why are vegetarians so angry?

[hi_im_god]

i'm not the one telling you what to eat.

feel free to eat your soyburger or tofurkey. sprinkle some bacos on if you're feeling wild.

just stay out of my grille about eating your pet. i've had it with you food nazi's.

[hi_im_god]

one more thing...

i don't go around having my filet mignon shaped like an apple and then ask people to tell me it's a "cowple".

you may need to think through why you want to eat a "tofurkey".

[ninetoone]

did a vegetarian get up in your grill?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by ninetoone

did a vegetarian get up in your grill?

that's an interesting mental image...

my girlfriend's teenage son up on my bbq.

nope. can't go there. she must never know we had this conversation.

[ninetoone]

If you want to make points w/the girlfriend, it looks like some tofu is in your future...

Bon Appetit!

[GenuineRisk]

I suspect your girlfriend's son's vehemence is connected with being a teenager.

Though, remember, for many life-long vegetarians it's a moral issue, right up there with abortion for pro-lifers, gun ownership for NRA members, blocking the borders for anti-immigrationists, etc., etc. It's all a matter of perspective.

Look at the bright side; at least he's not posting your home address and phone number on radical vegetarian websites, inviting radical vegetarians to shoot you in your own kitchen. See? It could be so much worse. All he did was hassle you at a BBQ.

I like tofu, but then I'm blessed with an Asian stepmom who knows how to cook it properly.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

they are not getting enough meat....

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

they are not getting enough meat....

and they have good bowel movements, just too many.

You know how it goes, getting ready to bite into a massive head of Iceberg Lettuce, and the moment is lost when the sphincter sends it's time to dance message.

[MISTERGEE]

i once heard a meateater tell me when animals stop eating eachother i will stop eating them

[ninetoone]

If we weren't supposed to eat them, they wouldn't be made out of meat.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by pgardn

and they have good bowel movements, just too many.

You know how it goes, getting ready to bite into a massive head of Iceberg Lettuce, and the moment is lost when the sphincter sends it's time to dance message.

Iceberg lettuce? Yeesh. No nutritional value and no taste to boot. I call it "crunchy water."

I was a strict vegetarian for several years, but for environmental, not moral, reasons. I like meat occasionally (it is tasty, after all), if it's humanely raised (factory farms are unbelievably cruel and as far as I'm concerned, if I'm spending money on factory farm meat, I'm endorsing animal cruelty. That's just me, though. They're also environmental disasters, while small farms are valuable habitat for lots of animals, including many threatened species- support your small family farms!). I'm glad for the time I spent as a strict vegetarian, though, because it kept me thin and kept me healthy and I learned to love veggies.

I tell ya, though, I take my hat off to vegans. That's serious dietary discipline. I think if I had to give up cheese and milk the sunshine would go out of my life.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Iceberg lettuce? Yeesh. No nutritional value and no taste to boot. I call it "crunchy water."

I was a strict vegetarian for several years, but for environmental, not moral, reasons. I like meat occasionally (it is tasty, after all), if it's humanely raised (factory farms are unbelievably cruel and as far as I'm concerned, if I'm spending money on factory farm meat, I'm endorsing animal cruelty. That's just me, though. They're also environmental disasters, while small farms are valuable habitat for lots of animals, including many threatened species- support your small family farms!). I'm glad for the time I spent as a strict vegetarian, though, because it kept me thin and kept me healthy and I learned to love veggies.

I tell ya, though, I take my hat off to vegans. That's serious dietary discipline. I think if I had to give up cheese and milk the sunshine would go out of my life.

well....that is a bit heartbreaking....all this time I thought I was the sunshine of your life.


The cruelty of it all....

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Iceberg lettuce? Yeesh. No nutritional value and no taste to boot. I call it "crunchy water."

Thats exactly what it is. Does not even have a lot of fiber, thus my futile attempt at a bad joke. In some cases the nasty E.Coli get into it, and that creates a great time with the big white phone in the bathroom.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Iceberg lettuce? Yeesh. No nutritional value and no taste to boot. I call it "crunchy water."

I was a strict vegetarian for several years, but for environmental, not moral, reasons. I like meat occasionally (it is tasty, after all), if it's humanely raised (factory farms are unbelievably cruel and as far as I'm concerned, if I'm spending money on factory farm meat, I'm endorsing animal cruelty. That's just me, though. They're also environmental disasters, while small farms are valuable habitat for lots of animals, including many threatened species- support your small family farms!). I'm glad for the time I spent as a strict vegetarian, though, because it kept me thin and kept me healthy and I learned to love veggies.

I tell ya, though, I take my hat off to vegans. That's serious dietary discipline. I think if I had to give up cheese and milk the sunshine would go out of my life.

Genuine,

Where can you find humanely raised meat? I'm thinking about becoming a vegetarian again, but my blood type (A negative) has a hard time doing the vegetarian thing without becoming anemic. I used to get sick and weak very easily (even eating the things I was supposed to.)

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by pgardn

and they have good bowel movements, just too many.

You know how it goes, getting ready to bite into a massive head of Iceberg Lettuce, and the moment is lost when the sphincter sends it's time to dance message.

I think there is a huge misperception out there about vegetarians, and about what they eat, and about their bathroom habits, etc. They eat a lot more than lettuce. They eat fruits, vegetables, grains, tofu, nuts, legumes, etc.

I feel very healthy when I'm eating vegan and my bathroom habits are no different from when I used to eat nothing but meat. I'm not a total vegan, but I often go 2-3 days at a time eating strictly vegan. I'll eat fish once or twice a week. I may have chicken a couple of times a month and I may have a piece of red meat once a month.

I think it's much healthier to keep your meat intake to a minimum. There are so many things to eat out there that don't come from an animal. I love the fresh peanut-butter at Whole Foods Market. I have peanut-butter sandwiches all the time. I eat a lot of guacamole. I eat been burritos. I like some veggie-burgers. If I go to Subway, I'll get an avocado, lettuce and tomato sandwich.

They have some great vegan restaurants here is Los Angeles. I'm surprised how quickly I took a liking to the food at these restaurants. The first time I ever went to a vegan restaurant about 10 years ago, I had no idea what to expect. It was all new to me because I grew up like most kids, eating hot-dogs, hamburgers, corned-beef sandwiches, etc. But even the first time I went to one of these restaurants, I really enjoyed the food. It really opened my eyes to a totally different way of eating. When I was younger, I thought that the centerpiece of every meal was some type of meat. For lunch I would have either a hamburger, a turkey burger, a tuna sandwich, a turkey sandwich or something like that. For dinner, I would have chicken, fish, or red meat. Now I realize that there are other satisfying options.

I actually feel much better when I have a vegan meal. I feel satisfied but I don't get that full, uncomfortable feeling that I often get when I eat meat.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I think there is a huge misperception out there about vegetarians, and about what they eat, and about their bathroom habits, etc. They eat a lot more than lettuce. They eat fruits, vegetables, grains, tofu, nuts, legumes, etc.

I feel very healthy when I'm eating vegan and my bathroom habits are no different from when I used to eat nothing but meat. I'm not a total vegan, but I often go 2-3 days at a time eating strictly vegan. I'll eat fish once or twice a week. I may have chicken a couple of times a month and I may have a piece of red meat once a month.

Rupert.
Meats dont contain fiber (cellulose derivatives). Fiber does something very special. It absorbs a very large amount of water and it cannot be broken down by our digestive tract. When one's large intestines get stretched by this wonderful combination of cellulose and water, a message(and massage) is sent to the brain causing contractions. These contractions can be caused other ways (an especially discomforting way is when Salmonella give off their wonderful toxins that help illicit contractions of the stomach and intestines, rectum... projectile vomiting and explosive mud slides often result in combination). The cellulose is a great way to bulge those smooth muscles and make them contract in a healthy regular way unlike meat.

And my good man, if you go #2, two to three times a day, congrats.
Thats a very good boy. My mom used to tell me this.
If you want to get a really interesting brand of cellulose try corn. If you tell me your #2 looks just the same as when only eating meat, report immediately back to me... no, check that, go to the closest entomologist because you might be a termite (actually termites have the right type of bacteria to break a very stubborn bond between glucose molecules in cellulose). You too might be able to digest cellulose which would be cool because you could eat wood and paper and get calories out of that. Forget the Vegan stuff. Newspaper with a bit of sawdust. Heck if you can digest cellulose, try and go out and lay in the California sun. If you grow (not while observing females in swimsuits... not that growth), you might also be able to photosynthesize. Which would make you a termite and a plant.

This is a community service message brought to you by pgardn. Bowel specialist.

For even more fun try the following. Black beans, cooked cabbage, jalapenos and red wine (Burgundy). DO NOT attempt to date unless you want to be dumped... in more than one way. Just kidding... do not eat the above in combination.

[Payson Dave]

Originally Posted by Bababooyee

Was wondering how long that would take...

Yeah and ????