Gelatin

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Originally Posted by 420purplehaze420

If we werent so modernized and we still had to hunt, skin, drain the animals of there blood, mutilate them and hack them apart to get the desired meats, A LOT more people would be like you, some just dont know the cruelty and disgusting acts that are followed through just so they can wrap there hands around there greasy, 99 cent 1/4 pounder from macdonalds(provided they use real meat in their food)

Ive quit eating red meats so now im down to chicken and fish, and i tried eating vegetarian pizza, but it just wasnt the same...this is probably as far as i will go though, being a vegetarian is a lot of work, and no one accomodates for the veggie.

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I am fortunate enough to live in a very unique community where most all restaurants can cater to almost any dietary restriction. In fact, it isn't considered odd, weird, or out of the ordinary at all. Sometimes I find it odd when I meet people who do eat meat. I am lucky.

I don't even know if it was necessarily the cruetly factor to animals that made me decide to be a vegetarian or not. I just got this horrible feeling everytime I ate meat and everytime I found a tiny bone in my meat. Freaked the fuck out of me, I didn't like to know that I was eating something that used to be alive and habiting the earth...I just couldn't get past the texture, it was too hard for me to eat meat so I just naturally became a vegetarian. I rarely find it to be difficult, and I really don't think I will ever eat meat.

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Originally Posted by afghooey

hey, at least that stuff isn't going to waste. :stoned:

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You know I always thought gross shit in food like that was horrible. But seen this way, that's true man. I don't think rotting pig bones in the soil helps out our marijuana plants growing any healthier. By using hard learned knowledge from millenias of experience, we found ways of putting things to better use. It's not true with everything, don't get me wrong, but a lot of technology like that is actually good.

This example though, is not very valid of this point, lol. All the shit gelatin is used in is rather horrible for our healths anyway.

Meh go figure.

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Originally Posted by 420purplehaze420

Well good this would be a pretty boring place if everyone agreed, but I didnt say everyone, i said a lot more, the majority of North Americans buy there meat from grocers or butchers, if there were neither of these establishments the number of people eating meat would go down that I am certain of.

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i think it would have a lot to do with were you live. for instance i dont think too many people are going to be hanging a pig from the street lamp in brooklyn new york. but then again if someone in my area couldnt go to the store to buy pork chops, i dont think it would cause to much concern.

I'll still eat stuff with gelatin in it, I realy don't care. I have met some a few vegitarians that were al right, and I have met some PETA members that are complete jack asses. Hell the guy that introduced me to weed was a vegitarian, not for the "suffering of the animals" (that were breed for that specific purpose) but because he just didn't like the taste.

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Originally Posted by TallulahGreen

I am fortunate enough to live in a very unique community where most all restaurants can cater to almost any dietary restriction. In fact, it isn't considered odd, weird, or out of the ordinary at all. Sometimes I find it odd when I meet people who do eat meat. I am lucky.

I don't even know if it was necessarily the cruetly factor to animals that made me decide to be a vegetarian or not. I just got this horrible feeling everytime I ate meat and everytime I found a tiny bone in my meat. Freaked the fuck out of me, I didn't like to know that I was eating something that used to be alive and habiting the earth...I just couldn't get past the texture, it was too hard for me to eat meat so I just naturally became a vegetarian. I rarely find it to be difficult, and I really don't think I will ever eat meat.

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Really? craziness well here in my part of canada vegetarianism is made fun of and looked down upon, and most vegetarians are fat emo girls who are just trying to be different.

Where are you at? (general area) We have 2 veggie restraunts within an hour of where I am that i know of. If you go over to a friends house and eat dinner with there family, some type of meat is always the main course. So right now i just find it easier and more practical to go about my way of life. O and the cruelty is mostly the reason i am the way i am, i think a cow should have the same right to live as a dog does or any other animal.

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Originally Posted by TallulahGreen

But yeah don't go throwin around the word hypocrite unless you know what you are talking about.

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relax shit, it was a fucking joke

Don't expect food companies to tell you what is exactly in gelatin. Yes it is from an animal. They usually say that it is either from beef or pork because food companies get it from different suppliers so it cant really be tracked.

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Originally Posted by yoda

relax shit, it was a fucking joke

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yeah well, it wasn't very funny was it?

;)

I'm always amazed when people are floored by vegetarians. "how? why? Don't you miss meat?" If you really want to understand why vegetarians don't eat meat, try it for a month. If you're not convinced, go back to pounding big macs. Its your life afterall. And our life is our life. Diet is a choice.

Having said that, vegetarianism is totally a better choice. At least for me. Probably for everyone.

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Originally Posted by 420purplehaze420

Really? craziness well here in my part of canada vegetarianism is made fun of and looked down upon, and most vegetarians are fat emo girls who are just trying to be different.

Where are you at? (general area) We have 2 veggie restraunts within an hour of where I am that i know of. If you go over to a friends house and eat dinner with there family, some type of meat is always the main course. So right now i just find it easier and more practical to go about my way of life. O and the cruelty is mostly the reason i am the way i am, i think a cow should have the same right to live as a dog does or any other animal.

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I live in the beautiful southern Oregon! :)

I still eat meat. I have contemplated stopping it a few times. I do feel that not eating meat would be a cleaner way to live. Meat sometimes feels like it is weighing me down. Maybe it is because I eat too many cheeseburgers!

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Originally Posted by geonagual

I still eat meat. I have contemplated stopping it a few times. I do feel that not eating meat would be a cleaner way to live. Meat sometimes feels like it is weighing me down. Maybe it is because I eat too many cheeseburgers!

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Maybe because you eat meat pumped with antibiotics and hormones and fat?

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Originally Posted by TallulahGreen

I just couldn't get past the texture, it was too hard for me to eat meat so I just naturally became a vegetarian. I rarely find it to be difficult, and I really don't think I will ever eat meat.

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me too. everyone in my family eats meat at least twice a day but ever since I can remember I just couldnt do it because the texture just seems so gross. I didnt know about the animal abuse and stuff until later.

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Originally Posted by TallulahGreen

Maybe because you eat meat pumped with antibiotics and hormones and fat?

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Oh, I know, it is pretty gross when you really get down into it. First, I am not against vegetarians or meat eaters. Most, if not all, were born to parents that ate meat. For me, it has been a hard thing to get away from. It is just so EASY (call me lazy if you want, cause it is true in this aspect) to just get a burger if your hungry or a big fat carne asada burrito w/extra onions. Meat fills me up and it taste good. I know there are plenty of benefits of not eating meat.
So, it is hard to switch.
My daughter wants to start eating vegetarian badly. So, I might pretty soon start getting it all together. I am sure I can do it. I just need to figure out how to shop for it and make some good recipes.

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Originally Posted by geonagual

Oh, I know, it is pretty gross when you really get down into it. First, I am not against vegetarians or meat eaters. Most, if not all, were born to parents that ate meat. For me, it has been a hard thing to get away from. It is just so EASY (call me lazy if you want, cause it is true in this aspect) to just get a burger if your hungry or a big fat carne asada burrito w/extra onions. Meat fills me up and it taste good. I know there are plenty of benefits of not eating meat.
So, it is hard to switch.
My daughter wants to start eating vegetarian badly. So, I might pretty soon start getting it all together. I am sure I can do it. I just need to figure out how to shop for it and make some good recipes.

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Well, I was thinking more alternatively you should try eating organic free range meat? It is far better than antibiotics and hormones. If you are interested in becoming vegetarian you should see if you have any local food cooperatives around you, they usually are a really good place to start.

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Originally Posted by Lovely07

Interesting.....never heard that before. Guess I should question where a lot of my other food comes from, too. Does anyone REALLY know what Spam is made of? LOL.

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It's a mixture of Dust, 8 Week Old Milk and Meat Component*.






* You just dont want to know what that is.

I and a couple peeps buy a Organic grass fed steer and have it butchered like 2 3 times a year,,,def the way to go... the ground beef renders like no fat when I make a hamburger...

Australian free range beef is like tasteless for some reason,,,Aussie's love American beef...

Some people use un-flavored gealtin to pass drug test's.

but on the subject of whats really in what you eat, who cares if you told me this chinese i was actually eating was cat then fuck thats good cat homey.

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Originally Posted by Way2many

Some people use un-flavored gealtin to pass drug test's.

but on the subject of whats really in what you eat, who cares if you told me this Chinese i was actually eating was cat then fuck thats good cat homey.

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My home town never had a Chinese restaurant for the first 13 years of my life... I used to feed the stray cats""" moment,,,Black and orange stray cat sittin on the fence,,,aint got enough dough to pay the rent"""... When the 1st Chinese restaurant open I started noticing my friends were not coming around... within a year of the restaurants opening there was not 1 cat feeding at my back door,,,so this is truly "Not A Myth or Urban Legend"...l

One of the chineese take aways in my town got found with a dog in the freezer by health and safty... and they didnt close them down..

Yea, i dont eat jello cuz of this... haven't for over 15 years.

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Originally Posted by Skink

My home town never had a Chinese restaurant for the first 13 years of my life... I used to feed the stray cats""" moment,,,Black and orange stray cat sittin on the fence,,,aint got enough dough to pay the rent"""... When the 1st Chinese restaurant open I started noticing my friends were not coming around... within a year of the restaurants opening there was not 1 cat feeding at my back door,,,so this is truly "Not A Myth or Urban Legend"...l

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still dont care....lather some kitten up with some orange sauce or fix some kung pao kitten im down.