Cows are very tasty, are they not?!
Cows are very tasty, are they not?
OK, I'm not here to judge and I'm not here to start a riot. You all have your own reasons for not eating meat, and I respect that. I just have a question.
Last night, I was talking to a vegetarian and she refused to admit that the meat of cows was incredibly tasty. So I'm wondering, can any of you, even though you don't eat them for ecological, health, or political reasons, admit that cows are very tasty animals? And if they weren't, do you think the world would have more vegetarians?
Answers: I never really liked beef, even before I was a vegetarian. I think it was the texture more than the taste, because I enjoy eating soy burgers. They have a different texture than real beef. I was quite fond of--I'll admit it openly--baked chicken (My mom would cook it in herbs and pepper and a great sauce, all over rice.), seafood (I grew up, and still live, in a rural "fishing village."), and pork that was baked with herbs and peppercorns, but the thought of eating meat makes me sick now. It's just been too long since I've eaten it, that I've almost forgotten the taste of real meat. My faint memory of eating bacon for the last time makes me sick because of the thought of the grease and the taste. I don't think I'd enjoy eating meat now, just because my tastes have changed over the years without meat.
I think the world would have a lot more vegetarians if meat didn't taste good.
(I also want to thank you for asking your question in a civil manner. There are too many rude people asking rude questions on here.) I eat poultry and fish, but I don't tend to eat cow. I don't really like the taste. It grosses me out. I don't really have a specific reason, other than the gross-ness factor. No. I always hated the taste of red meat. I'll admit the tasty factor of most other meats. but anymeat that you can still see the blood in grosses me out. No, I'm not into the flavor- and omg the smell of raw hamburger cooking is hideous- my dad doesn't even like it and he's a full-on red meat lover. I've been a strict veg for 10+ years now- I can and do admit to the tastiness of a chicken pot pie, and of chicken noodle soup, and of lobster, and of lots and lots of fish, which I used to love. But I do COOK meat occasionally even, but not for myself! My love of cooking supercedes my personal vegetarianism. I do want to mention that flavor is based on more than simply actual taste bud reaction. Think of how the Japanese eat (and love the "taste" of) eel bladder and sea urchin and cow brains. Even Anglo-Saxons have a long history of enjoying foods like sweetbreads and tripe and haggis and kidney and blood pudding. Would you yourself love the flavors of those foods? Would you just dig right in and be a cowbrain convert? Hmmm, probably not, because preferred foods are an acquired taste, based on culture and parental influences. So I must say that to use the phrasing "wouldn't admit" is skewed, as we all tend to like and dislike certain foods, even chocolate! Yes, there are people who don't like it, and it's not a matter of "admitting" that they do... I think that the main way the world would have more vegetarians would be if parents who ate meat decided to raise vegetarian children. Also, your question implies that the world doesn't have many vegetarians- you realize that entire cultures' eating patterns are based on religion right? Think of what Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and even Jewish cultures eat, and avoid. Would the world eat more cow if there were less Hindus? lol Most cultures can't afford to waste valuable agricultural space on such beasts of burden. have not eaten beef my whole life till recently. guess i was missing out on life.if we wear leather then y not eat the meat?. pity to kill the animal just for skin.anyways, beef tastes great. my first cheeseburger was heaven!!!!1 Somepeople like it and some don't. Tastes vary. I would say you are making too many assumptions.
I used to eat beef, but I haven't eaten it for more than twenty years. When I smell meat cooking it actually smells nasty to me. I'm not making it up. The smell of bacon is particularly repulsive to me.
Whether something is "tasty" is purely subjective. It's a matter of personal preference, culture and conditioning. When the lady you refer to said she didn't think it tasted good I'm absolutely sure she was telling the truth.
Some people from other cultures eat worms, bats, dogs, insects, snakes and I'm sure they all say it's "tasty." It doesn't mean anything.
My wife is from India and she cooks something called bitter gourd. I can't say I liked the stuff the first time I ate it, but I have acquired a taste for it over time and now I really do enjoy it. If it was not possible for taste to change, adults would still be eating nasty candy that they liked when they were children. I still like chocolate; but I can't imagine actually tasting some of those jaw breakers, Sweet Tarts and Kool Aide that I liked when I was in grade school. Even though meat can be described as being tasty and many vegetarians/vegans will say it is, your vegetarian friend probably has been vegetarian long enough and fines meat so repulsive that she cannot imagine it to be tasty or delightful. I never liked the taste of meat. When I was little my dad used to make me eat it. Even the smell makes me sick. I think it's just like any kind of food. If you are conditioned to eat it eventually you like it. You have to acquire a taste for it but frankly I never did acquire a taste for any meat. Hey, I'm a Texan, now!
I've always been a beef eater.
Beef is very high in flavor & protein.
I don't like soy products.
I'm not even sure how you "milk a soy."
I know how to milk a cow.
I think that protein is just a wee bit more important
to our diets than all that carbohydrates.
You do know that if you don't get enough
protein that your fingernails will fall off,&your hair
will fall out. Such a pleasant thought...
Beef does a body good.
Just ask the Beef People in TEXAS!!! Take ground beef and cook it in the microwave, do not add any spices or sauces or anything. Just eat the beef by itself. That is not tasty, at least to me. If you have to add spices and sauces then you are not eating just the cow. I have grown away from the lure of meat... it has no draw to me nor does it smell favorable when it is cooking. So I have to say no.
Besides... I am a vegetarian so I prefer to pet the animals, not eat the animals.
And to the self proclaimed "Texan" above me a couple on the list...
Living in Texas does not a Texan make... I'm glad you are proud of your new state, but me as a "Son of Texas" can't seem to understand why on earth you think that you call your self a "Texan" and beyond that... that you have the right to speak for Texans in your ideas. Well, to make animal flesh palatable, you have to season it and cook it. when i did eat meat i didnt eat cows or sea food i ate chicken turkey and pork
i didnt like the taste of dead cow ever
and now all meat is gross to me I admit that they used to be tasty (wow i had to debate how to spell that..stupid fergie! lol) to me and I'm sure they are to many others--but honestly, now, only after 6 months, I would VOMIT if I tried to eat a hamburger.
I was nauseous at school the other day just from smelling hotdogs in the cafeteria--it's quite dramatic.
hmm, that's a tough one, because i'm sure they tasted like sh** raw when cavemen/cavewomen started eating them..unless they cooked them over a fire. they probably got sick all the time from it..that just says to me that we aren't made to eat meat (but that's just my opinion) i think that meat was a taste that was acquired over generations. lots of little kids don't like meat.
so....i'd say that i don't think there would be more vegetarians..considering the things i just said AND vegetarians hardly go veggie just because they don't like the taste My younger brother Al avoided meat (passed tense because the meat eater older brother is still alive) and Al & widdow Lisa would not wear furs, although they seemed to have leather shoes.
When I spoke at al's funneral, I praised his ecological choises (like a ground sourced heat pump for his indoor swimming pool), including avoiding beef (which increases global warming gasses). I also said "Avoiding meat also let Al pet his dogs with a clear conscience"!
Mom was a Jewish holocaust orphan who never cooked pork, although we gave our hearts to Jesus. I happened to marry a Christian allergic to pork, so I still don't eat it.
God forbade the Israelites to eat certain types of animal flesh. In the Old Testament, the issue was clear: God said to avoid eating the flesh of certain animals. It is in New Testament times that the issue has become blurred. (See link below for that info).
I've had corned beef, the Jewish substitute for ham, but I don't crave it. I like ham, but never get any. I prefer burgers any how!
Whenever mom made a meal including meat...meat meant hamburger. I did not get tired of it, although I prefer it when it is turned into meatloaf occasionally.
My wife refuses to eat all red meat. Cecellia loves beef; but is fasting, eating only poultry and fish. Just like we both fast from alcohol. When I was first saved, I also fasted from TV.
Ironically she grew up eating beef all the time, because her dad was a cattle rancher in South Dakota. Unlike me, Cecellia figures that she has had enough beef to last her a life-time!!!
I eat poultry and fish, like Cece, believing it is the healthiest meat, including delicious & nutricious turkey baccon. AND beef...
But I refuse to give up my deliciolus hamburger, as she did, neither for my personal health (myy veggie loving kid bro got no obvious health benefit) nor greenhouse gases cow farts cause (killing Canada's polar bears).
Oddly I do not eat steak! We grew up dirt poor, and hamburger was cheap. When I say it was always hamburger, I MEAN "hamburger" not beef!
When I'm given a steak to eat, I wish they had ground it into hamburger. My son barbecues sirloin hamburgers for him & me, and those steak-hamburgs are delicious...but I want HAMBURGER period. Cows are very tasty. I like cows, they are my friends. eh, i was never a big beef fan anyway. i preferred chicken over beef 95% of the time.
i think chicken was tasty. now i'm pretty grossed out about it, especially when i see their bodies wrapped in the plastic trays at the market with the blood collecting at the bottom. ick...
i believe that the #1 reason people continue to eat meat is the fact that it tastes good (and that it's so convenient). if meat wasn't as good to the tastebuds, then i do believe more people would be vegetarian. im not a veg head. and i <3 steak!
p.s. sry for the veg heads that read this, plz don't take offense :) <3 I'm sure many people find cows to be tasty animals.
I do not. To me, there is nothing tasty about dead animal flesh. It's just not appetizing.
I cannot get over the way they are treated long enough to enjoy any types of "savory" flavors.
Sorry. i became a vegetarian two-three years ago and meat still smells good to me. but i just don't eat it. very hard at first i kept sneaking bacon. but anyways, if it didn't taste good of course everyone would probably be veggie!!
veggies are better for you than meat but don't taste as good so ppl eat meat more! i don't think beef tastes good at all...I havent had any since 94... Good question! Personally, before I gave up meat, my dad (the only one who could cook meat for me that I would eat) always had to season the heck out of any meat for it to taste good to any of us. He has yet to give up meat but I'm sure my parents still go through the Lawry's like it's candy. So, my answer is no, not tasty.