She ate two of them, and soon after suddenly felt very ill and left the party. My friend learned from this that if you begin eating meat after being a vegitarian a long time, it'll make you pretty sick. As for the woman who ate the hot dogs, I don't think anybody ever told her the truth about the "veggie dogs".

 

[Ahnehnois]

If it's an animal, and it's dead, I ain't eating it. Been that way by choice since I was five or so. And while I am not often overt about it, I don't understand how anyone could be any other way.

 

[BOZ]

Me, I dream of the day when we can raise veal in zero-G. I couldn't be a vegetarian if you put a gun to my head.

i could be a vegetarian under threat of death, that's not a problem. but the gunman's arm would have to get tired eventually...

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

If it's an animal, and it's dead, I ain't eating it. Been that way by choice since I was five or so. And while I am not often overt about it, I don't understand how anyone could be any other way.

Not trying to cause any trouble, but not even if a number of doctors told you it was essential to your continued survival? Some of us do have that very problem.

--BK, generally interested in the answer, no matter what it is.

 

[GlassJaw]

If it's an animal, and it's dead, I ain't eating it. Been that way by choice since I was five or so. And while I am not often overt about it, I don't understand how anyone could be any other way.

Food chain?

 

[The Shaman]

Oh, and something I discovered when I started eating meat again - if you suddenly eat a lot of meat after close to a year of not eating any at all, your digestive system will react VERY violently for a few days. Ugh.

My understanding is that the flora in your intestines that digest meat die back, making it hard to handle until the flora population rebound.

Believe it or not, your colon has an ecosystem.

 

[fusangite]

If it's an animal, and it's dead, I ain't eating it. Been that way by choice since I was five or so. And while I am not often overt about it, I don't understand how anyone could be any other way.

Don't worry -- as you age you'll become more empathetic.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

My wife and kids are vegetarian (lacto-ovo), and as I am the chef in the house and don't feel like cooking myself a special meal, I pretty much am as well. I enjoy vegetarian cooking (especially not having to clean up the grease from cooking meat).

I may eat meat when I go out, but I look at the vegetarian items first.

The one thing I told my wife when we got engaged was that in no way would I ever give up my seafood.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Meh. I like meat, and have satisfied myself on the moral issues, so I'm still an omnivore.

Mmmmmm.....meat