This should be interesting :lol:... Feel free to respond with how long you have been what, why you adhere to such a diet, etc.

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healthy food

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steak - medium rare please

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I've been a vegetarian for 26 years. I watched Apocolypse Now and a particular scene where a bull was sacrificed did it. Couldn't eat meat or fish anymore thereafter. It's been a very educational journey and I'm thankful for not being too ignorant about our food industry. I buy free range organic eggs, rennet free cheeses and organic milk. Do my best is all I can!

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[QUOTE=Huggie Smiles;1015850]steak - medium rare please[/QUOTE]

x2

i've had a wide array of odd game meat.. some absolutely wonderful and some absolutely rancid, but i couldn't imagine not going through those experiences! there's some meat i could never touch though.

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Vegetarian during the week, carnivore on the weekends.

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1015866]Vegetarian during the week, carnivore on the weekends.[/QUOTE]

vampire every fourth week?

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I'm definately a see-food person .. love trying anything (within reason) especially from around the world.

Very partial to seafood when on the coast, but love a veal chop or wild boar stew.

Also if you can curry it, tagine it, casserole it, bbq it or stir-fry it I'm a happy bun.

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paleo, bitchez. :)

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[QUOTE=simonr;1015880]I'm definately a see-food person .. love trying anything (within reason) especially from around the world.

[/QUOTE]

Totally

I like pretty much all kinds of food

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Might think of going vegetarian soon.

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i wouldnt categorize my eating habits, i eat what my body tells me it needs i havent had meat in over a year i think, sometimes i eat only fruits - depends on where i am atm, if its warm or cold climate and i might eat meat again, i really dont care about the labels for.ex. goji berries have loads of proteins so i have no need to eat meat organic super foods would be my choice and chocolate is one of them... :D

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1015866]Vegetarian during the week, carnivore on the weekends.[/QUOTE]

I take it you're joking right? :lol:

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I'm on a seafood diet.

I see food I want and I eat it. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oPZ0a.png[/IMG]

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Since I moved I've dropped 10 pounds without doing anything other than just eating less and healthier. I love asian food, sushi and rice/noodles and light meals are my favorite. I haven't eaten fast food since I've moved. Small portions and general healthy meals besides a double whopper with deep fried pork rinds is always a good thing. Greasy lunch like my coworkers love to do is the worst....just staying away from crap food is my diet. :D

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ate a steak few days ago. medium rare. pan then oven 8)

I'm with the see-food.

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Meat please :) I primarily eat chicken and seafood, but I do love beef and pork once in a while.

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[QUOTE=PROG;1015959]ate a steak few days ago. medium rare. pan then oven 8)

I'm with the see-food.[/QUOTE]

do you use a cast iron skillet?

I've been thinking about buying one this year.

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With so many foods around to world to flavour from, there is no way in hell I could ever be a vegan....

x10 on that medium rare steak stuff.. my best friends boyfriend knows exactly how I like it and mind you is always better than any restaurant gourmet stuff that I've tried. Plus there is sea food... can never say no to a good snapper escovitch, lobster thermidor, escargot, calamari...ooh I could go on forever. And I do enjoy a Mediterranean/exotic salad ever so often as well.

This thread reminds me of time I tried Afghan, Brazilian and Vietnamese food for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. We should start a thread with the most interesting food we've ever had ...lol

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1016015]do you use a cast iron skillet?

I've been thinking about buying one this year.[/QUOTE]

Definitely get one.... nothing like a steak on one of those...

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[QUOTE=dusk;1016017]Definitely get one.... nothing like a steak on one of those...[/QUOTE]yep definitely get one, iron skillets are awesome. i rendered a bunch of duck fat in mine once- everything i cooked in it for a few days after was amazing. key to the iron skillet is never wash it. wipe it out and keep on truckin.

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1016023]key to the iron skillet is never wash it. wipe it out and keep on truckin.[/QUOTE]

For real... all those flavours soaked in there over time = one huge exploding firework in your mouth.

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[QUOTE=dusk;1016016]With so many foods around to world to flavour from, there is no way in hell I could ever be a vegan....

x10 on that medium rare steak stuff.. my best friends boyfriend knows exactly how I like it and mind you is always better than any restaurant gourmet stuff that I've tried. Plus there is sea food... can never say no to a good snapper escovitch, lobster thermidor, escargot, calamari...ooh I could go on forever. And I do enjoy a Mediterranean/exotic salad ever so often as well.

This thread reminds me of time I tried Afghan, Brazilian and Vietnamese food for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised. We should start a thread with the most interesting food we've ever had ...lol[/QUOTE]\

i love that first line. so damn true.

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[QUOTE=dusk;1016017]Definitely get one.... nothing like a steak on one of those...[/QUOTE]

yup. that's the reason i'd get it. i rarely eat red meat though, but i'm growing into it. i'd probably use it for chicken or something.

[QUOTE=Jenks;1016023]yep definitely get one, iron skillets are awesome. i rendered a bunch of duck fat in mine once- everything i cooked in it for a few days after was amazing. key to the iron skillet is never wash it. wipe it out and keep on truckin.[/QUOTE]

yup. i hear you're not supposed to wash them.

duck fat is great. i bought a small tub the other week. a little pricey, but they make the potatoes and mushrooms taste AMAZING.

how do you render your duck fat? I mean, what'st he process? where do you get the bulk duck fat? I've rendered beef fat before, and I've got some chicken fat that I've already rendered. i just don't know where to get duck fat to render.

[QUOTE=dusk;1016025]For real... all those flavours soaked in there over time = one huge exploding firework in your mouth.[/QUOTE]

so i hear!

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[QUOTE=88Mariner] i bought a small tub the other week. a little pricey, but they make the potatoes and mushrooms taste AMAZING.

how do you render your duck fat? I mean, what'st he process? where do you get the bulk duck fat? I've rendered beef fat before, and I've got some chicken fat that I've already rendered. i just don't know where to get duck fat to render. [/QUOTE]

Do not buy duck fat. Buy a duck.

There is a farmers market a couple of miles from our house that sells whole fresh ducks on the weekends. $13 per duck. You do the butchering, it's fun, and you should know how to do that anyway. If you don't know how to butcher a duck, youtube can probably tell you.

Once you've removed all the good stuff (breasts, leg, etc) what's left is where you're getting your fat. Start trimming the carcass, all the skin and fat, chopping everything up into small bite size pieces. Throw those bits into an iron skillet or a heavy pot with a little water, prob 1/2 cup per duck, and cook it over medium heat for about an hour. What's left is two amazing things: 1. a shitload of clear heavenly liquid- aka Duck Fat. 2. Cracklins! Drain the fat (might want to run it through a light strainer) into a jar and put it in the fridge. Put all the cracklins on a paper towel and pat them dry. Open a can of beer and start shoving those cracklins in your face and wash them down with beer. I prefer to do this with no pants on. It's amazing. Crispy, salty, duck skin/fat chips and beer. mmmmmm.

That is the cheapest and most fun way to get yourself some duck fat... plus you get all the duck meat to cook later. Med rare pan seared duck breast is awesome. for $13 bucks, you get a several amazing meals providing you know how to prepare duck leg, duck breast, you get a jar of fat that'll last you a long time, and you get the cracklin snacks that you drool over with beer when you're done. It's an amazing couple of hours.

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Always have been and always will be a meat-eater.

Humans were born to be carnivores, simple as that!

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[QUOTE=GregWhelan;1016039]

Humans were born to be carnivores, simple as that![/QUOTE]

That just isn't true. Just because we have the [I]ability [/I]to digest meat doesn't mean that's what we're supposed to eat. Our bodies actually better off on a plant based diet, and throughout time most humans have lived a mostly vegetarian diet. We have only recently in the past couple generations become meat lovers. We're more closely linked with herbivores than carnivores in nearly every category, and our bodies thrive on plants rather than meats, although the commercialized meat industry will tell you differently. You should check this doc: [URL="http://www.forksoverknives.com"]www.forksoverknives.com[/URL]

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I just don't buy it. Isnt there the argument that although it took us hundreds of years to become meat eaters, that doesnt mean that we were meant to be vegeterian.

From a personal point of view, if I have a meal of pasta with no meat in, or a meal of pasta with meat in e.g. lasagna I know which one will make me feel better afterward.

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[QUOTE=GregWhelan;1016046]I just don't buy it. Isnt there the argument that although it took us hundreds of years to become meat eaters, that doesnt mean that we were meant to be vegeterian. [/QUOTE]

lol. that doesn't make any sense. also, we've been on the planet for[I] hundreds of thousands [/I]of years and only in the last hundred or so we have drastically increased our meat consumption. The commercialized meat industry has you hood-winked.

here's an example- compare the saliva of carnivores vs. herbivores. flesh eating animals have acidic saliva which breaks down meat, humans have alkaline saliva, which does not break down meat, but does break down plants, like herbivores do. Meat can sit in the intestinal [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=472"]walls[/URL] of humans for weeks without being broken down because our bodies just aren't as equipped to deal with meat like we able to process plant based food. It's science. Set aside for a momemt your love, and mine, of a medium rare rib eye. Mmmmm, tasty.... But the benefits of that rib-eye stop after is passes over our taste buds and we enjoy the flavor of it. After that meat passes through our mouth down the digestive track it's a struggle for our body to break it down and use it for energy until we eventually expunge what's left of that ribeye out of our anus. lol. I'm willing to have the discussion with you, but you can't just say "i don't buy it" without giving me some science to back up your argument that we're born to be carivores...it's probably going to be difficult...because there isn't any. :p

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1016050]lol. that doesn't make any sense. also, we've been on the planet for[I] hundreds of thousands [/I]of years and only in the last hundred or so we have drastically increased our meat consumption. The commercialized meat industry has you hood-winked.

here's an example- compare the saliva of carnivores vs. herbivores. flesh eating animals have acidic saliva which breaks down meat, humans have alkaline saliva, which does not break down meat, but does break down plants, like herbivores do. Meat can sit in the intestinal [URL="http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/djdb.php?id=472"]walls[/URL] of humans for weeks without being broken down because our bodies just aren't as equipped to deal with meat like we able to process plant based food. It's science. Set aside for a momemt your love, and mine, of a medium rare rib eye. Mmmmm, tasty.... But the benefits of that rib-eye stop after is passes over our taste buds and we enjoy the flavor of it. After that meat passes through our mouth down the digestive track it's a struggle for our body to break it down and use it for energy until we eventually expunge what's left of that ribeye out of our anus. lol. I'm willing to have the discussion with you, but you can't just say "i don't buy it" without giving me some science to back up your argument that we're born to be carivores...it's probably going to be difficult...because there isn't any. :p[/QUOTE]

i recommend reading more about our human dietary history. remind me again when humans were vegan? when we were all apes flinging shit at each other in the jungles of pangea?

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[QUOTE=Jenks;1016036]Do not buy duck fat. Buy a duck.

There is a farmers market a couple of miles from our house that sells whole fresh ducks on the weekends. $13 per duck. You do the butchering, it's fun, and you should know how to do that anyway. If you don't know how to butcher a duck, youtube can probably tell you.

Once you've removed all the good stuff (breasts, leg, etc) what's left is where you're getting your fat. Start trimming the carcass, all the skin and fat, chopping everything up into small bite size pieces. Throw those bits into an iron skillet or a heavy pot with a little water, prob 1/2 cup per duck, and cook it over medium heat for about an hour. What's left is two amazing things: 1. a shitload of clear heavenly liquid- aka Duck Fat. 2. Cracklins! Drain the fat (might want to run it through a light strainer) into a jar and put it in the fridge. Put all the cracklins on a paper towel and pat them dry. Open a can of beer and start shoving those cracklins in your face and wash them down with beer. I prefer to do this with no pants on. It's amazing. Crispy, salty, duck skin/fat chips and beer. mmmmmm.

That is the cheapest and most fun way to get yourself some duck fat... plus you get all the duck meat to cook later. Med rare pan seared duck breast is awesome. for $13 bucks, you get a several amazing meals providing you know how to prepare duck leg, duck breast, you get a jar of fat that'll last you a long time, and you get the cracklin snacks that you drool over with beer when you're done. It's an amazing couple of hours.[/QUOTE]

Done and done. I didn't get too many cracklins from rendering the beef though, but ah well.

13 bucks per duck? Damn. I paid 8 for 8 oz of duck fat. how much fat did you end up with?

Also, is it your belief that store-bought duck fat is no good? or is it just that it's more fun to spend the time doing it the old-timey way (which i AM into doing btw.)

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[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JdKaBX4jL.SL500_AA300.jpg[/img]

On offer at £2.50 a tin over xmas .. great for roast potatoes.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1016093]i recommend reading more about our human dietary history. remind me again when humans were vegan? when we were all apes flinging shit at each other in the jungles of pangea?[/QUOTE]

:lol:

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1015882]paleo, bitchez. :)[/QUOTE] noice, i'm planning on giving that a 2-month test run starting in a week or so. i eat mostly paleo-ish anyway, it's mostly just cutting the grains that i've gotta do.

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[IMG]http://mulliner.org/collin/images/weber.jpg[/IMG] the missus and I bought this bad boy over christmas for ourselves - South Africans love to braai (barbeque) so its meat all the way for me

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[QUOTE=nick007;1016488][IMG]http://mulliner.org/collin/images/weber.jpg[/IMG] the missus and I bought this bad boy over christmas for ourselves - South Africans love to braai (barbeque) so its meat all the way for me[/QUOTE]

Perfect for veggie kabobs and shrimp skewers. Throw on some wild alaskan salmon or red snapper, seasoning and lemon... perfection :lol:

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[URL]http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/low-carb-diets/nutrition-and-health-in-agriculturalists-and-hunter-gatherers/[/URL]

I can help brah. Really. I will break this anti-meat fad that's been spreading...

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which is better? gas grill or charcoal? I dig the gas simply because it takes two seconds to fire up. anyone purposefully [I]not [/I]​use a gas grill?

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^Love the smell of wood and charcoal so thats my personal preference. Got mates who swear by gas tho

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I can understand that the majority of people don't want to give up eating animals but most of you would have to admit that it's gotten to the point where it's gluttonous and wasteful. Our factory farming practices are horrid and shameful. If more people would follow the rule of a vegetarian diet during the week and animals on the weekend it would make a massive difference to our farming practices, enviroment and health. If people could see the way these animals are treated they might feel morally compelled to make changes in their diets but alas, people love to live in blissful ignorance.