h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

If you're going to eat meat (and I am) HFW's approach is the only one that is defensible - proper, good husbandry of the animal, prepared and cooked with care in smaller quantities than have become normal, less frequently. And with as much of the animal used as possible.

**warning - standard rant coming up**
As a society, we've delegated the work of deciding what is worthwhile eating to the supermarkets and fast food outlets and they've (understandably, given they're in it for profit) sold us what's profitable to them. The willful ignorance of consumers allied to the profit-led raising of animals has led to the state we're in now.
**rant over**

Reclaim the meats!

I don't mind carnavores, as long as you accept what you're doing by eating meat. And if you make an attempt to stick to the foodchain as nature intened -by beinglees wasteful- then so much the better. I've vegiatrian because I -can't- accept what I was doing as a carnavore. What can I say, that's what you get for being sweet-natured.

Pink Ferret, you being unhealthy has absolutely /nothing/ at all to do with your being vegetarian.
Vegetarians are on average /healthier/ than meat eaters. We live on average seven years longer.
Humans are not 50/50 omnivores but opportunists, eating meat when we come across an easy source of it.

I've only been vegitarian for about 7 months, I haven't adapted to it yet, and have lost huge amounts of weight. I'm too stupid to eat enough food, anyway.

You will lose weight but it's because a vegetarian diet, if properly done, is good for you

I know that, except I've always been underweight anyway, and now I'm getting dangerously thin -all of my bones are clearly visible. I'm a shade under 6' tall and I weigh 54 kg.

You're obviously not eating right then

I have a Vegetarian friend (are you out there Mr. Casual?) who is on the heavy side and has stayed that way on a strictly vege diet. At first it was due to the fact that he included dairy but now that he's Vegan he still maintains his weight. High carbs and oils seem to do it, he makes his own pirogis and likes them swimming in margarine, eats whole plates of gomaee with extra sesame seeds, has massive curries. I suppose you can gain weight on most any diet given enough content and lack of exercise.

I can testify to that.

Ah. I'm just a small build anyway, but as a vegitarian I forget I have to compensate for a diet with less fat.

Cream on cereal in mornings
Potatoes/ravioli dripping in butter with black pepper
ice cream
chocolate
full cream milk
orange juice ....

Mmmm.... Not to mention avacado pizza...

yuch. Nononno. Rocket n olive n pineapple.

Hmmm.....Personally I'm addicted to toasted samwiches with creamed corn, cheese and relish. They're delisious and, hes the good part, I can cook them easily. I can make pizza too but I never have the stuff I need. I'm not much of a cook, anyway, my Mum hates having me cooking in HER kitchen. (She's a cook by trade, that explains it) so I tend to survive off the student diet-frozen this, instant that, easy to make stuff...

Might be showing my ignorance here, but what IS creamed corn?

Um, it's a sorta Kiwi thing. Imagine mushy peas, but with corn.

*grimaces*

mushy peas are the spawn of a demonic entity of your choice.

I know. I never understood English.

And just for the record, I hate mushy peas...

Creamed corn is not a Kiwi thing, it's a US thing. And a Canadian thing, although not originally. Real and original Canadian things are poutine, Beaver Tails (not meat, btw), and salmon jerky. So there.

And mushy peas are indeed Hellspawn unless they are made correctly, are mouth searingly hot, and are eaten in conjunction with chips and tomato sauce.