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[salvagejob]

Meanwhile, unrelated to any horribleness, we've been changing our eating a bit.  We haven't gone vegetarian, but we have ooched in that direction.  I actually would like to be vegetarian.  So many good reasons to do it, but the overhead for me is enormous.  That's what's stopped me.  Meat is easy and cooking for a family is relentless.  To have to

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[petercampbell]

The trick to turning vegetarian is to avoid trying to cook meat-substitute menus. Once you get over that hurdle and the (*ahem*) unfortunate initial side effects it's a pretty easy route to take.

Though maybe not so easy if you've a whole family to feed. And you never, ever get over the pangs of guilt when the odour of frying bacon smells inconceivably delicious.

[salvagejob]

!!! Are you vegetarian, Peter?

[petercampbell]

I turned vegetarian on my 21st birthday. At the time it was really just a youthful demonstration of moral principle. Now it's a habit as much as anything else: I can't even remember what meat tastes like after all this time.