Vego's!!!!

[swingonthespiral]

We kinda stole the other thread but i was just thinking about how many different opinions we'll all haveon this subject...

Please note i am not on a turn everyone vegetarian rant.

I'm a vego for three years now and i couldn't even dream about eating meat ever again.

Although i am not a nazi if u wanna eat meat then fine knock urself out its just my choice, i even cook meat for my boyfriend.... well i've tried many times but apparently im not very good at it lol. i will eat chicken flavoured chips or whatever cos there isnt actually any chicken in it.

But there is a couple of things that bug me...

Vego's/Vegans whom wear leather.... although i do have 1 pair of doc martins that are soley for snake catching i feel bad wearing them.

Poser vego's..... oh yes im vegetarian but ill eat seafood, chicken etc

Enforcing it upon ur children. I vow that i will not force my kids to be a vego. For one it isnt good for them we need a certain about of protien, iron etc to be able to grow and i dont think any kid would turn down a chicken burger for a lentil or chickpea one and the amount of lentils beans etc they would have to eat would be too hard (not saying u couldnt do it)... i would explain to them when they are old enough to understand why i am one and let them make thier own choice.

I think we are all obviously animal lovers here and it is disgusting how these animals are treated for the short time that they are around, we would never do it to one of our pets.

And one other thing.... any of u other vego's notice that if ur at a resturant why does our meals always seem to come out last??? veges take less time to cook damnit!!!! lol

 

[kelly]

I haven't eaten meat in 6 or 7 years - I've only been vegan for the past couple of years though
I pretty much have the same views as you swingonthespiral,
I don't really mind if other people eat meat or not - everyone has to make their own choice and I'd never try and force my views on other people unless they wanted to hear them.
I also hate poser vego's haha the people who think not eating red meat is vegetarian! Especially since vegetarianism has become the 'in' thing lately.
I try and stay away from resteraunts as usually they try and sneakily add animal products into things I order ahaha.

Here is a good time to put in the quote by GreenWillow:
Quote:
"im not trying to change the world, just live my life by my own standards"

 

[cris]

If i had an omnivorous animal in my care and it wasnt eating meat i would be concerned.

Eating more meat is what enabled us to come out of the trees and grow larger brains, if you dont eat meat you will end up living back in the trees.

I personally think it would be far more logical to boycott many other things before meat. Electricity for example contributes to global warming and that causes far more animals to suffer than eating a few. Using steel products would also be wrong as would any natural timber that may have been a habitat for thousands of animals. I sure hope you dont drive cars or live in a house either because both of these things will have negative impacts far greater than eating meat. I think even destroying plants for food is ethically questionable as in many cases it requires animals to be killed in extremely large numbers to protect the crops. Dont get me started on these ppl who use electricity just so they can keep snakes in boxes :lol:

 

[Chris1]

its pretty much impossible to eat out @ all being vegetarian,..most places use some kind of animal product, and i found even places that claim to use vegetable oil to cook hot chips still deepfry chicken wings and other meaty stuff in it.

its impossible to order a proper meal,..restaurants dont use seperate utensils to prepare meat and vegtarian food.

 

[swingonthespiral]

Eating more meat is what enabled us to come out of the trees and grow larger brains, if you dont eat meat you will end up living back in the trees.

I personally think it would be far more logical to boycott many other things before meat.

You obviously got that quote from that stupid ad.....

We can survive without meat....

I have boycotted something that is in my power......

And i don't need to use power for my snakes i live in Nth Qld..... lol

 

[Oxyuranus microlepid]

Poser vegos really annoy me, if you eat meat then so be it, but dont say your a vego

most of us will respect your choices, but dont pretend to be something your not

Here is a good time to put in the quote by GreenWillow:
Quote:

"im not trying to change the world, just live my life by my own standards"

hey! i said that !!:lol:

Go us!!

 

[kelly]

Haha I laughed when I saw that ad!
"Not eating lamb is unaustralian" or watever.
Fool

 

[Oxyuranus microlepid]

you can get complete proteins (the ones found in meats) from soy beans, tofu, soymilk etc
also, if you have a lentil burger, it has the same, bread has some partial proteins, so do lentils, they have 4 different amino acids each, together, they make the 8 essential amino acids found in meats!

 

[swingonthespiral]

i am aware of that i just have a feeling kids wont eat it... i wouldnt have touched it with a ten foot pole when i was a kid lol

 

[moosenoose]

I try to avoid eating plants, I hear they have feelings also

 

[falconboy]

I'm sure I could hear a lettuce I was chopping up screaming.......

I'm absolutely not vego, best I will do is I will only buy free range eggs, and chicken when I can, not barn raised.

You can't beat a medium rare cooked thick piece of scotch fillet or T bone steak with a bit of red juice running out of it.... OH YUMMO!

 

[kelly]

http://vegweb.com/
Great website for vegan/vegetarian cooking

 

[Oxyuranus microlepid]

there are new things out called notburgers, taste and feel just like chicken, they were made for vegos, by vegos!

no meat or meat by-products, not even the humectants or emulsifiers are meat products

 

[Oxyuranus microlepid]

thanks kelly for that website

 

[cris]

there are new things out called notburgers, taste and feel just like chicken, they were made for vegos, by vegos!

no meat or meat by-products, not even the humectants or emulsifiers are meat products

Yes but have any of earths innocent creatures been harmed in the proccess of creating whatever these things are made from?

 

[kelly]

Hmm cris why don't you like people not eating meat haha??

 

[Chris1]

can vegans drink alcohol and eat bread?

something i've always wonndered cos yeast is a living thing,...

 

[Bug collector]

i like meat its yummy

 

[nuthn2do]

Oh great, i've just come home with a 2 inch thick scotch fillet. Now i'm going to think of lentil burgers when i eat it

 

[kelly]

Chris1 - You can buy bread without yeast in it (usually replaced with honey or something along those lines), it's not just yeast in bread either - the lecithin is also an animal product but you can get bread that contains soy lecithin and thats okay