I was in the middle of reading an article in the NY Times featuring a Vegan Chef in NY. I read the first quote from the woman, "I think vegan cooks need to learn to cook vegetables first. Then maybe they can be allowed to move on to meat substitutes.” I had to stop there. Vegetables. Hmmm, vegetables.
I'm one of those vegetarians that love all those meat substitutions - seitan, tempeh, you name it. I don't really like vegetables. At all. Ok, well, I do like broccoli. And spinach. The rest of them are just.....eh. I'm one of those who long for the hot wings at Busaba that taste soo close to the real thing. Is that a bad thing? Every once in a while I find myself craving that delicious juicy tender steak, or my sister's mouth watering ribs. Mmmmm. Is this wrong? I don't really crave anything other than beef. Chicken - I can do without. The faux chick'n they have around these days is good enough for me. And I've never been a pork or seafood person...they still gross me out. But what if I just ate steak, beef. Mmmmm. I would even give up my eggs if it meant I got to have steak. Eggs I could totally do without. Hmmm. This is a problem. I've been thinking way too much about this. But if I'm a vegetarian...who doesn't like vegetables...but dreams about eating steak...maybe I shouldn't be a vegetarian? I need to speak to Laurel.