Meat-free Monday

[kwaka_crasher]

Why? The logic behind it stacks up pretty well.

No, it doesn't. Meat is delicious and nutritious and an excellent source of protein.

Having some vego meals is a) good for your health, and b) more globally equitable.

There's no evidence it's better for your health to skip eating meat one night a week. As for 'globally equitable' I have no idea what this buzz phrase is supposed to mean (and really don't much care to) but it seems that you're suggesting that by eating meat we're somehow taking something from someone else, most likely those in third world countries. That actually fits in nicely with my philosphy of fuck the poor.

We can't all have steak dinners every night... just not enough resources to raise all that beef. (Leave aside the environmental damage, pollution, and water issues). Plus it'll save you money if you do it right.

Who is having steak dinners every night? That would get awfully boring. As would tofu, lentils and mung beans. As for saving money, meh, who cares. I earned it - I'll spend it how I want.

Or are you just having a juvenile sulk at the prospect of someone advising you on how to operate your life?

Exactly what is juvenille about telling busy-body celebrities to mind their own fucking business regarding what people decide to do with their own lives whilst hypocritically wasting resources on their own pursuits?

Speaking of which, Lucy Clueless can go fuck herself.

Gahhh! Why do I bother? This debate isn't about being a vegetarian (I'm not), but about whether having one meatless meal a week is a terminal threat to one's manhood. Clearly many here have not yet attained a level of evolution sufficient to even take this concept on.

Fucked if I know why you bother. But it's not a threat to manhood but a threat to our freedom of choice. I'm not giving the inch that leads to the mile.

It's actually purely because of evolution that we recognise the role meat plays in our existance.

[Blackflagged]

Damn, Subway's Sub of the day for Monday is meatballs

Thats right it is to! Might skip the Beer instead.

[Jantar]

Sigh. Do I have to do everything for you?

Ratatouille (kids favourite vego meal).
Indian or Thai style curry (dhal or beans, typically). Heaps of Indian options... there's a lot of vegos in India.
Vegetarian Pizza.
Vego Quesadillas or Burritos. Or even Fajitas, but you need to substitute mushrooms for the meat and I'm not convinced that's so great.
Baked Potatoes - even if you have to put some bacon bits or ham on them they're at least a low meat meal.
Many, many pasta options. Improvise.
Stir Frys.
For lunches, homemade soup and homemade bread. Or kale, pine-nut and blue cheese pastries. I love these.
Pies - spinach, potato and feta, for example.
Felafel and rice.
Macaroni Cheese.
Pesto (on pasta or bread). Broad bean, parmesan and mint a personal favourite.
Quiche - not strict vego, but no meat.
Tostadas.
Hot and Sour chinese/vietnamese soup with udon noodles.
Potato curry and homemade roti. Fun to make and delicious.

No shortage of options if you're willing.

But there is no food listed there at all. Only side dishes to accompany the food.

[EgliHonda]

Damn, Subway's Sub of the day for Monday is meatballs

Pretty sure that's as close to vegetarian as you can get, aint much 'meat' in them meatballs... Actually, next time you're bored, take a look at the subway 'bacon'. Don't know what it's made of, but every strip is identical, the pink and white stripes must be painted on in some giant assembly line.

Subway is just McD's without the burgers, and no sexually ambiguous former chubster fronting the ads will convince me it is healthy. If you don't want pie and chips cos you're a fat bastard go down the local bakery/cafe instead and get a proper bread roll with real food inside it...

[Swoop]

save the planet Paul McCartney style....fukkem and the horse he rode in on

Unfortunately, last Friday I had a vegetarian meal...

The catering staff really dropped the clanger and provided vegetarian sausages.
#1: They taste FUCKING DISGUSTING! No other way of describing it.
#2: The past three days have been a fart-fest. I now have a much better understanding of the saying "farting like a vegitarian" as it has much truth to it. Having watched people graze through a massive plate of greenery and been subjected to their ozone-depleting, greenhouse-effecting, global warming farts, I am unimpressed.

When I say the sausages were fucking disgusting, I was not kidding.

[The Pastor]

I have pasta everynow and again. Its pretty good.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Speaking of which, Lucy Clueless can go fuck herself.

OK, I will take one for the team and sort that shit out for you. A dirty job (and it would be verrrrrry dirty) but someone's gotta do it. It would be like climbing a big mountain*: exciting, dangerous, but so worth it for the view from on top.





*well two big mountains.


do you think if I asked nicely she'd wear the Xena costume?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Pretty sure that's as close to vegetarian as you can get, aint much 'meat' in them meatballs... Actually, next time you're bored, take a look at the subway 'bacon'. Don't know what it's made of, but every strip is identical, the pink and white stripes must be painted on in some giant assembly line.

Subway is just McD's without the burgers, and no sexually ambiguous former chubster fronting the ads will convince me it is healthy. If you don't want pie and chips cos you're a fat bastard go down the local bakery/cafe instead and get a proper bread roll with real food inside it...

A-men brutha!

[Ixion]

I actually ate half a vegetarian pizza the other day, without realising what it was.

[James Deuce]

I actually ate half a vegetarian pizza the other day, without realising what it was.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Medic! Man down!

[Ixion]

Actually, it tasted OK. Dunno how they did it. Almost like real food. That's how come I got half way through without realisng what i wa doing. Then I had to rush out and wash my throat out with bleach

[rainman]

Just had one final thought. Given the fossil fuel intensity of modern industrial agriculture, and the fact that in the medium term (at best) some of those inputs will be getting a great deal more expensive, you determined lads who can't imagine a life with less meat... will either be reaching way deeper into your pockets, or learning some new options.

[Jantar]

....you determined lads who can't imagine a life with less meat... will either be reaching way deeper into your pockets, or learning some new options.

We already grow more sheep than we can eat. Plenty of rabbits etc. Overall we only buy about half the meat we eat.

[davebullet]

I actually ate half a vegetarian pizza the other day, without realising what it was.

To stop the whining, I considered eating half a vegetarian the other day. How about we have cannibalistic Mondays instead?

[Jantar]

Im believe I am a vegetarian. I only eat those animals that eat grass or other vegetation.