How to find a good vegetarian

You're on a roll today.

Hey wait, can veggie-people eat bread? Aren't grains alive at some point?

stand in the middle of Seattle and point?

South India. 30-40% of the population is strictly vegetarian; the rest is 'mostly-vegetarian'.

Shawnee123;643037 wrote:

You're on a roll today.

Hey wait, can veggie-people eat bread? Aren't grains alive at some point?

All food was alive at some point it just depends on what value you give that life

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toranokaze;643620 wrote:

All food was alive at some point it just depends on what value you give that life

Nice one!
I remember hearing Gary Snyder read some of his poems in the late 70s and he told a story about living with the Inuit, one of the said something like "You white people are lucky, you can eat whatever you want." Snyder asked him what he meant by that and he explained, "Our food has a soul and we have to consider the quality of that soul before we eat it."

cf:vegans-are-people-too

But killing is killing, whether it is a carrot or a pig. When you feel like eating, something has to give up its life to feed you. Our ideas about the hierarchy of life allow us to take certain lives for granted. There is some comfort in this P.O.V. It absolves us of some responsibility and it gives us a nice moral high ground to survey everyone who thinks differently than we do. No matter how you look at it, if you want to live, something else has to die.

monster;643625 wrote:

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I love that. I want a big ass poster of that.

No matter how you look at it, if you want to live, something else has to die.

The circle of liiiiiiiiife...

So, do we have any fellow Cellar who's a vegetarian?

You're vegetarian? You heartless bitch! Eating all those young plants before they get a chance to blossom, and not content with that, sometimes you eat the roots, bulb and even the seeds. Every time you pluck a peas from the pod, you are plucking a baby from the womb...

:lol:
:p:

Tulip;643982 wrote:

So, do we have any fellow Cellar who's a vegetarian?

I was vegetarian for three years. And I grew up in a vegetarian household, with a strictly vegetarian mother and grandmother.

Does that count?

Pie;643054 wrote:

South India. 30-40% of the population is strictly vegetarian; the rest is 'mostly-vegetarian'.

How can you be "mostly vegetarian"? Isn't that like being mostly virgin?

monster;643987 wrote:

You're vegetarian? You heartless bitch! Eating all those young plants before they get a chance to blossom, and not content with that, sometimes you eat the roots, bulb and even the seeds. Every time you pluck a peas from the pod, you are plucking a baby from the womb...

:lol:
:p:

Damn straight I'm heartless! :evil2: But I'm not a vegetarian. :p: I was for 5 years. :D

hee hee, My mother forced vegetarianism on us for nearly a year. When her veggie boyfriend bailed out, she fed all the TVP to the neighbor's dogs and they farted so badly he had to leave them in the house and sleep on our living room floor.

What does TVP stand for? And that story is hilarious...:lol: The way I see it, we all should eat more vegetables...(admit it, many of us don't eat enough veggies:p:)..., but no one should force us to eat only veggies. :frog:

Sheldonrs;643999 wrote:

How can you be "mostly vegetarian"? Isn't that like being mostly virgin?

According to south Indians (like my grandmother) if you've ever tasted meat, you're no longer a vegetarian, even if you haven't eaten any in decades.

So yes, it's like virginity. :rolleyes:

I've been vegetarian for five or six years now.

Vegetarian - (American) Indian word for "bad hunter".

Pie;644321 wrote:

According to south Indians (like my grandmother) if you've ever tasted meat, you're no longer a vegetarian, even if you haven't eaten any in decades.

So yes, it's like virginity. :rolleyes:

Does it count if you only put the meat in your mouth? ;)

You are so not a vegetarian, Shel.

Pie;644321 wrote:

According to south Indians (like my grandmother) if you've ever tasted meat, you're no longer a vegetarian, even if you haven't eaten any in decades.

So yes, it's like virginity. :rolleyes:

"I worked on high steel for fifteen years, built some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, do they call me 'Bob the ironworker?' No, they do not.
"I worked driving cattle for 7 years, across some of the harshest terrain in the world, do they call me 'Cowboy Bob? No, they do not.
"I worked on off shore oil rigs for 10 years, never missing a day of work despite hurricanes, lightning storms, you name it. Do they call me 'Roughneck Bob? No, they do not.

"But, you fuck ONE goat..."

Sheldonrs;644355 wrote:

Does it count if you only put the meat in your mouth? ;)

I think it counts if the meat was unwilling. Or didn't pay well. :)

xoxoxoBruce;644158 wrote:

Textured or texturized vegetable protein.

Thanks, Bruce!

squirell nutkin;644365 wrote:

"I worked on high steel for fifteen years, built some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, do they call me 'Bob the ironworker?' No, they do not.
"I worked driving cattle for 7 years, across some of the harshest terrain in the world, do they call me 'Cowboy Bob? No, they do not.
"I worked on off shore oil rigs for 10 years, never missing a day of work despite hurricanes, lightning storms, you name it. Do they call me 'Roughneck Bob? No, they do not.

"But, you fuck ONE goat..."

I heard a similar joke about some cocksucker that built a hundred bridges just a few days ago.

"The average American diet, which is high in fat, sodium and cholesterol, contributes to disease. Some of the important advantages of a vegan diet are that your risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease are significantly lowered. A vegan diet also helps control diabetes, which is becoming epidemic. If you require insulin, you will still need to take it, but a strictly plant-based diet can reduce your insulin needs."
-a source from web says.
Been vegetarian for last 9 years. Going good:cool:

Pie;644391 wrote:

I think it counts if the meat was unwilling. Or didn't pay well. :)

:devil:

squirrel nutkin wrote:

"But, you fuck ONE goat..."

Distant relative of mine got up and told that joke during my cousin's wedding toasts. There were children in attendance. She was very drunk.

wanderer;644436 wrote:

"The average American diet, which is high in fat, sodium and cholesterol, contributes to disease. Some of the important advantages of a vegan diet are that your risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease are significantly lowered. A vegan diet also helps control diabetes, which is becoming epidemic. If you require insulin, you will still need to take it, but a strictly plant-based diet can reduce your insulin needs."
-a source from web says.
Been vegetarian for last 9 years. Going good:cool:

What does a vegan eat for protein? And how are those ingredients used in dishes?

Clodfobble;644444 wrote:

Distant relative of mine got up and told that joke during my cousin's wedding toasts. There were children in attendance. She was very drunk.

snort!

My ex told me about a crazy relative of his, an old batty bitty I think, who stood up during a wedding and started singing "Here comes the bride, big fat and wide." :eek:

Shawnee123;644510 wrote:

snort!

My ex told me about a crazy relative of his, an old batty bitty I think, who stood up during a wedding and started singing "Here comes the bride, big fat and wide." :eek:

:lol: :lol:

Tulip;644508 wrote:

What does a vegan eat for protein? And how are those ingredients used in dishes?

Traditional sources:
Nuts & seeds
Pulses (lentils, dals)
Dried beans
Tofu
Grains

These days, they can also use meat-substitutes like Seitan, TVP and Quorn. My mother would never touch such things; something vegan that's meant to be kinda-meat-like would freak her out completely.

Clodfobble;644444 wrote:

Distant relative of mine got up and told that joke during my cousin's wedding toasts. There were children in attendance. She was very drunk.

Like something from "Amarcord"
It can be very funny if it's not you. Not sure how that joke might fit in during a wedding reception unless we were revisiting the bride or groom's past. Even more funny that something about the couple reminded her of that joke...

Oh, it was worse than that. It was more along the lines of, "Thish place is too serious! Listen, listen, I'mma tell y'all a joke..."

If you are what you eat, then I'm a vegetarian.