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First Month as a Vegetarian MAG

June 20, 2009
By AnnaV BRONZE, Stonington, Connecticut
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It was cheese, counting calories and carrots, pizza,
broccoli, bread, peanuts, omega-3 pills
like fat June beetles, tofu, yogurt, meat dreams;

there was marrow Monday;
It was eggplant, spinach, sprouts;
there was tongue Tuesday;
pasta: angel hair, ravioli, lasagna, macaroni,
tortellini, pasta roni;
there was umbles Wednesday;
It was cannelini beans, cheese binge, black beans, brown
beans, lima beans, kidney beans;
there was tripe Thursday;
iron deficiency,
more spinach, more broccoli, cashews,
zucchini,
cheese addiction; there was fatback
Friday; It was lettuce, cucumber, tomato,
onion, corn, granola;
there was sweetbread Saturday;
endless research and attempts to
exorcise the meat demons;
there was success

until suet Sunday.

© Jorie S., Scio, NY

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Shabanana SILVER said...
on Mar. 18 2010 at 12:06 pm
Shabanana SILVER, Teaneck, New Jersey
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I am also a vegetarian and this was very interesting to see. I never really miss the meat but i sometimes feel like people think of me oddly. Am i the only one? I also get nauseous sometimes when people talk about meat. Am I alone here?
i<3steven! said...
on Mar. 1 2010 at 3:46 pm
i<3steven!, Newcastle, California
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that would be cool thanks, uuuuummm i don't know how you would get them to me tho
LihuaEmily SILVER said...
on Feb. 28 2010 at 1:58 pm
LihuaEmily SILVER, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
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I think this is wonderful, a charming and funny take on becoming vegetarian ... or trying to.
a.warren BRONZE said...
on Feb. 27 2010 at 4:18 pm
a.warren BRONZE, Billings, Montana
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I could never not eat meat i am addicated to it.
AnnaV BRONZE said...
on Feb. 26 2010 at 6:19 pm
AnnaV BRONZE, Stonington, Connecticut
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It definitely can be challenging! Sometimes it seems like life would be so much easier if I would just eat meat! I have to admit, when I first became a vegetarian I actually hated most of the foods in this poem. But now I enjoy it all so much, and have gotten quite good at cooking too. If you would like any very simple and easy recipes (college student=no time for anything complicated!) that I've come up with, I would be glad to give them to you :D
AnnaV BRONZE said...
on Feb. 26 2010 at 6:13 pm
AnnaV BRONZE, Stonington, Connecticut
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Bacon might be something I miss the most! I wrote this about a year ago, when I was just starting out. Thankfully the meat dreams have ceased :)
jesusluvsus BRONZE said...
on Feb. 26 2010 at 2:49 pm
jesusluvsus BRONZE, Benton, Arkansas
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me too and all the meat dreams and people like taunting you with their bacon it sucks but i have been a vegetarian for more than 2 years
i<3steven! said...
on Feb. 25 2010 at 3:38 pm
i<3steven!, Newcastle, California
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i am a vegetarian too and i have problems with getting a balenced diet