Meatatarians - why do you stick with it

[LynneSin]

Me? Seafood and I have to confess I love Venison too

[JohnKleeb]

1. Easy

It tastes good.

[terrya]

5. Bingo

It tastes good. Correct answer.

[dpbrown]

2. Tasty!

With such a lovely texture!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear LynneSin..........

I'm with JohnKleeb......it tastes good!

An excellent source of protein, and iron.......

But mostly for the flavor!

:bounce: :bounce:

[ZombieNixon]

4. Taste.

And it's filling.

I eat a lot of vegetarian meals too, given that my parents are veg, but at times I just crave meat.

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. Revenge.

A pig pissed on me when I was a kid.

I've never forgiven the porcine bastards, and I'll not rest until they're all in my belly. :grr:

[ZombieNixon]

9. Close the thread, hedges wins!

:rofl:

[JohnKleeb]

10. You're not eating my Vietamese Pot Belly Big

Stay away from Oink Chi Minh damnit :agh:

[meegbear]

7. Cuz beef like me wants his beef ...

DAMMIT!

[JVS]

8. tastes good, easy to prepare, not too pricy

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. I could easily be vegan if not for fish.

I love fish, especially that damning shellfish. I find other meat revolting though and I can easily give up dairy and eggs. I routinely go long periods without dairy because it helps my sinuses. My life is essentially a sinus condition.

However, my opinion on eating meat is: people should only eat what they know they could kill and clean themselves. I don't think I could kill and a bird or mammal (unless it was life or death for me). I have killed and cleaned my own fish for dinner. Basically, I have a deep respect for both vegans and hunters that eat & use what they hunt.

[LynneSin]

14. That damning shellfish will be your oneway ticket to hell

Enjoy Hell

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. Well, if I'm going to be gay, I might as well go all the way

and eat shellfish.

I had some sushi and shrimp gyoza last night. The gyoza were a little disappointing, but the sushi made up for it. Hmm...the roll had four kinds of fish in it. Is that a sin? Cotton-poly blends are a sin, so is it a sin to blend fish?

[LynneSin]

16. What kind of Sushi

I love the stuff

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

17. F.M. Station Roll, one of the specialty ones.

It was eel and tobiko inside, with spicy tuna, salmon and yellowtail on the outside. It was HUGE! and messy, but very good.

[LynneSin]

27. I just found this graph - you need to give up one or the other

See, in hell - Homosexuals and Those that eat Shellfish end up pretty much on the same level of hell.

But look where you'll end up if you're a gay shellfish eater.

Either you need to quit eating the shellfish or go straight!!!

REPENT!!!!!!!




:sarcasm:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

28. Aw crap.

I'm fucked. Add that to my other sins and to Swag's insistence that without Taco Bell I'm fucked, so I must surely be fucked. Oh well, might as well eat shellfish.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

29. Aw crap.

I'm fucked. Add that to my other sins and to Swag's insistence that without Taco Bell I'm fucked, so I must surely be fucked. Oh well, might as well eat shellfish.

[ohiosmith]

12. It is God's will.

[JVS]

18. As mike tyson would say, praise be to Allah!

[ohiosmith]

22. And pass the ears.

[Fox Mulder]

13. Meat is good.

That's why I eat it.

[leftofthedial]

19. what about veal?

and lamb?

[JVS]

20. Veal is the shizz!

[JohnKleeb]

21. only problem with veal is it's expensive

and lamb in my experiences can only be found at a Mediterrian restraunt but both are delicious.

[Fox Mulder]

25. Veal is gross.

My sister made some kind of veal stew a few months back and I almost threw up from that crap.

[Taverner]

I love the taste of meat, and I need the protein content

I am athletic - even despite my ACL recovery I hit the gym 5-6x per week

No Vegan source of protein has the same nutritional value of meat for an athletic person. Sure if you want to be merely healthy, veganism is fine and dandy. But if you want to pack on muscle, its damn near impossible to do it vegan style. If you add milk and eggs to the mix its possible, but how many egg white omlettes can you eat?

Oh and I fucking love all BBQ, especially Texan

[Madrone]

34. But if you want to pack on muscle, its damn near impossible

Tell that to this guy.



http://www.thegardendiet.com/shannon.html

He's only one example. Many more can be found with an internet connection and a bare minimum of effort. One can be found right here on DU simply by starting a thread entitled "Yo, flvegan!"

[Taverner]

35. He has the genetics to process vegan food

Not everyone does.

[Madrone]

36. an article -

http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news002/meatless_muscle.html

[Dangerously Amused]

39. "...if you want to pack on muscle,

...its damn near impossible to do it vegan style"


:wow:



Ooohhhhh flvegan? Flvegan? Where are you, dear?

[supernova]

23. It tastes good and I find it more efficient

than eating combos of veggies. I find I eat less if I eat animal protien than if I eat plant-based.

[Mutley]

24. 'Cause I like it.

:shrug:

I don't knock Anyone's choice of Food Lifestyle (actually, I'm pretty freaked out by the thought of cannibalism, and at the though of people who eat dogs and cats).

[arwalden]

26. Because I Love VEAL

[grace0418]

30. Because I'm an omnivore just like many other animals.

We don't blame dogs, or bears (or any other animals who eat all kinds of food) for eating meat. That's part of the circle of life. I have no problem with those who choose to be vegan. And I certainly don't want animals to be mistreated when being raised for food. But eating meat is part of an omnivore's diet, and I'm okay with that.

[Ariana Celeste]

31. Makes me feel gooood

:thumbsup:

[jakefrep]

32. My reasons....

1. Taste.
2. There is no vegetarian substitute for steak or ribs.
3. I find the vegetarian meat replacements I've tasted revolting.

[LynneSin]

37. Seriously - so true on #3

I got stuck at a Vegetarian Chinese restaurant one time after campaigning for Kerry. Now mind you, I can't stand Chinese food (bad experience) and here I am stuck at a Vegetarian Chinese Restaurant. But I was being a good sport (and a little peeved that my friend forced me to go someplace I couldn't stand but refused to try the Sushi bar even though there were plenty of options other than 'raw fish').

So being a good sport I ask the waitress if I could just get some Egg DRop Soup and some Steamed Snow Peas with Rice (sause on side). It was kinda a special order but I figured it was tolerable. The other 3 in the party all got meat substitute vegetarian dishes to share.

Thing is, these 3 are "oohing" and "aahing" over how much it tasted like the real stuff and insisted I try some.

Trust me, the ham tasted like something but definately not ham! I wasn't even about to try the shrimp substitute.

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[yewberry]

44. There's nothing wrong with not understanding veg*nism

but why the need for such a judgmental and disrespectful post?

"...holier-than-thou moral crusade?" Cripes.

[Burma Jones]

38. BACON, mostly

but I do love beef, shellfish, sushi, Fried Chicken, Barbecue of all stripes etc,,,,

[xchrom]

40. i don't eat it often -- but i just love it when i do.

and i'm with you -- i love venison and -- oh my -- wild boar.

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. 'Well, I've been a hunter all my life

I love animals. That's why I like to kill 'em. I wouldn't kill an animal I didn't like. Goodday Roy."





Hank and Roy Spim are tough, fearless backwoodsmen who have chosen to live in a violent, unrelenting world of nature's creatures, where only the fittest survive. Today they are off to hunt mosquitoes.

[Blue-Jay]

42. Is "Meatatarian" a word?

[everythingsxen]

43. Dennis Leary said it best...

Eggplant tastes like eggplant but meat tastes like murder and murder tastes pretty goddamn good.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. Because I eat less all day if I eat animal protein at meals

I'm a classic "carbohydrate addict." Get me started on large numbers of carbs, even whole grains, and I have trouble stopping. If I'm at a Mexican restaurant alone, I have to refuse the chips and salsa. If I'm at an Italian restaurant alone, I have to refuse the bread basket.

I could never be a vegan because of that, in addition to which I start getting allergic reactions if I eat too much soy. (I LIKE soy--one of my favorite Southeast Asian dishes is deep-friend tofu--but it doesn't like me.)

Besides, sometimes nothing but meat will hit the spot.

I don't feel guilty about it, especially since I try to consume only organic and humanely raised meat. Besides, humans evolved as omnivores.