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How do I become a vegetarian?
- Thread starter Breathe
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DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
Odion
Here is a good source on vegetarianism.Including recipes..But also that whole web site is awesome for lookning up nutritional contents qualities and benefits of many different foods and spices..The site isnt stricly on vegetarinism..But they include that information so I did a search and here is what they say.
WHFoods: Vegetarian Diet
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Dallas
Here is a good source on vegetarianism.Including recipes..But also that whole web site is awesome for lookning up nutritional contents qualities and benefits of many different foods and spices..The site isnt stricly on vegetarinism..But they include that information so I did a search and here is what they say.
WHFoods: Vegetarian Diet
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Dallas
Halcyon
Lord of the Badgers
Dude, it'll tell you on the box/packet. You also won't have to worry about it so much as you would with meat, much less chance of getting food poisoning through not cooking it properly.
With the chicken (I'm guessing it's the little chunks in a packet) just use it as you would normal chicken - like with pasta/curry fry it up for a few minutes till its brown, then add the sauce and simmer for 10-15 minutes and bob's your uncle.
What's the problem with tofu? Tofu has exactly the properties you're lauding mushrooms for.
Rakhel
Well-Known Member
When this Jew wants some meat taste with a cheese dish, I find the chicken or beef bouillon cubes and make a rice dish or make a soup. Turns out, much to my delight, being a convert and all, that some of those cubes are not made from beef or chicken. They are actually made from vegetables and seasonings that make them taste like beef or chicken.
The Neo Nerd
Well-Known Member
What's the problem with tofu? Tofu has exactly the properties you're lauding mushrooms for.
They texture is icky. Perhaps im not cooking it properly.
But then some people have trouble with the fact mushrooms are a fungi
-Q
You're not cooking it properly.
Even fresh from the store tofu comes in textures from firm to almost liquid. After buying the appropriate tofu for the recipe you have in mind, your preperation can create all sorts of textures: crunchy, chewey, "meatlike," soft, crumbly, scrambled-egglike, &c.
Add the fact that, like potatos, tofu is a bland food that will readily take on whatever flavor you care to give it, and you have one heck of a versitile food.
I'm probably one of the world's laziest cooks, ["if it takes longer to make than to eat, it isn't worth the effort"], but even I find the stuff easy to work with.
Even fresh from the store tofu comes in textures from firm to almost liquid. After buying the appropriate tofu for the recipe you have in mind, your preperation can create all sorts of textures: crunchy, chewey, "meatlike," soft, crumbly, scrambled-egglike, &c.
Add the fact that, like potatos, tofu is a bland food that will readily take on whatever flavor you care to give it, and you have one heck of a versitile food.
I'm probably one of the world's laziest cooks, ["if it takes longer to make than to eat, it isn't worth the effort"], but even I find the stuff easy to work with.
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The Neo Nerd
Well-Known Member
Actually the very few times i have tried tofu i got the firm stuff. Soaked it in a sauce mix then pan fried them. Quite tasty on a burger. But mushys are much easier.
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The Neo Nerd
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately not for months.
Hot chips cured that craving for me.
-Q
Hot chips cured that craving for me.
-Q
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Ok, second/third day in, and I'm craving something with a soul, my body's like "WHERE IS THE MEAT?".
..when does this fade??
2/3/ days, great
Do you feel less bloated?
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
Absolutely!!2/3/ days, great
Do you feel less bloated?
I'm a bit more grouchy at the moment though.
And more picky with the food, so I might lose a bit of weight! Whee! I want to lose about 21lbs, even though I don't need to. I'm about 190lbs. I want to weigh 154lbs or so. I'm 5'7 and male, for reference.
Breathe
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sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Now you're not participating in the slaughter you can allow yourself realize how truly revolting it is to eat meat. Do and I bet the pangs won't take long to fade.
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Breathe
Hostis humani generis
I've seen an abbatoir before now. I think they're horrible things, this is partly the reason I've been wanting to become a vegetarian for so long.
That, and PETA's "Cooking Mama" game, I enjoyed making the tofu turkey.
Cooking Mama, The Unauthorized PETA Edition: Mama Kills Animals | PETA.org