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⌈ Secret Post #3129 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

Good GRIEF where does she live where meat-eating is cheaper than vegetarianism????? For many years I ate little or no meat, because of the cost. Beans beans lentils lentils frozen peas nuts big chunks of tofu = really cheap where I am, especially if you shop wisely and take the time to prepare.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

Are you one of those SF_drama people who claim that people on welfare shouldn't 'mooch' on the government and just live on Beans and Lentils if your poor?

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

What the hell, where did you get that from what I said? I used to be poor (on welfare for a decade thanks to disability), and I ate a lotta beans and lentils. If someone who never ate meat felt they were forced to start eating meat, and endured sickness because of it, because they couldn't afford not to, I'm curious as to where the economics are such that meat is so darn cheap.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

sf_d, what a timely reference

welcome to 2008

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt, but I'm not sure I see the issue with that? I get food stamps (and not much, at that), and I almost never buy meat because I enjoy like...eating every day? If I stock up on beans and lentils, that means that I'm guaranteed to have a full stomach most days. If I skimp on other stuff and buy meat, I get really great meals for a few days, and then a bunch of really shitty ones that wear off within an hour for a week. It's not really a nice way to live.

The exception is that sometimes bagged frozen chicken breasts go on sale, and I can comfortably get one of those. That'll last me a while. But they're not always on sale, so I don't always get them.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - I agree, but the problem with legumes is that to take advantage of cheap dried beans/lentils/chickpeas, etc. you really have to know how to cook AND have the facilities and time to do so. A badly seasoned, undercooked bean dish is a recipe for sadness and indigestion.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

Yep as the person who lived on them you need to have the time and facilities to prepare and cook them. Perhaps the woman in question was living somewhere where she couldn't cook veggo anymore? But it seems strange if it's just a question of food cost.

Also, when I started eating beans, I got a lot of indigestion at first, but I got used to it.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

"The vegetarian sources she was used to" might have been stuff like Gardenburgers or Quorn, though, or possibly frozen dinners like Amy's or Kashi. Anything that highly processed is not going to be cheap.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Yeah I wondered that. But are there vegetarian people who don't know about cheaper vego options and would rather switch to eating meat?

But then, I hear funny things about some US people, like the woman from New York I met who had literally never eaten fresh vegetables til she came here. So maybe there's that going on, idk?

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

Preparing meat so that it's tasty is often faster and easier when you don't have many (or any) cooking skills. Making beans and lentils that don't taste like cardboard sludge is a little trickier, and it takes more ingredients and longer cooking time if you're using the cheapest option, i.e. dried beans/lentils.

Re: What would you try if you were trying meat for the first time?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Sure, I agree. That's not so much a money issue though, unless poverty is making you very stressed/tired. Anyway I didn't mean to sound judgey, I was just surprised since meat is so expensive and she used to be fine not eating it.