Fat vegetarians, getting veggier, and tastes like chi...

[Guest guest]

Jayelle,

 

1) I'm chubby too! If people think it's weird for a vegetarian to not be

stick thin, just bring up the panda thing! ;-) I also lost a little weight

after

going veggie, though.

 

2) Animals rights is what got me into vegetarianism. I still consume dairy

and eggs ('cause it would be very hard to avoid them in my current living

situation with my family of omnivores), but I won't wear fur, leather, etc.

 

3) I love mock meats, but that's just my thing. I was raised on meat, but

the idea of eating something that once lived, breathed, and still deserved to

do so really started to make me feel very guilty for eating meat for 15 years,

so I stopped eating real meat in October of 2005. It made me glad that I

could get mock meats, especially when I'd be making one of Grandma's old

favorites and it called for some kinda meat...great example, on my birthday, we

all

had chicken casserole made with Morningstar Farms " chicken " (or as they call

it, chik'n) instead of the real thing. I've used silken tofu to make eggless

" egg " salad before.

 

***Sara***

 

In a message dated 5/17/2006 11:06:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

jayelle3 writes:

 

 

I have three topics on my mind that relate to vegetarianism, so I'm

sharing them all.

 

1. Is anyone else here a fat vegetarian? I'm losing weight, but that's

because I'm moving more and not eating as much junk as I have in the

past. And then people get surprised that I'm vegetarian because I'm

chubby. It's actually one of the reasons I don't talk about it much,

because I don't want to be ridiculed.

 

A few days ago, my mom reminded me that the pandas I love are chubby

vegetarians (wish I could be as cute and confident as Mei Xiang, the

National Zoo's mama panda!), and so was the Buddha. Meanwhile, my

omnivore wife's weight hovers around 95 pounds!

 

2. I've been getting slowly more interested in whole foods and how my

food is made, and less interested in animal products of any kind. I eat

vegetarian for health reasons, but lately, I've felt a bit grossed out

at the idea of putting leather on my feet. I'm also looking out for

cheese that says " microbial rennet " or " no animal rennet " or " suitable

for vegetarians " --I used to not really care about how the cheese was

made. How have others' tastes and views on these matters evolved?

 

3. Let's say there's a carnivorous thing you've never liked, such as,

in my case, chicken of any kind, scrambled eggs, and tuna salad. Would

you try a veggie version of these things, if it purported to have a

similar taste and texture? I've given Quorn a chance and liked it

okay--it also makes my beloved happy--but the idea of scrambled tofu or

vegetarian tuna salad makes me literally queasy.

 

There's gotta be some discussion here!

 

Blessed be,

 

Jayelle

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have never really liked eggs however I do like scrambled tofu every once

in a while. To me it does not taste like eggs. I saute up some onions,

garlic, peppers if I have them and maybe some sliced potatoes season with some

salt, pepper, basil, sage, maybe some of the tandoori seasoning I have eat and

enjoy. I would never eat an egg and I don't like french toast as it is to

eggy for me. I do like vegan french toast.

 

Gayle