I ate chicken today. I thought about freaking out but, decided not to. First off doing this in Pei Wei would be embarrising. Secondly if it was not meat entree then it was fried. Really? really? Why is it soo hard to eat out being a vegetarian! Well probably because I live in Lubbock. Efff. Soo after taking 20 mins to decided. I went with the asian chopped salad..Napa cabbage,carrots, tomatoes,crispy wontons, seseme seeds, and lime vinegrette..oh and chicken. I hate to eat out.
After I had got past the fact that I was going to ingest chicken..I took a bite. a small bite. BUT. This was not before I meticulously removed most of the crispy wontons (why don’t they just call it fried? can’t deceive me!) and thought about removing the chicken as well..by now I was getting all types of wierd stares… I chewed,masticated,and swallowed. Hmm not too bad. Another bite a little bigger though. In fact, it was pretty tasty. Maybe even delicious..Yeah I dominated the salad bowl:) I completely forgot that I was “vegetarian”
Although I do not eat meat due to enviromental reasons and others, it was the definition of vegetarian that was holding me back. How could I possibly break what I am? I am vegetarian after all. But why should I be called that? Why should I be defined by the word. Even more so, any word? I am who I AM. I am the definition.
Does this mean I am going to start eating meat regularly..nope. I still believe in my resoning. However now, I am not going to allow myself to feel so guilty and miniscule. If I do eat it, it will not be the end of the world.
Okay okay I will stop rambaling…after..Drum roll please:)
WONDER WORDS:
“Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you’re lucky.”
~Alan Moore~
Alan Moore is the author of V for Vendetta and many others..Awesome and obvi funny man;)
Have you ever got so caught up in what you are supposed to be as opposed to just living and experiencing?
I tried the vegetarian thang this summer. It worked for me – saved me money, saved me time in the kitchen, ect. – but it’s just not realistic sometimes. Especially for someone who needed to spend LESS time obsessing about food. Why should we be afraid of chicken? It’s lean. It’s protein. It’s healthy! I’d rather have chicken than fried potatoes any day!
i was vegetarian for a few months a bit back, i liked it but i let it define a lot of me, and you know what girl you’re right you are the definition, i am the definition. some times you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, and that can mean a little bit of chicken.
love the quote
if you want to eat chicken, eat the damn chicken
i know the world and its vegetarianism can make us think we are cruel himans for consuming animals and causing global warming and what not. but in the end, you’ve delt with depriving yourself of what is good for you so now is the time for you to eat what your heart wants. and if that includes chicken, so be it!!
Thanks for finding me!!
I’m so scared for those first few bites. I think I’m having a turkey sandwich for lunch today and I am completely and utterly terrified. This post helped me though =]
I’m Laura by the way!! Nice to “meet” you!!
I am so happy my rambling was able to help you:) I am so glad to “meet” you Laura!
Yep, sometimes we get so blinded the “supposeds,” and become so thinking inside the box because of what we identify ourselves as that we forget that there really are other options. One of the girls I went to India with had initially been a vegetarian, but found herself having dreams about/craving chicken- so she let herself have it- and while she’s no longer a vegetarian, she doesn’t eat meat everyday, but allows herself to whenever she feels like it- she even said, she no longer had even known why she was a ‘vegetarian,’ she just had been for a while and wouldn’t consider non-veg options.
Sounds like a good salad though