Confused. Is Dale Winton vegetarian?
I've been veggie now since 1973. When I stopped eating meat, the meat industry was at it's peak of unsavouriness. I worked as a teenager in a butchers shop where cattle were delivered for slaughter, then I had a vacation job at Pork Farms factory, so already had plenty of reasons to stop. What pushed me over the edge though was my vegetarian girlfriend. Since then we have brought up 3 vegetarian children despite her father claiming it was child abuse. I long for the days before veganism became popular when I not only had the moral high ground but also could eat cheese!
but also could eat cheese!
Back in those days most/all of the cheese had rennet in it so wasn't even veggie 🙂
@dazh, almost everything had some animal byproduct in, not just food. Polos and other sweets had gelatin, lots of everyday stuff had some bit of a dead animal in, it was really hard to maintain a veggie lifestyle. One big plus is that we were forced to prepare food from raw ingredients which given the grim truth about processed food has reaped huge benefits over the years
almost everything had some animal byproduct in
True. I'm still amazed at the amount of stuff that has lactose or milk powder in it. Especially things like crisps and other savoury products. Beer was also a major minefield but is much better these days. I remember the days of having to memorise what was in the animal free shopper book or carrying it with you everywhere 🙂
Early in my veggie journey I got derailed by a yoghurt, I was mortified to find out it had gelatine in it. I felt like such a failure and I let it bother me way more than I should have.
Polos and other sweets had gelatin
If you have a hankering for Polos the sugar-free ones don't.
Strictly sexual reasons.
A woman who I was dating was vegetarian and had been all her life (she's Indian). I once told her that I'd try it for a week and never went back.
I grew up in an area where hunting was big and I helped process many dead dear, so I wasn't very squeamish about where meat came from. But ultimately I did come to the conclusion that if I liked animals and wanted to minimize suffering, giving up meat was the best course of action. So I just never went back (and married the woman).
Environmental impact is a secondary concern, but it came into play more as a reason to stay vegetarian as I learned more rather than being part of my initial decision. For environmental concerns, I think there are a lot more possible ways to mitigate impacts by choosing to eat/not eat certain things.
I'm definitely not perfect in the environmental impact area as I still eat a lot of meat and cheese. I also eat mussels and oysters, having once been convinced that their central nervous systems are insufficiently developed to really feel at all much less suffer and farmed mussels tend to actually be environmentally positive as they are filter feeders.
For you meat eaters (and like me, non-vegans) who are wavering or firmly entrenched, have a read of this
It’s eye opening and heartbreaking. I’ve smelt the knackers truck and I see how many sheep die on a farm, this article isn’t exaggerating
a reason to stay vegetarian
I still eat a lot of meat and cheese
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3 1/2 years ago I was eating a sirloin steak pretty much every weekend, and loving it.
One weekend there was a sale thing on so I basically got a massive steak dead cheap. I looked forward to it all day and when I finally cooked it, I yammed the lot (when half of it wouldve been enough).
The whole house smelled of dead cow for days and my body seemed to 'fart' dead cow into the atmosphere through the pores in my skin for weeks after. It broke me and I never went back. Just thinking back about it to type this makes me feel like I'm gonna barf.
Became veggie about 25 years ago for reasons stated above. Injured myself at Hopton woods DH track in 2018 and was out of action for about 4 months, started listening to some interesting podcasts whilst reclining, namely the Rich Roll podcast (He's a vegan ex alcoholic ultra marathon runner) he mentioned some Vegan documentaries, Forks over knives, What the health etc.
He also had Wim Hoff on one of his shows... Long story short went vegan started doing the Wim Hoff breathing and cold water immersion technique combined with Yoga whilst I was recuperating and felt brilliant!
Still vegan still do yoga and do the breathing/cold stuff occasionally but intend to get back on it full time as it makes a huge difference to mood and energy levels etc.
My telling the OH how I wanted to cut down on meat maybe eventually cut it out all together has given her the excuse she needs to cook me all the stuff she had previously thought would be too much weird:
Yesterday included Banana Blossom Bhajis - very nice, got my approval.
Today included home made stinging nettle pasta - not at all bad, would eat again.
I don’t think I couldn’t raise animals to eat them, I’d definitely get too attached and sympathetic to them
Geese, bunch of nob heads. Didn't get attached to them at all.
Found an injured Ewe today, barely alive, eyes pecked out and its lamb trying to get to its teats for milk. Ewe euthanised and Lamb will probably have to be done too. Heartbreaking
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Oops. I meant "milk and cheese" not "meat and cheese." The dairy industry has plenty of unsavory parts and environmental impacts, but I haven't yet gotten myself to minimize my consumption there. My wife does better than me there.
