response 1 of 91:

Oct 2 20:54 UTC 1999

When I was younger I tried my darndest to go veggie. It unsettled me 
that I was eating something that had once been alive. I don't think I 
stuck with it long enough to notice any health benefits or losses. I 
just know I got tired of it really quickly. Now I eat red meat maybe 
twice a week at most. I'm not too great a cook so I don't trust myself 
to do meat at home... I'm convinced I'll accidentally kill myself from 
salmonella. I do like chicken and fish, and I will eat pork but it's not 
a favorite of mine. Bacon, mmmm. 

I do have veggie friends who had to go back to meat on doctor's orders. 
One girl I knew was die-hard veggie (but not vegan), and had to eat 
seafood against her will on occasion because she was deficient in some 
nutrient, I've since forgotten which one. 

I used to not care too much about what I ate until college. Living on 
campus and not being able to cook hindered what I could eat. Midway 
through sophomore year I got one horrible ear infection after another 
and had no energy. I'd also gained 25 pounds. When I wasn't eating fast 
food, I was eating microwaved or prepackaged stuff. I also got viral 
infections. It was as if my body was shutting down. Not knowing what 
else to do, I decided to eat healthier and if anything, cut back on the 
processed foods. By that fall I felt a little better and took karate for 
my PE credit, which helped in getting the weight I'd gained off. 

Like jiffer mentioned earlier, I think there is a reason we are 
omnivores. Some vegetarians argue that humans are just not designed to 
eat meat, and I can't agree with that. What humans are NOT designed to 
eat are Dortios, Cokes, fruit roll-ups and all this canned, processed 
crap we refer to as food. (And I had a diet coke today myself, so I'm 
also guilty as hell). Why do we eat this stuff? 

response 3 of 91:

Oct 3 01:24 UTC 1999

vegetarians who argue that we are not designed to eat
meat are most likely IDIOTS, they are certainly not
inuit.  they're the same people who slam the inuit seal
harvest, probably.

anyhow fritos with velveeta and hormel nobeans-chili on top
is REAL GOOD!   8D

response 5 of 91:

Oct 3 01:43 UTC 1999

or as ward churchill would say:

"Have a nice fast, buckaroo."

response 7 of 91:

Oct 3 03:46 UTC 1999

Re the last: I don't think that's 'living'.

Last I heard, the only contamination problem with beef is surface
contamination.  Of course, ground beef has a *lot* of surface to get
contaminated.  Poultry and pork should be cooked through.  Which puts
me in a tight spot: I like rare meat, but I have to watch my fat intake.
Pork and poultry are easily de-fatted, unlike beef, so I very rarely
get to enjoy a steak just the way I like it.

response 9 of 91:

Oct 3 09:01 UTC 1999

  Mac and Cheese can be cool, but don't give me a steady diet of it.

  I never was concerned with what I ate, then after smelling racid bacon
cooking, I decided right then and there I had eaten my last piece of bacon.
That was 3 yrs ago, come Jan 1. I have decided that my diet will slowly go
to a strict kosher diet, following the kashrut, though I am catholic, and not
Jewish. I just think the Jews eat better than Christians do. The hard part
will be giving up sausage, ham, shrimp and lobster, not that I really have
the budget to buy lobster and shrimp whenever I want. I figure that if I can
do this well with bacon, I can do it with anything else. I mean, I have not
been drunk since 1982, and I used to really drink beer.(at least 18 per binge)

   I'm not sure how much Mac and Cheese is allowed by the kashrut. 

response 11 of 91:

Oct 3 10:36 UTC 1999

This is a rather interesting subject for me, being as I have never really
looked at what I have eaten untill this year.  The only thing I know of that
I won't eat on its own is baked beans, but I sometimes eat them with other
things.  I generally just eat what I see in the cupboard or fridge first, so
I have a very variable diet, and I think that is one of the reasons I am as
fit as I am.
As for vegetarians, I have nothing against them, as long as they don't try
to make other people turn vegetarian.  I know many vegetarians who are quite
healthy, and a few who are not, it just depends on how much they have looked
into what foods contain. 
Anyway, I think I'm rambling again, so on to the next person...

response 13 of 91:

Oct 3 14:42 UTC 1999

I suspect that 'good nutrition' is a hard thing to pin down because we all need
something different. I've been sort of half-heartedly trying to find some good
books on the subject lately, but when I went to the library, all they had were
books from the 80s. I'd love to find a nutritionist that could maybe do some
tests and ask me questions about my diet and then give me suggestions on how to
improve it.

response 15 of 91:

Oct 3 15:44 UTC 1999

It's okay.  I had forgotten that line was from Pulp Fiction.  I told someone,
"I don't dig on swine" once, but couldn't figure out where I had gotten that
from.  Heh...

response 17 of 91:

Oct 3 16:24 UTC 1999

  I have the soundtrack, and that little exchange is on it as is the Royale
with Cheese thing. 

  Bacon also has nitrites and other good carcinogens that I can live without.

response 19 of 91:

Oct 3 18:22 UTC 1999

Omni, your mac 'n' cheese is OK, as long as the cheese is kosher. I'll try
to remember to e-mail you some good sources of info about identifying kosher
foods and preparing them properly.

response 21 of 91:

Oct 3 20:14 UTC 1999

body-nazi.

response 23 of 91:

Oct 3 21:08 UTC 1999

re: "Omni, your mac 'n' cheese is OK, as long as the cheese is kosher."

And what about the status of the pasta, milk, butter, as well as 
the pot & utensiles?
Also, does omni know that the price of kosher meats & poultry
is generally 2 - 4 x the prices at the standard meat counter?