Are You a Vegetarian?
 

I've created this thread in the interest of learning more about fellow posters. I've noticed the occasional poster mention that they are a vegetarian. I've seen others say they aren't. There should be a thread that can be used as a record of such things.

Feel free to post reasons why you are one way or the other.

No.
My reason is simple; we have pointy teeth for a reason.
Also, I have no moral objections to the fact that something has to be killed to produce meat.

I'm very interested in knowing other reasons that people become vegetarians, though.

nope. i think it would be nice to be one, there are some meats I cannot seem to give up, chicken and pork. I no longer eat red meat though.

Never! I come from a small town and if you didn't eat meat, you didn't eat at all! You wouldn't be supporting the local cattle industry if you didn't eat meat! Or deer meat or moose meat, or partridge etc.

Besides, I could never stop eating steak and burgers. Man, I love meat! Chicken too!

Save cows, eat vegetarians...with a 2000 Chateau Lynch Bages Pauillac and maybe a little Café de Paris sauce and possibly a hint of oregano. For dessert, Republican, served with bumbleberry sauce.

No, vegetables are disgusting and I never eat them.

PiccoloNamek, I thought you said vegetarians were disgusting and never eat them. You'll want to thank ionuk tomb for that...

Seriously though, you don't eat any vegetables? Just fruits? I mean, what is your diet then?

I eat a lot of chicken and shrimp, and a lot of wheat-based foods, and probably way too much pizza. I don't eat a whole lot of fruit, actually, although I like most fruits.

Cool. I personally LOVE shrimp as well, but I usually don't get to have it often unless I am with my brother in law. I am not much for seafood overall, mostly because of the fact I live in the middle of the North American continent. But I have Lake fish on occasion, especially during the summer.

Nope. I'm not a vegetarian. I like vegetables, but I couldn't eat them all the time, I like to have meat in my meals. I don't eat chicken though, it doesn't agree with me.

Yep, I'm one of those people who defies natural law and our biological make-up by abstaining from meat. I'm not strictly vegetarian (vegan), though; I still love eggs, milk, and especially cheese. I stopped eating meat in March after deciding that I shouldn't contribute to the mistreatment of animals if I can get my nutrients from somewhere else. Don't get me wrong, though: I don't go around calling meat eaters killers or anything. Some people like to eat meat and that's fine with me.

I accidentally answered "no" to the poll, but I am a vegetarian. I have no major ethical reasons, I just found that over a period of time, I came to prefer to avoid meat. It then turned into a habit, and I found other things to replace the meat in my diet, and I am not so habituated to my current diet that I couldn't imagine anything else.

Yummy: Shrimp Scampi.

Anyway i'm not a vegetarian. A few reasons.
1. I grew up loving tenderloin, ribeye, and many cuts of beef pork and chicken.
2. I absolutly hate vegetables. Except for some like broccoli(only the leafy part the stems are disgusting) green beans, ocra, corn, peas.
3. I could never give up meat.

And I don't eat fruits of any kind. No fruit in my diet. I get all the fruits I want from juices.

So you can't say i'm fruity.

No, I'm not a vegetarian, and I have my mind set on never being one.

The idea of no meat just doesn't sound appealing. I mean steak. STEAK!!!


Plus salads are only awesome when they have some sort of meat in it - bacon bits, chicken, etc.

Bacon bits in salad are usually soy, in my experience. It is very strange to me, that quite a few meat-flavoured products you will find on the shelf in a Wal*Mart are entirely suitable for vegetarians, while an equal number of non meat-flavoured products are unsuitable, due to containing animal products, such as rennet or gelatin.

That's of no relevance to you, of course. I simply find it amusing.

It's quite a coincidence that I just saw this thread moments after my cousin came into my house after coming back from an F.F.A. awards dinner in Indianapolis. He brought me a nice gift...

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So no... I'm a carnivore. I like my vegetables just fine but if I lost meat in my diet you may as well bury me alive. Nothing, and I do mean nothing, tastes better than a bleeding-rare ribeye steak on a sunny day. :D

Really?

I always eat the Hormel bacon bits which are suppose to be made with "100% Real Bacon."

So unless they'll lying to me...

although I eat chick peas daily, there's no way i would become vegetarian. An equivalent amount of protein in peas and in a steak surely don't give out as much energy... right? Anway, I just love meat:biggrin:

Not all of 'em are fake, but of the ones I've seen readily available in our local stores, both brands are So. Sorry if I gave the impression that they are always soy.

I probably could go vegetarian with little problem, except I really like chicken and enjoy my hamburgers. But really, I despise steak and am rather fond of tofu. I even drink soymilk for no particular reason, other than it tastes good to me.

Um, I don't know if you can call me a vegetarian. I don't eat any meat, but I will eat dairy, eggs, and seafood. I don't really have any moral or ethical values for it. One day my friend asked me if I would give up meat with her. I said sure what the hell, she gave up after about a week or so and I continued and stuck with it.

Makes it easier to order stuff when you go out to eat. I don't miss meat much, except maybe bacon. I'd think about a hotdog with bacon wrapped around it and onions on top and just die for a bit. I found imitation bacon which isn't the same, but you get used to all the substitutes.

Im not a vegetarian. Just the thought of a juicy 12oz steak sitting on my plate makes me wanna burn miles of farm land.

If veggies are so good then why is the side salad optional?

Because in a real steak restaurant, the damn steak is usually so huge that you're lucky if you have room for a sprig of parsley. Next question?

That does sound pretty delicious right about now.

Nay to vegetarian. In fact, I'm in the same burrito as PiccoloNamek: vegetables are disgusting and I'll never eat them. Well, I'll eat the "easy" ones that come with sandwiches or in burritos (corn, lettuce, tomato, ...) but I'll avoid pickles and onions. Chicken, shrimp, pizza, rice, fries, shrimp, etc.: yum.