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Want Some Soy With Your Veg and Two Veg?

Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Social Entropy++
Let's talk about the people that eat only this kind of stuff

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and not this kind of stuff

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Because eating that stuff is just mean, man.


I've been a vegetarian for roughly 5 to 6 months now. At first it was almost a kind of experiment; I was eating less and less meat, so I wanted to see if I could do without it. I cut meat completely out of my diet - I went cold turkey, if you will. However, once I started to read books and watch documentaries on the subject, my vegetarianism became cemented simply for moral reasons. I decided that I don't need to chew on an animal in order to keep my blood sugar levels in check.
One thing I've found great about being a vego, is the vast amount of previously unexplored food that I'm now eating. I'm eating things I never would have eaten when I was a meateater. Mushrooms, eggplant and sundried tomatoes are pretty much my favourite things.
Of course, I'm not self-righteous about being a vegetarian. Shit, do what you think is right, son.

Who here is a vegetarian/vegan, and why did you choose that kind of lifestyle?

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    SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    fag

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    SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    just kidding

    i'm a vegetarian because it makes my mother happy

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    It's not that I think eating cows is right or wrong

    I just think that something that tasty is meant to be eaten and enjoyed

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    Fort1tudeFort1tude Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    what happens if we discover plants have intelligence

    what will you eat then!?

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I eat many tasty vegetarian dishes and non-vegetarian dishes.

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    Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i thought about going vegetarian last summer but then i was like nah

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    SwillSwill Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    HUMMUS OWNS

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Mushrooms, eggplant and sundried tomatoes? Yep I eat them pretty often, with and without meat.

    Dub are you also skipping out on dairy?

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    Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Swill wrote: »
    HUMMUS OWNS

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Koshian wrote: »
    soy milk is delicious

    Soy milk + muesli is delicious. I just had some then.

    Falafel is the best. The best.

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    Dulcius_ex_asperisDulcius_ex_asperis Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was a vegan for a few weeks last year.

    Right now I am eating meat out of necessity. BF pays for the groceries, so I don't want to get lots of food that only I can eat, you know? However, I rarely eat beef or pork, because they make me feel gross. I eat more fish than anything, and I can't remember the last time I ate fish.

    I'm lactose intolerant, which is why I chose to be vegan. I went the whole nine, even bought vegan soap and shampoo. I couldn't keep it up, though, because I got seriously iron deficient. I had to start taking iron pills to have normal blood again.

    I guess I am an occasional meat eater, if I'm preparing it anyway. I can't bring myself to eat it all the time, though. It's just not...that good.

    Oh, and I drink rice milk, because it's infinitely better than soy.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Mushrooms, eggplant and sundried tomatoes? Yep I eat them pretty often, with and without meat.

    Dub are you also skipping out on dairy?

    I still eat cheese and I eat the odd egg or two. I've cut down on the amount of cow's milk I drink, of which I've replaced with soy milk. The only time I really drink cow's milk is in my tea or coffee.

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    Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    vegetarianism is an appealing concept for sure

    i'll probably wander all the way into it at some point

    meat is rarely my first choice of sustenance

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ok cool. Uh maybe a dumb question, what about seafood?

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    redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i took an ethics course last semester

    some of our reading was about this stuff, vegetarianism and the like

    a good amount of peter singer of course

    but my favorite essay was by richard hare and espoused the merits of what he called "demi-vegetarianism"

    after doing all the reading and thinking about it for a while, i decided that i did in fact have a moral obligation to a) cut down on the amount of meat i eat and b) start paying attention to where the meat comes from, generally avoid factory farming etc

    but i haven't done any of that because i'm a baddie

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    KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    I am not a vegetarian, but I now use soy milk for everything because of lactose intolerance. Previously, I had figured my uncontrollable farts were just a hereditary thing. I was wrong!

    Silk is pretty good once you stop expecting to taste milk.

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ok cool. Uh maybe a dumb question, what about seafood?

    Not a dumb question, really. I don't eat seafood.

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    KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    my mom was all afraid though, when I told her I was drinking soy milk, because she thought I'd get so much estrogen that my dick would rot off and I'd grow boobs.

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    Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    well i mean girl you got some mean racks so maybe she wasn't too shy of the mark

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    No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Nah I eat meat I enjoy being healthy

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Ummmm

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    Fort1tudeFort1tude Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    well you actually get a lot of estrogen from normal milk

    i wonder how much of a difference in estrogen there is between soy and normal milk though

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    KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited February 2010
    Koshian wrote: »
    soy milk is delicious

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I don't drink Soy Milk because of the whole oestrogen thing, but I don't really know how much of an issue it is because I'm ignorant on the topic and am too lazy to look it up.

    Plus, I love the taste of normal milk anyway.
    Dublo7 wrote: »
    Ok cool. Uh maybe a dumb question, what about seafood?

    Not a dumb question, really. I don't eat seafood.

    Ok cool. I'm not a massive seafood fan myself, but I don't mind the odd grilled fish or prawn.

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Okay so I'm not a vegan or anything silly like that, but one time I tried soy chocolate and it was delicious.

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    b) start paying attention to where the meat comes from, generally avoid factory farming etc

    but i haven't done any of that because i'm a baddie

    Yeah this is a good idea, but hard to carry out in practice a lot of the time I find.

    I like the idea of buying my meat that isn't "factory farmed" and is sourced as close to where I am as possible etc etc but man... it ain't easy when the majority of people don't give a flying fuck where they get their 2kg economy pack of c-grade beef mince from.

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Fruit and bread are great. and I love Silk Milk.

    But I adore beef.

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    Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    there was a Silk pumpkin flavor that was amazing

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    Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    b) start paying attention to where the meat comes from, generally avoid factory farming etc

    but i haven't done any of that because i'm a baddie

    Yeah this is a good idea, but hard to carry out in practice a lot of the time I find.

    I like the idea of buying my meat that isn't "factory farmed" and is sourced as close to where I am as possible etc etc but man... it ain't easy when the majority of people don't give a flying fuck where they get there 2kg economy pack of c-grade beef mince from.

    Man, I always go to the market for meat. It's cheaper and tastes orders of magnitude better than supermarket crap, even before you factor in the stuff you said.

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    BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Local, independent farms are actually, by the acre, more detrimental than corporate farms.

    google it.

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    Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    b) start paying attention to where the meat comes from, generally avoid factory farming etc

    but i haven't done any of that because i'm a baddie

    Yeah this is a good idea, but hard to carry out in practice a lot of the time I find.

    I like the idea of buying my meat that isn't "factory farmed" and is sourced as close to where I am as possible etc etc but man... it ain't easy when the majority of people don't give a flying fuck where they get there 2kg economy pack of c-grade beef mince from.

    Man, I always go to the market for meat. It's cheaper and tastes orders of magnitude better than supermarket crap, even before you factor in the stuff you said.

    Yeah we have some butchers in the area that sell meat that tastes much better than any average supermarket and butcher, but I still am not sure where the meat comes from exactly... not sure of any weekly markets or anything around here that my sell meat, I'd need to look into it.

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    redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Local, independent farms are actually, by the acre, more detrimental than corporate farms.

    google it.

    i love posts like this

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    BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    redhead wrote: »
    Local, independent farms are actually, by the acre, more detrimental than corporate farms.

    google it.

    i love posts like this

    me too

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    BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    We have a couple butchers shops that have great cuts that are way tastier. Also theres a big tourist attraction called Fair Oaks Farms that sells their own milk meat eggs and cheese and its amazing stuff.

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    bowtiedsealbowtiedseal Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    when I'm making food for myself I never prepare meat, and when I go out to eat I go for vegetarian options most of the time. I eat meat now because it would basically kill my mother if I refused to eat her food - when I move out permanently I will probably go mostly veg.

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    BearstranautBearstranaut Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Thanks for reminding me that vanilla soy milk is amazing. Added to grocery list!

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    Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Kochikens wrote: »
    Thanks for reminding me that vanilla soy milk is amazing. Added to grocery list!
    Strawberry soy milk is also the bomb.

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    satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Local, independent farms are actually, by the acre, more detrimental than corporate farms.

    google it.

    hey i googled it and found a bunch of sources that contradict this plz advise

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    bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i like eating all things

    i tend to spring for organic or free-range meat if it's available, though. it does not have to be an ethical nightmare

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