Day 3...

[Abstract]

Today is Day 3 of my "only veggies" diet. Yes, I'm a vegetarian for 1 week, and it hasn't been that bad --- until tonight. :(

Today, while I was eating my salad and vegetarian lasagne, everyone I know had a steak. Yes, steak. The best meat in the world. My friends had slightly red steaks.......the best kind. :( It was difficult to bear. Steak, bbq ribs, and pizza are foods that will always be near the top of my "Favourite Foods" list (yes yes, my favourite food is Korean, but still). There's really nothing better than a good, medium-rare grilled steak. Anyway, I survived it, but barely. I just stared, and couldn't stop staring. :o

Yesterday was difficult as well. At lunch, my faculty had a pizza day and bought us all pizza (they do this semi-recently for post-grad students and order around 30 pizzas, Coke, other fizzy drinks, and bottled water), and most of it had meat on it. Yes, it was another food on my favourite foods list, and while it was tough not to eat what I wanted, I could eat the vegetarian pizzas, which I'm more than happy with. I really don't mind vegetarian pizza, lasagne, etc, so it's no big deal not to have meat. Sometimes I even prefer it that way.

However, steak is different. :( There's no vegetarian steak, and even if there was, it'd be tofu or something, which isn't comparable.


Tomorrow I'm minding my food co-ops table for my university's Clubs Day. We sell organic tofu, dried fruits, or organic nuts, etc. Funny how I loves me meat so much, while many other people involved are vegetarian or even vegan. :o

Anyway, it's almost 8:30pm, and I'm going out to a bar. The thing about this bar is that they buy around 30 free pizzas for us every 30 minutes or so. :eek: People grab whatever they can and eat it. Sometimes it's meat, and sometimes it's veggie. We just grab whatever we can get. Lets see if I can resist grabbing a meat slice by accident. :( :(

[Lau]

Well, in 4 days you can have a nice pink steak! And it'll taste great when you've been waiting for it.

So, what made you give up meat for a week?

[PlaceofDis]

interesting, mind if i ask why you are going vegetarian for one week?

i wish i could go vegetarian, but i like chicken too much, and thats pretty much the only meat it eat now anyways, besides some pepperoni here and there....

but hey its a testament to your willpower! keep it up. :)

[sushi]

Today is Day 3 of my "only veggies" diet. Yes, I'm a vegetarian for 1 week, and it hasn't been that bad --- until tonight. :(
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Good luck! ;)

Personally, while I believe that eating more vegetables and less meat is good for you, I could never go cold turkey.

Almost half way there, hang in there! ;)

BTW, what made you do this challenge?

[mad jew]

Abstract, clearly you're not a real man.

[brikeh]

Ah...I had meatballs for lunch just now. Delicious :D

[jamesmcd]

I've gone vegetarian for about... 6 years now...

[bartelby]

Mmmmmmm, a nice fat steak, bloody as hell...

now where's that drooling smiley gone?

[MongoTheGeek]

Mmmmmmm, a nice fat steak, bloody as hell...

now where's that drooling smiley gone?

That was dinner last night. Broke out the grill, lightly seared on the outside.

[mpw]

...Personally, while I believe that eating more vegetables and less meat is good for you, I could never go cold turkey...
Same here, I've been trying to eat more veg. and less meat for a little while and been pleasantly surprised at how tasty the veggie options have been so far. But it'll be hard to give up meat completely.

[Lau]

Personally, while I believe that eating more vegetables and less meat is good for you, I could never go cold turkey.

Mmm, cold turkey...:D

[mad jew]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:

[Lau]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:

Aussies. :rolleyes:



;) Actually, I'm inclined to agree. I'm coming round to the whole underdone thing more than I used to, but there's something about crispy meat. And I mean that innocently.

[mpw]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:
You wouldn't have like one of my favorite local restuarants then. 'Ker Francois', Francios was a sterotypical frenchman who would take your order and tut if you asked for medium or well done and slap you on the back if you said very rare.

I've seen him ask people to leave rather than cook their steak any more and every time I went there he'd be having an argumant with at least one customer about their poor choice of wine with a particular dish. He'd simply refuse to allow them to order wine 'A' with main course 'B' and bring them his selection regardless.

[mad jew]

French. :rolleyes:

What is it about the French restauranteurs that makes them so particular? I can't stand meat that hasn't been through a thermo-nuclear reactor twice, or something of similar heat output, for at least a week.

[PlaceofDis]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:

and am i the only one who doesn't like steak at all?

[Lau]

and am i the only one who doesn't like steak at all?

No, I've never seen steak as much of a treat. I'd much rather have a lamp chop or a pork chop than a steak, but I prefer my meat in little bits as a rule.

[redAPPLE]

Francios was a sterotypical frenchman who would take your order and tut if you asked for medium or well done and slap you on the back if you said very rare.

I've seen him ask people to leave rather than cook their steak any more and every time I went there he'd be having an argumant with at least one customer about their poor choice of wine with a particular dish. He'd simply refuse to allow them to order wine 'A' with main course 'B' and bring them his selection regardless.

aka the steak nazi.

[sobolobo]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:

I used to like mine well done, but these days it's medium-rare. I find it's too dry if it's anything more than that and end up drinking too much to balance it out... :rolleyes:

I could never go vegetarian. Anybody seen that ad promoting red meat with Sam Neill in it? Apparently, if humans never ate meat our brains wouldn't be as big as they are.

[Abstract]

Ah...I had meatballs for lunch just now. Delicious :D
That was dinner last night. Broke out the grill, lightly seared on the outside.

Screw you all! Today at the bar there was free pizza. I picked up the "hawaiian" and picked off the ham. :rolleyes:

Abstract, clearly you're not a real man.

...says the man who can't even have his steak a tad bit rare. :p



Drunk as ****, but at least my stomach has free pizza. Mmmmm....


Will power, damnit. Will-power!!!! :(

Cold turkey sounds good.....hot turkey sounds better. Just getting over the hump tomorrow. Hope it's better than what I faced today, what with the steak and free pizza. It's hard to get a veggie pizza when it's free. After all, beggars can't be chosers.

Gotta go to bed.

[jelloshotsrule]

I could never go vegetarian. Anybody seen that ad promoting red meat with Sam Neill in it? Apparently, if humans never ate meat our brains wouldn't be as big as they are.

and according to the american association of pesticide producers, you'd be healthier if you drank a gallon of pesticide a day and used it with your cereal.

[kretzy]

Goodnight Abstract!

http://www.epicurious.com/images/cooking/menus/cooknow/steak.jpg

:p ;)

[Chundles]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:

You really don't want to know what the chef is doing to your steak.

Make mine rare. Rare as rare.

[mad jew]

As long as he doesn't use his own juices, he can do what he wants to it.

[e²Studios]

Abstract, clearly you're not a real man.

isnt this like the pot calling the kettle black?!? :eek: :p

Ed

[OutThere]

Just pretend they were eating cube steak. Then you wouldn't want it anyway.

http://aggiemeat.tamu.edu/judging/id/093P.jpg

[sushi]

Am I the only one who likes the steak to be thoroughly burnt to a crisp? I want it so charred that I can whack it on the table and it'll snap in two. :cool:
I can't imagine eating a steak that way.

For me, give me a raw, er. rare, steak any day. Bloody rare. :D

[iPhil]

I can't imagine eating a steak that way.

For me, give me a raw, er. rare, steak any day. Bloody rare. :D


sushi: you remind me of my tech teacher from 7 yrs ago .. :D :D

you can highlight the wording below if you got a iron stomach

he likes steaks that still kick when he swallows:eek: :eek:

me luvs some med-rare (tad blood) in the middle of the steak

[celebrian23]

I only like my steak well-done. None of this gross rare stuff!

[MongoTheGeek]

I can't imagine eating a steak that way.

For me, give me a raw, er. rare, steak any day. Bloody rare. :D

There are times where I like the steak well done. First slice it almost paper thin. Then fry it with some onions and serve it on a sub roll with cheese whiz and red sauce.

:cool:

[2nyRiggz]

For me, give me a raw, er. rare, steak any day. Bloody rare. :D

Oh gosh I just throwed up:(

well seasoned veggie burgers all day


Bless

[Electro Funk]

I can't imagine eating a steak that way.

For me, give me a raw, er. rare, steak any day. Bloody rare. :D

AMEN sushi :) any point past pink is not worthy of my tastebuds :D

[medea]

Oh gosh I just throwed up:(

well seasoned veggie burgers all day


Bless
Right on. You and I don't have to worry as much about Dioxins.
You know what I find funny is that they say eating medium and well done beef and chicken increases ones risk for stomach/breat/etc cancer but when eating the meat rare you risk E Coli and other bacteria.

[Salasm]

Today, while I was eating my salad and vegetarian lasagne, everyone I know had a steak. Yes, steak. The best meat in the world.
That's not a way to live. If you're constantly tempted, you'll fail at being a vegetarian.

Instead of red meat, I like chicken and fish. Very healthy and not too extreme as eating plant-only meals. The human digestive tract was designed to handle meat, it's what God planned.

[mactastic]

Yeah, my steaks are done when they hit 120-125 degrees internally. I'll go up to 145 for the squeamish, the pregnant, or the young. Anything beyond that is a sin in my book.

[Applespider]

Steak should be red in the middle... otherwise it's too tough to eat.

I don't eat a lot of it but when you're in the mood, there's nothing better than a good steak and nothing worse than a bad one

[Abstract]

@Salasm: And I've given up meat. That's a bit different than just giving up red meat. I could easily handle that, so there'd be no point. Maybe I'll learn not to be tempted? It's just another 4 days. :p

In fact, I'd actually rather give up all meats except beef. I don't see why so many people are keen on giving up just red meat, but not something like pork.



There are times where I like the steak well done. First slice it almost paper thin. Then fry it with some onions and serve it on a sub roll with cheese whiz and red sauce.

:cool:

You need all that other stuff to hide the ugliness of a well-done steak. :p

I'm not going to say I eat raw steak. The taste is just not appealing. Same with over-cooked steak. However, Medium-rare is fantastic. Medium is good too. Rare is do-able, but having it essentially raw leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

But it really does depend on the quality of the steak itself.

[mactastic]

Pepper-encrusted fillet mignon with a port-cherry reduction, mashed potatoes with scallions and cheddar, some oven-roasted green beans, a slice of crusty bread, and a hearty syrah and I'm a happy man...

[ShaunPriest]

Oh my God this is extremely weird. A collegue at work is vegetarian and I was quite interested in the whole vegeratarian thing so I said to him that I will try it for one week. I like to try things so I thought it would be cool. This was at Saturday at 5pm. I was thinking of posting about it here, and I clicked on your thread - and it is the same thread that I was going to post. This is freaky. The only difference is that I am on day 4.

I have been eating a lot of veggie burgers from Burger King. Yesterday I had Spaghetti Bolenaise with Quorn mince lol. A bit tasteless. I have been eating lots of cheese and branston pickle, fruit, orange juice. Will be having rice tomorrow. I have also been taking lots of vegetable soup.

I have been extremely strict about it. I work in a cinema and we all usually take some pick and mix and we got brand new pick and mix brought in in these fancy advanced cases (which collect the sugar!) and I wasn't allowed any of it! Also, I had toast and peanut butter, and I couldn't have any butter /margarine on it as I realised that the margarine had pork gellatine in it. You can immagine how ... dry that was lol.

I have been eating a bit more Haggen Dazs ice cream lol (which is also in my work - I work in a cinema).

I find this extremely extremely weird that someone on this forum is also being vegetarian for a week...at the same time I am and I was about to post about it and read this...

[ShaunPriest]

I suppose I can't moan about it as much as your abstract. I like meat but it doesn't bother me that much not eating it. I eat a lot of chicken in particular. I don't eat much beef... maybe some mince (ground steak) once a week, or a burger, or maybe some of a hotdog at my work.

I have decided that after the week, I am going to go back eating normally, but I am going to stop eating beef, and maybe pork. I will continue to eat chicken though. I also intend to cut down on my salt, by taking no salt with meals.

Does chicken even have any nutritional value?

[hana]

I like steak. Well done.

And since I'm in Los Angeles, one does need to have In 'n Out burger, right?

The only place where I've gone the veggie burger route is at this camp I use to go to. The beef burgers were okay, but since we ate outside, it seemed that the beef was very attractive to the particular type of bees in that area :eek: so after awhile I adjusted to the veggie burger life style at camp.

[mactastic]

I've never understood the obsession some people have with In 'n' Out... Their burgers are average for a fast-food place, and their fries are terrible in my opinion.

[cslewis]

Can I ask what an 'In 'n Out' is? A greasy and unwashed burger joint, I'm guessing...

I'm a health nazi, I don't drink anything but water and milk and eschew meat except for special occasions. I eat small portions, fresh food, and try to avoid things that come in cans, plastic tubs, and 'easy open squeeze tubes'. Quite frankly, if your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize something as food, do you want to eat it?

[sushi]

Mmm, cold turkey...:D
That does sound good! :D

Abstract As someone else asked, why are you doing this? Curious.

[iBlue]

Goodnight Abstract!

http://www.epicurious.com/images/cooking/menus/cooknow/steak.jpg

:p ;)
oh that's evil (and worthy of quoting) :D

why are you not eating meat abstract?

and yes cslewis, In N Out burger is a "fast food" burger place in california... very delcious.

[kretzy]

oh that's evil (and worthy of quoting) :D
Yeah, I kinda felt bad after that. :o :p I'll see you in hell ;-)

[benthewraith]

Today is Day 3 of my "only veggies" diet. Yes, I'm a vegetarian for 1 week, and it hasn't been that bad --- until tonight. :(

Today, while I was eating my salad and vegetarian lasagne, everyone I know had a steak. Yes, steak. The best meat in the world. My friends had slightly red steaks.......the best kind. :( It was difficult to bear. Steak, bbq ribs, and pizza are foods that will always be near the top of my "Favourite Foods" list (yes yes, my favourite food is Korean, but still). There's really nothing better than a good, medium-rare grilled steak. Anyway, I survived it, but barely. I just stared, and couldn't stop staring. :o

Yesterday was difficult as well. At lunch, my faculty had a pizza day and bought us all pizza (they do this semi-recently for post-grad students and order around 30 pizzas, Coke, other fizzy drinks, and bottled water), and most of it had meat on it. Yes, it was another food on my favourite foods list, and while it was tough not to eat what I wanted, I could eat the vegetarian pizzas, which I'm more than happy with. I really don't mind vegetarian pizza, lasagne, etc, so it's no big deal not to have meat. Sometimes I even prefer it that way.

However, steak is different. :( There's no vegetarian steak, and even if there was, it'd be tofu or something, which isn't comparable.


Tomorrow I'm minding my food co-ops table for my university's Clubs Day. We sell organic tofu, dried fruits, or organic nuts, etc. Funny how I loves me meat so much, while many other people involved are vegetarian or even vegan. :o

Anyway, it's almost 8:30pm, and I'm going out to a bar. The thing about this bar is that they buy around 30 free pizzas for us every 30 minutes or so. :eek: People grab whatever they can and eat it. Sometimes it's meat, and sometimes it's veggie. We just grab whatever we can get. Lets see if I can resist grabbing a meat slice by accident. :( :(

I don't eat beef...often. I think the last time I had actual beef was when I ate an Angus steakburger from Burger King by accident. I actually wanted a Tendergrill chicken sandwich. :rolleyes:

Not eating substantial amounts of beef (merely just a tiny bit), I didn't have such a nice time on the bloody toilet...for two days. Ended up having to take a shower both times.

Honestly, white meat is so much better for you.

[lem0n]

My cousin is doing the exact same thing, being a vegetarian for one week. Seems to have no problem with it though but of course, she's waiting for tomorrow so she can eat meat again. Today, I bought some fried cake that is eaten with fish sauce and she ate them all and we didn't realize it until we finished eating that it was fish sauce. She was all "Damn you, you made me broke my fast" and now she have to be a vegetarian for one more day. They're joking that they fried the thing in fat so she'll have to eat it for one more week but she won't accept it

[katie ta achoo]

being a veg isn't too hard.. I've been one for about 2 years now. :D

It does get annoying when you're at someone's home for dinner, they don't know about your dietary restrictions, and put a huge, heaping pile of MEAT on your plate. :eek:

I have been eating a lot of veggie burgers from Burger King. Yesterday I had Spaghetti Bolenaise with Quorn mince lol. A bit tasteless. I have been eating lots of cheese and branston pickle, fruit, orange juice. Will be having rice tomorrow. I have also been taking lots of vegetable soup.

Yeah.. Quorn isn't too good. It's gross.
While veggie burgers from BK are convenient, they will add up $$!

while you're at it, try some tofu or tempeh.. don't just eat meat substitutes. Meat substitutes are EXPENSIVE for what they are.
Also it makes you a cheater. ;) (kidding!)