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From: robert@arizona.UUCP (Robert J. Drabek)
Newsgroups: net.veg
Subject: Re: Practical (ie not ethical) Problem
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Date: Sun, 8-Jan-84 13:23:12 EST
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Eating potatoes, rice, and bran flakes would be most boring.  As a long-
time vegie, I can give you a lot of assurance that eating vegetables is
anything but boring, but you'll need to try something different than
the ones you mentioned.

Preparing a meatless meal is going to take you a little longer when you
first start doing it right.  You'll have to read several books to understand
the nutritional aspects of what you are doing.  But then it's all experi-
mentation from there on out.  At first you might try some casseroles
full of fresh brocoli, cauliflor, etc.   The fresh part is important
here.  Anyone who thinks of vegetables as the stuff found in cans and
frozen dinners is justified in their lack of sympathy for vegetarians.

It takes imagination and a year or two of experience to start creating
good meals in a reasonable amount of time without consulting the books
all the time.  But how long does it take to learn anything really worth
knowing?  Sometimes I have felt the time preparing food is the only
thing completely worth the time.

As a slightly unrelated point to your question, you will find yourself
spending less at the grocery store.  So you can use that money at the
`fresh and organic' foods stores and then those squash and carrots will
forever keep your maind away from that steak.

Robert J. Drabek
University of Arizona