Do people really enjoy eating vegetables?
This is a question I occasionally ponder, and I still haven't found a clear cut answer. I guess the easy answer is yes. Vegetarians/vegans must really enjoy eating them, right? Or do they? I feel like being a vegetarian/vegan is more of a choice based on the process of the meat manufacturing business than anything. No one can really like vegetables enough to eat them almost exclusively, can they?
I think vegetable consuming people fall into 3 categories.
A) The people who only eat veggies because they are good for them. These are the people who cook the shit out of vegetables, pour some sort of sauce all over them, mix them in with their mashed potatoes, rice, etc.. The people who convince themselves that since they eat corn and potatoes with most of their meals that they're pretty much getting their recommended veggie intake. If you haven't figured it out yet, this is me 100%.
B) The people who are trying to lose weight or are following some sort of diet for whatever reason. These are the people who force large amounts of veggies into their faces even though they hate their lives doing it. These are the girls out there who go to restaurants and order a salad, when everyone knows they really want the steak and potatoes. They fool themselves into thinking they enjoy what they are doing.
C) The mysterious creature that actually fills up their plate with greens, and loves it. A true anomaly.
I have a little anecdote to share with you to help you see where I'm coming from.
The other day I was having a conversation about either video games or pornography or both with my buddy James and he informed me that he was in the process of cooking up what he referred to as a "dirty" stir-fry. Curious like a cat, I asked what sort of ingredients he was using for this unclean meal. He enthusiastically told me that there was some chicken, garlic, carrots, broccoli, and then I stopped caring.
I asked, "Do you really enjoy eating that?" "Do you really love a meal that includes so many vegetables?"
His answer was basically this: "They are fine when you cook them with meat and stuff and can't really taste them."
Is it not strange that we eat things that we don't want to fully taste? I sure wouldnt want my steak to be cooked in a manner where I couldn't really taste it. My chicken wings better not be cooked with any ingredients where I can't enjoy their full flavour.
Another one that I can't really wrap my head around is eating mushrooms with steak. I know they aren't tecnhically veggies, but still. I actually hear that this dish is fantastic. Really though?I've tried mushrooms, and there's no doubt in my mind that they would hinder my ability to fully enjoy my juicy steak.
I'm making this sound like I eat zero vegetables, which isn't really true. Like I said before, as a category A veggie eater, I'm a huge corn and potato guy. 2 of the most useless vegetables a person can ingest. Here's a quick list of the other veggies I occasionally consume:
- Broccoli (with half a bottle of cheese whiz on top)
- Tomatoes (Ketchup, spaghetti sauce)
- Carrots (chopped up in tiny little pieces and dropped in some type of soup broth)
- Lettuce (an ingredient in the footlong subs I get which also include cheese, meat, a lot of ranch or southwest sauce, and a non-whole wheat form of bread)
- Peas (See Carrots)
- Onion (Either in Ring form, or in French Onion Soup)
- Pickles (vegetables?)
- Vegetable Thins (crackers)
OK, so I'm reaching a bit at the end there, gimme a break.
The point is vegetables are dumb.
If you are one of those insane people who actually enjoys eating them, please enlighten me as to why they are so great.
Anyways, I just got some McDonalds coupons in the mail today, gotta go check those out. Later.
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First of all, I can't believe you haven't already died from internal bleeding due to a ravaging case of scurvy.
ReplyDeleteOn a second less fatal note, I do enjoy eating veggies (and fruit) for the very important reason that my body craves them, just as it does meat. If I may explain a few million years in the evolution of our lineage: our very early ancestors were likely tree-dwelling herbivores and subsisted solely on veg, fruit and the like. At some point we decided trees were lame and hopped down, stood up, and stole some rank, rotting meat from a jaguar or something. (seriously, that's the argument in archaeology) At this point, our brains started to grow because of the increase in protein consumption, however our digestive system retained the mechanical apparatus and chemical substances suited for digesting plants. Our dentition is an excellent example of our omnivorous diet: pointed canines for grabbing our prey (that pizza won't catch itself, am i right?), sharp incisors for cutting meat, as well as flat molars for grinding tough plant material. I could go on and on so i'll just wrap it up by saying that our bodies are built for the consumption of both meat and vegetables/fruits and we need both to be healthy.
As far as taste goes, I like some, others not so much. Eggplant is disgusting no matter how you cook it. And something has to be said for their texture. Makes food interesting, I think.
Also, I would probably kill myself if I was forced to eat steak for every meal. I just don't like it that much. And it's not good for you to have it all the time because of all the cholesterol. If I were religious, I would say a prayer for your blood vessels.