Some people can eat anything... and in many was I envy them. Well, at least to a certain degree.
But I get a lot of flack from my family because I can't eat red meat. I can't even eat anything that's been cooked on the same surface as red meat. If I do I get very ill. If I eat red meat I get as white as a sheet. I can't even eat one of my favoritest meals ever, corned beef and cabbage.
My family doesn't understand that I stopped eating it because it started making me feel sick. This was before there was a dearth of information about red meat not being the main meal. I have been incapable of eating red meat for 13 years. I cut it out of my diet then.
So, I've been happier not eating red meat. I've found ways to work around red meat. Most things that require red meat can be made with turkey or chicken. And the things that I can't are things like steak and I never really missed it in the first place. My only exception to that being corned beef.
I've even expanded my horizons considerably since I first decided to not eat red meat. I now eat fish more then I used to. I must say that that is an acquired taste. I used to not like the flavor. But now... I don't mind it so much. I even made a tasty (and healthy) crab meal the other night. However, crab is something that I'll use sparingly as a meal seeing how even for a half pound of lump crab from Whole Foods (where I normally go for my meat and veggies because they're organic with no hormones and no genetic engineering) is $12.99. That's still cheaper then Safeway where it's about $19-$20 for a half pound.
But I digress.
I still run into issues with my family and red meat. Even if I say it's OK to make fish or something. Maybe one day they'll accept that I'm not a huge fan of red meat.
Bacon on the other hand...^_~
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I rarely eat red meat and for the most part I don't miss it. I do like a good hamburger on occasion though, but I probably have red meat about half a dozen times per year.
ReplyDeleteI love chicken and fish and I cook that quite regularly. And funny that you mentioned crab from Whole Foods- I recently bought the same lump crab and it was so much better than you can buy in regular grocery markets. I made some tasty low-fat crab cakes out of them and topped it with some homemade aioli sauce. Oh that was good!
Oops, went off to drool land there. Anyhow, I was wondering if your SO (I'm trying not to use names) doesn't eat red meat too? That makes it easier if your dining companion shares your food choices. My hubby will eat just about anything I lay in front of him so I'm lucky.
Oh, I know. My first ever attempt at French food was a success.^-^
ReplyDeleteAnd those do sound good... Yum!
He does eat red meat, but he doesn't mind not eating it as often. He doesn't want me to make two meals. He'll get it when we go out, but other then that he doesn't mind eating seafood, poultry or even vegetarian. My SO is the same way. I have yet to find something he doesn't like.