I_HATE_CHEESE 0 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Are you? howzit living in a carnivous country like this one? what are your tips, places to shop etc? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Was vegetarian until I came to Japan, but found it too much hassle living amongst the Buddhists who never kill, without sufficient Japanese to point out that pork is not a vegetable. Link to post Share on other sites
I_HATE_CHEESE 0 Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 sorry no used to be column, chuck it under the "kind of/ want to be" choice. Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I could easily be veggie, if I was back home. Not here though, must be very difficult. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Are some of those real words? You made them up, didn't you? Link to post Share on other sites
fantastic 0 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 I'm a very fussy meat-eater. I won't touch lots of the crap that comes in the form of katsudon and the 'meat'on ramen, Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Red blooded meat eater. Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 i'm a semi-vego. we never have cook meat at home, but have fish once or twice a week. never order meat dishes when out. but meat dashi/stock is fine. i have also eaten tebasaki(sp?) in the past. i decided to loosen up and start eating some chicken, but it never really caught on. i would eat chicken again if i really felt the urge. just don't seem to get the urge. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Not keen on pork myself. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I was a vegetarian for 4 years until I moved here. I tried to keep at it for about 6 months, but it was just too difficult. I still try to limit my meat intake, but it is almost impossible to get food without meat in it at a lot of Japanese restaurants. I've tried to ask for Ramen without the pork slices, but they just look at me funny and put it in anyway. Even the veggie Yakisobas have meat in them. Hell, even the sushi has meat in it! Nevermind on the last one. Yeah, it's tough out here. When I move back to the states I plan on going back to being an herbivore though. I felt so much better when I wasn't eating meat. Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 It can be done, even here. Its just more difficult than elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I'm not a veggie, but often do actually choose veggie meals on menus when I'm back home. They are often some of the best out there. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I use only vegetables when I cook. Chicken is OK sometimes. I prefer meat when I dine out, fish at my parents' home. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I like to eat/cook fish but i find it stinks out the house unless I clean up and dispose of the remains immediately. I cook fish maybe once every three months. I'm not a veggie but I am careful to only eat good quality meat - I think this distinguishes me from people who eat lots of cheap meat/burgers/sausages etc. I really find that kind of thing repulsive. Link to post Share on other sites
DrEvil 0 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I'm also a fussy meat-eater. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Dr Evil, if you were a fussy Gin drinker, you could also be a Beefeater! Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I've been a vegetarian for 11 years now. Started when I gradumated high school. Before I went to Japan, I had been veg for 9, vegan for 7, but I knew there was no way I could manage once I got there, so I gave in on fish and eggs, and that was fine, really, there is fish, or fish sauce in just about everything, so I figured "might as well enjoy it." Granted I knew that there was meat bits or meat stock in almost everything as well (karee raisu, raamen), but I chose to play dumb on those items. All in all, with this laid back chuto hampa veggie attitude, I got along just fine. Link to post Share on other sites
Accrington Stanley 0 Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 At college I had a veggie phase, it had more to do with funds than anything else. But I just love a good steak. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 This one sums me up pretty good. Quote: would like to be/kind of a vego/mostly avoid meat- but not really vego Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Definitely not veggie - I love meat. Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Can someone explain to me the reasons why someone would choose to eat fish but not chicken or red meat? (unless its just a flavor thing). Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 I've turned veggie since I came here. Mainly because I find the quality of the meat served here on the whole GROSS. So I've been forced into it, but admitedly enjoying it. I'll still eat meat if it looks good, but on the whole I hate it. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by guzzlers-baps: Can someone explain to me the reasons why someone would choose to eat fish but not chicken or red meat? (unless its just a flavor thing). Here are a few reasons. . . 1) Fish meat is healthier, cleaner, and easier to digest than chicken, beef, or pork. 2) Fish generally live free in their natural environment, whereas chickens live in deplorable conditions, and are treated inhumanely - they have their beaks and wings clipped and are often pumped full of hormones and antibiotics. Cows are likewise pumped full or hormones and antibiotics. Pigs live in the worst conditions of all - kept in wire cages stacked to the ceiling. 3) Religious reasons. . . Link to post Share on other sites
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