/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I could really go either way. I would be more of a vegan if it were convenient. I buy an awful lot of legumes, they are really cheap and I like them. But I worry about being deficient in this or that, so rather than put any sort of additional effort into my diet, I just eat meat a few times per week to be safe.

Veganism is just not a big thing here. If I could just buy fake vegan meat products easily, and they weren't all loaded with salt, and for around the same price as regular meat, I would be all over that. But I can't. I've got these vegetarian burgers that are alright, but they cost about 5-6 dollars a pound, and it's seriously just mashed beans & stuff and does not hold up in a bun at all, and it is so not worth it.

Milk is another problem, because I eat a lot of different cereal (and seriously have you ever tried cereal with water, it's so bad). I can't find any substitutes that aren't around double the price, so could just be I'm in a bad area, but I'm not going to move just so I can jerk off a few less cows.

We used to eat a lot of 'meat and potatoes' sort of dinners when I was growing up. I still like chewing on meat, it's satisfying and I don't know why. I try a lot of vegan recipes, and they're mostly great. But they're pretty involved, and most of my weeknight dinners are pretty lazy. I eat a lot of curries and stews, but I do get sick of that, which is when I make rice/potatoes/vegetables and any slab of dead animal.

I also refuse to start inspecting all of things I buy for gelatin and other byproducts. That's crazy.