Turning Vegetarian

[All Seeing Eye]

*quickly walks out of thread*

 

[Amaris]

It was said upthread, but I want to second the advice for Indian food. I remember one dish in particular. I believe it was called Palak Paneer. All it consisted of was spinach, chick peas, and cheese with curry. It was delicious!

J.

 

[indranee]

mmm, John, good stuff, that!

if someone has an Indian grocery store near them and they've got Deep Foods or Rajbhog foods (brands) in their frozen section, then I would also recommend stuff like Undhu and Korma Masala. at about 2 bucks each, they come cheap and delicious. also, Trader Joe's has some fantastic Indian stuff that's not expensive either. I found a box of Indian Masala veggie burgers the other day in the Falls Church store that's just unbelievably good.

 

[Psion]

Like Captain X, I've noticed a tendency in at least some vegetarians to have a slightly unhealthy look that I never see (or perhaps notice) in non-vegetarians. And I know one vegetarian who became a meat-eater on the advice of her doctor and she looks better now, several years later.

BUT...

I know two vegetarians who are healthy-looking and active (although one, technically, eats fish).

And then, a few months ago, this little morsel hit the news. Honestly, one study doesn't make science, but it's fun to bring that up in a gathering of vegetarians. Personally, I really don't care what other people eat, and I will happily adjust the dishes I present accordingly if I'm hosting a get-together that I know includes vegetarians.

Finally, it does bother me that some of my food was walking and possibly enjoying a warm, sunny day just a week or so earlier. This first hit home for me when I poured the contents of a KFC bucket out on a plate and realized I could practically put the chicken back together. The only thing PETA has ever done worthwhile, in my opinion, is to offer an "X-Prize" for vat-grown meat ... that is, the tasty bits of a cow or pig or whatever without the presence of an inconvenient central nervous system. When the day comes that I can purchase vat veal with all the nurtritious and flavor qualities of the real thing, I'm giving up on eating regular animals forever. Of course, I also expect to be able to sample vat-grown human flesh, too.

 

[indranee]

riiight, a Times of India piece

btw, I like your ava

 

[Hoser]

It was said upthread, but I want to second the advice for Indian food. I remember one dish in particular. I believe it was called Palak Paneer. All it consisted of was spinach, chick peas, and cheese with curry. It was delicious!

J.

I've wanted to pick it up for a while now, but you know.....five bucks is five bucks.

My wife makes a wonderful hummus every other week, so we always have chick peas available. Maybe I could try a recipe.....

 

[Amaris]

$5? Ouch!
I buy it at our local Kroger for $2.50 and that's 2 servings.

J.

 

[Hoser]

Yeah, non-traditional food's expensive here. I know a little bottle of Miso goes for 8, and Kimchi is 5 a bottle.

But yeah, it's only in the last year that they've sold it at all. I used to get it in Canada and bring it back.

 

[Jim Steele]

Help me turn Vegi!! What can I do!!

Suffer all kinds of medical problems because you are lacking nutrients you body needs (humans are omnivorous, after all)

Having been married to a perfectly healthy lifelong vegetarian I find this statement ever so slightly ignorant.

 

[Pingfah]

I'm sure it's perfectly possible to be a healthy vegetarian, they are a nightmare when they come for dinner though.

 

[Jim Steele]

they are a nightmare when they come for dinner though.

"Yes, there is a vegetarian option - you can fuck off"

- Frankie Boyle

 

[Pingfah]

Thankfully I only have one vegetarian friend, my vegetarian repertoire is... limited to say the least. Pizza, and lasagne with the meat removed, that's about it.

 

[Psion]

Alright, it's my fault ... my post was poorly composed.

I was trying to bring up the subject of PETA's proposed vat-grown meat. Would any vegetarians here return to meat if it had never actually walked or had a face? Is the whole concept off-putting, or would that make absolutely no difference?

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Alright, it's my fault ... my post was poorly composed.

I was trying to bring up the subject of PETA's proposed vat-grown meat. Would any vegetarians here return to meat if it had never actually walked or had a face? Is the whole concept off-putting, or would that make absolutely no difference?

Sounds gross. My only problem with eating meat is that an animal had to suffer and die for it, the idea of eating the flesh of a once living animal upsets me. If meat could be made that didn't come from an animal but the meat was the same in every other way i'd possibly eat it.

 

[Pingfah]

I don't know that they could make the meat the same in every other way by growing it in a vat. How do you corn-feed a vat of chicken for instance?

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I don't know that they could make the meat the same in every other way by growing it in a vat. How do you corn-feed a vat of chicken for instance?

 

[Pingfah]

Groan all you want, but it's a fact that meat tastes the way it does because of various different variables, such as what the animal eats, where it lives, how much fat it has, whether the meat is on the bone or not, how much exercise the animals get etc etc.

None of those things are applicable if you grow muscle in a vat of nutrients. It wouldn't be much like the lovely meat we all enjoy every day.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

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IF meat could be made that didn't come from an animal but the meat was the same in every other way i'd possibly eat it.

.

 

[Pingfah]

I'm not criticising you Tacky, i'm just sayin'

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Well that's alright then.