Meatatarians

Anyone else out there eat meat (just include eggs, poultry, seafood, game, whatever) almost exclusively?

We all know loads of vegetarians, people who think "meat is murder" and things like that, whatever.

I don't know many other people like me, that eat meat during every meal, stay away from things like ice cream and bread, that sort of thing- but I'm guessing there are a good number of people like that, whether they do it because they like it or because they've started up some sort of low-carbohydrate diet.

Other than green salads, potato, and breading on meat, basic stuff like that, I don't eat much vegetable-based matter: no bread, no pasta, no, I dunno, cake, ice cream, whatever: they make me sick, gives me a stomachache.

Anyone else have a similar diet?

Not me, though I do try to include a good amount of protien in my diet since I work out a lot. I make sure I always eat some form of protien in every meal, be it chicken, beef, eggs, cottage cheese, fish, or the occasional whey protien powder shake. I also try to limit my intake of bread, though I do enjoy some of those wacky breads now and then (whole wheat, breads with nuts or oats or other goodies in 'em). I don't do a low carbohydrate diet, however- I NEED carbs. If I cut them too low I turn into a zombie. I try to get them from things like fruits, rice, some veggies (salad, carrots, onions, peppers, potatoes, etc), yogurt, pasta, and so on. But meat is an important part of my diet, and I love it. Think I'm gonna grill me some chicken when I get home tonight...

And I don't want to sound like a total health nut...on the weekends I usually eat TONS of crap. Hell, Sunday alone I ate Taco bell for two seperate meals...and I'm not sure what they put in their food even qualifies as real meat. :confused:

I love meat with all that is in me. Give me a crockpot simmered roast or some Grilled Shrimp smothered in Mesquite and Tennessee Sunshine over a plate of stamed veggies anyday. :)

any of you guys know what i could eat to keep my energy up? i've been feeling really drained lately.

A friend of mine just about exclusively eats only meat, bread, and potatoes. He says he's allergic to green vegtables.

Rama - you might want to try eating meat and avoiding any starches. Starches and sugars tend to give you a 'cheap' energy boost that ends up leaving you feeling drained a short while after you eat them. Protein stays with you. Worth a try, I think - just start eating steak, cold cuts without the bread, cheese, things like that.

Rama, if your going to be burning them, eat tons of calories. I mean a calorie IS energy..Just make sure you'll burn 'em, 3600 = 1 extra pound for you if you don't burn them. :)

i'm kinda like that...

i hate almost any kind of Ice Cream, Cake, or sweets... i used to eat them all of the time, but then i realized that i only ate them for the sake of eating, not because i enjoyed eating them... the only sweets i like are Cheesecake and Doughnuts... but i don't eat them that often

Pasta + Chicken = heaven

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Rick
I love meat with all that is in me. Give me a crockpot simmered roast or some Grilled Shrimp smothered in Mesquite and Tennessee Sunshine over a plate of stamed veggies anyday. :)

---

Shrimp isn't meat, it's fish. :)



To boost your energy levels, eat more carbs. Meat won't really give you much energy. As for carbs that can boost your energy level, you'd want to avoid stuff with lots of processed sugar, like junk food. They give you a quick burst of energy, but it doesn't last long and you feel worse afterwards. Things with natural sugar, like fruits, are good. Slow burning carbs like oatmeal are great, too. Whole wheat breads, cereal, gronola, etc. Pancakes work wonders, too. Yummy.

When I said meat, I meant all types of flesh, and stuff that came from animals, like milk and eggs.

For me, at least, ANY sort of carbohydrate, including good sorts, like wheat breads, gives me a weird sort of draining feeling a little while after eating them. The energy I get from protein feels much more consistent.

KILL ALL VEGANS AND EAT THEIR LEAFY TASTING FLESH~~

Vegans are creepy. Its not a natural way of Living. We are Carniovres. But anyways. So you don't eat any vegitables at all? None what so ever? Hmmmm. Do you take vitamins or something?

This is directed at Stone.

Well, I take vitamins each day, and, no, I'll eat salads and things like that. The salads usually have meat in them, though.

Actually, we're omnivores - as in, we eat vegetables and meat.

Any of you ever heard of Fruitarians?

Look it up. You think vegans are nuts....?

Yeah I guess you are correct, Omnivores. None the less we are to consume meat. And Fruitarians, I have always wondered if the existed. Weirdos.

I try to keep an even keel on both Meat and Veggies, but Meat does come first for me and if I had to choose only one it would probably be meat.

LOL @ Riisuke

ºTracer

Hmmm...I love meat just as much as anyone else (I'm a bit of a steak aficionado :)), but unfortunately, I dig breads and cheeses a lot. And while I try to limit my intake of sugar because of there being diabetes on BOTH sides of my family, I still find that very hard to do. I dig veggies when their prepared right, too.

Other than all kinds of meats, cheeses (just about all kinds) I like Mushrooms, Potatos, Onions and Radishes the best. Broccolli, celery, tomatos and most other fruits are ok by me. You may notice that I like veggies that simply complement meat well (i.e. radishes, onions and mushrooms and squash... I can't belive I forgot squash).

ºTracer
Hickory Grilled Reindeer smoothered in Mushrooms and onions, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, and smooth Chauser's Spiced Mead with Honey or Duvel (Dutch) Ale. Meal of Kings. Heil!

I was just reading in Time magazine the other day that scientists are now giving some consideration to the Atkins diet (Dr Atkins is the guy who started the whole "only eat meat" thing 30 years ago).

They also are thinking fat isn't as bad as we previously thought, simple carbs are the real culprit to being fat. Check it out, the most recent issue of Time, it's the cover story. Pretty interesting.

Anyway, I try to eat as much protien as possible, but carbs are still a big part of my diet. I always go for complex carbs when possible.

every time i eat......i get sleepy

Quote:

---

Originally posted by rama
every time i eat......i get sleepy

---

Start taking amphetamines, maybe?

the process of digestion requires much energy - thats why you feel tired as all hell after a big meal.

Actually to my understanding of it, you get tired after eating due to your fluctuating blood sugar levels in your body. After eating a meal your blood sugar (basicaly your energy level) goes up. If you had a big meal, your blood sugar goes up really high and it triggers the hormone called insulin that works to bring it back down. However in most people insulin does too good of a job, bringing you blood sugar down too low and making you feel tired (since this means that your energy level is low). After a while another hormone called glucagon kicks in and brings you blood sugar back to normal. Then your energy level should be just about right again.

All you have to do is get through the short time period where you feel tired and then you shouldn't feel sleepy anymore. (Unless you're actually low on sleep, which is another matter...) :)

I was a vegetarian for a couple of years, and when I get more organized, I will cut back meat some more.

It is so easy to just grab a burger or broil a steak. Veggies demand to be chopped and arranged and combined. Usually, I'd rather put effort into something else.

When it gets down to it, I am not really into the taste of meat all that much. I usually get more enjoyment from the pasta or rice or veggies that "complement" the meat. In my preferred way of eating, it is the meat that is there to add texture to everything else.

I love meat! And I love it in all of it's forms, for all meals.

Breakfast? Steak and eggs. There's nothing like chared cow flesh coupled with unborn chicken embrios.

Lunch + Dinner? You name it. Beef, Buffalo, Fish, Chicken, Turkey, Pork, Veal, whatever. And I always like my meat hot, but I'll have a few cold-cuts every now and again.

There are several meats I have yet to taste, some include vennison, eel, and turtle, but I plan to remedy this situation in the near future. :D

Meat is great, I especially love chicken but I try to balance my meals with maybe 60% meat and 40% bread/pasta/veggies. I know someone from college who ONLY eats meat and can't stand vegetables. At the dining hall he created the: Chicken-Cow-Pig Burger. It consisted of two patties of beef, a crispy chicken patty, three strips of bacon, and cheddar cheese. I think if I ate something like that my heart would explode!

I went to one of the chains of Michael Jordan's Steakhouse and their steaks were delicious... the sirloin melted in your mouth like butter! Mmmmm mmm! And when I went to Japan, they had some good sirloin steaks too, they added some kinda ginger-steak sauce on it and it was another moment that I never forgot! Man, I'm getting hungry now...

Man is the King animal. Thus top of the food chain, it is our duty to eat the weaker animals! We are the ones who have evolved into a creative creature. If we do not eat meat, then we are not human! MEAT! BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE FLESH!

I'm wondering how ice cream comes from a vegetable.

Kelp, Burgundy.

There is kelp in Ice Cream...though only God knows why.

My diet mainly conisists of squid and Skittles.

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Captain Vegetable
Kelp, Burgundy.

There is kelp in Ice Cream...though only God knows why.

---

OK. I understand that some of the ingredients of ice cream come from vegetables, like sugar, flavorings like vanilla and chocolate, and quite possibly even kelp, but milk, cream and eggs make up most of what ice cream is. And they come from cows and chickens.

I wouldn't call a steak a vegetable, even if it has pepper on it.

I love steak. Love it. Chicken. Pork. anything meat. My ideal meal is Shrimp sauteed with mushrooms and garlic in butter. OH GOd. (hungry) I would never become a vegittarian. But I eat alot of sweets. Chocolate... ice cream. Oh kay... I've had entire meals where its just me and bowl of ice cream. I dont really like fruits of veggies. Like the cheese though (yah baby bring it on) breads ok. The way to this girls heart... cook for me. I'm telling you.. girls love it. (why am I posting this online?) I'm hungry now. Terykaki steak. Pork chops. Veal (hey why not?) Lamb. Salmon (Oh GOD YES) mmmmmm...mm... mmmmm Some one tried to give me an apple... I'll be like how about you get me some hamburgers? :D I'm very unhealthy but I really care. We're all going to die anyway.

:-D

I could go for a nice filet mignon right now. My favorite cut. I've had it at an American resturaunt and a Japanese resturaunt, but I think it was a lot better at the Japanese place. It was so delicous when coupled with the rice and veggies.

Search: I once made a 3/4 lb burger on sourdough, pan fried, with a fried egg, fried ham (effectively Canadian Bacon), Bacon with BBQ sause. I dubbed it, "The Fuck You Burger". Sure to shorten your lifespan by at least 2 years alone.

ºTracer

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Tones
I could go for a nice filet mignon right now. My favorite cut. I've had it at an American resturaunt and a Japanese resturaunt, but I think it was a lot better at the Japanese place. It was so delicous when coupled with the rice and veggies.

---

Filet mignon IS the best steak aruond man, it's pure quality. Noone can question the quality of filet mignon. :)

having your best friend work at the Meat department in the local super-market is a god-send

every friday and saturday, he brings meat over to my house and we grill it...

last week he brought a full rack of ribs... sooooo good...

the week before, he brought two cuts of Filet Mignon... sooooo good

... i bet you wish your friends work in the meat department :cool:

fuck the shut up everyone!!! me getting hungry!!!!

See, I like Filet Mignon, but I couldn't call it the best steak: for one, the Porterhouse is basically like getting a Filet Mignon and a NY Strip at the same time, but it's one cut. Mmm, double porterhouse.

On top of that, I generally like good rib-eyes the most. Not quite as tender, but more flavor, just a better steak, I think. I want my steaks to have a bit of strength to them, you know, Filet Mignons aren't substantial enough sometimes.

Here\'s an adjunct to this thread:

What\'s the largest amount of steak you\'ve ever eaten at one sitting?

I ate a good 5/6ths of a Double Porterhouse at John Thomas in Ithaca, NY, which is about 50oz of meat.

Well, um, my steaks never taste like steak. They taste like pepper.. I'm sure you can figure out why. And besides, according to what I hear, 'roo meat is MUCH better than steak, so I've been trying to get some.

Hey, what is that little cup of dark, thin sauce you get with a good steak at reasturaunts? That stuff is better than any bottled steak sauce I"ve ever had; I love it.

How much does Filet Mignon cost a pound at the grocery store? I believe that t-bone is about $6.49/lb where I work, and it's often on sale. Another thing, do grocery stores carry US Prime grade meat? I don't work in the meat department, so I'm not that informed in the area.

Although not meat, how is risoto (sp?) rice? I've heard it's really good, but it's expensive.

Filet Mignon is damned expensive.. And I can't think of the sauce name :(

Isn't it house sauce or something?

Au jus, I think you're talking about.

Yeah, that sounds familiar. How would someone go about making this? No thick sauce can do steak justice.

It's pretty much beef juice with spice.

Look up a recipe on Google.

I think you can make it by just reducing the juices left in the pan after cooking (roasting) a piece of meat. Maybe throw in some beef bouillion if you want to extend the juices, get more sauce.

Thanks, maybe add some soy or worshtoshire also.

I have yet to understand the concept that fish is not meat. It's an animal, dammit, and you kill it, dammit... so... uh... MEAT! It's meat.

Meat = the flesh of four-legged domesticated animals. Game = flesh of wild four-legged animals. Fish = flesh of fish. Shellfish = flesh+ of shellfish.

As far as I'm concerned, you can call it all meat, though a more appropriate word would probably be "flesh"

I love biting into a hot, juicy chunk of flesh.

Risotto is good, I've tasted my girlfriend's (she likes it) risotto a few times, when she's ordered it - it's a bit like a fluffy, savory rice pudding.

"When it gets down to it, I am not really into the taste of meat all that much. I usually get more enjoyment from the pasta or rice or veggies that "complement" the meat. In my preferred way of eating, it is the meat that is there to add texture to everything else."


Sacrelige! How dare you insult the Meat and suggest that it is there only to support the vegetables. And Stone, I think you're on your way to becoming a Cartoonist. Be careful. ;)

I kinda agree with the quote - because meat by itself is not very appealing - their must be other stuff to go along with it.

Quote:

---

Originally posted by Rich


Filet mignon IS the best steak aruond man, it's pure quality. Noone can question the quality of filet mignon. :)

---

But you can question the quality of the provider, and the feed the cow ate.

Black Angus is the best cut of beef you'll ever taste, followed closely by Natural Angus. Everything else is crap. ;)

Quote:

---

Originally posted by TracerBullet
Search: I once made a 3/4 lb burger on sourdough, pan fried, with a fried egg, fried ham (effectively Canadian Bacon), Bacon with BBQ sause. I dubbed it, "The Fuck You Burger". Sure to shorten your lifespan by at least 2 years alone.

ºTracer

---

LOL, sounds like a good breakfast. ;) BTW, I love bacon! Canadian or American, it's all good as long as it's nice and crispy! Yum...

A place near me, Louie's Lunch, serves double bacon, egg, and cheese hamburgers (two of everything). They call them Double Bo Burgers, I don't know where the name comes from, but they're delicious.