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[akeyoftime]

After a month of a meat-and-potatoes meal twice a day, almost every day, I am getting so close to having a good scream and declaring myself vegetarian. Maybe then, with two vegetarians in the household (my mother cannot eat meat because of a surgery mishap), my carnivore baby brother and father would actually accept that meat-and-potatoes is not the be-all-end-all of cuisine. I doubt it, but I am so sick of variety consisting of rice/potatoes and pork/chicken/beef. And no more hamburger nights, please. I'm allergic to the buns, so I'm faced with these two thick chunks of meat poorly disguised with a slice of tomato and some mustard. Gag me with a bloody spoon. (Like the one you used to handle the raw meat, maybe? That'd be swell.)

I love food. So how about something interesting, OK? I can only imagine how my mother has felt all these years, literally unable to eat most of the meals she cooks.

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[sevarem.livejournal.com]

I was a vegeterian for 5 years. Had to stop when I came to China, but good times those were.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

I've considered it before, since I am allergic to all meat (including all fish) but chicken and turkey to one extent or another. It generally feels like more trouble than it's worth, since I am already on a no wheat/no cow's dairy diet and have a mild allergy to soy as well. (It's errr, a rather extensive allergy list.)

Too awkward to be a vegetarian in China?

[the-great-waka.livejournal.com]

Score one for the green team! Ah, the advantages of a veg life :)

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

In this household, it's a distinct disadvantage.

I don't mind a little meat. I'm just sick of it all the time!

Weeds don't smell to begin with

[theclevermonkey.livejournal.com]

Gotta side with your bro/pop on this one: Meat and potatoes is the be-all-end-all of cuisine. Don't listen to the other people on your comments page, particularly that sketchy looking "waka" fellow.

However, if you have the best there is, all the time, then no matter how good it is, you'll become sick of it. Take a break from it, and you'll enjoy it more when it comes around again. The best hamburger I ever had was from Harveys, after not eating meat for two months.

Generally, I try to eat meat no more than twice per week. This way, when you do have it, you appreciate it far more when you do. It's far more flavourful, and delicious.

Re: Weeds don't smell to begin with

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

If there was a choice in the matter, I'd take the out. But there isn't. It's meat day in and day out because that's what they insist we eat. I am *not* going to wear down what little (and it really is little) my mother has for herself, because that is so not fair. I know I could cook for myself, but I'm usually exhausted after work. Out east, I don't eat meat more than two or three times a week either.

Re: Weeds don't smell to begin with

[theclevermonkey.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really suggesting that you should work on your family, I know there's nothing you (or anyone else) can do to change their parents and siblings.

I'm excited to get back out on my own, so I can start cooking again. While I have mad cooking skillz, my mother doesn't approve of me using them too often.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Tofu is awesome, but I can only eat a little bit of it, especially if I've bought soy milk that week. Mild allergy ahoy! Still, finding goat's milk has gotten increasingly easier in the north end, so maybe I will have to try it :D

I've had good tofu before. Mom's been sneaking it into our food for years :P (Not into lemon squares.)

[katherine8504.livejournal.com]

Ah, your poor mother! Poor you, too, lol, but I can't imagine fixing meals all those years and often not being able to eat a good portion of the dinner. I don't know if I could do that.

[partytodamascus.livejournal.com]

i do that allll the time, but my folks are the most veg-friendly non-vegetarians ever, so its okay.
its funny... when i cook, ill often make some schmancy chicken dish for them. when my mum cooks, its almost ALWAYS something veg for me (or something with an interchangeable meaty part)

try changing the potatoes for sweet potatoes?
and the meat for um, shrimp or jerk chicken?
.. jambalaya and paella are both rice+meat, but are delicious!

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

You suggestions would be excellent if my male relations (barring Andrew) were anyone but themselves.

So incredibly set in their comfort zone.

However, that sounds like a splendid idea for the fall.

[partytodamascus.livejournal.com]

beings plotting
and making grocery lists.
i will have kitchen access, thanks to nadia! (she's agreed to split her key with me).

[partytodamascus.livejournal.com]

*begins*
ugh to exhaustion.