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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
So, on balance, everybody here loves BACON, right!?
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Nope. Although I still eat meat, I detest bacon. I routinely specify "no bacon" when I order salads, baked potatoes, and other dishes which are described as containing bacon.
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules
Actually, I love the taste of meat. My favorite meal (if we're talking strictly about taste) is beef fajitas at one particular restaurant. If you go there with me, it is required that you sit in silence while I savor every morsel of beef that I scrape from the grill pan. Heaven!
But then there's my personal health and also the sadness I feel when I consider the animal that was raised and slaughtered solely for my personal indulgence. I can live without that (most of the time). I doubt that I could ever become a strict vegetarian and avoid all contact with animal products. I don't think it's practical for me or necessary. But I would like to reduce my meat intake to, say, a meal once or twice a week (preferably fish or poultry for health reasons). I'm getting there but I'm surrounded my meat eaters and so there's some discipline required. (Discipline? Me??)
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My approach is to only eat meat when it's something that I *really* want, rather than picking meat as the default center of my meal. Right now I'm lusting after a substantial hot dog.
When I do eat meat, I'm trying to follow the recommendations of various health agencies as to portion size. I don't order the 1/2 pound burger, unless I'm planning on taking half of it home to eat later. I don't order the 12- or 16-ounce steak; instead, hubby and I will split the 8-ounce serving or we'll plan on taking home left-overs. (Actually, because steak is so easily available, it's not one of the meats that I particularly eager to get.) I keep my beef and pork portions down to about 3 ounces, and chicken and turkey somewhere in the 4 to 6 ounce range.
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Meat has a higher nutritional value than plants.
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I'm not sure I'd agree that it has a higher "value". I do accept that it has a higher nutritional density. You get more calories from smaller portions. So, for a pre-farming population, it was extremely difficult to gather enough veggies to meet the daily caloric needs. Also, meat is available in the winter where veggies and fruits may not be. We owe a lot to modern food preservation and transportation!