I love bourdain, he's the man. I watch his show whenever I can. Maybe I'm too young and I dont "date" persay, but I could care less what the girl eats...as long as its not too much.

 

I rarely miss his show.
Last night he shot a deer and then ate it. My kind of guy.

Kind OT, but next weeks show is about Jamaica. My guess is he won't frequent any of the places I went to last year.

 

meh everyone has to be fanatical about something, it seems.

as long as he's not a cannibal, i couldn't care less what my date eats. actually it might be cool dating a cannibal. put some danger into the relationship.

 

actually it might be cool dating a cannibal. put some danger into the relationship.

It does. Troof.

 

Bourdain has such a sense of humor.

i am glad that he has finally decided to not eat just whatever is suggested (or placed in front of him).

i think that part of his viewer audience was turned off by the fact that he was so commonly turning away from the camera just before losing the contents of his stomeache.

growing up, i almost never ate red meat. my parents went mostly vegetarian, occasionally eating fish or chicken, but mostly lots of veggies and tofu with many meals. now, i only rarely eat red meat (about once a month, if that) and most of my friends will cook some chicken or fish when i am over for a bbq or dinner.

i have had dates that were visibly disgusted when i ordered chicken. that made my dinner very difficult to enjoy, they were making it so obvious that they disapproved of my meal. my ex usually does not eat meat, will occasionally eat chicken but loves fish. barely cooked fish, or not cooked at all (sushi), which was very easy on me as i can go either way. chicken or not, fish or not, i dont really care. i do not want red meat cooked in my house, especially not on my cookware, as i can smell it for days and taste it on my cast iron for weeks.

honestly, i would be a little turned off if i were to find myself on a dinner date with a woman that decided to order a steak.

i am quite a bit more turned off when i find myself on a dinner date with a woman that decides to eat almost nothing at all. "i dont want him to see me eating too much" "i dont want him to think i am a pig" is total bs. i dont need to deal with dating someone that has an eating disorder. i would prefer she eat a steak followed by a hamburger than nothing at all.

 

If I were on a date, and the lady told the waiter "Porterhouse. Rare." I'd be quite pleased

 

I've never dated a vegetarian, but I don't think I could. I like to cook, and my main sources of pride are the things that come of a grill. I balk when I hear someone order something well done. Or even medium. I let medium rare off the hook.

Just like I couldn't date someone who doesn't drink.

You see, people who abstain tend to think of themselves as better than people who don't. It comes from our culture of needing to feel deprived or in pain to believe that we're doing something good. It's why people give up something for Lent, or why some religions tell you not to drink or eat certain foods.

Vegetarians just don't get the whole picture. It's just not right to restrain yourself like that.

But then again, I'm a little weird. I couldn't be with a vegetarian, a non-drinker, someone who is religious, or those crazy Grape Nut health types. Although, as a smoker, I'd be okay with a woman who doesn't smoke. Honestly, I prefer non-smokers, but I feel kind of bad about that.

 

Eating meat is an instinct and has been done by people since we've been a species, being a vegetarian or vegan is a choice made by an individual. What do you think is the more "natural" of the two?

I do support the choice if that is what you want to do, and I applaud the effort. But do not turn up your nose at my dinner or me when I have a plate of pork chops in front of me. Because, like you, I made a choice too. /rant over.

 

I do support the choice if that is what you want to do, and I applaud the effort. But do not turn up your nose at my dinner or me when I have a plate of pork chops in front of me. Because, like you, I made a choice too. /rant over.

Awesome.

The fact that the words "pork chops" was included in that sentence makes it that much better.

 

I would add that I briefly dated a macrobiotic vegan.

She gave it up when she got married and had a kid. There's only so much time in the day you can devote to cooking unprocessed, raw beans.

 

Anyone who is a vegetarian/vegan for moral reasons and doesn't practice along the lines of the most strict of jainists is simply a hypocrite.

 

I grew up eating red meat, heck I'll eat just about anything. If someone wants to eat leaves and twigs, that's fine with me.