Question to meat eaters: Why do you do it?

[Bhaijaan]

This thread is not meant to offend meat eaters or hurt anyone's religious sentiments and i hope people will cooperate in giving honest answers and keep it strictly personal instead of speaking on behalf of the different communities they represent. I request mods to deal strictly with anyone who tries to turn it into an India-Pakistan or hindu-muslim hate thread.

I am asking you at a personal level. Why do you eat meat? You know well where it comes from. An animal, usually domestic, is killed to serve meat to your plate.

An animal,
that means you no harm,
that does not wish to die, least of all by a chop or electrical shock,

... at a time when you have ample veg options to satisfy your hunger.





Your arguments generally are:
- Because its tasty
- Because its healthy
- Because its fun
- Because food chain
- Because its economy
- Because population control
- Because we're humans and we're meant to eat'em


1) Taste
Your sense of taste is greater than the life of an animal and all the suffering it goes through because you need tasty food?

2) Healthy
You can get your proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins from veg foods as well. Once again, something that could be easily substituted. Its not above life and doesn't warrant suffering of a fellow species

3) Food chain
Fellow human, you're not in jungle anymore, actually since a few millenniums. Please update your clock.

4) Fun
Robbery, rape, riots is fun too for many. Your amusement does not justify another's suffering

5) Economy
World economy will not collapse if you stop killing animals for food.

6) Population control
They wouldn't be born if you stopped eating meat.

7) Humans are meant to eat them
Of all the things humans were meant to do.....







Please, give up eating meat. You wanna make a change, you wanna save lives. Every time you refuse to eat a chicken burger, you're saving one. Give these poor little animals a break. They do not deserve this.

Many years from now, future generations will hang their heads in shame thinking about us eating meat when we had a choice.

The question should be, why you are not eating meat?

 

[Rishikesh]

Vegetables, cereals also reproduce, what about drinking milk ? Why we need to torture a innocent animal to extract milk ?

 

[Rishikesh]

What are your views about consumption of fish, egg etc ?

 

[Haroon786]

1. Vegetables can never ever replicate the taste of a juicy lamb kebab.

In fact I'm having a chicken biryani tonight.

 

[Deosai]

I don't know why you indies are obsessed with this question

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

Becoz of.

1. Vitamin B12
2. Creatine
3. Vitamin D3
4. Carnosine
5. Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)

You can find all these Nutrients only in Meat.
Simple.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Its good that this thread is started so that all the usual debates about this topic can be directed here.

 

[CricketCartoons]

When you eat meat, you are honouring the life force it provides and giving a purpose to the animal's life which died and fed your family.

Nothing wrong in eating meat.

Industrial farming of animals, that is a separate question. Bred in captivity and cramped spaces and subject to daily abuse, there is nothing kosher about such meat. I like the local butchers who raise the animal in a natural surroundings, and slaughter it when the time comes. Or hunters who kill an animal who has had the best life in the wild. Not the daily abuse that happens in slaughterhouses. But hard to be ethical when money is involved.

 

[Ottoman]

All of them bro but most important its Halal for me. (Its one of the many mimat from All mighty)

So why not?

 

[PCP_1]

The idea of torturing exists as we see it from a human point of view. Also due to mass consumption requirements the animals are kept in inhumane conditions which is the main issue.

The food chain argument that we're not in the jungle anymore is quite stupid. The food chain has and will always exist. The proof lies in how every organism has evolved over the millenias. The carnivores will feast on the herbivores who in turn will eat plants. Some people also say that plants react to stimuli and can actually feel so once we start down this slippery slope of confused human sensitivity, it will never end.

The main issue here is the systematic torture of animals, not the eating of meat. A better solution would be to hunt your own meat or tend your own herd but that isn't a possibility on today's world. So better to get your meat from "bio" sources or local farmers than feed the meat industrial complex.

Also not eating meat won't solve anything as then we will up to our ears in cattle, which would also spoil the ecosystem.


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[CricketCartoons]

All of them bro but most important its Halal for me. (Its one of the many mimat from All mighty)

So why not?

Halaal doesnt mean just the right way of slaughtering. No industrial farming existed in 7th century arabia, and Prophet Muhammad asked his followers to be merciful to animals. So if an animal raised in a slaughterhouse, in cramped space, bereft of sunshine and subject to daily abuse is killed according to the zabiha method, it may be halal by name, but is not in spirit.

 

[Robert]

I am asking you at a personal level. Why do you eat meat?

Because it tastes really good.

I am uncomfortable with the idea of creatures with a similar nervous system to mine being used as raw materials in an industrial process. Way back, the hunter-gatherer tribes would kill only what they needed for food and clothing, and would pray to the spirit of the animal, and thank it. In this way only the minimal level of damage was done.

If I lived in a wilderness I would hunt. One deer or pig would last my family all winter. But I live in a city and the only way to eat meat is to accept that industrial process.

 

[Robert]

The food chain argument that we're not in the jungle anymore is quite stupid. The food chain has and will always exist. The proof lies in how every organism has evolved over the millenias. The carnivores will feast on the herbivores who in turn will eat plants. Some people also say that plants react to stimuli and can actually feel so once we start down this slippery slope of confused human sensitivity, it will never end.

Concur. This is what I tell judgmental vegans. Something has to die for us to live.

 

[Ottoman]

Halaal doesnt mean just the right way of slaughtering. No industrial farming existed in 7th century arabia, and Prophet Muhammad asked his followers to be merciful to animals. So if an animal raised in a slaughterhouse, in cramped space, bereft of sunshine and subject to daily abuse is killed according to the zabiha method, it may be halal by name, but is not in spirit.

What u want to say bro?

If you don't take good care of your animal it want grow & won't provide you sufficient return of your investment.

Halal means that Allah has allowed us to eat meat ( certain animals not all) and Zibah is just a method to slaughter animals.

You need more education regarding that.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Also I laugh at the hypocrisy of those who say that eating chicken, lamb and beef is their right, but protest against those who eat dogs. Dog is just another animal, and I wouldn't mind sinking my teeth in the tender cooked meat of a young puppy.

 

[CricketCartoons]

What u want to say bro?

If you don't take good care of your animal it want grow & won't provide you sufficient return of your investment.

Halal means that Allah has allowed us to eat meat ( certain animals not all) and Zibah is just a method to slaughter animals.

You need more education regarding that.

I am saying that meat being certified halaal is meaningless if the animal was raised in cruelty. Because Islam asks its followers to show mercy to animals.

 

[Dee1990]

Humans are funny, it's only us who questions why we eat meat. You don't see a lion questioning why it hunts a gazelle. Our digestive system can break down meat which is a good enough reason to believe that we need meat in our diet, yes you can get similar nutrients that you get from meat in certain vegetables but they're never in same quantities.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

1. Its hard to explain to a vegetarian but I crave meat every once in a while and cannot do without it for more than 2 weeks.

2. Vitamin B12 is not available in any veg source.

3. Theres something called evolution I guess. I'm not actively I'm control of my clock and can't force myself to eat only veggies.

4. Why are you equating rape to meat eating? Vast majority of the world find it fun to eat mrat. Not the case with anything else you mentioned

5. World economy is based solely on what we eat and what we don't eat?

6. Nowadays at least in India, meat consumption is rapidly increasing and I know some families who eat meat everyday which IMO is a bit too much. However, eating small portions of meat is not gonna affect population.

7. Humans are omnivores. We are meant to eat meat. Period.

Lastly , I respect anyone whose a vegetarian by choice because I've tried it and its nigh impossible for me.





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[tempus123]

I am saying that meat being certified halaal is meaningless if the animal was raised in cruelty. Because Islam asks its followers to show mercy to animals.

What do you mean ?

 

[Yossarian]

Grilled/ barbecued steak, shish kebab, keema, karahi gosht, roast beef, home made beef burgers, chilli con carne .... just to name a few.

 

[tempus123]

What's posters' view on cannibals ?

 

[gani999]

1. Its hard to explain to a vegetarian but I crave meat every once in a while and cannot do without it for more than 2 weeks.

2. Vitamin B12 is not available in any veg source.


7. Humans are omnivores. We are meant to eat meat. Period.

Vitamin B12 is available in all soya products. And it is well known that humans can survive very well on a vegetarian-only diet. Vegetarians don't suffer from more deficiency diseases than non-vegetarians do.


In the end it is all a matter of taste. If you like meat, go ahead and eat it. There is absolutely no need to provide any justification.

 

[#GreenRoars]

This thread is not meant to offend meat eaters or hurt anyone's religious sentiments and i hope people will cooperate in giving honest answers and keep it strictly personal instead of speaking on behalf of the different communities they represent. I request mods to deal strictly with anyone who tries to turn it into an India-Pakistan or hindu-muslim hate thread.

I am asking you at a personal level. Why do you eat meat? You know well where it comes from. An animal, usually domestic, is killed to serve meat to your plate.

An animal,
that means you no harm,
that does not wish to die, least of all by a chop or electrical shock,

... at a time when you have ample veg options to satisfy your hunger.





Your arguments generally are:
- Because its tasty
- Because its healthy
- Because its fun
- Because food chain
- Because its economy
- Because population control
- Because we're humans and we're meant to eat'em


1) Taste
Your sense of taste is greater than the life of an animal and all the suffering it goes through because you need tasty food?

2) Healthy
You can get your proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins from veg foods as well. Once again, something that could be easily substituted. Its not above life and doesn't warrant suffering of a fellow species

3) Food chain
Fellow human, you're not in jungle anymore, actually since a few millenniums. Please update your clock.

4) Fun
Robbery, rape, riots is fun too for many. Your amusement does not justify another's suffering

5) Economy
World economy will not collapse if you stop killing animals for food.

6) Population control
They wouldn't be born if you stopped eating meat.

7) Humans are meant to eat them
Of all the things humans were meant to do.....







Please, give up eating meat. You wanna make a change, you wanna save lives. Every time you refuse to eat a chicken burger, you're saving one. Give these poor little animals a break. They do not deserve this.

Many years from now, future generations will hang their heads in shame thinking about us eating meat when we had a choice.

The question should be, why you are not eating meat?

Bhai, why we kill lizards, cockroaches, wasps, other insects e.t.c Such a shame we kill some one's son,daughter,wife,husband,father,mother ) Give up killing them, save lives. Also head bugs , don't kill them too.
In title you said Questions, but in the end paragraph you are saying give up eating meal safe lives this and that.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Vitamin B12 is available in all soya products. And it is well known that humans can survive very well on a vegetarian-only diet. Vegetarians don't suffer from more deficiency diseases than non-vegetarians do.


In the end it is all a matter of taste. If you like meat, go ahead and eat it. There is absolutely no need to provide any justification.

OP has pretty much asked for a justification. What are you on about? I know han beings can survive on a vegetarian only diet. My parents are vegetarian in fact and soya is not common in South Asian cuisine. Much easier to consume fish or lamb.

 

[tempus123]

Bhai, why we kill lizards, cockroaches, wasps, other insects e.t.c Such a shame we kill some one's son,daughter,wife,husband,father,mother ) Give up killing them, save lives. Also head bugs , don't kill them too.
In title you said Questions, but in the end paragraph you are saying give up eating meal safe lives this and that.

Extending your argument, you can even kill humans also ?

 

[CricFan2012]

Bhai, why we kill lizards, cockroaches, wasps, other insects e.t.c Such a shame we kill some one's son,daughter,wife,husband,father,mother ) Give up killing them, save lives. Also head bugs , don't kill them too.
In title you said Questions, but in the end paragraph you are saying give up eating meal safe lives this and that.

Astaghfirulla

I'm not killing any more bugs son daughter wives husband again!

On topic, the only meat I eat is chicken and fish, I dislike beef and lamb so Atleast I'm saving cows and lamb.
I wouldn't mind becoming a vegetarian, but it's kindve stupid to not eat meat when it's available, humans are the only animals with a real conscience, animals don't really have one.

 

[shaz619]

Halaal doesnt mean just the right way of slaughtering. No industrial farming existed in 7th century arabia, and Prophet Muhammad asked his followers to be merciful to animals. So if an animal raised in a slaughterhouse, in cramped space, bereft of sunshine and subject to daily abuse is killed according to the zabiha method, it may be halal by name, but is not in spirit.

People would have a different view about halal if they visited slaughter houses in the UK especially. Bengalis are the biggest culprits, they advocate the HFA halal which is the worst type of halal as it is and then proceed to contaminate it with haram anyway; most of their business tend to close because their restaurants and takeaways never meet the basic standards set by the health and safety inspector. But in general, slaughter houses are usually in the worst condition you could possibly imagine and that just makes it even worse for the animal.

 

[KeyboardWarrior]

All 5 Nutrients in post #6 you cant find from one Source except Meat.

 

[Yatoo]

because it's halal.

 

[CricketCartoons]

People would have a different view about halal if they visited slaughter houses in the UK especially. Bengalis are the biggest culprits, they advocate the HFA halal which is the worst type of halal as it is and then proceed to contaminate it with haram anyway; most of their business tend to close because their restaurants and takeaways never meet the basic standards set by the health and safety inspector. But in general, slaughter houses are usually in the worst condition you could possibly imagine and that just makes it even worse for the animal.

Yes, that is the point I am trying to make. The question should not be whether one should eat meat or not. The question should be whether your meat coming through ethical sources and meeting your religious conditions (if any). An animal raised in cruelty can never be halaal meat.

 

[niishaa]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Also hindus here who eat non veg is it a everyday thing. In my case growing up it was once a week affair generally on sundays , or when there are guests or christmas/easter time. Now in my husband's household it is twice a week affair. My hubby really loves non veg. Most of the hindus here in hyderabad tend to have it 2-3 times a week not more than that. When i was newly married and me and hubby had to visit relatives on both sides all of them cooked non veg dishes and we have non veg for 2 weeks everyday. I could not stand non veg food for like almost 3-4 months!!

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

 

[shaz619]

This thread is not meant to offend meat eaters or hurt anyone's religious sentiments and i hope people will cooperate in giving honest answers and keep it strictly personal instead of speaking on behalf of the different communities they represent. I request mods to deal strictly with anyone who tries to turn it into an India-Pakistan or hindu-muslim hate thread.

I am asking you at a personal level. Why do you eat meat? You know well where it comes from. An animal, usually domestic, is killed to serve meat to your plate.

An animal,
that means you no harm,
that does not wish to die, least of all by a chop or electrical shock,

... at a time when you have ample veg options to satisfy your hunger.





Your arguments generally are:
- Because its tasty
- Because its healthy
- Because its fun
- Because food chain
- Because its economy
- Because population control
- Because we're humans and we're meant to eat'em


1) Taste
Your sense of taste is greater than the life of an animal and all the suffering it goes through because you need tasty food?

2) Healthy
You can get your proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins from veg foods as well. Once again, something that could be easily substituted. Its not above life and doesn't warrant suffering of a fellow species

3) Food chain
Fellow human, you're not in jungle anymore, actually since a few millenniums. Please update your clock.

4) Fun
Robbery, rape, riots is fun too for many. Your amusement does not justify another's suffering

5) Economy
World economy will not collapse if you stop killing animals for food.

6) Population control
They wouldn't be born if you stopped eating meat.

7) Humans are meant to eat them
Of all the things humans were meant to do.....







Please, give up eating meat. You wanna make a change, you wanna save lives. Every time you refuse to eat a chicken burger, you're saving one. Give these poor little animals a break. They do not deserve this.

Many years from now, future generations will hang their heads in shame thinking about us eating meat when we had a choice.

The question should be, why you are not eating meat?

They mean no harm but animals eat other animals to bruv.

For me it just tastes better. I was out of town and halal wasn't really available, there were some bengali places that claimed to be halal but after a bit of research and some background knowledge given family who have worked in the fast food/restaurant business I made the decision that I can't eat meat from those places or at uni. So for 2 months or so I was eating vegetables, it was all good and then I got really sick. My body required meat. Fair play to those who are vegans, I just don't see how they do it; I guess for various religious peeps it's easier because they grow up on a vegetable diet.

 

[shaz619]

Yes, that is the point I am trying to make. The question should not be whether one should eat meat or not. The question should be whether your meat coming through ethical sources and meeting your religious conditions (if any). An animal raised in cruelty can never be halaal meat.

tbh you can never be so sure any-more unless you have your own farm. Do you eat meat?

 

[CricketCartoons]

tbh you can never be so sure any-more unless you have your own farm. Do you eat meat?

Yes, one cannot be sure. But one must promote local butchers as much as possible. I eat fish.

 

[shaz619]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Also hindus here who eat non veg is it a everyday thing. In my case growing up it was once a week affair generally on sundays , or when there are guests or christmas/easter time. Now in my husband's household it is twice a week affair. My hubby really loves non veg. Most of the hindus here in hyderabad tend to have it 2-3 times a week not more than that. When i was newly married and me and hubby had to visit relatives on both sides all of them cooked non veg dishes and we have non veg for 2 weeks everyday. I could not stand non veg food for like almost 3-4 months!!

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

I usually eat meat most of the time but when I don't my favourite dish is daal, the yellow one is really nice and I eat eggs to but that's about it. Maybe there is another one which has carrot in it my mom makes but not sure what it's called. My mom and the elders that are from back home in our fam tend to enjoy vegetables more then the british born pakistanis.

 

[Deosai]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Yes, I eat meat 2-3 times a day and most people i know do too. i do sometimes eat vegetables mixed with meat. Yeah, Punjabi-Sindhi dishes have vegetarian food, but Pakistan's 'national' cuisine is the Mughal-influenced cuisne eaten across the country.

 

[Friend786]

If its not natural to eat meat then why do carnivores feed on other animals?? Meat provides nutrients to our bodies and ofcourse its quite tasty.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

There is a reason Jainism did not become popular. The conditions it imposes are impractical. You are not supposed to even kill insects. That means a farmer cannot become a jain, as he has to kill insects to protect his crop. Neither can the soldiers. So it was adopted only by the merchant class like marwaris and is restricted only among them.

 

[battler]

Vegetarians really don't get how hard it is for non-vegetarians to survive without meat.
Just because you can survive on a vegetarian diet doesn't mean it is easy for us non-vegetarians to do that.
I eat chicken around 2-3 times a week.

 

[Ottoman]

I am saying that meat being certified halaal is meaningless if the animal was raised in cruelty. Because Islam asks its followers to show mercy to animals.

Look bro selling meat is a business so people who are doing this business do take care of their prodcuts (meat), what I know.

I have just invested in this business, and my partner a land lord do take care of the animals because he knows his product should have a standard otherwise it won't bring enough in return.

& in OP there is nothing about sub-standard meat.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Look bro selling meat is a business so people who are doing this business do take care of their prodcuts (meat), what I know.

I have just invested in this business, and my partner a land lord do take care of the animals because he knows his product should have a standard otherwise it won't bring enough in return.

& in OP there is nothing about sub-standard meat.

I am talking about those who do not take care of the animals. Not about the meat. If the animal was raised well, then no issue. I am only talking about those slaughterhouses which raise animals in cruel conditions. Which goes against the principle of Islam, where animals should be shown mercy.

 

[uberkoen]

I am talking about those who do not take care of the animals. Not about the meat. If the animal was raised well, then no issue. I am only talking about those slaughterhouses which raise animals in cruel conditions. Which goes against the principle of Islam, where animals should be shown mercy.

Slaughterhouses don't raise animals. They slaughter them. Animals are raised at farms from where they are sent to slaughterhouses to be slaughtered.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Slaughterhouses don't raise animals. They slaughter them. Animals are raised at farms from where they are sent to slaughterhouses to be slaughtered.

You mean like this?

 

[uberkoen]

You mean like this?

Those are pigs! Yes, factory farmed animals exist but my point was slaughterhouses just slaughter them they are farmed elsewhere

I think these mostly exist in western countries. You would be hard pressed to find similar setups in India and Pakistan

 

[kaayal]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Also hindus here who eat non veg is it a everyday thing. In my case growing up it was once a week affair generally on sundays , or when there are guests or christmas/easter time. Now in my husband's household it is twice a week affair. My hubby really loves non veg. Most of the hindus here in hyderabad tend to have it 2-3 times a week not more than that. When i was newly married and me and hubby had to visit relatives on both sides all of them cooked non veg dishes and we have non veg for 2 weeks everyday. I could not stand non veg food for like almost 3-4 months!!

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

Not 3 times 1-2 times a day. Full veg only during wednesdays. Then alternate day egg, fish or meat.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Those are pigs! Yes, factory farmed animals exist but my point was slaughterhouses just slaughter them they are farmed elsewhere

I think these mostly exist in western countries. You would be hard pressed to find similar setups in India and Pakistan

Yes, this is the farming I am talking about. Although India has its own form of cruelty. Animals are loaded on top of each other, and a truck which is supposed to carry 5 will carry 30, often with broken bones.

 

[uberkoen]

Yes, this is the farming I am talking about. Although India has its own form of cruelty. Animals are loaded on top of each other, and a truck which is supposed to carry 5 will carry 30, often with broken bones.

This sort of farming is mostly for pigs. I think its an issue which is now being tackled world over.

You definitely wouldn't see that sort of cruelty in Pakistan. Well, at least I've never seen it.

 

[CricketCartoons]

This sort of farming is mostly for pigs. I think its an issue which is now being tackled world over.

You definitely wouldn't see that sort of cruelty in Pakistan. Well, at least I've never seen it.

Ok, so except for pigs, other animals don't face cruelty. Now I can sleep well.

 

[axl100mph]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Also hindus here who eat non veg is it a everyday thing. In my case growing up it was once a week affair generally on sundays , or when there are guests or christmas/easter time. Now in my husband's household it is twice a week affair. My hubby really loves non veg. Most of the hindus here in hyderabad tend to have it 2-3 times a week not more than that. When i was newly married and me and hubby had to visit relatives on both sides all of them cooked non veg dishes and we have non veg for 2 weeks everyday. I could not stand non veg food for like almost 3-4 months!!

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

I hardly eat any veggies. If I ever do, its mixed with meat.
Pakistanis, if they could afford to do so, would eat meat in every meal. No one values veg food over non veg here

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I just wanted to ask a question to Indian muslims and pakistani posters here, Do you guys eat non-veg food everyday of the week 3 times a day? Don't you ever eat vegetarian food at all? Punjabi/sindhi does have plently of vegetarian dishes. Even iranian food has ample veg dishes( i had a cookbook).

Also hindus here who eat non veg is it a everyday thing. In my case growing up it was once a week affair generally on sundays , or when there are guests or christmas/easter time. Now in my husband's household it is twice a week affair. My hubby really loves non veg. Most of the hindus here in hyderabad tend to have it 2-3 times a week not more than that. When i was newly married and me and hubby had to visit relatives on both sides all of them cooked non veg dishes and we have non veg for 2 weeks everyday. I could not stand non veg food for like almost 3-4 months!!

Coming back to the topic at hand when i was a kid my neighbors were marwari jains they had these jain monks come and visit them. They wore long white robes and covered their mouths with some white cloth and had a broom which they carried. They like practised ahimsa etc. They used the broom to brush the insects etc without killing them. Well when i went to my neighbors house those monks were talking about the killing of animals etc and it did impress me so i stopped eating meat for many months and then one day i snapped and went back to eating meat. Today i really don't pay attention to all these things. i really believe in the food chain. People should eat what they want to eat.

Meat two meals a week. That's it. Otherwise its mostly vegetarian food. Although I definitely can't do without it for those two meals

 

[niishaa]

I hardly eat any veggies. If I ever do, its mixed with meat.
Pakistanis, if they could afford to do so, would eat meat in every meal. No one values veg food over non veg here

Okay fair enough. I has asked a pakistani co wroker once this same question he said that he was very poor growing up so non veg was not a regular thing in his household then. Like you said if they can afford to they will have mostly non veg. My question is do pakistanis eat fish on regular basis?

 

[axl100mph]

Okay fair enough. I has asked a pakistani co wroker once this same question he said that he was very poor growing up so non veg was not a regular thing in his household then. Like you said if they can afford to they will have mostly non veg. My question is do pakistanis eat fish on regular basis?

Yeah, we dont let go off that either.
However, fish isnt as popular as maybe the other meats in most dishes. Its mostly down to individual choice really but its not something people wont eat. Fried fish, particularly is very much preferred


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[niishaa]

Meat two meals a week. That's it. Otherwise its mostly vegetarian food. Although I definitely can't do without it for those two meals

More or less same here twice a week non veg 2 meals a day and once a month fish curry or fry. It is must for me too. Rest of the days it is mostly vegetarian

 

[niishaa]

Yeah, we dont let go off that either.
However, fish isnt as popular as maybe the other meats in most dishes. Its mostly down to individual choice really but its not something people wont eat. Fried fish, particularly is very much preferred


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Don't you get bored of eating non veg all the time I mean how much variety can you have with non veg. I am curious cause i try to make something different every week and there is only so much i can do chicken fry/gravy/cutlet kebab. just that much. What about chole etc don't you guys eat chole and paneer dishes!! what about aloo curries ?? not even that

 

[battler]

More or less same here twice a week non veg 2 meals a day and once a month fish curry or fry. It is must for me too. Rest of the days it is mostly vegetarian

A somewhat similar diet to mine as well.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

More or less same here twice a week non veg 2 meals a day and once a month fish curry or fry. It is must for me too. Rest of the days it is mostly vegetarian

Most of my family who live in Kerala do eat fish everyday though which I wouldn't mind but my parents are pure veg though so no chance of that happening. I don't like eating lamb more than twice a week though. I guess even the Indian families who eat non veg never eat a lot of meat compared to other countries

 

[niishaa]

Not 3 times 1-2 times a day. Full veg only during wednesdays. Then alternate day egg, fish or meat.

why wednesday just your whim or does it have any religious significance. Most malyalis i knew even hindus even non veg mostly. My neighbour who was malyali christian had to have non veg everyday else he would have murdered his wife!!

 

[uberkoen]

Don't you get bored of eating non veg all the time I mean how much variety can you have with non veg. I am curious cause i try to make something different every week and there is only so much i can do chicken fry/gravy/cutlet kebab. just that much. What about chole etc don't you guys eat chole and paneer dishes!! what about aloo curries ?? not even that

You can make several dishes with meat. Nihari, Haleem, Harissa. Then there's the biryani and the various types of chicken and beef curries. There are a lot of options

but people do eat chole, and aloo curries and several other vegetable dishes. Sometimes its chicken with vegetables. Sometimes its purely vegetables.

We don't do paneer dishes in Pakistan though.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Online world is sooo different at times.

All my Brahmin friends eat meat. Or atleast egg.

Once two of them even ate beef (I was with them).

I am pretty much the only guy in my close circle who is pure veg.

I guess the reason is taste of food for them.

 

[niishaa]

You can make several dishes with meat. Nihari, Haleem, Harissa. Then there's the biryani and the various types of chicken and beef curries. There are a lot of options

but people do eat chole, and aloo curries and several other vegetable dishes. Sometimes its chicken with vegetables. Sometimes its purely vegetables.

We don't do paneer dishes in Pakistan though.

I forgot biryani in my post though. i know haleem the other two dishes i am not aware of. Still i think it is less variety. I am really suprised at the paneer omission though. i guess mostly punjabi hindus eat it for protein but in india even punjabis who are non veg eaters do eat paneer regularly. My opinion is the best way to live is to have a equal diet of meat and vegetables.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

The answer few are giving and the simple one is because it tastes really good.

 

[niishaa]

The answer few are giving and the simple one is because it tastes really good.

I fee non veg is tasty when prepared the sub continent/middle eastern way. Even chinese is alright I don't find european/american meat dishes tasty at all. At the same time there are plenty of vegetarian dishes that i find equally tasty. It all depends on ones taste buds and up bringing.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

I fee non veg is tasty when prepared the sub continent/middle eastern way. Even chinese is alright I don't find european/american meat dishes tasty at all. At the same time there are plenty of vegetarian dishes that i find equally tasty. It all depends on ones taste buds and up bringing.

To each their own.

I can never have the satisfaction in a meal that I would with meat in a meal without it. It simply does not happen for me.

Pad thai with shrimp and chicken is prime.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Because it's the secret to bowling fast.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

why wednesday just your whim or does it have any religious significance. Most malyalis i knew even hindus even non veg mostly. My neighbour who was malyali christian had to have non veg everyday else he would have murdered his wife!!

More of a trend in last 2-3 decades ever since malayali families have become more prosperous. But traditionally malayali Hindus and Syrian Christian s never consumed as much meat as they now do. Fish but not any other meat on a daily basis.

 

[niishaa]

More of a trend in last 2-3 decades ever since malayali families have become more prosperous. But traditionally malayali Hindus and Syrian Christian s never consumed as much meat as they now do. Fish but not any other meat on a daily basis.

Okay. The christian family was quite affluent

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Because it's the secret to bowling fast.

So only Wahab eats meat in Pakistan team these days eh?

 

[axl100mph]

I forgot biryani in my post though. i know haleem the other two dishes i am not aware of. Still i think it is less variety. I am really suprised at the paneer omission though. i guess mostly punjabi hindus eat it for protein but in india even punjabis who are non veg eaters do eat paneer regularly. My opinion is the best way to live is to have a equal diet of meat and vegetables.

Haleem, karahi (lot of variations, including white karahi, one with more tomatoes, chicken tikka karahi etc.), muglai handi with butter, cream in it
Then there is kunna, paye and the ever so irresistable nihari.
Mutton/chicken Pilao, achar gosht
Countless variations of Biryanis,
Countless barbque items like
Seekh kebab, shami kebab, chapli kebaab, tikka, sajji

The vegies we eat r mixed with meat.
For example aloo gobi gosht, teendey gosht, aloo keema, murgh chollay, kareley gosht, etc.


But there r also some pure veg foods
Like bhindi(i hate it), daal chawal, aloo pilao, matrr pilao, aaloo ki bhujia,
Halwa puri(my favourite) which is accompanied by cholley n bhujia




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[kaayal]

why wednesday just your whim or does it have any religious significance. Most malyalis i knew even hindus even non veg mostly. My neighbour who was malyali christian had to have non veg everyday else he would have murdered his wife!!

Doctor's mess. Have to deal with it during wednesdays.

 

[ChachaCricket]

So only Wahab eats meat in Pakistan team these days eh?

Yes, Irfan mixes it with veggie dishes hence his pace fluctuates. The rest are pure vegetarians from poor families.

 

[dashing_man]

Eating Meat is not a religious thing. OP needs to get that first

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yes, Irfan mixes it with veggie dishes hence his pace fluctuates. The rest are pure vegetarians from poor families.

)

 

[niishaa]

Haleem, karahi (lot of variations, including white karahi, one with more tomatoes, chicken tikka karahi etc.), muglai handi with butter, cream in it
Then there is kunna, paye and the ever so irresistable nihari.
Mutton/chicken Pilao, achar gosht
Countless variations of Biryanis,
Countless barbque items like
Seekh kebab, shami kebab, chapli kebaab, tikka, sajji

The vegies we eat r mixed with meat.
For example aloo gobi gosht, teendey gosht, aloo keema, murgh chollay, kareley gosht, etc.


But there r also some pure veg foods
Like bhindi(i hate it), daal chawal, aloo pilao, matrr pilao, aaloo ki bhujia,
Halwa puri(my favourite) which is accompanied by cholley n bhujia




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Mouth watering!!!!

 

[niishaa]

Doctor's mess. Have to deal with it during wednesdays.

Okay chechi!!

 

[Slog]

Because I like it and I am not answerable to anyone.

I am a sincere believer in survival of the fittest and if the foot was on the other shoe the animals we eat wouldn't really think twice before sinking their teeth into us.

Also it is very nutritious and unique in that sense

 

[kaayal]

Okay chechi!!

Sari ammayi.

 

[Slog]

The problem with many hindu veggies who try to take a moral high ground is that they are vegetarians only because of the religion and culture they grew up in. There is no other reason why they do not eat meat. It certainly isn't moral reasoning or a result of some epiphany that they became vegetarians. It is conditioned into them due to religion and culture and then try to make it sound as if they are veggies due to reasons other than that like the OP most likely. There's very few Indians Hindus I know, and I know a lot, who are vegetarian but growing up they regularly had meat in their homes. Though I do know quite a lot who hide eating beef from their families.

I respect a lot of Western vegetarians who grew up in a culture where eating meat is very common and encouraged but in their teens or later they think it through and decide that they Will not have meat and be pure vegetarians. Sometimes their reasons are moral and sometime health but I respect them on being upfront about their reasoning unlike many Indians who are veggies because of religion and culture but try to make it a moral thing. This is plain hypocrisy. Also one shouldn't be ashamed to say that they do something due to religion. People will respect that.

 

[battler]

Do any of you guys have kadu, tori, tinday etc

 

[ChachaCricket]

Do any of you guys have kadu, tori, tinday etc

Yes.

 

[battler]

Yes.

I mean kadu, tori and tinday as it is.
Not mixed with chicken or mutton or beef?