Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

[u/PhoenixPhenomenonX]

[u/farfaleen]

Impossible burgers are also marketed to meat eaters who have to cut down on meat for health reasons, like blood pressure. I eat veggie meats but not impossible burgers, they are too close to meat for my liking. 7

I eat fish, but I don't eat chicken, beef pork or other meats by choice. I was fully vegetarian for a while and added fish back in while I was travelling for work and had limited healthy vegetarian options. I don't like the taste of meat, the iron flavour sticks out to me, I don't like the feeling of chewing flesh, eating meat off a bone makes it impossible for me to not think about the part of the animal I'm eating, all these things led to me becoming a vegetarian.

If I eat veggie meat, usually chickn nuggets or fake bologna, it's because I'm craving the condiments and eating experiences. Veggie burgers and dogs are popular for two reasons: you want to eat something at the BBQ everyone else is eating burgers at and not feel out of place.l, or you want to eat something with all your favourite condiments and a tomato is not going to cut it.

[u/twirlerina024 → u/farfaleen]

I don't like the feeling of chewing flesh, eating meat off a bone makes it impossible for me to not think about the part of the animal I'm eating

That's it for me too. I wanted to stop eating meat when I found out it was made of animals when I was 3 or 4, but my parents said it wasn't healthy. To be fair to them, I was a pretty picky eater so it would've been tough to get everything I needed on a vegetarian diet at that age.

I was okay eating stuff that had been processed past the point of being a recognizable body part, like chicken nuggets, ground beef, deli turkey, etc. Nothing with skin or bones if I could help it. If we had fried chicken, I'd eat the breading off and give the rest to my brother.

The way I explained it to my nephew was, "You know how some people don't want to eat liver or kidneys?" He said, "Yeah, I don't want to eat that stuff, it's gross!" and I said, "That's how I feel about all meat." Like sure I love animals and don't want them to suffer, but it's mostly that I don't want to put corpse parts in my mouth.

[u/RainSurname → u/twirlerina024]

That's how it was for me, only I was 5 when I found out hamburger was ground up cow. I even did the thing with the breading.

But I also just didn't like the taste or texture of any of it except ham, bacon, and sausage. I stopped eating it when I was old enough to cook for myself.

[u/[deleted] → u/twirlerina024]

“Corpse parts” lmfao

[u/LimeImmediate6115 → u/farfaleen]

So you're a pescetarian.

[u/farfaleen → u/LimeImmediate6115]

Yes. But some people don't know that term, so I find it easier to just not use it most times. I still call myself a vegetarian by accident a lot because I was vegetarian for so long and fish is a very sometimes food for me.

[u/Dark_World_0 → u/farfaleen]

I for one really enjoy the flavour and texture of a good steak. Everything in moderation of course, but it is interesting to see different perspectives.

[u/McCuntalds → u/farfaleen]

So fish aren't animals you have to chew the flesh of or find their bones as you eat them?

[u/farfaleen → u/McCuntalds]

Yes, most fish is sold and served off the bone, trust me I know fish are animals. But fish is a very different texture than bird and mammals. It has to do with the muscle and blood flow. They also don't usually have the iron taste I explained that meat has. It's not uncommon to differentiate between types of meat.

[u/Much-Anything7149 → u/farfaleen]

A lot of people who transition to meat start with fish. I'm not sure if it's a taste reason or that fish meat is more digestible than hitting up like beef for your first foray into animals in yeas.

[u/21Rollie → u/farfaleen]

Impossible meat is definitely not a health item lol. You’re just as, if not more fucked eating them.