Skeptical of meat
June 19, 2007 – 2:23 amTonight, for dinner, we ate steak so juicy and succulent that it made me gasp aloud in pleasure. And then it made me shout to the heavens, HOW can ANYONE be a vegetarian?!
Of course Jay agreed. There’s NOTHING like a really good steak. It’s divine, utterly.
Which is funny, because overall I’m not much of a meat eater. In fact, it’s been said that I’m rather skeptical of meat. I do NOT touch raw meat (ewww!) and at the slightest hint of fat or gristle run screaming for the hills (by “hills” I mean bowl of cereal as replacement dinner).
HOWEVER, I can justify my position, I assure you.
I believe that there are two categories of meat:
1) awesome and delicious meat, which is perfectly cooked, flavored, and seasoned
2) nasty, awful, no-good, very bad meat
THERE IS NO IN-BETWEEN.
The only thing worse than a so-so steak is mediocre chicken. And the only thing worse than that is bad pork. Gristle, fat, slightly “off” odor and I am OUTTA there.
So I’ve been asked why, given the above, am I not a vegetarian.
Here’s the thing. Every once in a while you get a piece of meat that is sooo good, so drooling out the corner of your mouth, clean your plate and then lick it, wish it was never gone DELICIOUS that it makes all the scary stuff before that worth it.
And no offense to you veggies out there… my sis is one and I respect your choice. In fact, my life would be much simpler… much LESS STRESSFUL… if I just went over to The Green Side.
But then there’s that steak…
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By Midwest Mommy on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I have to say I agree with you. I don’t understand sometimes why I am not a vegetarian because when I think about meat and where it comes from I want to puke but I do love those good steaks!
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By nell on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
Yum, don’t be fooled by the tofu, we eat plenty of good meat over here too. And yeah, nasty meat is, well, nasty.
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By Slackermommy on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I hated red meat until I got pregnant the first time. I craved red meat. Obviously my body needed the iron. Since then I’ve become a steak freak! I can hardly eat ham though. I can’t stop thinking about the fetal pig I dissected in nursing school.
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By Amber on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I am laughing at this post because I was thinking this same thing last night. I’m not a huge meat eater (mostly just chicken) but the men in our family have recently taken to smoking ribs, brisket, chicken, you name it.
As we bit into my brother-in-law’s unbelievable ribs last night, I mourned for those people we call vegetarians. :-)
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By An Ordinary Mom on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
The best steak ever? Ruth’s Christ Steakhouse. Expensive? Yes, but the food is to die for!
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By Kimberly on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I feel exactly the same! We had mediocre steak tonight, and I just couldn’t eat it. It wasn’t worth it, and the memory of our last succulent yumminess was too fresh.
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By Kristi on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
Mmmmmmmm….now I’m hungry.
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By Karen on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I agree with you too! Everytime I get a piece of meat that isn’t perfect, I consider never eating meat again. It makes my stomach turn. But like you, a really good piece of meat (esp. a steak or a perfect burger) makes me drool and want more!!
I have noticed that as I get older, the icky meat thing is showing up more and more. Is it b/c meat is getting ickier? Or b/c I’m getting more picky? I dunno.
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By Damsel on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
We tried a new steakhouse last weekend. Sullivan’s Steakhouse at 3rd and Colorado. Holy heaven, it was just amazing. Expensive, outrageously so, but we had a gift card. The cajun ribeye that Knight ordered was divine, as were the crab-stuffed shrimp that I inhaled.
*swoon*
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By Jenn on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
Mmmm…steak! The BEST slab of beef I’ve ever had was a free-range, dry-aged steak from TallGrass Beef. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven with the first succulent, melt-in-your mouth bite.
I don’t eat red meat very often, maybe 2 times a month, but when that craving starts, there is NO denying it!
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By Sunshine on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
I love me some dead cow.
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By reevesfarm on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
Aged Ribeye, cooked to perfection with a side of avacado salad…ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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By Annie on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
So you never cook meat? if you don’t like the feel of it?
I don’t really care for it myself - but I would die if I didn’t eat meat, because man I hate vegetables ;)
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By Brillig on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
HAHAHA. As apparently the only vegetarian here–at least so far–I can say that A. I’m not offended, and B. You don’t understand me, but I sure as heck don’t understand you! Dead cow? Really? That speaks to you? Ummm…. and I’m the weird one? hahaha. Okay!
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By Casmee on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
As long as someone doesn’t give a little chat about slaughterhouses, feed, and all that goes into our beef right before my steak I’m fine with it!
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By Wendy on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
You forgot another good reason to not be vegetarian: cheeseburgers!
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By Worker Mommy on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
My sister is vegan and I absolutely respect that but I’m right there with you. I don’t love all meat but then there is that “steak”.
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By PunditMom on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
Yup, I’m with you. I culd probably give up a lot, but if I had to go without that perfect steak (or burger!) forever, I couldn’t do it!
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By Queen Heather on Jun 19, 2007 | Reply
You replace it with a bowl of cereal? After Kellogg’s caved to the anti commercial nazis? shame!
I lurves a good piece of meat too. Steak too! hehe
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By shaz on Jun 20, 2007 | Reply
hear ya!
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By Cate on Jun 20, 2007 | Reply
You and I are in complete agreement on the whole meat thing….love it when it’s juicy, tender, tasty…..gristle makes me literally gag….blech!
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By Colleen on Jun 23, 2007 | Reply
As soon as you said “but then there’s that steak…” and I immediately thought of The Old Homestead Steak House. If you ever have a chance to go… do it. Don’t even think twice. Their petite filet mignon is to die for. There’s one in NYC… and one in the Borgata in Atlantic City. And I think they just openned one somewhere in Florida. We asked… and they said they were planning a couple more locations. Now I feel the need to schedule a special date night in NY just to have steak!
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