Saturday, August 14, 2010

Vegetarianism

After eating a salad today for dinner I realised that I don't eat meat much. It's not that I don't like it, or I'm against the slaughtering of animals, I just want to be healthy. I can go about a week without eating any meat at all and not even notice.
First of all, I hate cows. They are smelly. Steak, gross. Burgers, gross. Ground beef, gross but I'll eat it. Roast beef, yummy. I guess I'm kind of a hypocrite, because I like roast beef (and those cantina steak tacos from Taco Bell), but I don't really care. I will eat what I like, I won't eat what I don't like, and I will speak of it all.
But that's nothing new, I have never liked steak or hamburgers. On hamburger day, my parents always made mac and cheese and hot dogs for us kids.
*Side note: I watched a show on how they made hot dogs. It was gross. Call me crazy, but I still eat them, they are yummy lol.
I would totally become vegetarian if I didn't like fish (any kind of seafood) so much. You could call me a pescitarian, but I also like chicken. That and pork are reasons I could never become a herbivore.
Yes I like pork. I like pork and I like ham. I don't eat much turkey, even at Thanksgiving. My grandma makes a bomb ham, so I'm usually eating that.
Back to cows. I don't like milk. I was forced to drink milk as a child, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Lots of people still like it, but for me, it's sooo gross. When I was around 6 or 7 years old, my daycare took a field trip to a dairy farm. Yeah, totally bad experience when we toured the cow milking building (whatever you call it). The stench was so horrible, I can still remember it. After that I continued to drink straight white milk until I discovered the wonderful world of chocolate syrup, and I never looked back. I also must be lactose intolerant, because dairy does some funky stuff in my tummy that probably shouldn't be discussed here due to the graphic nature of the subject..
I don't have much protein in my diet. I don't like peanut butter. I think it stems from working at Keva Juice, details being cleaning blenders and washing wet peanut butter down the drain. *Shudder* Sorry, gag. Not to ruin your experience or anything. Also, I don't like eggs. UNLESS they're in the form of hard boiled only. Which takes time, so I cook about half a dozen at a time. I don't sprinkle anything on them, just eat them plain. Yummy.
I don't have much of a sweet tooth. I get a slight tummy ache from half of a Krispy Kreme. Pathetic, right? To me it's a blessing. I have a decreased risk for Type 2 diabetes lol. Among other factors, but really, I'm not craving sugar or sweets all the time.
Caffiene. The 'big C'. I usually don't drink coffee unless it's from Starbucks, and even that's rare these days, since I'm all out of Starbucks money. Tea, I will drink. I love tea, and I have lots of it. One word: chocolate. Need I say more.
Bottom line: I don't think I could ever be vegetarian or vegan.

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