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My favorite is most types of berries all mixed, esp bluberries :D
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...erry_salad.jpg
I love many types of temperate and tropical though. Lychees, mangoes, papayas, watermelon, plums....GAH! Hungry now!
I wish i could get some of these, but they are very expensive here :(
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ul_lychee1.jpg
Pineapple! wait thats not a fruit.... I love all the citris family except clemintines which sweet which is just wierd if you ask me, Melon, no mango, no CUCuMBER ! yes cucumber is my facvourite... I can eat 2 kg in a day:D:D
I saw those the other day in ASDA , you are uk based arent you? they cranked down the price it was somthing like 90p for about 12... what are they??Quote:
Originally Posted by dramasnot6
I live in Australia actually. They are lychees and at their cheapest I have seen them around $20 american dollars(22 Aus dollars, i hope i did the math approx. right). They are really juicy but really sweet and delicious!
I always counted Cucumbers as veggies but love them as well! Many times for a meal I will just chop cucumbers and tomatos and throw in whatever else in terms of beans/soy/herbs/dressings. It's delish and can have a lot of varieties for just one dish.
Those fruits are so delicious Drame, but they are very expensive at your place. Litchies are delicious, I love watermelons too....yummmmm.....I am now wanting to have all of these, you shouldnt have posted the pictures....
Boy, I think I got to this party a little late. I would love to go vegetarian but I just can't help loving Cheeseburgers and Chicken parmesian, I get Vegetarian Times magazine to try and get a wider variety and more ideas on how to prepare my veggies.
I guess you could call me a "wannabe"
How did I miss this thread?
I've been vegetarian for more than a year now, out of environmental and health reasons. I've been trying to cut out dairy and eggs, but that probably won't be possible until I move to Victoria in September. Cutting back on dairy has been pretty easy, as I'm becoming more lactose intollerant (thanks to my mom's genetics), and soy milk and ice-cream is freely available in the house. Any thoughts on a good source of vitamin B12? The only thing I know of that contains it naturally is beer, and the quantities one would need to get one's vitamins bring their own health problems. My favorite beer isn't vegan anyway.:bawling:
What kind of beer is made from meat, ewww...Quote:
My favorite beer isn't vegan anyway.
I was going to post a veggie recipe here, but someone decided that not posting a recipe meant you didn't know how to cook in the meat thread (what sound logic). That comment was followed by more sexist comments>>>>So I'll keep my recipe to myself.
I'm done posting in the meat/veggie/chocolate threads
Guinness (the beer in question) is made using animal products in the filtering stages, but does not contain any meat by the time you drink it. Some other beers and wines use the same product (the name of which escapes my mind at the moment) and some clear liquors use a fish product as a clarifying agent.
Really, I didn't know that. I guess it's all for the best, I like guinness, it's a really stout beer. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9
Guinness = awesome
B-12 is something all vegetarians/vegans should we wary of. I make sure to get more then adequate amounts by everyday eating lots of seaweed and soya products which are the best natural sources of B-12. B-12 supplements are also nifty things and there are many cereals fortified with extra b-12.Quote:
Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9
In the light of recent complaints and misunderstandings'the Veggie Club' and 'Meat Eaters Club' threads have caused, those two threads now will be closed.
I realized Scher closed this thread, but I'm going to cheat and post in it.
I'm not trying to say one type of eating is better or worse, but you shouldn't take your health for granted and you should research all you can before making health decisions.
Most vegetarians supplement their protein with soy derivatives. Soy has a lot of problems with it. Remember too that Soy is a multi-billion dollar industry, so you'll have people funded by the industry defending it. Just do your research. For instance many infants fed soy formula end up with thyroid problems, my wife for one.
Chemicals in soy can cause cancer. They way it is sometimes processed (the cheap method used in almost all packaged foods) can add chemicals and destroy any nutrients or protein within it.
Additionally, you cannot get complete protein from any plant source alone. You at the very least need milk & egg protein, if not meat protein, or you will be deficient in some essential amino acids.
The thing is, the health industry doesn't always know what they are doing.
Way back in the 70's the threat of heart disease caused many to try to get saturated meat fats out of their diet, so they cut back on meat. This lowered their protein consumption and so they increased their carb consumption to battle it. What happened? People got extremely fat, and heart disease is worse than ever because of it. And now the industry reminds us we need good sources of lean protein in your diet every day and at every meal.
Human beings evolved eating meat, remember that.
Another good example of health advice gone awry is the case for fish. In the 80s and early 90s, still today sometimes, people were recommended to eat fish often as a good source a protein without a lot of fat. But people started getting sick.
The problem was that due to pollution you'd have fish with small amounts of mercury in their system and when eating that fish it'd end up in your system, potentially to lethal levels. Now we know that it is vitally important to avoid eating predatory fish very often, and pregnant woman should avoid all fish as much as possible.
Too, now there are new studies showing hormones showing up in fish. People are flushing their medicines down the toilet (either left over medicines, or medicine still in our urine) and that gets into the water and into the fish.
This same thing happens with meat of course, but it isn't by accident. Non-organic farmers have for years and years used hormones to boost the growth of their cattle. Getting a bunch of estrogen in your meat could certainly cause cancer in the long run.
So if you are a vegetarian for health reasons, you might want to consider just how health it really is. I can't say anything if you are a vegetarian for moral reasons, other than to maybe try organic free range eggs/milk and or kosher meats as more humane options. You need complete protein in your diet, and loading up on soy & pasta like so many vegetarians do isn't always healthy. Remember too, money makes the world go round. Soy is a billion dollar industry, beef is a billion dollar industry, fish is a billion dollar industry. You shouldn't expect any unbiased answers from any of those sources (or sources those places support).
Personally, for me, I want to live a long time. I try to avoid foods that there is any controversy over. Soy may or may not be bad for you. I avoid it (mostly). Hormone-fed beef may or may not be bad for you. I avoid it (mostly). But don't think I've ever seen anyone say organic chicken breasts are unhealthy, so that would seem to be a good choice.
http://www.healingcrow.com/soy/soy.html
http://www.mercola.com/2000/jan/16/s..._unhealthy.htm