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i was a vegarian for a while in college but then the cravings for cheeseburgers were too strong and i had to dig in. its been meat from then on.

I'm the same as KarynMC. I'm "technically" a pescatarian, but avoid fish whenever possible. I think the only thing that really tempts me now and then are Buffalo wings.

My daughters were both vegetarians (one usually only eats raw foods and has a piece of fish on a rare occasion). The other hadn't had meat in at least 10 years when she ate a hot dog of all things!

She is a mother now and does eat some meat on occasion, but we still laugh about the weiner. What a thing to eat after all those years.

I'm so, so sorry.

During my early and mid-twenties, I was a pescetarian. It wasn't any kind of a statement or lifestyle thing. I simply went through a phase where the taste of meat did nothing for me, and the taste of chicken was downright repulsive to me. It was very weird.

Anyway. My return to meat involved a pregnancy where I craved, of all things, fruit and Double-Double burgers from In'N'Out Burger. I'd go to work with a paper grocery bag that was literally half full of fruit. On a typical day I'd eat a whole grapefruit, two or three bananas, an apple, an orange, some grapes, maybe some melon, etc. Then, about once every couple of weeks, I'd get this overwhelming craving for a Double-Double. Problem was, I couldn't tolerate onions during that pregnancy, so I had to get the burger without. Since I always eat Double-Doubles with raw onions, the craving was never properly satisfied, because it didn't taste like a "real" Double-Double! I ate many unsatisfying burgers during that pregnancy. It was a terrible, vicious cycle!

But I've been eating meat ever since.
;-P

When in doubt, ask a bunch of vegans. I did. The majority (of those that I asked) miss bacon.

I guess I'm in the bacon-ambivalent minority. :)

I had a friend that became a vegetarian because of a girl he started dating and it turned into a long relationship (two years) that ended badly and we were out at a 24 hr. diner in Ann Arbor and he made a declaration that he was "liberating" himself totally and ordered a chili cheese hot dog against our many pleas to not pick this time, or this choice of meat to end his two years of vegetarian living. He did not listen and needless to say, we were right. Have no idea how this ties into the thread at hand, but it came to mind immediately, sorry!

I've been a vegetarian for 18 years but have occasionally tried a bite of a new meat or preparation if it's presented, in case it's the best thing ever. rattlesnake and kangaroo didn't do it for me, fois gras in barcelona definitely did. i'd eat meat now at el bulli too, which i'll never get into anyway, or the fat duck.

Totally off-topic, as I'm not a vegetarian at all, but I had blocked all memory of portugese custard tarts--and how they are the most delicious things in the world-- until reading this thread.

guess i'll have to learn how to make them.

i think there must be two types of vegetarians. one is like me, who gives up eating meat for ethical reasons and/or health reasons but always feels deprived and struggles against it, {and in my case, finally gives up and gives in} and the other is like one of my dear friends, who thinks that meat is nasty and disgusting and prefers not to go near it.

while I often classify myself as a vegetarian because its simply easier to do so, I enjoy eating meat when I do. I have given in to temptation with my mom's bbq pulled pork many times. She always makes it specially for me, because she loves meat, loves to tell me she loves meat, and loves cooking meat knowing the family 'vegetarian' will eat it.

I am a vegetarian for a lot of reasons, so I no longer eat meat at all. For the first year or two, especially at Thanksgiving and Christmas, I would miss it, but now I don't "crave" any sort of animal protein.

Okay, maybe ONE THING still gets to me --- the smell of pancetta sauteeing in a pan, but even then, the smell has to be enough, because as much as I'd love a taste, I won't take one. Really. I swear. Honest and truly.