Is Vegetarian for you?

[icehorse]

Veggie meat is gross and I don’t think I could handle a diet of tofu, lentils, beans, vegetables, seeds, and nuts on top of the grains I currently eat.

if we stopped subsidizing meat producers, a pound of beef would probably cost $40. Would your meat consumption patterns change if that was the case?

 

[Little Dragon]

That's what usually make, prawns, cod, smoked haddock, occasionally mussels and/or scallops, a white sauce and topped with mashed potatoes and a sprinkle of herbs de Provence

Always called it fish pie.

*Drools*

Fleet Admiral pie that sounds like.

 

[icehorse]

I have coeliac disease, basically, if I eat anything containing even a tiny amount of gluten, my immune system goes berserk, and mistakes the gluten particles clinging to the walls of my guts for a pathogen, and of course attempts to destroy it with antigens and enzymes. This attacks the lining of my intestines and literally dissolves them.

So, a vegetarian diet, is not a realistic option for me. As most veggie products on the market, contain gluten, either in wheat or rye or barley and a number of other cereals.

It's a shame. As I would switch to vegetarianism. I only like beef and fish anyway. I don't like chicken or pork or lamb, and never eat them.

I'm gluten free and mostly vegetarian. I easily goes for days without eating meat or fish or poultry.

 

[Little Dragon]

I'm gluten free and mostly vegetarian. I easily goes for days without eating meat or fish or poultry.

How do you do it?
Quinoa much?

 

[Little Dragon]

if we stopped subsidizing meat producers, a pound of beef would probably cost $40. Would your meat consumption patterns change if that was the case?

What about invertebrate burgers? Insects are low cost and high volume!

 

[icehorse]

How do you do it?
Quinoa much?

including but not limited to: refried beans, cheese, eggs..

 

[Jimmy]

if we stopped subsidizing meat producers, a pound of beef would probably cost $40. Would your meat consumption patterns change if that was the case?

Probably stop drinking water too and eating bread

 

[icehorse]

How do you do it?
Quinoa much?

including but not limited to: refried beans, cheese, eggs..

What about invertebrate burgers? Insects are low cost and high volume!

ha ha - love it - my palate is not yet that evolved

 

[icehorse]

Probably stop drinking water too and eating bread

??

 

[Little Dragon]

including but not limited to: refried beans, cheese, eggs..

Ah, I dislike cheese and will eat egg, if it's an ingredient in a (gluten free) cake or cookie.
Refried beans though. Yes.

 

[Little Dragon]

ha ha - love it - my palate is not yet that evolved

I had chocolate covered ants in Vietnam, a few years ago, and roasted peanut brittle covered scorpion, onna stick.
Not as bad as you might expect.

 

[ChristineM]

Quinoa much?

The supermarkets have just recently started selling quinoa with nuts and crisp vegetables. It's lovely with salads

 

[JustGeorge]

They're salt water fish though.

Wouldn't work, then. Freshwater tank.

Saltwater tanks are pretty, but way too expensive.

 

[Little Dragon]

Wouldn't work, then. Freshwater tank.

Saltwater tanks are pretty, but way too expensive.

Exactly. I keep fish too. Love my tropical aquarium. So relaxing. Can watch em for hours.

 

[Vinayaka]

I have coeliac disease, basically, if I eat anything containing even a tiny amount of gluten, my immune system goes berserk, and mistakes the gluten particles clinging to the walls of my guts for a pathogen, and of course attempts to destroy it with antigens and enzymes. This attacks the lining of my intestines and literally dissolves them.

So, a vegetarian diet, is not a realistic option for me. As most veggie products on the market, contain gluten, either in wheat or rye or barley and a number of other cereals.

It's a shame. As I would switch to vegetarianism. I only like beef and fish anyway. I don't like chicken or pork or lamb, and never eat them.

I'm a gluten free vegetarian. Not all that hard for me. I don't eat fake meats.

 

[Little Dragon]

I'm a gluten free vegetarian. Not all that hard for me. I don't eat fake meats.

Lucky old you.
Got any advice for someone who dislikes dairy and eggs?

 

[Heyo]

For anyone interested, here's a chart of the various kinds of vegan/vegetarian/semi-vegetarian diets.

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My diet is currently lacto-ovo vegetarian.

My vegetarian phase started with me not eating tuna. How do you call that?

 

[John53]

My vegetarian phase started with me not eating tuna. How do you call that?

Depends if you switched to dolphin.

 

[Vinayaka]

Lucky old you.
Got any advice for someone who dislikes dairy and eggs?

I hated eggs since I was a kid, and I grew up on a farm. The only way I could force them down was scramble wit a ton of ketchup on them to balance the yuck. I don't do dairy milk, but love my oat milk. We do a lot of veggies, dals (lentils) and a variety of rices. I think the secret really is spice. I buy dried basil a kg at a time on-line, but basics like chili flakes, turmeric, coriander, and good old salt and black pepper are also
'go to' s. We do a lot of adding to the very basics like potatoes and oatmeal. Oatmeal with berries and nuts can be awesome.

 

[Heyo]

Depends if you switched to dolphin.

I especially didn't eat tuna because they drowned dolphins when fishing with nets. At that time at least. Today it's pretty save to eat tuna without being responsible for dead dolphins.