hi bros and sis,
do you have any suggestion how i can turn towards vegetarianism ? the vegetarian food outside really sucks.
the fastest way to turn oneself a vegetable, get whacked on the mind xtremely hard....
once become a vegetable for life, whatever u eat also becomes vegetable....
Originally posted by Fcukpap:the fastest way to turn oneself a vegetable, get whacked on the mind xtremely hard....
once become a vegetable for life, whatever u eat also becomes vegetable....
wah u got some mental problem leh. no wonder the hidden meaning in your misspelled nickname is atrocious
Originally posted by sinweiy:It’s good to have additional support from friends & or some family member who are vegetarian. Did u watch those videos frm vegetarian society? If u read or know more info on vegetarian, practice will be a lot easier.
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unfortunately my family members are dead against my becoming a vegetarian. nevertheless i will check out the veg soc website. thanks
Start as a vegan first, eg. with unfertilised eggs and milk as part of the diet.
Also you may try indian vegetarian if you do not mind pungent spices like garlic and onions.
Try to understand matching of food groups with complete protein and vitamin profile, eg. grains or cereals with legumes and such. Also have good mix of fruits and vegetables in your diet. Eat raw is preferable for the enzymes unless you have a cool constitution.
The only long term drawback I see is a B12 deficiency which may or may not be helped with supplementation with parsley. Or you may augment you diet with vegetarian vitamins.
If you are not a vegetarian on religious grounds, you can just pick the vegies at the cai png stall, or yong tau fu stall.
Weychin, u mean ovo-lacto vegetarian, vegan is the more stricter one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism
i do it for Buddhism, i can also just pick the meat side vegies at the yong tau fu stall, then the malay stall, then india stall, then chinese cai png stall last. i choose malay becos they don't use pig oil, unlike some chinese. malay vege also seldom put shrimps.
slowly bah, if ur family see u more healthier and kind and good, they will forgive. just don't oppose until u have bad relationship with ur family. we won't want that.
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I know some nice vegetarian stalls. You can also check out Bright Hill website, sometimes they will have vegetarian cooking class or you can buy vegetarian cooking book for reference.
If you tell your family members that you want to be vegetarian because of health reasons, they will be more receptive than telling them because of religious purpose. They tend to think that you are superstitious if you want to be vegetarian because of religion.
http://www.kmspks.org/index.php
near Bukit Gombak MRT - there is a small vegetarian restaurant selling at coffeeshop price and a nice vegetarian stall at coffeeshop.
Aljunied MRT - 观音斋 and a nice vegetarian stall at one of the coffeeshop.
Originally posted by sinweiy:Weychin, u mean ovo-lacto vegetarian, vegan is the more stricter one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism
i do it for Buddhism, i can also just pick the meat side vegies at the yong tau fu stall, then the malay stall, then india stall, then chinese cai png stall last. i choose malay becos they don't use pig oil, unlike some chinese. malay vege also seldom put shrimps.
slowly bah, if ur family see u more healthier and kind and good, they will forgive. just don't oppose until u have bad relationship with ur family. we won't want that.
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Yes! My bad ! Got them mixed up ! Thanks for the clarification!
i know of a Rice House 粥大王 which one can bring non-vegetarian to eat. real nice.
http://vegefoodhunt.blogspot.com/2008/05/rice-house.html
They are located at Blk 129 Geylang East ave 1, beside Foo Hai Chan Monastery & Opposite Sims Ville Condo. May alight at 2nd bus stop from Aljunied MRT & walk further up & turn left to Monastery direction.
They are closed on Monday. Tel: 6747 3739
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How could possibly be loving the planet, the environment, animals as well as ourselves being regarded as religion.. LOL. Love and compassion of living beings, and a pleasant planet is a beginning of impetus towards a vegetarian. Deeper insight of understanding from Buddhism and mother nature of yourself will enhance faith of love and compassion :)
Many people find vegetarian food bland because many of the chinese veg stalls or eateries don't use onions, leeks, shallots, chives, garlics and asafoetida in their cooking.
These plants are considered strong smelling and tasting in nature and is always used in meat dishes for flavouring purposes, so you may need to take time adjusting to the veg food outside which seems to be bland. However, after some time on a veg diet without these pungent plants, your taste buds will become more sensitive, and you will be able to really taste the actual taste of food itself.
If you are practicing meditation it is best to avoid pungent plants to aid your practice, which also means avoiding buying from non-veg stalls as their veggies almost always cooked with onions or garlic. Indian veg stalls also uses onions and garlics except for a few, but they may still have asafoetida in the curries.
If you are fine with onions and garlics and do not mind that the veggies are cooked with meat or non-veg oil, non-veg gravy, etc then you can practically eat from anywhere.
Originally posted by Amitayus48:How could possibly be loving the planet, the environment, animals as well as ourselves being regarded as religion.. LOL. Love and compassion of living beings, and a pleasant planet is a beginning of impetus towards a vegetarian. Deeper insight of understanding from Buddhism and mother nature of yourself will enhance faith of love and compassion :)
You will be surprised that not many people share your view especially non Buddhists. As most of my family members are non Buddhists, thus I know what they are thinking of. They think vegetarian is superstitious, animals are created for human consumption. Sometimes they laugh at me and purposely telling me that the meat they are eating are delicious, I will just ignore as I know what I'm doing.
Originally posted by Dawnfirstlight:You will be surprised that not many people share your view especially non Buddhists. As most of my family members are non Buddhists, thus I know what they are thinking of. They think vegetarian is superstitious, animals are created for human consumption. Sometimes they laugh at me and purposely telling me that the meat they are eating are delicious, I will just ignore as I know what I'm doing.
Have you tried showing them the veg society video "seeds for a better world"?http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6603580570697459568#
You can explain to them from a non-buddhist point of view - health, animals, environment. It's not the meat that is really delicious, it's the spices they used to flavour them that they find delicious - the onions, garlics etc, as well as the chilli, pepper etc.
Originally posted by yumii:unfortunately my family members are dead against my becoming a vegetarian. nevertheless i will check out the veg soc website. thanks
One of the thing vegetarian product does'nt have is cholesterol, there are also of literature on that, so perhaps you may slowly educate them form this area, bit by bit, cut down the cholesterol(meat) from the diet.