im sorry you dont like eating meat. we've been eating it since caveman days.
I was vegetarian for 15 years, back when it was pretty hard to do so on the cheap while still a) remaining healthy and b) not dying of boredom. There are plenty of countries where vegetarianism is a cultural norm and thus it's fairly easy to do without going broke... but the US in the 80s and early 90s was not one of those countries! Took a ton of research, effort and time to make sure I was getting adequate protein while still getting enough variety in my diet to keep me interested in eating, at a price-per-meal I could afford. (TVP was around, but extremely expensive, not widely available where I lived, and not very palatable. Same for many other options like tofu. And yes, "there's always beans and rice," but that's where the research, effort and time to give beans and rice some variety to it came in.
Oddly, right about the time vegetarianism became a socially acceptable and thus cheaper and easier thing to do, I fell off the wagon - too many other stressors to worry about without also having to stress about/monitor my food. I still eat a fairly low meat diet compared to most Americans, but I'm at peace with that... food is one of the only things I have left that I don't have to stress about (too much, other than low sodium, high protein, high nutritional value, and not letting myself give in to prednisone cravings), so I don't think putting any further conscious restrictions on my diet would be good for my mental health.
Long story short(er): I love me some summer sausage. And some bacon. Making up for lost time. Vegetarians made of stronger moral stuff than I, I salute you, truly... have a delicious veggie meal for me (and then send me the recipe, I shall enjoy it with no prejudice whatsoever!)... but yeah, I like meat. Sorry.
Vaping pumpkin spice and butterscotch.... still waiting semi-patiently for my sticky bun to finish steeping. Trying to stick to my promise not to check on it today.
