To eat meat every day?

[Sparrowlegs248]

And ask you for easy alternatives?

Theres just me and DH. I would happily go without meat most days but he prefers meat. Not that he would dare complain....

We do have fish once a week, and omlette once a week but that sometimes has ham or bacon in it.

I do all the cooking and am late home weekdays so tend to go for grilled meat with new potatos and veg as its quick and easy. Or chilli/bolognaise

Any suggestions?

ah man I want a steak now.

the meat replacement thing always makes me chuckle.. don't eat meat.. heres a fungus instead no.thankyou.

That study a Gina posted is bollocks because although many people are intolerant to dairy produce lots of people are also allergic / intolerant to nuts, citrus fruits, wheat, shellfish. If we said humans were not designed to consume something because some people have allergies / intolerances we would never eat anything.

That would be a good thing - more meat in the butchers for me.

I'm not 'bleating'. And don't eat quorn.

I am rather shocked at the blatant disregard for all the stuff that's been recommended in terms of personal health and world resources. Mind you I'm also slightly shocked at people who don't buy cookbooks. A good cookbook is a lovely thing.

Yanbu - I eat 'animal corpse' at most meals - so 3 times a day.
Most are hunted or reared free range by family and neighbours so fairly ethical as the hunted animals would be killed wether we eat them or not.

I was vegetarian/ vegan for 12 yrs so feel I've done my bit on the veggie meals!

'bleating' is rude, Impatient. If you don't want to hear other people's views, maybe don't frequent talk forums

I do have cookbooks and I do listen to the health advice, but seeing as my granny and grandad are almost 90 and in reasonable health and have eaten meat every day of their lives (except when small babies) I think I can make my own judgement. If we listened to all the health studies and followed their advice we would exist in a little bubble never having any enjoyment or pleasures.
I will continue to eat meat, drink wine and eat chocolate, sit on my leather sofa, wear my suede jacket and enjoy my life.

sarinka It's a good thing for everyone to mind their own damned business. Which people should be rebuking me about my omnivorous preference? My work colleagues? Someone in the supermarket queue who sees me buying fish? Some random passer-by outside the butcher's shop?

There is a self-righteous streak about many - not all - vegetarians which does their cause no good and pisses other folk off.

Attempting to use shock tactics isn't polite either.

On minding your own business:

1. there's a very strong argument that high meat consumption affects us all, through the environmental impact of livestock farming
2. for those who feel strongly about animal rights and welfare (I am not one, I am a meat eater at least), theirs is a moral preference and I think they should be entitled to air it on those grounds

Impatient I wonder if your granny and granddad ate as much meat as you do - have you checked?

ok Impatient well then why not just call them shock tactics initially? That way you're actually saying what you mean rather than being insulting!

(I appreciate that I am being annoying and self righteous)

I don't mind the shock tactics.. over the years, the more slaughter videos and whatnot my militant facebook friends post in an attempt to make people give up meat makes me more 'meh' about it.

"some poor dumb creature has died for their gastronomic pleasure."

So? That is rather usual in the animal kingdom.

"Someone reading tonight might even stop eating meat, out of compassion."

Really now

"How would that be a bad thing, exactly?"

It's not a bad thing for meat eaters, but might be a bad thing for the others, depending on how you define 'a bad thing'. It is certainly a Darwinian thing. Not eating any meat means your muscles will not develop in quite the way that a meat eater's will. Not eating fish will have an effect on your brain and of course you will lack essential oils.

All that looks like intentional malnutrition to me, but hey, to each their own.

Eat right, exercise, die anyway.

rootypig Who should they be entitled to air it to? I ask again: work colleagues, people in the shop, people in the street?

"there's a very strong argument that high meat consumption affects us all, through the environmental impact of livestock farming"

Many things affect us all. Do you drive, travel by plane, eat imported foods, buy goods from any of a zillion industries that use too much energy and pollute the earth?

It is the classic game theory problem, pitting tangible personal benefit against an insignificant (per person) incremental benefit to the collective.

Sneak some Quorn mince into Spag Bol or chilli instead of minced beef. My DH is a bit of a meat eater and didn't notice when i did it, even after I told him, he said it doesnt really taste much different with al the sauce and flavourings. Also, cut down the meat and bulk out with veg. This is easy to do in casseroles and stews. I tried to do 2 meat free days a week, but have lapsed a bit with all my home cooking lately

Impatient I wonder if your granny and granddad ate as much meat as you do - have you checked?

Yes they do and always have. They come from a different country where a meal (lunch and dinner) is not seen as a meal if it doesn't have either meat, chicken or fish. They even have certain types of breakfast dishes which include fish. They probably have eaten far more animal produce than I ever will despite me eating it daily.

Oh sorry silly me, I answered the question before realising that this had become an argument about the meat industry

The OPs DH might not want to give up his meat. The OP has already said that he likes his meat so why should he give up something that he likes? Why does a wife have the right to dictate what her husband eats? If he is too lazy to cook for himself then fair enough he has to eat what he is given, but if he shares the cooking then have some respect for his wishes to eat meat.

Not new to this one sarinka

On line I don't mind, and if I did I would not be here. I asked about three groups of people in RL: my work colleagues, people in the supermarket, people on the street outside the butcher's shop. Do you think it's their duty to point out the errors of my ways to me when the see me buying or eating meat or fish?

Swopping out some of the meat in meals might work too? I'm thinking lentils in mince dishes, chick peas in a curry so the meat you buy goes twice as far (and over time I guess you could completely phase out meat in those dishes?)

I've had bean crock on holiday which is uses some of the less popular parts of pork - pork belly and a trotter if you can bear it - its basically pork and beans but you make it at least a day before you want to eat it in a slow cooker (if you use a trotter, you fish out the bones - I've had it with just belly pork too and that tastes very similar!) very filling and relatively little meat in there too :)

Grilled Portobello mushrooms with a bit of garlic, some halumi and some onions in a bun is a not-to-bad substitute for a burger too :)