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I agree Adam...I think the whole schitck is exactly that....a schtick. If thier food was any good maybe I'd be more inclined to eat there again.

http://eatingtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/heart-attack-grill-diet-center/

They're just trying to tap into the whole shock/controversy thing...and unfortunately that does work. Those news stations can't get enough of it. If you really want to dislike them watch the video on their homepage (How to Kill a Giant):
http://www.heartattackgrill.com/

I used to go to the LA Reader office on Friday mornings to collect my mail, then I'd stop in the chain drugstore nearby to pick up a piece of beef jerky, and a package of vanilla creme sandwich cookies, which I'd eat while driving to my day job. Not together, just back-to-back. Can't remember if I ate the jerky or the cookies first, nor why I thought those would make a good breakfast.

I think the Cook Free or Die tat is on a guy that appeared in the Seattle episode of No Reservations, the one where AB has the clam pizza. Or was that Portland? But I've definitely seen it and it's real.

The McDonald's character scene on the guy's chest is not too bad, at least it seems he put some thought and time into it.

The rest...wtf?

"Too bad they're not real tattoos."

Are you kidding me? You've gotta be one of those guys that calls everything on the Internet "fake".

I personally know the guy with the pizza rocker and can assure you it's 100% real.

there was a guy in my hometown offering free tattoos for life if you'd get one tattoo on you...a caterpillar having sex with a ridged french fry. Guy was a bit off (but good artist)...anyways, I know of three people with this ugly tattoo, wish I had a pic to share.

Some of those aren't so bad. Seems to me that they are implying that any food tattoo is a bad tattoo.

If there are vegans who do not agree with limiting all people to their chosen lifestyle out there, they need to speak up loudly. Currently their voices are being overwhelmed by the strident demands of AR groups who would shove vegetarianism/veganism down everyone's throat. All the lawsuits, advertising, junkscience, and harassment perpetrated by AR groups are a direct assault on an omnivore's lifestyle. Everyone has a right to make their own food choices, but if those people have their way, many people will no longer be able to choose foods they would normally choose. Do you understand?

Sorry, I cannot agree about some life being more precious than other life. Any life no matter how tiny is still life and no matter what you eat, something dies. It's nothing to be guilty about, it's just nature.

@Hilfy - What vegans give you this attitude? To be perfectly honest, I have found far more hostility from omnivores towards vegans than vice versa (then again, I'm not an abolitionist and neither are most of my friends. Yes, there are dissenting voices in the so-called "vegan movement," and many of us dislike the organizations that, in the public discourse, define the opinions of the rest of us). And since I have not always been a strict vegetarian, I can report from both sides of the dinner table - I distinctly remember claiming, many times over, that I could never, ever be vegan.

And I don't think vegans are responsible for labeling omnivores "carnivores," either (on vegan boards, we usually say "omnis"). Many omnivores describe themselves, tongue-in-cheek, as carnivores. But I do think that vegans get a very bad rap in the media, and some of it is the doing of certain pro-vegan organizations that shall remain nameless. But the popular perception of veganism has little do with *most* of the people who actually practice the lifestyle.

I do think vegans and omnis alike can appreciate tasty food. I will eat any vegan food that I find tasty! As far as yeast, bacteria and plants - even the most hardcore AR activists stick to caring about organisms with nervous systems (no one's fighting for Yeast Rights). And many people go vegetarian or vegan for reasons other than AR.

Now, there are very rude vegans (just as there are very rude omnivores, and very rude people in general), but I think it's unfair to attribute traits to a person based solely on the presence or absence of meat in their diet.

mmmmm this looks so delicious. I topped some scallops with a similar combination a few weeks ago: corn and cherry tomato salsa and a tomatillo guacamole. This looks like a way more efficient way though to get all those flavors in there. thanks! Will def be my topper for this dish next time: http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2009/07/big-girls-test-kitchen-summer-scallops.html

Pauper--I'll make a trip to visit the place on your recommendation. I didn't mean to imply some sort of sandwich assembly line, tho. Let each sandwich maker make the entire sandwich. Just don't let them waste their time taking orders or ringing them up. Someone who doesn't know the proportions can do that.

And at Subway I'm real vocal in the line, "Please, not so much lettuce! More peppers, please! Just a little more oil, OK?" so that all the proportions are mine. They want to hate me, but I keep smiling and being as overtly grateful as I can, and they finally smile back.

The issue of non-vegans appreciating a certain dish or not is pretty mute to me-especially when it is something that most meat eaters consider a side-dish. The issue comes up when you would have an entire meal out of vegan dishes. I don't think vegan food in itself is not rejected by most people, only when that type of food becomes the only thing to eat.

If I'm eating with friends or my boyfriend (which is almost always who I'm eating with when I'm out), then I'll offer a taste of whatever I'm eating, ESPECIALLY if I like it. Share the wealth! I have like-minded friends, so they usually offer back - if they don't, I don't even usually notice. I may ask for a small taste if it's something I really want to try, but I'm not militantly pro- or anti-sharing.