{"id":824,"date":"2007-01-14T16:36:27","date_gmt":"2007-01-14T16:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=824"},"modified":"2007-01-14T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2007-01-14T16:36:27","slug":"going-vegetarian-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2007\/01\/going-vegetarian-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Vegetarian: Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So one week has passed since becoming vegetarian and I&#8217;m glad to report that I&#8217;ve at least kept to the goal, whilst keeping my lifestyle as normal as possible. I&#8217;ve had some great support from friends, with hints and tips galore about what I should try and what things I should avoid. I&#8217;ve learned that vegetarians who allow themselves to eat seafood are actually pescatarian (which makes the name of the restaurant <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=807\">Pescatore<\/a> a whole lot more sense). I&#8217;ve also learned that gelatin is derived from animals, and some forms of rennet (used in some cheeses) is also derived from animals.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gone to dim sum with some friends, missing out on a whole heap of normal dishes I would very much enjoy, and even went to dinner at the Argentinian Steakhouse, <a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=666\">Buen Ayre<\/a> (whose grilled pesto mushroom dish is fantastic). At a Vietnamese restaurant I went to during the week I missed out on the free appetiser (it had meat) and I could only order one main meal on the meal, aptly name &#8216;The Vegetarian Dish&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not missing meat as much as I thought I would and I&#8217;m finding a whole heap of new food combinations to eat. Grocery shopping is certainly different as many of the prepared or semi prepared parts of a meal all contain some sort of meat. I&#8217;m also not as tired as I thought I would be. In a way I actually feel a little bit better. <\/p>\n<p>Bring on week two!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So one week has passed since becoming vegetarian and I&#8217;m glad to report that I&#8217;ve at least kept to the goal, whilst keeping my lifestyle as normal as possible. I&#8217;ve had some great support from friends, with hints and tips galore about what I should try and what things I should avoid. 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