I’ve actually come across one of the in-your-face-no-meat-near-me vegetarians I was eating a hamburger in a diner near my office a couple of years ago, minding my own business and reading a book when this individual came up to me, took my burger and threw it away, while railing about the inhumanity and ethical shortcomings of meat-eaters.
I was irked. Also somewhat surprised - I mean, it was kind of random.
Also hungry.
The diner people gave me a new burger though, so it all worked out.
I love the smell of fried chicken, but the smell of just about any other meat puts me off. I’m not around the smell of meat very often though, as I only cook for myself at home and rarely got to public barbecues or any other place where I’d be likely to encounter.
The good veggie pepperoni is the Lightlife Brand. It comes in a package, several hundred slices at a time. You have to heat it in the microwave for just the right length of time or else it burns, but when you get it right it tastes delicious. This contrasts sharply with the fake pepperoni that Boca puts on their prepackaged pizza, which tastes like burnt cardboard.
[QUOTE=AangelicaThe diner people gave me a new burger though, so it all worked out.[/QUOTE]
Good Lord! I hope Mr. Sanctimonious saw you getting the new burger and understood that he’d just increased the demand for meat in his own small way.
This is what I don’t get about these folks: their tactics don’t work. If they were actually saving cows, at least I could admire their competence, but they almost inevitably backfire. How dumb do ya gotta be to do that stuff?
vege for health reasons and loves the smell and taste of meat
vege for moral reasons and likes the smell (and wants it, or doesn’t want to be tempted)
vege for moral reasons, and likes the smell but feels guilty about it
vege for moral reasons and finds meat disgusting
vege just because they hate the smell and taste
Re: guests. I agree there are assholes who verbally or physically attack people who diagree with them, who I’d rather not spend time with. However, if I had a friend who couldn’t bear to see $foo eaten, I wouldn’t necessarily never invite them round; I’d ideally try to occasionally produce a foo-free meal, treating it like a quirk I have to work round. Of course, I’m thinking of someone who let this be known before hand rather than someone who turns up and is all passive-aggressive in trying to blackmail everyone else into caving to their demands at the last minute.
Do you remember the taste of something that you haven’t eaten for all of your adult life? Probably not, unless it was something you really loved.
I remember eating it, I just can’t specifically remember the taste anymore. All of the fake meat I’ve eaten since then has sort of erased the memory because of how similar it is. Plus, my palate has changed a lot since then.
My brother-in-law became a vegetarian in his late 20’s. While working in South Wales before moving there permanently, he used regularly to travel by train to and from where my sister lived (in Whitstable). The brakes on the trains between Newport and Paddington - known as “InterCity 125s” (because their top speed is 125 mph) - give off a peculiar smell. The brother-in-law swore blind that the smell was exactly the same as frying bacon.
I was eating a hamburger in a diner near my office a couple of years ago, minding my own business and reading a book when this individual came up to me, took my burger and threw it away, while railing about the inhumanity and ethical shortcomings of meat-eaters.