Friday Five meme

[dimity_blue]

1. What is the most adventurous food you've ever tried?
Mexican food which I had while I was on holiday in LA last year.

2. What is the most adventurous food you'd be willing to try?
Most adventurous food tends to be weird meat (like squid or horse or dog or something). Definitely not my style. Can't think of anything else adventurous.

3. Would you have a problem eating dog meat and why or why not?
Definitely; I'm vegetarian. Even if I wasn't, dogs are pets. I don't eat people's pets.

4. For the most part, do you consider your diet to be balanced?
I should eat more fruit.

5. Which is more appealing - being a vegetarian for the rest of your life or being a strict carnivore for the rest of your life?
Being a vegetarian. I've been one for 15 years and I don't intend to ever eat meat again.

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

So, you're a vegetarian but you need to eat more fruit. What are you living on, hon, tofu???? *pokes*

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

PS --- GREAT icon.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

There's plenty of fake veggie foods out there, honestly. I think I probably live off soya.

I also have the sneaking suspicion that I need to eat more veggies, but that's just me being paranoid. :oD

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was made by taibhrigh. I think it's perfect! :oD

[carebear68.livejournal.com]

1. What is the most adventurous food you've ever tried? Fried frog legs. They really do taste like chicken.

2. What is the most adventurous food you'd be willing to try?
Maybe any type of meat once. Nothing like monkeys,cats or dogs though.

3. Would you have a problem eating dog meat and why or why not?
Yes, but not because they are people's pets, but because they just don't look like they would taste good.

4. For the most part, do you consider your diet to be balanced?
Yes,I hate fruit and never eat it but I do like all types of veggies and most other things. I am not at all picky.

5. Which is more appealing - being a vegetarian for the rest of your life or being a strict carnivore for the rest of your life?
I REALLY love meat. If I could eat nothing but meat, I could stay pretty happy I think.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Even before I became vegetarian, I could never have eaten frogs' legs. Just knowing what they are would put me off. And, I have to say, I wonder what they do with the rest of the frog?! Poor froggie!

[carebear68.livejournal.com]

ROFL at the icon!

I think they make hotdogs with that's left of the frogs. ;)

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

I've seen you mention vegetarianism once or twice and have been meaning to chat on that! I became a vegetarian -- well, really, a pescetarian (I eat seafood) -- almost two years ago now, and for the first time I'm able to stick with it, partly because of all the wonderful soy substitutes out there, and partly because of keeping the fish. And since you're a Brit, I have a question! I have Linda McCartney's beautiful vegetarian cookbook, and some of the recipes I wanted to try call for "vegetarian mince", which sounds distinctly British to me. Here, the only time the word "mince" is used is for the old traditional mince pie (whatever that is). Does it mean crumbled textured vegetable protein or something like that? Or maybe something like Morningstar Farms "recipe crumbles", which resembles ground beef? Any help would be so appreciated. The health food stores here have never heard of it. *hugs*

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Hey Sally,

Mincemeat is what we use in mince pies (the sweet pies people eat mostly at Christmas) while mince is ground beef. I don't know if you have all of their products as I only saw a very small selection while I was in LA, but Quorn (http://www.quorn.us/) have a range of meat-replacement products that are pretty good - well, IMO anyway! They have 'mince' (ground 'beef') and Swedish 'meat' balls which are great for bolognese. Quorn's made from a form of fungus, btw, so I guess it's no good if you're allergic to mushrooms.

There's a whole range of Linda McCartney foods available here too, though I didn't see them in the US either. :o( Her lasagne's delicious (again, IMO), but I think that most of her products are good.

Good luck with the pescetarianism. :o)

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I think they make hotdogs with that's left of the frogs. ;)

Ew! Oh, Kim! ::uses Angstpuppy's icon again::

It's amazing how often that icon comes in handy!

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Sarah -- I found two local stores that sell Quorn products, so I'll look into them.