Vegitarian Camping

[hollowdweller]

The thing is most vegetarian stuff keeps better on the trail anyway.

Although somebody mentioned TVP. That stuff is HARD to digest

 

[kgd]

Its probably worth talking to your girlfriend and actually asking her what she eats and will not eat and what is the basis for her decision. It is surprising how variable the term 'vegetarian' is applied across people. I know some people who are die hard vegans and will not eat out of the same pot that was used to cook meat. I know other vegetarians who regularly eat fish or will on occasion eat chicken.

There is the whole confusion of the term, because it is applied to convey 'health eating choices' or a set of ethical and moral values. Some vegetarians gravitate to one or the other and unless you ask them outright they rarely declare which side of the fence they are on. Being this is your girlfriend, you are likely to get in trouble either way

 

[Kismet]

Its probably worth talking to your girlfriend and actually asking her what she eats and will not eat and what is the basis for her decision. It is surprising how variable the term 'vegetarian' is applied across people. I know some people who are die hard vegans and will not eat out of the same pot that was used to cook meat. I know other vegetarians who regularly eat fish or will on occasion eat chicken.

There is the whole confusion of the term, because it is applied to convey 'health eating choices' or a set of ethical and moral values. Some vegetarians gravitate to one or the other and unless you ask them outright they rarely declare which side of the fence they are on. Being this is your girlfriend, you are likely to get in trouble either way

Yep. and you get points for caring.


uh, small item to keep in mind: beans for dinner creates methane in tent.

 

[Fletcher Knives]

Bro, all you have to do is kill whatever you want that is a grasing animal and make burgers. When she asks "WTH?" you just say, "this animal was a vegetarian. These are vegieburgers. :thumbup:

 

[tonym]

Bro, all you have to do is kill whatever you want that is a grasing animal and make burgers. When she asks "WTH?" you just say, "this animal was a vegetarian. These are vegieburgers. :thumbup:

LMAO and cleaning the sprite off the monitor

 

[hollowdweller]

I have a lot of vegetarian friends. What's funny is once I had this huge turkey MS HD killed because he was being too aggressive and we cooked him up at a big party we had and one other time I traded for this unbelieveable home made ham and we had the vegetarians eating it.

In fairness though most of my vegetarian friends will eat meat if it came off my land. They just aren't into factory farming

 

[bikermikearchery]

I'd pack some bacon for breakfast, oh and some ramin for her. Wouldn't be surprised if the smell of bacon in the morning didn't convert her back.

Of course I have been known to be an @$$ at times.

 

[pitdog]

How about McDonalds, that can't be real meat, take a look at this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGtDPG4UfI

 

[gdtrfb]

Its probably worth talking to your girlfriend and actually asking her what she eats and will not eat and what is the basis for her decision. It is surprising how variable the term 'vegetarian' is applied across people. I know some people who are die hard vegans and will not eat out of the same pot that was used to cook meat. I know other vegetarians who regularly eat fish or will on occasion eat chicken.

There is the whole confusion of the term, because it is applied to convey 'health eating choices' or a set of ethical and moral values. Some vegetarians gravitate to one or the other and unless you ask them outright they rarely declare which side of the fence they are on. Being this is your girlfriend, you are likely to get in trouble either way

good points. I'm kind of on the good for env, screw factory farming, etc. side. Vegans are crazy through. Cheese tastes to good to give up.

some just don't like the texture though. I have plenty of veggie friends (hey it is Boulder) and many bring up the texture aspect.

farm fresh eggs are so much better than the grocery store crap (including the free range, ... fed ones). Same goes for meat in most cases.

The stuff I've purchased from small farms, etc where the animals didn't get treated to life in pens the size of shoeboxes tastes better. This is a known issue in the culinary world and has been for generations. mass produced crap is still crap and this applies to food too. Hey, you can only polish a turd so much.

 

[sodak]

Heck, you know what they say...since vegetarians are always saying that their meat substitutes taste just like the real thing, just give them meat and tell them it's the substitute. They'll never know the difference.

Good one!

I usually camp vegetarian because I'm too lazy to cook much. Dehydrated foods, peanut butter, beer, and coffee are my "fantastic four". I also bring a tub of potato salad, could live on that by itself for a week! But I'm not much of a gourmet either...

 

[jforbush]

The best fix for a problem like this is to find a women who likes meat!!! There is no way in the world I would be able to deal with a non-meat eating partner!!

LOL

 

[BoxANT]

Thank you for all of the great suggestions (aside from the tricking her with meat, and replacing her with a meat-eater).

Got some good ideas and will be discussing them further with her, looking forward to some fun nights


Peace

 

[Diomedes Industries]

Less beans - more open ventilation in the tent.

TF

 

[andrew7978]

Some vegitarians eat eggs, which are a great source of protein.

 

[cjpgeyer]

If I am not mistaken, Backpacker's Pantry has freeze dried meals are vegetarian...I had an excellent Kung Pao 'Chicken' from them
http://www.backpackerspantry.com/departments.asp?dept=11

 

[Terrill]

Have you thought about having two girlfriends? One for the city and one for the woods?
Just kidding, anything you can eat at home can be eaten in the woods. Pack it in but then again, it would be a good learning experience to take a good book and discover the edible plants in your area.