The vegetarian child leaves home

[Wolfie]

I've seen on the TV show Extreme Couponers, in order to keep to a tight shopping budget when there's very little money, some families (or the father and/or mother therein) will hunt and keep the animals for meat. As much as I hate hunting, at least they're not doing it just for sport. But it begs the question: If they could afford to buy meat in the supermarket, would they still go hunting for sport?

ETA: I've also read that during the second World War, meat was so strictly rationed that many families ate very little of it, or even went without meat completely until after the war. It was likely something that was considered a patriotic move for the war effort. It makes me wonder, if families then could do that, why can't families on a tight budget do that now? The answer, of course, is that these people are 21st century American omnis and giving up meat is inconceivable to them. Even if they can barely afford it.

A lot of Depression era recipes are vegetarian/vegan.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I've never known anyone who was vegetarian from birth.

ETA: I've also read that during the second World War, meat was so strictly rationed that many families ate very little of it, or even went without meat completely until after the war. It was likely something that was considered a patriotic move for the war effort. It makes me wonder, if families then could do that, why can't families on a tight budget do that now? The answer, of course, is that these people are 21st century American omnis and giving up meat is inconceivable to them. Even if they can barely afford it.

I look at quite a few frugal sites and some of the people do limit their number of meat-based meals for financial reasons, I read this earlier today and the woman was advising skipping the meat. All You Need Is Enough

 

[Second Summer]

I'm not sure I know or have known anyone who's been vegetarian (or vegan) from birth, except my daughter of course, but she's not even 2 years old yet.

I wonder if maybe I met a seventh day adventist guy who had been vegetarian since birth at the national service / war resister camp.

 

[@rno]

My son and daughter are raised as vegetarians. They are adult now and still vegetarian.

Me, my five brothers and one sister are born vegetarians. Only one brother started to eat meat, but after about 50 years he returned to vegetarianism.