Hello, I'm new too

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Hi there.

 

I just wanted to say thanks for the invitation to join the list. I've been

enjoying myself as a lurker. The recipes look great. There's a lot of funny

posts and cool-sounding people on the list. I'm not quite a vegetarian yet, but

I'm working on it. I've eaten two fishes this month, and I had been eating

chickens up until April. I stopped eating pigs and cows around Christmas time. I

feel a little better about my health, my ecological footprint, and my

spirituality the more I become conscious of my own lifestyle patterns.

 

Someone very close to me eats a mostly vegetarian diet, but she eats fishes and

other sea creatures every so often-- no cows, now pigs, no chickens. She gets

sick if there is even a hint of pig in her food (accidental, in restaurants, it

happens too frequently) -- violent intestinal cramps. She doesn't even desire to

eat meat, other than sea creature.

 

Organic foods, especially vegetables and beans, are so good! I love Trader Joe's

and Wild Oats, thanks to my close friend. I need to start buying rice and some

spices in bulk.

 

I stopped buying cow's milk back in December and switched to Silk Vanilla

Soymilk for my cereal and instant Chai teas. I don't miss milk on cereal, but I

can't seem to get over my fixations for cheese, ice cream, sour cream, and

butter. I try to buy only organic dairy products for myself, but I try not to

force my diet on others. When I go to other people's houses or eat at

restaurants I'm usually eating whatever they have. There's a coffee shop down

the street from me that has Silk available as a creamer, but rarely do places

have that option. Rice milk is okay from time to time, but I much prefer

soymilk. Vegan cheese-like stuff is good on gardenburgers, but not so good as

grilled cheese. And few foods can top Ben & Jerry's One Sweet Whirrled.

 

Vegetarians are a lot more like a social group -- one that is hard to be a part

of without learning how to live in the larger society, how to keep friendships

with meat-eating and less diet-conscious people. Some of my family members I

recently visited didn't know what to make of my diet. They didn't even seem to

understand that I don't eat any meat -- no fishes, no chickens, no beefs, no

pigs, no turtles, no deers, no lizards ad nauseum. They seemed to think that

vegetarians are some sort of skinny, faddish stylistics who don't eat red meat

and eat a lot of salads. How could I be a vegetarian (I'm about six feet, 185

pounds)?

 

Anyway, that's my first contribution. Thanks for the invitation. I'm enjoying

reading your posts.

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

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