Going Veggie

[Captain Picard.]

I have a friend that is a veggie she is not very healthy because she does not like vegetables! I say to her you should not become a veggie because meat is the only thing that is keeping you healthy but she does not listen all she eats is junk food.

[Relayer1]

There's lots of stuff she could eat other than meat.

I'm having a veggie bacon sandwich with fried mushrooms and a free range egg for breakfast. Doesn't sound much like vegetables does it ?

[Captain Picard.]

But all she eats is cake and energy drinks. Before she went veggie she ate meat and was healthy. I am still trying to persuade her to go back.

[teacake]

Let me guess, she's a teenager.

[Captain Picard.]

teacake wrote:

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Let me guess, she's a teenager.

No, she is 31

[teacake]

Well then, let her eat cake.

[Captain Picard.]

I am just worried about her that is all

[teacake]

lurok wrote:

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The durian and dragonfruit are on this list: 9 bizarre fruits that belong in a SF movie.

Nice to see one called Gac! I think starfruits are pretty sf too.

Hey lurok did you see what it said about Gac?

"Also, be careful with the rinds, because they are super poisonous. "

[lurok]

Missed that as distracted by pretty pictures. But meh...all those fruit and veggies containing cyanide, I laugh in their face. Mmmm...cassava.

[Relayer1]

Captain Picard. wrote:

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But all she eats is cake and energy drinks. Before she went veggie she ate meat and was healthy. I am still trying to persuade her to go back.

Then I'm sorry, but she's an idiot.

She doesn't need to eat meat to be healthy (in fact, from what you said, if she lived mainly on meat that's not very much healthier than cake and energy drinks), she just needs to eat more variety of foods and take a vitamin tablet or two.

I'm not the worlds biggest fruit and vegetable fan, but there is a lot of soya, quorn and other meat substitutes. In the last week I've had a chicken style pie, veggie bacon, veggie burgers, curries with rice, pasta with veggie beef pieces in a tomato and garlic sauce, stuff on toast, cheese and onion sandwiches, the list goes on and on. She can't live on cake. Amongst other things she will get scurvy - let's see if her Doctor spots that one ! Can't imagine he will have seen a case before.

It sounds to me as if her going veggie may be masking some sort of eating disorder...

[J. Allen]

Captain Picard. wrote:

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I have a friend that is a veggie she is not very healthy because she does not like vegetables! I say to her you should not become a veggie because meat is the only thing that is keeping you healthy but she does not listen all she eats is junk food.

Captain Picard. wrote:

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But all she eats is cake and energy drinks. Before she went veggie she ate meat and was healthy. I am still trying to persuade her to go back.

Captain Picard. wrote:

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No, she is 31

Captain Picard. wrote:

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I am just worried about her that is all

It sounds like she's being very irresponsible. The problem isn't her not eating meat, it's not eating anything healthy. Vegetables and fruits provide vital nutrients the body needs to survive, but if all one eats are sweets, or meat, one is going to get very sick, very fast. She needs to eat fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, and grains, otherwise she's just going to get sicker. I do hope your friend changes her dietary habits. You say you're persuading her to go back, have you told her how concerned you are for her that she's not eating properly?

[teacake]

This is for you tsq because you were talking about prawns. I had this idea last week and just now put it together.

Green pepper sauteed briefly in minced garlic and sliced chillies, then with prawns and papaya added. Squirt of lime.



Preparation time under ten minutes. IT IS DELICIOUS.

The warmed papaya and prawn juice and chillie and garlic and papaya juice and.. well, it's good.

I think I've decided papaya is my favorite fruit.

The bottom of the bowl is a melange of juice..

[thestrangequark]

^That does look delicious! A perfect summer meal, and I'm definitely going to try it! You reminded me, though; once I was out at dinner with my dad and we ordered prawns for our appetizer. They were huge, twice as big as the ones in your photo. My dad, who was born and raised in New Orleans, picked one of them up and examined it. Then he said, "You know, in New Orleans we don't have prawns. We call these shrimp."

[SmoothieX]

Green pepper gives me indigestion and papaya is wayyyyy too sweet for my taste. Love prawns though.

[Gary7]

That sauteed shrimp looks delicious, teacake.

I had a pummelo as part of my breakfast today, for the first time, and was surprised to find how good it is. It's very much like a sweet red grapefruit but with a slightly different citrus flavor.