Vegetarianism

[Sculptor1]

The elephant in the room is, as usual, the 40,827,200 extra population since Jan 1st. It does not matter what we eat, we cannot continue to feed more and more people without destroying the world.
I'd rather allow some of that land for grazing animals, rather than turn the entire temperate zone into one big poly-tunnel, or plough the living daylights out if it for more mono culture.

Correction. Since I started to type the net population has risen to 40,827,510

Since I have been typing

[Sculptor1]

.... 230 net pop increase per minute.

[Steve3007]

Perhaps we should kill two birds with one stone and eat the elephant in the room.

[Sculptor1]

Perhaps we should kill two birds with one stone and eat the elephant in the room.

Sadly there have been multiple sudden deaths of more than 100 elephants in Botswana recently, cause unknown.

[Sculptor1]

40,850,000

[Belindi]

The elephant in the room is, as usual, the 40,827,200 extra population since Jan 1st. It does not matter what we eat, we cannot continue to feed more and more people without destroying the world.
I'd rather allow some of that land for grazing animals, rather than turn the entire temperate zone into one big poly-tunnel, or plough the living daylights out if it for more mono culture.

Correction. Since I started to type the net population has risen to 40,827,510

Since I have been typing

But it's impossible to feed all the people grass fed meat. Most meat is not from happy grazing animals.

[Sculptor1]

The elephant in the room is, as usual, the 40,827,200 extra population since Jan 1st. It does not matter what we eat, we cannot continue to feed more and more people without destroying the world.
I'd rather allow some of that land for grazing animals, rather than turn the entire temperate zone into one big poly-tunnel, or plough the living daylights out if it for more mono culture.

Correction. Since I started to type the net population has risen to 40,827,510

Since I have been typing

But it's impossible to feed all the people grass fed meat. Most meat is not from happy grazing animals.

It's not possible to feed an unlimited supply of people.

[Sculptor1]

41 million more this year so far, and counting.

[Belindi]

But it's impossible to feed all the people grass fed meat. Most meat is not from happy grazing animals.

It's not possible to feed an unlimited supply of people.

My solution is vegetarianism and women's education. What is yours?

[Sculptor1]

It's not possible to feed an unlimited supply of people.

My solution is vegetarianism and women's education. What is yours?

That is not a solution. It is a band aid over a gaping wound.
Another 80,000 increase in the world's population since last night.

[Belindi]

My solution is vegetarianism and women's education. What is yours?

That is not a solution. It is a band aid over a gaping wound.
Another 80,000 increase in the world's population since last night.

That is hardly any help, Sculptor. I asked what you would do and it seems you want to complain how bad things are.

[gad-fly]

as to the method employed to change eating habits, I agree with you a sudden revolution is not as good as gradual adjustment to less and less flesh eating. There are several strategies such as smaller portions of meat compared with portions of plants. Such as cookery skills directed at getting umami flavour from plants.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/umami

Thanks for introducing Umami, the Meaty Taste, as below:
This fifth basic taste - alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter - was named umami, meaning "savoriness" in Japanese.

It is not as good as the real thing. But then, nothing can be as good as the real thing. Perhaps the trouble is with what we are asking for. If I keep thinking about beef when I am eating something competitive in taste, I would be holding beef as the unreachable beacon.

Let us forget about meaty taste for umami. Call it the Cherile Taste, from the word cherish: to feel or show great tenderness or care for.

[Belindi]

as to the method employed to change eating habits, I agree with you a sudden revolution is not as good as gradual adjustment to less and less flesh eating. There are several strategies such as smaller portions of meat compared with portions of plants. Such as cookery skills directed at getting umami flavour from plants.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/umami

Thanks for introducing Umami, the Meaty Taste, as below:
This fifth basic taste - alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter - was named umami, meaning "savoriness" in Japanese.

It is not as good as the real thing. But then, nothing can be as good as the real thing. Perhaps the trouble is with what we are asking for. If I keep thinking about beef when I am eating something competitive in taste, I would be holding beef as the unreachable beacon.

Let us forget about meaty taste for umami. Call it the Cherile Taste, from the word cherish: to feel or show great tenderness or care for.

Marmite!

[Sculptor1]

Thanks for introducing Umami, the Meaty Taste, as below:
This fifth basic taste - alongside sweet, sour, salty, and bitter - was named umami, meaning "savoriness" in Japanese.

It is not as good as the real thing. But then, nothing can be as good as the real thing. Perhaps the trouble is with what we are asking for. If I keep thinking about beef when I am eating something competitive in taste, I would be holding beef as the unreachable beacon.

Let us forget about meaty taste for umami. Call it the Cherile Taste, from the word cherish: to feel or show great tenderness or care for.

Marmite!

There is a shocking shortage of Marmite at the moment.
I am over joyed that the Weatherspoons morons are soon to be out in the streets consuming the precursor, so that the supply can be renewed.

[Belindi]

There is a shocking shortage of Marmite at the moment.
I am over joyed that the Weatherspoons morons are soon to be out in the streets consuming the precursor, so that the supply can be renewed.

Sculptor, It's an ill wind that blows no good.