So really, how many of us are not going to eat any more meat???

[a kennedy]

Not me.....shrimp, salmon, and veggies eh??

[MissB]

1. I have a freezer full

So I’m good for a bit. Also have a ton of beans and pulses. Eggs from the backyard.

[csziggy]

15. Me, too - not because I was hoarding but because that's the way I live

Buy meat in quatities on sale, freeze it in small amounts, and use it up over several months. At the moment I have a lot of pork, chicken thighs and legs, fish of different kinds, and a little ground beef.

For vegetables, I buy the large bags at Costco - one each of Normandy, green beans, stir fry, and asparagus will last me three or four months. I also buy fresh carrots, sweet onion, zucchini, and squash, cook up a large skillet of that mix and freeze batches.

Mostly what I buy weekly is milk, salad makings, fruit (but I've been freezing a lot of that), and eggs. If I tried to have chickens for eggs, the foxes and coyotes would get a lot of meat to eat!

Right now my freezer is pretty well packed solid so I'm in good shape for a bit.

[MissB]

24. I think we have the same buying habits

I buy stuff from Costco and from the local grocer (on sale) and repack for the freezer.

Chickens have Fort Knox for a home. Concrete stem wall and impenetrable above and below. They can also be alone for a long weekend with plenty of food and water so leaving for a vacation is easier. I’m getting 5-9 eggs a day from my hens. It’s a lot, so we give away a lot.

[Champion Jack]

2. I'm going to find a local producer

...so no more factory farmed meat

[a kennedy]

3. Great idea......

[NutmegYankee]

10. I have the luck to have local sheep and dairy farsm nearby.

[Eko]

4. No problems here.

I live in Amish land. I can get it as fresh as I want.

[jimfields33]

5. I just had a steak for dinner. T-bone my favorite

I swear I make them better then any restaurant. Yes I’m obviously biased.

[Dream Girl]

6. Meat is beginning to gross me out. Is all got started in the wet makings.

Now we’re get an inside view of the meat plant conditions here. ’m no Joaquin Phoenix, but when you think about it, wat gives us the right to eat another living being. Plus it just seems nasty.

[MLAA]

11. That happened to me about 10 years ago.

I just couldn’t pretend anymore about where meat really came from. Never been healthier or happier! Good for you 🙂. I have great meals that nobody died for.

[Dream Girl]

20. I'm actually concerned about the health aspects of vegetarianism.

I have gone vegetarians a few times in my life and always gained a ton a weight. My body does not like carbs and kind kind wat vegarairianism is by definition..especially veganism.

[MLAA]

21. Hmmmm I haven't heard of that in my friend group of about 15

The only ones that struggle with weight like too much of the vegan cheeses, ice creams etc that are all high fat or like a little too much pasta.

Check out a website Nutritionfacts.org dr Gregor has a book How not to Diet. Maybe some tips there.

Good luck!

[Dream Girl]

22. I never like the fake veg. Proteins, always would overdo pasta, beans, rice, pata so super carby

My last go round as was vegetarian was 15 years ago.

[MLAA]

31. Hope you give it another go.

So many wonderful vegan cookbooks that are tasty and healthy now 🙂

[sagetea]

33. That happened to me

about 6 yrs. ago!!! It literally made me sick to my stomach. I had to stop eating red meat, the rest of animal flesh happened after that! in the last 6 or so months, I have given into my cravings and have eaten fish a couple of times! My philosophy was, if I could kill it, dress it, butcher it, cook it, then I could eat it. and only then would I eat it. Normally, I was too lazy to do all that, when making a salad or pasta was easier! And I grew up on a (very old) family cattle ranch!!

sage

[0rganism]

7. gave up meat and dairy 1.5 years ago, haven't missed 'em

hardest thing about it is avoiding traces of milk in nominally unrelated products
plants can be quite tasty

[Karadeniz]

8. Don't like seeing a corpse on my plate.

[MLAA]

13. Cruelty free food tastes so good! 🙂

[NutmegYankee]

9. Why?

I cook mine before I eat it. And I avoid touching it without washing for the other illness risks.

[Iwasthere]

12. There is truly no longer a reason to eat meat. I've converted to vegetarian with occasional seafood

Plant based meats are so close to real, some virtually impossible to detect. Plenty of protein in plant based. Mega Cattle farms are destroying the planet. Rotateable crops, save the earth (literally). Soil is so depleted, one day we'll be seeing widespread dustbowls again.

[Budgies Revenge]

14. A tick bite made me allergic to mammals

so, I guess that's my contribution.

[panader0]

16. I used to be able to eat a large steak when I was young. No more.

I still enjoy some meat in my meals, but a very small amount
compared to my younger days. Plus, it's too damn expensive
these days.
I'm 69 now and eat probably less than half of what I used to eat.
Overall, not just meat. My metabolism has slowed, thank goodness.

[milestogo]

17. I stopped eating meat 10 years ago.

For my health, for the planet, for the love of animals. I have no desire to go back.

[Coventina]

18. Vegetarian since the early 90s. Glad to see the slaughterhouses close!!!

[Demsrule86]

27. They are not closing. Trump is forcing them to reopen. And will kill workers.

[Coventina]

29. They will close if nobody buys what they're selling.

I hope that the American public will stand with the workers.

[Retrograde]

19. Eating a lot less

Bought a 2.5 pound roast today: that will last 2 people for a week or more. I still eat meat, but in much smaller quantities. I look at it as a condiment.

[Marrah_Goodman]

23. I will continue to eat meat and fish

I can't do beans. I eat such a tiny amount since I had bariatric surgery that it lasts me a long time. I still have to supplement my diet with protein shakes,

[Demsrule86]

26. See if local meat is available...better for you anyway.

[Marrah_Goodman]

28. I live off food stamps

That will have to wait until farmers markets open up because they give extra snap bucks when used there. I have enough to last quite a while in the freezer.

[Demsrule86]

25. I love meat but won't buy meat under these circumstances. We do have local meat at

Whole foods...more expensive. But I won't buy meat from plants that want to kill workers with impunity. Trump is a fucking murderer.

[flvegan]

30. Or sustain that for how long?

Just asking.

And kudos to anyone who takes this up.

[GulfCoast66]

32. Thankfully I have a freezer full of venison and fish we caught.

Our beef and pork is expensive since we mainly by locally produced stuff. But the wife and I are both furloughed and not getting paid. So venison and fish it is.