Alright, I confess
I am a vegetarian who cheats; I will happily eat fish (Piscitarian? Pescetarian? Nobody knows what it means when I say it, so Veggie is easier all around.)

Now I get a lot of stick from my buddies as I have never tried any meat and don't have any desire to do so. This has nothing to do with ickle fluffy cows and sheeps, I couldn't care less about veal, foie gras and all the other things that taste better because things suffered for them. I'll happily watch my firends chow down on most anything and I absolutely support real fur coat wearers (For crying out loud - if that stuff is so good at keeping rats warm, then why should we all settle for cotton?)

The only reason I don't eat meat is because it seems very easy to eat some real crap as a carnivore (Kebabs anyone? And I don't care how wonderful they seem at 3:30am, you have to realise that they're probably made of donkey lips, right?)

As I am now, I eat lots of 'healthy' veggies and get a reasonably balanced diet, also I can eat like a big dustbin and not gain weight. Yes, you can see my ribs. No it doesn't bother me and if you think I'm anorexic then you can stop being a silly bugger and piss right off.

Despite being a veggie all my life, I have certainly had to make an effort to acquire some tastes that just didn't work out for me when I was younger - mushrooms, garlic and all the wonders of herbs are now a big part of my diet. There are only two things that I can recall which I will avoid wherever possible - Peaches as the fuzz just gives me a nails-down-a-blackboard shudder and blue cheese because it's a bit pungent for my tastes.

As an addendum, I tried sushi (specifically sashimi) for the first time last week, and while I've certainly had more enjoyable meals, I feel that it's a taste I may try to acquire. After all, anything that looks that good on a plate MUST be healthy and wonderful, right?
(Kendal, Fri 2 Mar 2007, 10:19, Reply)