I'm not a vegetarian because I like the taste of meat, plus it's more practical than limiting myself to something.
See, I'm not 100% sure that's a good argument. Meat is naturally tasty because it hits everything humans want (salt, fat, and other stuff) and humans have evolved to want to eat as much meat as possible (due to scarcity of it). While vegetables are built to not be tasty to other things. It feels... sort of wrong/defeatist/linear (I am not sure on the word) to go, "whelp, I guess I'm built to do a thing, so time to go do it".
I'm not entirely sure I have the right thoughts or correct words behind this.
I feel I'd rather eat a variety or foods, though. This only a certain small group of them. I don't think having variety is bad.
But you have variety. You're excluding at most only a few ingredients (types of animal carcasses). And as a result you're probably adding many more kinds of food to your diet to round out your meals. Most people eating veg eat a much greater variety of food than people eating meat.
shadowsword87 posted...
Zeus posted...
I'm not a vegetarian because I like the taste of meat, plus it's more practical than limiting myself to something.
See, I'm not 100% sure that's a good argument. Meat is naturally tasty because it hits everything humans want (salt, fat, and other stuff) and humans have evolved to want to eat as much meat as possible (due to scarcity of it). While vegetables are built to not be tasty to other things. It feels... sort of wrong/defeatist/linear (I am not sure on the word) to go, "whelp, I guess I'm built to do a thing, so time to go do it".
I'm not entirely sure I have the right thoughts or correct words behind this.
Chocolate cake tastes good but I'm not eating it every day. The tastes good argument is silly. So many things taste good that are terrible for you and most people know better than to eat them often. Not meat and cheese though...
As for variety, I get some. I'm only excluded animal meat, but it can be cooked so many way to taste very different. Vegetables and fruits can be cooked a couple ways, but taste to similar for me. And I rather have stuff that taste good. I rather eat food I like and die younger instead of eat foods I don't like and live miserable.
I disagree on the limited ways to prepare plants in different tasting ways thing but I've got a lot more experience with cooking them at this point.
They taste good to me and I don't feel like I'm missing out by passing on the meat. Not everyone will agree. Does meat taste good? Sure it can. Does it taste so good that it justifies killing an animal and risking health issues? Not for me. That's personal preference. ---