The weening ourselves off meat thread (ROLLING)

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#24

Not into stand up?

#25

Having a pulled pork bap tonight (except itā€™s not pork- itā€™s king oyster mushrooms, shredded in BBQ sauce).

Itā€™s really good.

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#26

Iā€™m slowly getting there. My wife is vegetarian and my eldest is practically a vegan now. So partly forced on me through ease and partly through my own desires to be more environmentally conscious, my meat consumption has decreased drastically.

Iā€™m not sure Iā€™ll ever go full vegetarian, simply because Iā€™m weak-willed and pathetic, but only having meat once week or on special occasions, is working for me.

Tonight we are having this:

https://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/view/recipe/indian-masala-roast-carrots

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#27

I only eat meat very very rarely now (and never usually in the house) but if Iā€™m eating out Iā€™ll have fish/ seafood. After making a decision to cut down and support my bf who became vege, I actually find Iā€™ve completely gone off meat and canā€™t stomach the thought of a steak now.)

#28

It was picking through some chicken thighs to get rid of some tendons or something that made a switch go in my head. Couldnā€™t get over how minging it was any more.

Letā€™s see if it sticks.

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#31

I didnā€™t see this programme, but in the fields next to my parentā€™s house there are cows, for a few months when I was a kid there was one with a hole in its side, which used to have to poo poking through, and it was very unpleasant to see. Thanks for the memories.

#32

When I ate meat I didnā€™t eat very much dairy. I am finding it really hard not to eat lots of dairy now that I donā€™t really eat meat, because I find it crops up in a lot of veggie recipes (and feels like a ā€˜rewardā€™ element of a meal in the absence of other animal produce.) Iā€™m not sure which is better/ worse (meat/dairy). But I do know I need to get back on top of my dairy consumption soon, however hard as it might be. After Christmas Iā€™ll give it a much better attempt.

#33

Iā€™ve been vegetarian for about 2 years now and was ridiculously dairy and egg heavy at first. Still use a bit of cheese and butter in cooking but have completely stopped buying cows milk now, and massively cut down on other dairy. Still eat a fuck load of eggs but theyā€™re a bit healthier and better environmentally

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#34

Also- quick general question, but I recently had vegan ramen at a place that was lovely and I asked what they used for the ā€˜meatyā€™ bits and it was TVP. Is this stuff really really bad for you or what? I looked online and saw some pretty scary claims about how bad it is for you. I thought it tasted lovely and could be the answer to my prayers for a lot of my cooking. But obviously if itā€™s going to kill me I wonā€™t bother, probably.

#35

Iā€™ve never been a milk consumer in milk form, but I am struggling so so much with cheese.

#37

Stopped buying stock cheddar cause it just goes so quickly. We have veggie pecorino/parmesan in for generic pasta, then buy small amounts of good stuff from the deli when we want cheese and crackers

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#39

Found it quite easy to cut down on meat. Since January Iā€™ve one meat dish a week unless its a special occasion (which hasnā€™t happened that much). Gonna get that down to none unless its a special occasion next year (donā€™t really feel comfortable turning meat down if me mam is cooking for example). Will also do vegan at least half of the week.

Iā€™ve got no health conditions though and Iā€™m not a fussy eater so itā€™ll obviously be more difficult for others.

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#40

this lad had a kind of grommet with a rubber plug and you could just pull out the plug and see how the digesting was doing.

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#41

Long term vegetarian here (twenty five years) but itā€™s only in the last eighteen months or so Iā€™ve made a concerted effort to cut down on dairy. Well into oat milk now (which means that my milk expenditure has virtually tripled), and nutritional yeast is good for giving a cheesy taste to meals that want real cheese. Worst thing for me is making up packed lunches for work. I try to be good with couscous and lentils and spinach all mixed up with some spices and so on, but when itā€™s late at night and Iā€™m trying to make a lunch before going to bed Iā€™ll admit Iā€™ve succumbed to a quick and easy cheese sandwich instead. Always hate myself at lunch the next day, but never learn.

#42

I used to live on tvp when I first became veggie in the late 80s. Needs a lot of sauce, soaking and cooking in it. Only came in chunks them too, like dog food. Ahhhhh

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#43

Found giving up meat easy, milk easy enough, cheese a bit harder

Hardest for me was definitely giving up eggs/milk/butter in sweet/baked stuff and chocolate etc

Although I kinda think after getting used to just packing away loads of dark chocolate a snickers would probably be too sweet now

#44

Just ate a Linda McCartney burger for dinner, so good (though it does contain cheese, which I am trying to cut down on obviously). Donā€™t really understand why you would buy a meatburger when these are so good.

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#45

Think I mustā€™ve been about fourteen when I started so canā€™t remember how it tastes and never learnt how to prepare it.
Thereā€™s just no reason for something to die for my dinner, never has been. The environmental and political impacts of farming are conveniently brutal but really I just donā€™t want to take part in some cowā€™s pain.

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#46

Cows are so underrated arenā€™t they

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#47

Properly fucked this up, btw. Leave it to Mrs Shoebox in future.

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