Therlin 12,200 13
09/24/2001 12:26 PM

Double quarter pounder with cheese. Yum. Welcome to the real world.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 12:29 PM

Steak Suggestion.

froglord 9,243 13
09/24/2001 12:30 PM

eat only beef imported from England. The mad cow virus adds flavor.

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 12:31 PM

Isn't eating fish and cheese more or less the same as eating anything else that's an animal product?

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:31 PM

I have to say, Therlin, that if I do (and that is IF I do) start eating meat again, I am NOT eating Shakespeare like Quarter Pounders. Nuh uh.



I will find out the minimum amount of lean red meat I have to consume, and I'll buy high-quality steaks.



No hamburgs or other fat-sodium heart-attack bombs for me.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:32 PM

Ford:



No. Cows are cute. Fish are not.

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 12:33 PM

No, no. Nutritionally equivalent.

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 12:33 PM

Cheese is a heart attack bomb too

Therlin 12,200 13
09/24/2001 12:34 PM

That's what they all say SheCab.



Next thing you now you'll be ordering a Meat Lovers from Pizza Hut and eventually getting your intestines to pure digestive bliss by eating a beef burrito from Taco Bell.

Clagnuts 1,063 11
09/24/2001 12:34 PM

Meat is murder, murder than tastes best with HP Sauce cooked on an open grill.

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 12:34 PM

Beef Wellington or Steak Diane are good.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:36 PM

Oh, nutritionally equivalent. No, not really. Lean red meat has the highest amount of B-vits as well as iron, and some of the components in red meat assists in the absorption of said vitamins and minerals.



Which, I suspect, is my problem.



Cheese is a heart-attack bomb, but it's not like I eat a wheel a day or anything :)

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:37 PM

Mmmm. Manbeef.



vomite



Therlin - we'll just wait and see. I see my Nutro in two weeks.

Feeble 32,400 15
09/24/2001 12:37 PM

Enjoy your new life as a serial killer.

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 12:38 PM

I was eating lots of cheese, then I realized i was lactose intolarant. (after MUCH pain). So I got lactaid, and still ate cheese, then I got my cholestrol numbers.



Now I eat no fat cheese.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:40 PM

HeCabbage is lactose intolerant, and he is deathly afraid of ricotta cheese. One bite and he's quarantined in the WC for at least an hour.

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 12:41 PM

WC = Wash Closet?

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 12:42 PM

Well then, welcome back to Meatland, I'll be your host, Ford Prefect. Can I interest you in a prime ribeye steak broiled in butter? It has less fat per ounce than any cheese, and boy does it taste better, and better for you too, look at all these b-vitamins and iron! I recommend the house Cabernet Souvignon.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:43 PM

Water closet.



I'm thinking I'll have a big-ass cookout if I go back to the dark side.



I'm sure Nutbutter will be pleased.

The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/24/2001 12:43 PM

"It looks like the Iron Chef is putting his doo doo in a paper bag."



"What's he doing?"



"I think I've seen this before. I think he plans on lighting the bag on fire."



"On fire?"



"I think so."

Feeble 32,400 15
09/24/2001 12:45 PM

If, on the other hand, you want to completely surrender to the dark side, Chef Feeble recommends barbequing country style ribs slathered in your choice of sauce and eating far, far too many.

Merlin 10,008 13
09/24/2001 12:47 PM

"squee-san!"



"Take it, Ohta!"



"Yes, we have confirmation from the chef - that is poo!"

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 12:49 PM

Feebs, I don't want to go from having anemia to a heart attack.

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 12:50 PM

vicar gets a smiley....not click my smiley!

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 12:50 PM

Murder has never been so delicious.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 12:51 PM

Hey, with my solution no "cute" cows have to die.

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 12:52 PM

Well. there are ways to keep all your nutrients up without eating meat if that's your concern, but they're generally considered less pleasant.



But whatever you do, do not order meat from a fast food place. Even if you can stomach it and don't mind supporting such annoying businesses, it'll open you up to a vast new world of gastrointestinal houseguests.

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 12:52 PM

I will resist the temptation to do an Irony Dance and invite you over for a mutton feast, SheCab, and I will just say that I hope you work things out with your nutritionist and come to a solution that you can live with without overly compromising your personal sense of ethics and feelings towards animals.

</kinder, gentler Nutbutter>

Feeble 32,400 15
09/24/2001 12:53 PM

With my recipe only annoying ugly pigs die. Remember that Wilbur was a myth. While Charlotte was a miss. Or a Ms - she did have children out of wedlock. Why did Mr. Charlotte not help Wilbur's life? Because he was down hanging with Templeton the rat, drinking beer and watching scat porn.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 12:57 PM

Remember "Animal Farm?" Those animals are no better than us.

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:00 PM

They can be if they're prepared correctly.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:09 PM

Thanks, Nutty. I'll let you know if we should fire up the grill.



I'm going to explore my options. But to be honest, if my vegetarian choices have been slowly leaching the iron from my body for the last decade and my taxed liver is finally exhausted of all its iron stores, it's just plain stupid to make myself more self-righteously anemic because that would lead to medications, and medications are worse than eating meat as far as animal welfare is concerned, in my opinion.



Now how's that for a run-on sentence?



Eh?

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:09 PM

Does this mean you are changing you name to "Carnivorous Cabbage?"

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:09 PM

If it makes you feel better, you can scavenge for carrion. If you get it early, it can be cooked into a relatively healthy state, provided you don't mind getting a few cooked grubs in there too.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:10 PM

your name

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:10 PM

Iron problems? Well, you could eat your weight in spinach every day/

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:11 PM

and get a tattoo of an anchor on your forearm.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:12 PM

I take multivitamins and supplements. I think I'm not absorbing it properly...



Oh hell, I don't know. It's just a pain in the ass to find this out, when I'm feeling the best I have in years.

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:13 PM

That's the great thing about exercise and vegetarianism.



You die a lot healthier.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:14 PM

Change your handle to "Venus Fly Trap."

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:15 PM

Can I change mine to "Les Nessman?"

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:16 PM

Funny clickies for both of you.



I paused before clicking for Squeam, but I couldn't deny that I chuckled.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:17 PM

Sure. Can I be "Bonky?"

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:17 PM

It just feels "wrong" to do something positive where I'm involved, doesn't it?

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:18 PM

It does, it does indeed.



I'm going to go eat some tofu now, and pout.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:19 PM

Damn, somebody thought I was funny?

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:21 PM

Yeah, Squeamish is pretty funny, but you always feel vaguely dirty giving him the happy face.

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 01:29 PM

"that would lead to medications, and medications are worse than eating meat as far as animal welfare is concerned"



So when deciding what is bad for animals you don't take into account the benifits for humans?



I don't want to get into a political discussion on this, I'm just curious. I take issue with the Mary Kay company feeding lipstick to bunny rabbits but if the death of 1000 rats can save one human life, I'm all for it.

Mookie 17,582 13
09/24/2001 01:31 PM

That's IT! I'm beating a path to Mary Kay's door!

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 01:32 PM

Dude she said she eats fish and not beef because of a sliding scale of cuteness... why ask for reasoning?

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 01:33 PM

Are you saying Animal Farm is a political satire Squeamish? I dont believe it. Next thing you tell me 1984 is about Communism.

The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/24/2001 01:33 PM

I wouldn't eat lipstick if it wasn't so darned tasty.

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:35 PM

I pretty much agree with the rabbit guy. Whomever that was. I'm too lazy to go back and check.



Anyway, Cabbage is a cuteness vegetarian? That's the worst kind! I'm so disillusioned now.

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:35 PM

All I said was that the animals in Animal Farm would be better than us if they were prepared properly. I recommend a garlic-herb sauce.

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 01:35 PM

Cows are only cute in cartoons.

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:36 PM

I'm all for using animals for any reason whatsoever.



If 10,000 rabbits have to suffer so that my wife's lipstick is a nickel cheaper, so be it.



They're animals, that's what they're for.

aushie 5,580 13
09/24/2001 01:37 PM

One word:



Steak'Ums

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:37 PM

Ford, that was a joke.



Nutty, I am very hard pressed to protest medical research on animals. But if I personally can avoid having to take medications, I'll do it.



Does that make sense? It's sort of a weird topic, because there is no be-all end-all right and wrong. I consider it all personal preference, whether morally or medically influenced, as such "To each his own".

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:37 PM

I'll never understand why people think Deer are cute.



Have you ever seen one up close?



Those things are about the meanest animal you'd never want to meet.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:38 PM

Ugh, Steak ums never ever ever.



Geez, you meat eaters put the most revolting stuff in your bodies. Why can't you just eat meat the way it comes out of the animal, and not process it to death?

The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/24/2001 01:39 PM

Not only are animals cute.



Some of them are damned attractive.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:39 PM

I AM NOT A CUTENESS VEGETARIAN.



It was a joke. Geez Louise, you knuckleheads!

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:41 PM

I'm rather against cosmetics testing on animals just because cosmetics are so unbearably stupid to begin with. If it were something even halfway useful, I might feel differently.

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 01:42 PM

Frost-ing cuteness vegitarian

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:43 PM

I am a cute vegetarian, thank you.



blushes

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:44 PM

I think we should abuse animals purely for our amusement and entertainment.

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 01:45 PM

knock it off.





I think we should these people to Afganistan

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:45 PM

I think I would pay a lot of money to see Squeamish running around a ring being chased by an angry lesbian with a cattle prod.

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 01:46 PM

It usually costs me $150 an hour.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:47 PM

Or a gargantuan bunny with an eye patch.

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:47 PM

If you play your cards right, you might get to see it for free.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 01:48 PM

Reeeeally...



hmm...

aushie 5,580 13
09/24/2001 01:49 PM

I've decided that I'm going to be not only a vegetarian, but also a vagitarian.

Moon 4,366 14
09/24/2001 01:51 PM

mmmm Vagina Wellington!

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 01:53 PM

That's actually slightly outdated lesbian slang.



Do you have a cattle prod?

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 01:57 PM

I just ate an unhealthy double cheeseburger and Chicken McNuggets.



Still, my liver is just fine.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:01 PM

But your veins, on the other hand...

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 02:03 PM

Viens are overrated.

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 02:05 PM

Which food group does the soda jerk's semen fit in? I need to consult the Canada Health Guide.

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 02:08 PM

Just had a chili from Wendy's. 10 grams of fat. and yet, there's meat in it.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:16 PM

Okay, that's grossing me out.

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 02:18 PM

Me too. You got chili from Wendy's?

aushie 5,580 13
09/24/2001 02:33 PM

The thing about iron is that the body doesn't absorb it well in tablet form. (For me, personally, if I take vitamins with any iron in them at all, I am constipated for weeks. Just thought I'd share.)



The best way to absorb iron is to eat an iron-rich food in combination with a vitamin C-rich food. (No, this isn't dodgy "food-combining"; vitamin C actually is a catalyst for iron absorption.)



On this page, I found the following helpful chart:





VEGETARIAN SOURCES OF IRON



FOOD ** PORTION SIZE ** IRON (mg)

beet greens, cooked ** 1/2 cup ** 1.4

bulgur, cooked ** 1 cup ** 1.8

blackstrap molasses ** 1 Tablespoon ** 3.5

figs, dried ** 5 ** 2.1

kidney beans, cooked ** 1 cup ** 5.2

lentils, cooked ** 1 cup ** 6.6

lima beans, cooked ** 1 cup ** 4.5

prune juice ** 8 ounces ** 3.0

spinach, cooked ** 1/2 cup ** 3.2

Swiss chard, cooked ** 1/2 cup ** 2.0

Id 1,116 11
09/24/2001 02:35 PM

Egad, that's a sorry-looking list. I didn't realize just how nasty some of the vegetarian iron foods were. I'll just stick with spinach, thanks.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:38 PM

I know, I know, I know.



I've been a vegetarian for thirteen years, I am not a stranger to nutritional needs and how to fulfill them.



The fact of the matter is, I'm not cutting it, apparently. Something's not working the way it should. Perhaps vegetarianism isn't for me.



The only symptoms of anemia I've been experiencing are insomnia, then a lot of trouble waking up once I get to sleep, ringing in the ears, paleness, and occasional heart palpitations.



The funny/scary thing is that these symptoms have been going on for so long that I just figured they were the way I am.



I plan to continue eating whole, raw foods and staying generally healthy. Hopefully some supplement will work.

Ford Prefect 5,475 13
09/24/2001 02:44 PM

My brother gave blood a week or two ago and when they checked his blood for iron content the lady commented on how outrageously non-anemic he was. The little blob of blood sank like a stone. All hail the miracle of beef!

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:45 PM

Mine practically floated on top. The technician said, "Well, that's not going anywhere!"

EvilPanda 4,807 13
09/24/2001 02:47 PM

Sautee some swiss chard with garlic and pine nuts in olive oil. Yummmy!

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:49 PM

Every day?



*pops a multivitamin and washes it down with some orange juice*

Scooter Brown 19,936 13
09/24/2001 02:52 PM

so, the only fake vegetarian left is codeslave now, eh?

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 02:53 PM

Helloooo asswipe.



I didn't say I was doing anything yet, eh?

aushie 5,580 13
09/24/2001 02:55 PM

What's a fake vegetarian?

Do I count as one?

Squeamish 38,986 14
09/24/2001 03:01 PM

Last time I gave blood the thing nearly cracked the bottom of the test tube it sank so fast.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 03:01 PM

Aushie, darling...



If you're going to quote a source, you should link it.



I just read that it might be the fact that I drink tea or coffee with just about every meal. Maybe I'll try cutting that out, too.



Soon there will be nothing left but a tiny green sprout where I used to be.

aushie 5,580 13
09/24/2001 03:04 PM

I did link it.

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 03:06 PM

SheCab, I am hereby offering to take you out to RedBones BBQ if you do choose to give up your meat virginity.

Scooter Brown 19,936 13
09/24/2001 03:08 PM

fake vegetarian = "I don't eat meat except *insert meat here*"

Feeble 32,400 15
09/24/2001 03:10 PM

Meat virginity? Be careful if Nuts offers to serve you a foot long hot dog.



I hear from a reliable source coughGaviacough that he's really only got a 7 incher. I don't want you to be disappointed.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 03:10 PM

You are correct, Aushie. I am blind and unobservant.

The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/24/2001 03:11 PM

*insert meat here*

Nutbutter 181,311 35
09/24/2001 03:11 PM

7 inches?



You flatter me.

Scooter Brown 19,936 13
09/24/2001 03:16 PM

I think I deserve some sort of click for setting that up for Vicar.

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 03:17 PM

The only symptoms of anemia I've been experiencing are insomnia, then a lot of trouble waking up once I get to sleep, ringing in the ears, paleness, and occasional heart palpitations



Oh my god, I'm anemic too!

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 03:18 PM

Reeally?



Have you been tested for it?



Ass.

Scooter Brown 19,936 13
09/24/2001 03:30 PM

Man, eating fish makes people hostile.

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 03:31 PM

I have those symptoms.. But I was just ruin through a battery of tests.. I assume they were trstign me for that.. they did find out hy cholstrol is high.

The Dirty Vicar 17,446 13
09/24/2001 03:33 PM

Squeeze more boobies.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 03:35 PM

I just like the word ass, and asswipe.



Ass ass ass.

SheCabbage 5,200 13
09/24/2001 03:36 PM

Wow, shoelace, I didn't mean to get you all flustered. That's a lot of typos!

shoelace414 10,080 13
09/24/2001 03:43 PM

naah.. I have someone come up to my desk, so I didn't waste my time by hitting the backspace key.

No Spring Chickens 286,642 61
03/27/2008 12:19 PM

Sweet ass tee shirt.

Slinky 28,185 10
03/27/2008 12:26 PM

I made sure to buy this shirt when I first saw it for sale.

PrincessLea 77 5
03/27/2008 01:05 PM

I have volunteered at our local hospital's nursery for the past 10 years, I have actually even seen the difference in the general health and well-being of babies born to vegetarians vs. non-vegetarians.

It is no coincidence that babies born to vegetarians are generally lower in birthweight, and they have a harder time getting through the normal jaundice period, requiring more time under sunlamps and needing to be supplemented with formula, even if breastfeeding, to get their livers to start processing nutrients properly.

Evel Knievel 947 6
03/27/2008 01:46 PM

<action> hides his meat puppet</action>

Cinderblock 27,578 25
03/27/2008 01:58 PM

Everyone knows that God hates vegetarians. Hell, I'm an atheist and I still acknowledge this.

I'm only kidding... although I did have a vegan teacher in high school who started eating meat again after about thirty years or so because her doctor told her she was pretty much going to die soon. She was so scary looking- scrawny, bony, wrinkly, and her hair was so brittle and sparse, she looked like some sort of refugee. Not that vegetarians are unhealthy, but this woman was a vegan who was even picky about eating beans and such.

Ima 2,940 6
03/27/2008 06:59 PM

I still love that song. Dead Kennedy's, yes I went vega after my sister played it 5 million times.