is there a vegetarian thread

[wigra]

i am not really wanting to get involved with this but whatever, the thing about food is you have to eat it all the time and it's not that easy to get full and stay alive if you are a vegan. I think you guys are assuming that anyone who becomes a vegetarian because they think killing animals is cruel is operating in some like morally purist type perfectionist paradigm that doesn't and can't really exist for most people... if you think the distinction between the ethicality of killing a pig and killing a dog is arbitrary, but you enjoy the taste of cheese, choosing a meat free diet is not really a gallingly hypocritical move. if someone is acting like a morally superior dick, then by all means, call them out, but almost everyone is a hypocrite and i don't think dietary habits are particularly different from how you dress or what kind of hot chocolate at high speed you watch or whatever

[grayfox]

i've never pressed my views onto anyone, i don't even like discussing it. i don't tell people i'm a vegan, but eventually they'll kinda figure it out, or ask. i'm just tired of answering all the stock questions 'where do you get xxxx?' etc.

people that are interseted in trying it, i've given advice to, but i've never just been like hey you should stop eating this.

[ghostguts]

The veggie patty at Subway is so good, I want to get a part time job at one just so I can pull of a heist of their supply

this it hit or miss depending on the location. in fact, the one a couple blocks down the street from my house just stopped serving these. really weird considering it's ann arbor (college town/college crowd).

[sordid affair]

i've never pressed my views onto anyone, i don't even like discussing it.

exactly how i am

i swear it only arises when someone presses some issue

[ghostguts]

one time at a party some guy was yelling at me about how I should either be a vegan or quit pretending to help anyone. I didn't bring this up he was just a dick. I was pretty drunk and I picked up a box cutter and while he lectured me I pretended to cut my wrists. unfortunately I actually cut my wrists and everyone freaked out.

this eventually got me totally laid 6 months later

awesome

[Dr. Norm Thagard]

i've never pressed my views onto anyone, i don't even like discussing it.

exactly how i am

i swear it only arises when someone presses some issue

Same

Also, mites, that's awesome.

[trope]

Pretty much the only vege hot dogs I like are these ones made in Israel, they're really good but then I guess it's kinda dumb to worry about being mean to animals but not worry about being mean to Palestinians.

[mcneil]

my gf is vegetarian, as are two of my best friends. generally i think the food they make is delicious. none of them really go for the fake meat in a big way. these days i probably only eat meat once or twice a week, and it's almost always when i'm drunk/lazy and go to some fast food place. i have a little bit more trouble with the political/ethical side of vegetarianism, in part because i grew up on a farm and don't really have a problem knowing that an animal has died so that i can eat it-- as long as it hasn't died in a horrible way, i don't mind. but i think there's something terribly messed up about the way society consumes meat in general-- a lot of the time, it seems like it's cut off from the source. when you go to the supermarket and browse the meat section, it's easy to forget that it's actually pieces of dead animals. there is a disconnect and i think everybody should be aware of what it is they're eating. i admire people who can commit to something like vegetarianism and stick to it. a lot of the time i can't even buy free range eggs because i can't justify the extra cost. it must really suck to have people coming at you all the time about why/how you can be veggie, and i think this is how most people end up militant about it. but i don't really know enough to have a serious discussion about the politics/ethics of vegetarianism, so generally i try to stay out of it.

basically i had some wicked courgette fritters yesterday, it was awesome

[erroranalysis]

I've been a vegetarian for most of my life, but in the last month I became severely allergic to milk. Vegan cheeses are the most disgusting things. My boyfriend likes Daiya but it tastes like sour trash to me.
Maybe people said bad stuff about Daiya already. I didn't read the whole thread. Quorn burgers and So Delicious greek style coconut yogurt are good. But mostly processed vegetarian food is pretty gross.

[Coca Cola]

I was a vegetarian for 3 years when I was a pre-teen. now I eat as much meat as I can.

[bold man]

is it possible to be a vegetarian who limits carbs and doesnt eat any meat substitutes, cos i am trying this and i just eat 100% salads it seems like

[mites]

I have never been laid again

[freeform]

gardein makes pretty decent stuff all around
stopped eating meat about a year and a half ago because it was something i had wanted to do and i had started dating let go of your thumb who was vegan at the time. it's also just easier to have a similar diet when you're living in the same place/ buying food together

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

hi, im a vegetarian

[Computer]

The only problem I've had being a vegetarian is the assumption on the part of others that I see it as a huge part of my identity.

[Robo-Chachi]

If I had someone who would cook all vegetarian meals for me, I would probably do it. But seeing as how that isn't going to happen, I usually fail after a while.

[nibelheim]

The only problem I've had being a vegetarian is the assumption on the part of others that I see it as a huge part of my identity.

yeah thats a big thing for sure, its probably because so many vegans identities really are predicated on their veganism (at least the vegans i know)

[Petty]

I think he was talking abotu people like you with that post, Bingo

[Luke]

I feel that my theoretical success as a vegetarian is directly correlated to proximity to Indian/Tibetian restaurants, and inversely to Mexican/BBQ.

[nibelheim]

I think he was talking abotu people like you with that post, Bingo

[Juggly D, The Posting Maniac]

hey but theres a lotta good vegetarian options at mexican places

[Dear You]

Actual question: What do vegetarians like at Indian places? My local place is really good, but I always find myself getting chicken with some variety of sauce and rice.

[nibelheim]

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!

missed this post

i ate veg for several years and started to feel that way too, eventually though i realized that i didnt really have a good rationale for doing it anymore other than routine/not knowing how to start eating meat again

[Computer]

Yeah, I'm not setting out to be negative but it's the same questions pretty much every time and it's kinda boring, you know? It's fine if people are curious, but people who just set out to try to convince vegetarians to eat meat are the absolute worst.

Actual question: What do vegetarians like at Indian places? My local place is really good, but I always find myself getting chicken with some variety of sauce and rice.

Oh man, paneer is pretty much guaranteed to be good in any format, even when I ate meat as a kid that was my Indian restaurant go-to. If you ever see paneer makhani on the menu snap that shit up because if it's done right it's probably the best thing there.

[nibelheim]

yeah paneer rules, prefer it to chicken or lamb in certain curries

[Dear You]

Local place doesn't seem to have paneer makhani, but they have a few paneer dishes.

Anyways, I guess I'm kind of an asshole, since I haven't really thought about becoming a vegetarian, but I'm really considering eating less meat and shit and changing my general food consumption in an effort to lose weight or something. Having lactose intolerance is sort of a bitch with this, though. Even though I took the typical dairy pills yesterday, I had milk for the first time in like 2-3 months and it did not end well.

[Petty]

Actual question: What do vegetarians like at Indian places? My local place is really good, but I always find myself getting chicken with some variety of sauce and rice.

Rice and three veg curry usually, but I think that's pretty pedestrian.

[wolfie]

the indian place near me will basically make any of their curries vegetarian if you ask

i can't imagine an easier or more delicious way to be a vegetarian than eating indian all the time

[nibelheim]

i often get veg options at thai restaurants because the chicken can be awfully dry

thai three-flavor tofu is like the only tofu im into

[Petty]

Back when I lived in Los Angeles, I wasn't even a vegetarian but I'd eat at the Krisna Buffet all the time because it was so good.