Re: [quick_vegetarian] (unknown)

[Angel Clark]

Hi,   I was a meat eater until about your age too, it's been eight years now. The PETA site has a lot of info on this and they have footage of how factory-farmed animals live, hen factories, etc, and you can get a free copy of their vegetarian starter kit http://www.peta.org/about/faq-veg.asp. I know a popular book is diet for a small planet.   You might want to start by getting a veggie cookbook and change a few meals a week to see how you liek it. I like The Meatless Gourmet: Easy Lowfat Favorites and The Meatless Gourmet: Favorite Recipes from Around the World, they both have easy to make recipes using ordinary ingredients.   Good luck!     ----- Original Message ----- From: visual_infinityuk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 4:32 PM Subject: [quick_vegetarian] (unknown) Dear Group, I understand this is a group for recipe exchange but I would like to find some help on my queries below and have been unsuccesful in finding a decent forum to discuss them in so I was hoping some of you could contribute towards them since they affect most vegetarians in some way. I have recently given considerable thought to becoming a vegetarian, I have pondered over being one since I was about 13, but I am 22 now and have rcently considered this issue in light of some disturbing images I saw on TV over animal testing (a monkey with some of its brain exposed!!!) and on battery chickens and now feel I can successfully plan my own diet. The reason for wanting to be a vegetarian is partly logic, it is not logical to destroy one life to support another imo, also of compassion over the disgusting living conditions battery farm chickens have to be put through amongst other animals. I dont think I will have a problem switching to being a vegetarian (as some people I know are suggesting it will be a big lifestyle change lmao) because I am not the type to look at a BBQ and think "oh, I'd love to bite into one of those juicy burgers" lol.  However, I have in thinking about this issue over the last two days had some curious thoughts over what I may or may not eat on my grounds for not eating meat and whether or not for example I may wear leather shoes (I dont recall seeing any decent shoes for example of any other material... btw - this reminds me someone recently suggested I am over analytical which I think is quite true ;o) If I am going to be against killing and eating cows for example over the logic as suggested, then killing a cow for its leather is even less justified. Also, is it ok to say I dont eat cow on the basis it is not a prefered flavour since I am not aware of whether or not cows are treated poorly?? Have any of you advice on where I may read about what people in the vegetarian world are saying about these issues? Or places where I may discuss this logically? Jonathan contact owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else.  Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list contact owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else.  Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quick_vegetarian/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.