By preference, I eat little meat. I probably wouldn’t cook it at all if hubby wasn’t by choice a “meat and potatoes” man. In fact, when we met, I wasn’t eating meat at all and realized that he wasn’t going to live on vegetables, beans, eggs and cheese. I can’t call myself a vegetarian, certainly not a vegan, I do enjoy cheese, use milk in my coffee and some teas, and eat eggs from my hens. If I prepare meat for him or for guests, I will generally eat a small portion, but will like as not, order a meatless meal when we go out and often will fix him a meat portion and just eat the vegetables myself.
I understand that people choose not to eat meat or any animal protein for various reasons. Some for ethical reasons, some for health, others I just don’t understand. When shopping in the local grocery, in the “hippy section,” to get milk and butter, I see vegan “cheese” and TVP shaped like chicken nuggets or hamburgers and I don’t understand. If you like the taste and texture of meat and cheese, then eat meat and cheese. If you are avoiding animal products for ethical reasons, then why pretend that you are eating animal protein. You don’t need soya products to get your protein. It can be easily obtained by selection of beans, rice, legumes and vegetables.
If you are a TVP eating vegan or vegetarian, please explain to me your rational, I just don’t get it.
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