Does the Vegetarian Trait affect anything besides food choices?
Trubble:
I get the overreaction too. I'm a vegetarian because of, like others, fat globules and weird veins and such, and I don't like the way the meat is produced. I appreciate it's somewhat necessary for society, but choose not to partake in that system. I don't think it's wrong to eat meat, I just choose not to.
Anyway, I eat the fake meats on the market (Quorn, Linda McCartney), no weird unidentifiable bits, just some somewhat tasty protein like substance that hasn't hurt anyone. The amount of preaching I get from meat eaters just because I eat these products! "Why do you do that if you don't like meat?" "It boggles my mind that people eat those when they're vegetarian, why not just eat the real thing?"
Drives me up the wall, there's a guy at work who seems to forget conversations he's had and brings it up every couple of months. I guess my explanation isn't good enough, but hey, they don't really taste like meat and don't have the weird bits, I'm a vegetarian for mostly ethical reasons, it prevents arguments about dinner with my carnivorous boyfriend (he seems happy to put up with the fake meat as a compromise) and why the hell shouldn't veggies eat these products? That's who they're made for!
Ironically, it's harder to survive on candy over here in the UK, what with the lack of ethics belonging to Nestle, and the fact that the majority of Mars products aren't suitable for vegetarians. That leaves Cadbury. Also any jelly sweets the majority of the time have gelatin in. The thing I miss the most being vegetarian is marshmallows of all things.
Zazazu:
This is why you quit being one of those ethical ones. I can eat all the marshmallows I want.
SolaceDevotio:
Quote from: magic cookie on 2009 July 02, 10:25:50
The problem wouldn't be eating protein, but red meat eaten in large quantities, trans fats ect.
There is very very little trans fat in meat. It occurs mostly in things like margarine and shortening, popular among many vegetarians who shun dairy.
Silverdrake:
You can get marshmallows made with carageenan instead of gelatin.
caterpillar:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2009 July 02, 14:54:53
This is why you quit being one of those ethical ones. I can eat all the marshmallows I want.
Marshmallows are one of those things I won't eat because of the texture. I don't care that they're made of gelatin, I just think they're nasty.
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