U2Bama's Vegetarian Thread

U2Bama · 12-08-2001, 01:10 AM

Just to clear up any long-standing confusion: I am not, and never have been, a vegetarian.

I realize this fact goes against the very spirit of being a U2 fan, but it is a choice I have lived with my entire life, and, you know, I am okay with it.

There are many "vegetarian" food items that I enjoy, but there are also many food items I enjoy that contain meat. I do not wish to eat bean burritoes, falaffel, and Caesar salad every meal of every day, although I do enjoy each of them.

I eat the following meat products:
beef
pork
chicken
crustacean (shrimp, crab, crawfish)
lamb
venison (deer)
fish (tuna)

I am sorry if this disappoints any of you. I couldn't live under your false impressions of me any longer.

If it means that I can't be a U2 fan, then so be it.

~U2Alabama

[This message has been edited by U2Bama (edited 12-07-2001).]

Angela Harlem · 12-08-2001, 03:03 AM

Noooooooo! Say it isn't true!

Ormus · 12-08-2001, 06:59 AM

My favorite meat is veal.

*commence flaming (cow)*

Ormus

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"Then she was in the helicopter, and it was rising, and I had not gone with her, and I never saw her again, none of us did, and the last words she screamed down at me break my heart every time I think of them, and I think of them a few hundred times a day, every day, and then there are the endless, sleepless nights." - Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

speedracer · 12-08-2001, 07:19 AM

Eat mo' possum. The otha white meat.

Anthony · 12-08-2001, 07:36 AM

What's wrong with being an omnivore? Nothing to be ashamed of U2Bama, in fact, Vegetarianism is only healthy if its pulled off properly. I know someone who is supposedly a vegetarian and is ruining her health.

Ant.

Thermopylae · 12-08-2001, 12:33 PM

Prima in Walnut Creek California has the best Veal Chop I have ever had...

Bama - Caesar salads have anchovies or anchovy past - so they are not vegetarian. Also, most refried beans use bacon grease...

Just FYI

U2Bama · 12-08-2001, 03:15 PM

Although there is a Greek-owned, "Southern cookin" meat & three cafeteria in North Birmingham that serves very good veal, I have avoided ordering it over the past few years becuase I do feel bad for the little baby calves (maybe there IS hope for me?).

Possum, raccoon, or fox would be a very efficient meat source where I live; their roadkill rate is exponential.

Ant, if I were to attempt vegetarianism, I would starve to death within a week.

Thermopylae, if a restaurant at which I am eating indicates the presence of anchovies on their Caesar, I order it without; most places where I order Caesar Salad are steakhouses (ironically, with a Sirloin), and they use a cheap but very tasty imitation dressing, sometimes scattered with eggwhites, so I guess that would be a violation.

MissMacPh, I knew you would do that.

~U2Alabama

speedracer · 12-08-2001, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by U2Bama:
Although there is a Greek-owned, "Southern cookin" meat & three cafeteria in North Birmingham that serves very good veal, I have avoided ordering it over the past few years becuase I do feel bad for the little baby calves (maybe there IS hope for me?).

Just ask this scientician. He'll tell you that, in nature, one creature invariably eats another creature to survive. Don't kid yourself Bama. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!

popkidu2 · 12-08-2001, 03:34 PM

I've eaten squirrel before. A little gamey but tastes like chicken (what doesn't?).

I love meat

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And I feel like I'm slowly slowly slowly slipping under.

And I feel like I'm holding onto nothing.

ADAM (talking about Elevation):
"I like it, it's very hard to play live...(starts smiling) I don't understand what it's about, it's good."

BEAL · 12-08-2001, 04:20 PM

I usualy stay away from the non meats.
just too much flavor to ignore

Rono · 12-08-2001, 06:03 PM

Does anyone of you eat biologic and ecologic produced meat ? Is there in America any biologic produced meat ?

The Wanderer · 12-08-2001, 08:38 PM

Rono, please explain what you mean by "biologically produced meat"

I thought all meat was produced biologically

Miss MacPhisto · 12-09-2001, 02:37 AM

*Gags and faints *

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Look...look what you've done to me...You've made me poor and infamous, and I thank you...

My name is MISS MACPHISTO...I'm tired and i want to go HOME...

"Well you tell...Bonovista,that i said hello and that my codename is Belleview" - Bono before opening night of Anaheim Elevation concert

Rono · 12-09-2001, 03:41 AM

O.K., i try. Producing bio-meat is ehh, growing animals up without help of Hormons ( cow ) or antibiotica ( used for pig, to gain more wieght ) and with enough space to move around. You can think about chickenfarms for producing eggs, there are 7-8 chicken in a cage. You ever been in such a place ? Not very biologic .Just take a look. Ore producing veal, they a calf into a very small box so he can not move around. That is the way to keep veal nice red and tender. But not the way to treath animals.

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I can`t change the world but i can
change the world in me.

Hearing only what you want to hear and knowing only what you've heart.
Read you, Rono.

speedracer · 12-09-2001, 07:49 AM

There definitely exist in America "biologically produced" (perhaps the proper term is "humanely produced") eggs.

U2Bama · 12-09-2001, 11:50 AM

From what I know, most of the meat that I consume is produced algebraically.

Miss MacPhisto · 12-09-2001, 06:15 PM

I ate tofu once that at first i swore was actually chicken. I couldnt believe it till i read the label.

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Look...look what you've done to me...You've made me poor and infamous, and I thank you...

My name is MISS MACPHISTO...I'm tired and i want to go HOME...

"Well you tell...Bonovista,that i said hello and that my codename is Belleview" - Bono before opening night of Anaheim Elevation concert

The Wanderer · 12-09-2001, 08:10 PM

actually, all that's done to produce veal is to reduce the intake of iron, it has nothing to do with putting them in a small box (which, actually would be counter-productive because the animal would in all likelihood be very unhealthy, but that's just speculation on my part, of course)

speedracer · 12-09-2001, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by U2Bama:
From what I know, most of the meat that I consume is produced algebraically.

Huh?

U2Bama · 12-09-2001, 10:15 PM

Algebraically, biologically, what's the difference?

12-08-2001, 01:10 AM	#1
U2Bama Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gulf Coast State of Mine Posts: 3,405 Local Time: 10:37 AM	U2Bama's Vegetarian Thread Just to clear up any long-standing confusion: I am not, and never have been, a vegetarian. I realize this fact goes against the very spirit of being a U2 fan, but it is a choice I have lived with my entire life, and, you know, I am okay with it. There are many "vegetarian" food items that I enjoy, but there are also many food items I enjoy that contain meat. I do not wish to eat bean burritoes, falaffel, and Caesar salad every meal of every day, although I do enjoy each of them. I eat the following meat products: beef pork chicken crustacean (shrimp, crab, crawfish) lamb venison (deer) fish (tuna) I am sorry if this disappoints any of you. I couldn't live under your false impressions of me any longer. If it means that I can't be a U2 fan, then so be it. ~U2Alabama [This message has been edited by U2Bama (edited 12-07-2001).] __________________

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U2Bama Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gulf Coast State of Mine Posts: 3,405 Local Time: 10:37 AM	Algebraically, biologically, what's the difference? __________________

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12-08-2001, 06:59 AM	#3
Ormus War Child Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Frontios Posts: 758 Local Time: 11:37 AM	My favorite meat is veal. commence flaming (cow) Ormus ------------------ "Then she was in the helicopter, and it was rising, and I had not gone with her, and I never saw her again, none of us did, and the last words she screamed down at me break my heart every time I think of them, and I think of them a few hundred times a day, every day, and then there are the endless, sleepless nights." - Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet

12-08-2001, 07:19 AM	#4
speedracer Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 7,604 Local Time: 11:37 AM	Eat mo' possum. The otha white meat.

12-08-2001, 07:36 AM	#5
Anthony Refugee Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,538 Local Time: 03:37 PM	What's wrong with being an omnivore? Nothing to be ashamed of U2Bama, in fact, Vegetarianism is only healthy if its pulled off properly. I know someone who is supposedly a vegetarian and is ruining her health. Ant.

12-08-2001, 12:33 PM	#6
Thermopylae The Fly Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: North Bay, CA USA Posts: 83 Local Time: 03:37 PM	Prima in Walnut Creek California has the best Veal Chop I have ever had... Bama - Caesar salads have anchovies or anchovy past - so they are not vegetarian. Also, most refried beans use bacon grease... Just FYI

12-08-2001, 03:15 PM	#7
U2Bama Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gulf Coast State of Mine Posts: 3,405 Local Time: 10:37 AM	Although there is a Greek-owned, "Southern cookin" meat & three cafeteria in North Birmingham that serves very good veal, I have avoided ordering it over the past few years becuase I do feel bad for the little baby calves (maybe there IS hope for me?). Possum, raccoon, or fox would be a very efficient meat source where I live; their roadkill rate is exponential. Ant, if I were to attempt vegetarianism, I would starve to death within a week. Thermopylae, if a restaurant at which I am eating indicates the presence of anchovies on their Caesar, I order it without; most places where I order Caesar Salad are steakhouses (ironically, with a Sirloin), and they use a cheap but very tasty imitation dressing, sometimes scattered with eggwhites, so I guess that would be a violation. MissMacPh, I knew you would do that. ~U2Alabama

12-08-2001, 03:34 PM	#9
popkidu2 War Child Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Half a mile from what she said... Posts: 897 Local Time: 03:37 PM	I've eaten squirrel before. A little gamey but tastes like chicken (what doesn't?). I love meat ------------------ And I feel like I'm slowly slowly slowly slipping under. And I feel like I'm holding onto nothing. ADAM (talking about Elevation): "I like it, it's very hard to play live...(starts smiling) I don't understand what it's about, it's good."

12-08-2001, 04:20 PM	#10
BEAL Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 6,290 Local Time: 03:37 PM	I usualy stay away from the non meats. just too much flavor to ignore

12-08-2001, 06:03 PM	#11
Rono Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,163 Local Time: 04:37 PM	Does anyone of you eat biologic and ecologic produced meat ? Is there in America any biologic produced meat ?

12-08-2001, 08:38 PM	#12
The Wanderer Kid A Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holy Roman Empire Posts: 5,271 Local Time: 10:37 AM	Rono, please explain what you mean by "biologically produced meat" I thought all meat was produced biologically

12-09-2001, 02:37 AM	#13
Miss MacPhisto Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Planet Pleba Posts: 1,957 Local Time: 07:37 AM	Gags and faints ------------------ Look...look what you've done to me...You've made me poor and infamous, and I thank you... My name is MISS MACPHISTO...I'm tired and i want to go HOME... "Well you tell...Bonovista,that i said hello and that my codename is Belleview" - Bono before opening night of Anaheim Elevation concert

12-09-2001, 03:41 AM	#14
Rono Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,163 Local Time: 04:37 PM	O.K., i try. Producing bio-meat is ehh, growing animals up without help of Hormons ( cow ) or antibiotica ( used for pig, to gain more wieght ) and with enough space to move around. You can think about chickenfarms for producing eggs, there are 7-8 chicken in a cage. You ever been in such a place ? Not very biologic .Just take a look. Ore producing veal, they a calf into a very small box so he can not move around. That is the way to keep veal nice red and tender. But not the way to treath animals. ------------------ I can`t change the world but i can change the world in me. Hearing only what you want to hear and knowing only what you've heart. Read you, Rono.

12-09-2001, 07:49 AM	#15
speedracer Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 7,604 Local Time: 11:37 AM	There definitely exist in America "biologically produced" (perhaps the proper term is "humanely produced") eggs.

12-09-2001, 11:50 AM	#16
U2Bama Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gulf Coast State of Mine Posts: 3,405 Local Time: 10:37 AM	From what I know, most of the meat that I consume is produced algebraically.

12-09-2001, 06:15 PM	#17
Miss MacPhisto Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Planet Pleba Posts: 1,957 Local Time: 07:37 AM	I ate tofu once that at first i swore was actually chicken. I couldnt believe it till i read the label. ------------------ Look...look what you've done to me...You've made me poor and infamous, and I thank you... My name is MISS MACPHISTO...I'm tired and i want to go HOME... "Well you tell...Bonovista,that i said hello and that my codename is Belleview" - Bono before opening night of Anaheim Elevation concert

12-09-2001, 08:10 PM	#18
The Wanderer Kid A Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Holy Roman Empire Posts: 5,271 Local Time: 10:37 AM	actually, all that's done to produce veal is to reduce the intake of iron, it has nothing to do with putting them in a small box (which, actually would be counter-productive because the animal would in all likelihood be very unhealthy, but that's just speculation on my part, of course)