Do you eat meat?

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by cheyannew

We like quinoa, but it's kind of expensive around here, since people haven't caught onto the goodness of real foods quite yet I can find it at some of the more organic-type markets, but then, you're paying for it..

how much does it cost ? Here, it's around 4euros 15 and I have enough for at least 2 weeks.

But yeah the quinoa is a really good alternative to meat (even if I prefer soy steak ) .

[Alchemist007]

I heard that most people didn't like the taste of organic food in a blind test vs non-organic (3-1, source: Penn and Teller's Bullshit!). Just thought I'd point that out, might save you some money.

[Theowne]

I don't think people eat organic food primarily for the taste.

[cheyannew]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

I heard that most people didn't like the taste of organic food in a blind test vs non-organic (3-1, source: Penn and Teller's Bullshit!). Just thought I'd point that out, might save you some money.

Too many variables for that to be an information source...

Did those people grow up eating the normal junk food full of preservatives, pesticides, etc? If so, yes, organic food tastes "odd" to them.

Any conversion to a whole foods diet, replacing white bread w/ wheat, etc, needs time to adjust, especially if you eat the way most Americans eat (over-processed, high sodium foods, etc).

[Alchemist007]

Originally Posted by Theowne

I don't think people eat organic food primarily for the taste.

A lot of those organics said it was for the taste, oddly enough.

[Sin of Memories]

Organic food does sometimes seem to taste better.

[Lio]

Originally Posted by Sin of Memories

Organic food does sometimes seem to taste better.

I tried organic broccoli for a week. It tasted kind of weird in the beginning but I got used to it.

The following week I went back to non-organic broccoli again and thought, Ergh this tastes like plastic!

[Zotis]

Bison was one of the best meals I've had in my life.

[synaesthetic]

Organic food is a lot dirtier, though. Since it cannot be fertilized with synthetic ammonia-based stuff, what do you think they put on it?

Might make you think twice before eating that organic vegetable. It might come with a side order of E. coli!

[teachopvutru]

^manure?

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[synaesthetic]

yup

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[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Organic food is a lot dirtier, though. Since it cannot be fertilized with synthetic ammonia-based stuff, what do you think they put on it?

You're joking right ?

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by Sin of Memories

Organic food does sometimes seem to taste better.

Well, sometimes it tastes better and sometime it's the contrary. It's not because it's organic, that's the taste will be better. It's like everything else, you can have good organic or bad one. What's really important is how it was culvitated because even if the taste is not better, it's better for your health.

One of the thing that I really like with organic shop is that they have many different food that you don't see in supermarket.

[teachopvutru]

^I don't think he's joking. Where I grew up in Vietnam, I heard about this a lot. People use manure to fertilize the soil, but I don't know the procedure.

My dad told me a yucky story about back then, too. Some manure sellers sometimes dipped their finger into the manure, then dipped it on their tongue to taste the "quality" of it as fertilizer. My dad said that is stupid, lol.

[Kusa-San]

Originally Posted by teachopvutru

^I don't think he's joking. Where I grew up in Vietnam, I heard about this a lot. People use manure to fertilize the soil, but I don't know the procedure.

No I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the fact he's saying that you're always using that for organing food. And btw, saying it's dirtier make me laugh.

[mindovermatter]

While buying veggies at a farmers market in Korea, I was warned by a friend that often farmers will use human feces for fertilizer...
I was obviously taken aback... but when you think about it, by the time it gets into the food, it's broken down and dissolved. The only issue is how well you wash it before you eat it.
Fresh caught fish eat all kinds of disgusting creepy crawlies. Cows poop on the grass that they then eat, etc. It's a full cycle I've come to accept.
I personally depend heavily on eating meat. I don't hunt, but I have killed my own bird meat before.

[Kittenlady]

I find the idea of eating meat absolutely disgusting. I mean, flesh? That had veins with blood pumping through it and it was alive once and moving and breathing and ewewew.









But it tastes so damn nice.

[Sin of Memories]

I eat baby back ribs! NOMNOMNOM!

[Arbitres]

I find the idea of eating meat absolutely disgusting. I mean, flesh? That had veins with blood pumping through it and it was alive once and moving and breathing and ewewew.

I can't eat a slim jim without feeling a bit guilty, honestly. I largely only eat bacon... for some odd, excluding reason that obviously favoritizes bacon over other meats.

[ttdestroy]

Meat tastes so good, I'm not addicted or anything, I can stop anytime I want!! I don't have a problem!

OK seriously, I like meat, but I respect people who choose not to eat it and personally I should lay off of eating so much of it unless I want to buy the farm before I'm 50.