is there a vegetarian thread

[fresh]

i havent eaten meat in like two and a half weeks and im kind of ambivalent about sticking with it. even if i do keep it up i think i might make exceptions on special occasions but i dunno about that either. for a long time ive been eating better and better and incorporating more fruits/vegetables/beans/nuts/etc into my diet--to the point that i was barely eating meat anyway--so i figured i might as well try going whole hog. i couldnt give a fuck about killing/torturing animals so thats not the issue. anyone have thoughts/advice?

[Shost]

i'm not but i made a few recipes while he was doing this and they were all solid:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/02/vegan-experience-recipes-soups-salads-sandwiches-mains-snacks.html

the chili and the chickpea/spinach dishes were particularly good

[nibelheim]

go grab a really good burger

[husbands]

I just found a place in town that makes a good tempeh reuben, but at $9 it's a little pricey

comes with a ton of fries though

[Johan POOPLER]

my shit has a lot of corn in it

have you tried eating that??

[fresh]

i'm not but i made a few recipes while he was doing this and they were all been solid:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/02/vegan-experience-recipes-soups-salads-sandwiches-mains-snacks.html

the chili and the chickpea/spinach dishes were particularly good

yeah ive made this a few times http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012 ... beans.html, i really like that site

[husbands]

pinkmcnuggetmeat.jpg

[Johan POOPLER]

do vegans have anything that melts like awesome cheese?

what about a nacho cheese product? do they have that?

[Johan POOPLER]

can i be a vegan without giving up my racism?

[husbands]

the answer to all of these questions is YES!

[Johan POOPLER]

i think we could fix most of africa problems by getting them un addicted to meat

is that how i would do the racism thing? what are the vegan cheese brands to look into?

[Luke]

If you head down to any used bookstore, they're bound to have 4 or 5 copies of the Moosewood New Classics Cookbook.

I mention this because every vegetarian I've known ends up just having french fries for dinner 5 nights a week.

[Dr. Norm Thagard]

You should get The Grit Cookbook from the awesome restaurant in Athens, Ga.

I'm a lazy vegetarian. I eat pbj and fruit or black bean tacos for most meals. Greek yogurt for breakfast.

[Dr. Norm Thagard]

If you head down to any used bookstore, they're bound to have 4 or 5 copies of the Moosewood New Classics Cookbook.

I mention this because every vegetarian I've known ends up just having french fries for dinner 5 nights a week.

Thats a good cookbook. I also like the veganomicon.

[Johan POOPLER]

vegan meats are pretty much there but vegan cheeses are still for dudes that are like "A BEE!!!! AAAAAAGH!"

thats what im takin away from this thread.....

[nibelheim]

vegan meats and cheeses are both fucking terrible

i had one sausage from like some grain meat company that was OK once but i mean really so much shittier than any old pedestrian real sausage

[miss black america]

vegan meats are pretty much there but vegan cheeses are still for dudes that are like "A BEE!!!! AAAAAAGH!"

could never go vegan because the cheese is so bad

i prefer the taste of the soya meat-replacement stuff so i've not missed eating meat in a long time

[husbands]

fakin bacon is great, smoked tofurky is pretty good, and most tempeh based fake meats are good enough that I don't miss meat

has anyone been to Foodswings in williamsburg?

[Johan POOPLER]

ive had okay soyrizo before

not as good as chorizo but you gotta remember its fags youre dealing with

and like, a veggie hamburger patty.... who cares? i dont care what a real hamburger patty is made of. but the vegan cheeses are all fuckin trash

[nibelheim]

when youre vegan/veg you just get so far from knowing what actually tastes really good that you start talking crazy

like raving about how some horrible, spongey, tasteless "cheese" is great because it melts

[good pups]

look at this disgusting shit

[Ned Smanks]

I've been a vegetarian for many years now and it's really unspeakably horrible, but now I'm in it for life. Get out while you still have the chance!

[Luke]

There are enough artisan cheesemakers around here where the cows are treated better than most pets that I don't understand why anyone would bother with vegan cheese.

[good pups]

i love being a vegetarian most of the time and then eating humane meat, it's incredible

[good pups]

also soon we're all going to be able to eat fake meat, and then can you imagine how great a species we'll be

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/finally-fake-chicken-worth-eating.html

[Johan POOPLER]

science is gonna make animal-grown meat obsolete eventually

then all the chickens and cows will be extinct

and people will still be morally troubled by it. because caring about animals is fucking gay.

[nibelheim]

hey guys i got this artisanal "chicken" overnight fed ex'd to me from pdx

its made from 30 different processed plants and its really eco conscious and also is chewy and savory

[Shost]

i love being a vegetarian most of the time and then eating humane meat, it's incredible

this is pretty much what I do too

i can blow a mint at that butcher shop but i feel good about where the money is going

[grammatron]

I love how it's 2012 and you still can't try to talk about being a vegetarian w/out a bunch'a wiseacres coming around hollering about this and that.

[Petty]

I'm a vegetarian, started because I am a bored eater so I thought choosing not to eat meat would give me a good sense of "control" of my over eating, also because of how much land it takes to grow meat animals. And then I starting feeling the ethical reasons too so now I'm pretty much a real hippie vegetarian. Not going to be vegan though because life's tough all over

I don't really miss meat much, but it smells real good. The couple of times I've given in has been pretty disappointing and made my stomach queasy after a while and you smell it all over your hands and eh.