Training & Nutrition - Food Fight?

Fast, but not instant.

Originally posted by Natophelia
eh..grits...had 'em once. Still look at them sideways....not too sure!
hehehe...

My Dad brought home some real yella grits one day after he and Ma came back from the mountains.

"Want some grits?" he asked me. Who's Dad cooks them grits, or anything? :D

"Sure!" I replied, mouth beginning to water.

MMMMMMM--MMM!!! Goooo--ood!! ...munch, munch...

"Peter, come in here, I want to show you something..." My Dad, the lovable scientist. "Look at this bag of yellow grits."

AAAAHHHHHH!!!! Eww!

"They're movin', Pop!" Nature's camoflauge had produce the most interesting yellow catarpillars, which looked just like the yellow grits.

:eek:

I was very tempted to go vegetarian at that point. I was wounded to the very heart! I mean, all he had to do was not tell me!

"A little extra protein, that's all!" was his favorite expression, I think.

:rolleyes:

I tried being a vegetarian for a while. I was hungry ALL of the time. I finally had to go back to eating meat. These days I stick mostly to chicken and fish with the occasional splurge on red meat.

And to the Southerners... aren't grits just a vehicle for butter, salt and sugar? (Sort of like oatmeal or cream of wheat) They don't have any taste on their own that I can find.

Definately real grits on the weekends. During the week if I get tired of cereal or bagels, instant grits will do in a pinch.
I don't put butter on mine anymore, but sprinkle the tiniest bit of sugar to pronounce the flavor, not disguise it. :)

Cowgirl got it right!
I'll do instant at work sometimes for lunch,
but usually its either quick grits or steel cut
(the real thing). I do like a little butter, little salt
and lots of pepper.
Country ham or bacon is pretty good crumbled
into it, and cheese grits is plain good eats.
I'll pass on the sugar, but then outside of
suhweet tea I don't use added sugar very often.

Marty

I'm a hasbrown man....don't do grits....don't eat things that look like their crawling on my plate.

with 62 votes I was suprised that the "meater eaters" were in such a minority, and most of the votes appear from USA & UK.

That you all for the comments.

It would be nice to see other countries vote in with comments about local customs.

Terry

Doctor compelled me to lose eight and follow a diabetic diet. Since I also enjoy high cholesterol brought on by the same lifestyle decisions which blessed me with diabetes, I am forced to consider the impact of fats on my lipid scores.

Without going into a dissertation on the "pyramids" and such, let me just say that I follow the rules rather strictly.

Red meat gets into the diet about once per week or every 10 days or so. Here's how we do it though. I say we, becasue there is not the same compelling medical reason, my wife has joined me not only on a bicycle, but on a generally healthy lifestyle as well.

We buy 4 oz Omaha Steaks Fillets.

We gave up caffiene also, but now use Millstone beans of various flavors and grind our own.

White bread and rolls are gone, but we buy our stone-ground whole grain breads from a bakery now or make our own at home.

Booze is completely gone for me. But when my wife wants a drink, it comes off the top shelf now.

In short, what we gave up in size, negative nutritional content or frequency, we made up for by creating luxurious gastric adventures. So far it has worked.

Carl

I eat meat and veggies- my favorite meat is actually chicken. I love it and I'm a good cook, so I find lots of ways to make great chicken dinners. I also love fish. I don't eat a huge amount of red meat, but sometimes espeically in the summer, I love a delicious barbecue steak. But I eat plenty of fresh fish, and frequently have meatless dinners of pasta or vegetarian casseroles. I know if I became a veggie I'd be hungry all the time as well, and vegan, forget it- that's not the life for me. In my experience, the vegans I see around here all look very thin and unhealthy, like they have no energy. The only things I really don't like to eat are veal and lamb. For one thing, I don't like lamb much anyways, both veal and lam are very expensive, and mostly I kind of object to killing cute little baby animals. I know I eat chicken, but not little baby chicks!

Originally posted by wabbit
For one thing, I don't like lamb much anyways, both veal and lam are very expensive, and mostly I kind of object to killing cute little baby animals. I know I eat chicken, but not little baby chicks!

I love lamb, though I don't eat it often. I also love to eat veal, but NEVER do. It's a moral choice. Veal calves are confined...that is too gentle a word...they are kept immobile so that the meat does not become tough. Their lives are short and unhappy. I do not mind eating meat, but I don't see any need to be cruel to the animals we devour.

Pate-de-fois-gras is another delicious food that I will not eat. I know it is delicious, but the geese are cruelly force-fed.

Is it the Navajo who pray to the spirit of the animals they kill for food, both giving thanks and asking forgiveness? That attitude seems right to me.

What I know of the poultry industry makes me reluctant to eat chicken. I eat it, but as I said in my earlier post, I feel guilty. If I could obtain free-range chicken more easily and reasonably, I would eat it exclusively. Honestly, I think free-range birds taste better anyway.

Pork I eat only rarely. I don't like the factory farms where hogs are raised, and it troubles me that swine are actually intelligent animals. We want our tuna to be dolphin-safe because Flipper is smart. Arnold Ziffel and Babe are pretty clever too.

I don't know...the more I think about it, the closer I get to going ovo-lacto-vegetarian.

I eat like crap. For example, I had a bowl of Fruity Pebbles for dinner last night. But then again, I have a pretty unusual schedule with lots of surprises. But, since I've been cycling regularly my diet has definitely changed. I want less sweets and caffiene and junk and more balanced meals: meats & veggies & juices. I eat smaller portions now except once a month or so I develop a voracious appetite that lasts a few days. I also drink water like a madman.

Been a vegetarian for about 12 years, and can't see me going back. I still eat dairy and eggs, but try to limit them.

No problem with people eating meat, I'm just happier not killing something when I don't have to. I guess if if I was stranded in the wilderness with no food though, I'd catch and eat meet to survive, but living in the UK it's hardly likely.

Richard

I rarely eat meat. It tends to make me feel sluggish. I'll tell you one thing - it sure is hard finding stuff without meat when I go to restaurants!

Originally posted by 1oldRoadie

It would be nice to see other countries vote in with comments about local customs.

Terry

hate to say it, but as a veggie, I even eat vegetarian haggis (A sheeps stomach lining falls under the category of "meat") :)

Looks even worse when you see a real haggis disemboweled on Burns' night

Up until a few weeks ago I ate Wendy's and Taco Bell all the time. There was never anything to eat at my apartment because I was never there(working all the time) so what was the point, right? Anyway, lately I have realized just how far down I've gone since about ayear ago when I was still living at my folks house and eating fruit and veggies and such there. So I started buying fruit a couple of times a week and eating that all day. In the morning I eat a egg and ham begal sandwich and in the afternoons I might eat a subway sandwich, with fruit in between and maybe something light for dinner, a sandwich or something. Anyway, I have cut way back on the meat lately, not because I worry so much about the animals(although that is something to consider) but just because to me it isn't helping me get back to where I want to be (under 200lb :P ) and fruits and veggies are better for me. I still try to be balanced but mostly I stick with a TON of fruit.

Now I have a questian, what can I do to make veggies taste better to me? I don't like carrots or things like that because they just taste totally bland to me, or chewy or what not. I don't want to use a lot of dressings or what not but what can I do?:)

YOu guys are awesome...just awesome...

Mark

Originally posted by megamark16
.........Now I have a questian, what can I do to make veggies taste better to me? I don't like carrots or things like that because they just taste totally bland to me, or chewy or what not. I don't want to use a lot of dressings or what not but what can I do?:)
Mark

Anything that you can do to a piece of flesh torn from a sweet baby deer.

Seriously:rolleyes: You can grill, smoke, Bar B Q, bake, sandwiches, wraps, delistyle stuff, cassaroles, mix with pasta, etc. Most fleshy veggies (carrots, patatos, squash, eggplant, mushrooms, beans, tufo) can be cooked exactly the same way you cook meat. you need seasonings, sauces.

Check out the magazines and books and the stores.

Portabolla mushrooms (mmmmm Port ta bellla!!!) can be done just like steak and taste very similar.

cream cheese with tomato, alpha sprouts and avacado on raison bread...hellaofa sandwich.

Fresh garlic...chop it up and saute it with just about anything! yuuuuuuuummy Keeps the vampires away, too.

Originally posted by Natophelia
Fresh garlic...chop it up and saute it with just about anything! yuuuuuuuummy Keeps the vampires away, too.

Garlic is like air, water, peppers, sex and basil. it is an essential.....I'm sorry I forgot to mention it. I thought that EVERYBODY had a healthy intake of the basic six everyday.

Are you a hot pepper fan, Roadie? If you are, I work with a guy who grows his own, makes his own sauce. He brought some habanero/garlic sauce to work and it is SO nice! I can get his recipe if you or anyone else wants it. Warning though, it smells like garlic, but is hotter than anything I've ever had! A tiny glob on the end of one tine of a fork is enough to season a serving of most vegetables! Great on sushi, oddly enough.

My father could never understand my mother and me sitting at the table, eating fresh home grown peppers and crying, while saying how good they taste.:rolleyes:

In fact I love all the basic 6 food groups!