Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that meat-eaters still want a partner who will give, receive and share this primordial symbol of a budding partnership.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Food brings people together on many different levels. It's nourishment of the soul and body; it's truly love.
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
I think that if a person wants to remain vegetarian, they're just going to have to go hungry.
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
Meat supplies a variety of nutrients - among them iron, zinc, and Vitamin B12 - that are not readily found in plants. We can survive without it; millions of vegetarians choose to do so, and billions of others have that choice imposed upon them by poverty.
I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
Whatever anybody eats is their business. I'm just a vegetarian because I personally want to be. If my sons want to go have a steak... then that's their decision. But coming from my hand, as their mother, I have to give them what I feel is good for them. I don't take a stand morally. This is for myself.
Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.
People enjoy our meat and our poultry, as I do as a consumer.
Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.