>What I see amazing in this discussion is the insistence of meat as
>something very desired and the vegetarians seen as masochists who for
>reasons what ever resist that will to eat meat. Statements of "a real
>hamburger" or "a good pizza" seem very odd to me. Maybe there is a
>cultural difference in eating habits and emotional loads given to
>different foodstuff.
This isnt odd in North America. Pizza and burgers taste wonderful so its no
surpise that its one of our favorite foods. maybe one of the reasons why
the rest of the world is trying to get here. There sure is cultural
differences. In some places they prefer raw fish, sushi eaters, and in
others figs and dates and things. So what? Sure there is an emotional load.
When I am hungry I'm cranky and bitchy. When I have a good feats of ribs
and fries I really feel good. Thats new? So whats your point?
Still, I was as well raised to eat meat or fish at
>every meal as is common here, but after being almost vegetarian for ten
>years I don't even like the taste of meat. After I discovered that
>cooked vegetarian food is much more than tasteless overcooked carrots and
>potatoes I don't feel a need for anything else.
Thats cool. At least your happy and thats better than a lot of people. You
can be proud of that.
>
>So, there are several very good reasons to question the meat preferring
>tradition of our wealthy part of the world. Let's keep on doing it!
We should always ask questions about things. You might find that eating
meat is more than tradition. It's sensible in moderation in my opinion.
Betty
