I was drunk. I did something perverse. Something bad. Something wrong. But I was drunk.
I ate meat. I was hungry. And drunk. It was on the plate, looking all... all tempting. It wasn't my fault. It tasted alright. But as Bad Sarah pointed out, it wasn't just meat, it was all PIG. Non-kosher, to boot.
And now I feel strange cravings. I feel I must take my bow and arrow and go and hunt down the deer in Victoria Park.
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Ex-vegetarians like myself started off with fish. You had to go straight to the swine!
Even the singer out of James eats bacon sarnies now. There's only Morrissey keeping the faith.
Which bit makes you feel more guilty? The meatness or the pigness?
Relax. I eat Halal meat all the time and I'm not even a Muslim!
25 years thrown away Geoff, all for a slice of salami. (PS I do eat fish. Not a proper vegetarian. As Tamsin Greig said on Nigel Slater's programme, 'Fish seem happy.')
Tim, Sarah was teasing about the pig, we weren't brought up kosher. We were pretty much totally assimilated. I remember how freaked out everyone was when a family friend's son my age suddenly insisted on keeping kosher, and eventually became a rabbi and went off to Israel. (I do feel a bit guilty about the pig though, they are delightful animals.)
Istvanski, I once gave the kids some Gummi Bears, not knowing they weren't Halal. Shhhhhh don't tell anyone.
You can buy kosher gummi bears at the Jewish Museum here, but that probably doesn't help with the halal.
I'm sort of becoming a vegetarian by default, having read so many articles about how meat farming is ruining the world. Plus most supermarket meet tastes of nothing much. Apart from that salami I just bought. *ahem*
I'm sure the kosher gummi bears would have been ideal, it's something to do with gelatin. Mmmm, salami...
Salami isn't too bad? It could have been one of those horrible supermarket sausages.
Or even a saveloy.
Billy, your saveloy phobia makes me laugh. Salami is quite nice. And jamon. And parma ham. Hmmm...
Annie, yes, I think kosher Gummi Bears would have been OK halal-wise. I have one friend who's a very observant Muslim (except he takes it up the bum) and he will, in a rare showing of Jewish-Muslim brotherhood, happily eat kosher meat. So I suppose kosher rennet/gelatine would be all right too.
I was vegetarian for about five years, I think. Once, when I knew no-one was looking, I ordered a great big sausage from the chip van and scoffed it in a new world record. Being in France got me back on the meat officially.
OH. Parma ham. Where am I going to get that from in Berlin on a Monday morning?
How funny. Did you find it hard to digest though? I hardly ever eat red meat - about once a year and I always find it really hard to digest.
i just don't like vegetarians.
B - isn't BiB off to Italy? Commission him!
RoMo - no, oddly enough. Probably I'm meant to be a carnivore.
Rosie - cut to the heart...
Pig is the deliciousest of all animals by far.
I have thought about becoming a veggie on ethical grounds. But how I love the meaty goodness. Never gonna happen. Dated lots of veggies though.
You've been veggie for 25 years and the pork didn't make you ill? That really surprises me. Like RoMo I hardly ever eat red meat and if I do I have to be very careful as I'm finding it harder and harder to digest. I think I may become veggie by default of my gut not being able to cope.
Funny, as the only reason I started cutting back on the dead animals was that it's too expensive. There are also some excellent environmental reasons to limit meat consumption.
Ah how we laughed. P-I-G. Bad Annie. Never mind - now I won't have to worry about what to make you seperate for suppers. xx
CI - yes, I was surprised too. It was only wafer thin though. Right - I don't think I can afford to become a carnivore again. Ethically farmed, organic stuff reared by hand by Hugh Fearnley Whittingsall costs a packet.
Sar - I seem to recall you making a chicken curry and saying 'just don't eat the chicken' before now... hahahahaha! LOLing at the memory as we speak.
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