How could I have birthed such a carnivore???

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

Tonight we were having a breakfast dinner: pancakes and bacon. Just pancakes for me.

My nine year old daughter picks up a piece of bacon and says to it: "Oh piggie your flesh tastes SOOOOO good!" Then she eats it with her eyes closed, moaning.

As a semi-vegetarian, I was a bit grossed out by this. I've told her how the pigs are killed and everything. Fazes her none.

How could I have birthed such a carnivore?

Edited to add the bacon is in the house ONLY because of the husband. Otherwise, I wouldn't buy it.

[Placebo]

1. LOL your little girl rocks...

soooooooooo many of my friends are vegetarians and I haven't been able to do it myself, though I've tried, I feel excluded when i chow down on my hamburger, i tell ya what!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. I eat Gardenburgers

mmmm, pizza Gardenburgers ROCK. I have gotten her to drink soy milk and eat organic. Even our meat is organic/free of hormones/fed pesticide-free feed, etc.

But I think someday she'll be lying on a therapist's couch talking about the time I made her eat Annie's Organic Beanies and Weenies.

Tofu weenies, Mmmmmm!!!!

[Placebo]

22. I've never tried a gardenburger!

but my veggie friends are always telling me to do it.

Hmm, I wonder if it tastes like a real burger...*wishes grocery stores were open this late*

[Rhiannon12866]

29. There are all kinds of great meatless options out there

But I prefer just veggies, pasta and pizza. There are meatless varieties that taste like beef, sausage, bacon or chicken. The best are sold at health food stores, but they are increasingly in regular groceries, probably due to the demand.:shrug:

on edit: check out the Vegetarian Times website. I subscribe to both their magazine and newsletter. There are always considerable ads for the best meat substitutes.:-)

http://www.vegetariantimes.com/

[soothsayer]

2. Oh, but she's sooooooo right about bacon....!

At least she's (sort of) thanking the piggie. Ok, at least ACKNOWLEDGING that it was a piggie.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

7. She once thanked a hamburger

in this way: "Thank you cow. I know you are dead now. But I am going to enjoy you." She was about six or seven.

[Spinzonner]

11. Maybe she does that because she knows it annoys you

or at least gets your attention

Try smiling and ignoring it.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. Oh I laughed

because it just seems so incredibly sincere and it's funny to see a nine year old do and say those things.

But good point....if I was getting in a tizzy I could totally see that being her motivation.

[curse10]

3. Ewwww!

No offense, but I hope my children aren't like that! :-) I'm raising them veggie, I hope bacon never touches their lips

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

6. I tried that

make sure not to ever let them actually GO anywhere or spend the night with friends or anything, because that's how the corruption starts---they get older and get exposed to different things.

I want her to develop her own opinions and mostly choose what she wants to eat (within healthy limits, of course!!!). When she was a wee thing, she went along with vegetarianism JUST fine and at around four or five, she'd cry if she saw meat and say "poooor cow!" Now she tells the hamburger patty how much she is going to enjoy eating it.

Ug.

But I hear ya. Just never let them go out of the house.

[curse10]

8. Yeah, it's gonna be tough

especially since Daddy refuses to stop eating meat.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Oh sweetie, we just aren't wired to be vegetarians at birth.

It takes a conscious effort (and one I can't make cause I really have to work to get enough calories to maintain my weight).

[HEyHEY]

9. Must be her dad's side

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

10. You are right about that

he is German. Thus four food groups: meat, cheese, bread and beer.

Period.

[tigereye]

13. we have been vegetarians on and off for many years

but my son would be totally non-plussed without teh occasional hamburger. I refuse to cook beef here, though.

The bacon story is really funny. I love how kids talk.

[Wapsie B]

16. German: anything that can be stuffed

into a sausage casing we'll eat. And the other stuff too.

[Kellanved]

24. yes, the 30 year war is the reason for that

Many German customs, dishes and drinks can be traced back to that war, or rather the famine during it.

[Guy Fawkes]

14. Give her a copy of "The Jungle" to read...

she'll never eat meat again. I promise.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

15. probably for attention

or she's just weird

:shrug:

[MrSandman]

17. That is better than the kids...

who think that the grocery store is the source of meat.

[Bridget Burke]

18. She's not a carnivore, she's an omnivore.

Many humans are.

[DemWitch]

19. well at least she thanked the cow...

she has that much going for her, at least she knows something had to be scarificed in order for her to eat.

And don't question yourself. Parents ask that all the time. My right wing, christian, conservative, anti-abortion, pro-NRA, Bush is God Mom and Dad wonder where they went wrong too :)

[drhilarius]

20. From an inveterate carnivore...

That ain't so bad. I actually make it a point to eat as many animals as I can in a single sitting. Once, I went to this French restaurant. Started with escargot, then had a grill plate with veal, fillet mignon, lamb shanks, and various sausages. It was a veritable barn in my tummy. Best meal ever.

[Swamp Rat]

21. HAHAHAHA!!! What a funny kid!

You might have a budding comedian on your hands... or a cannibal. Kids say the darndest things! You are so lucky to have such a bright and creative child. I'd bet my emty pockets that she did it to mess with you, and it's likely her dad gave her some inspiration.

I've been an adult for decades but I still enjoy watching people get sick when I suck the brains out of crawfish. Mmm...

[SmileyBoy]

23. So what if she did that???

Not to be curt, but I don't think parents should raise their kids (when they're older) to be vegetarian, or to be omnivores. I think parents should let their children to decide by themselves. Kids who are raised to be vegetarians are being fed the anti-meat agenda into their heads by their parents, and as a result, put down other people who eat meat when they're older. I would never raise my child to be a vegetarian, but I would also not teach them to put down the eating habits of other people.

Believe me, I've heard lots of stories about people (friends of friends) who belittle others because of their eating meat. And it happens when the parents push an anti-meat agenda on their kids, then they grow up thumbing their noses down on people who eat meat.

[Gothic Sponge]

25. I've been a vegetarian for over 17 years

I won't even let meat into my house. Maybe you should try something like this:

http://www.yvesveggie.com/products_details.php?product_id=22&pIdName=Breakfast%20Foods

[onebigbadwulf]

26. Can I marry her when she is of proper age?

I need to find a fellow carnivore. I eat about a two pounds of meat every day. Chicken, beef, tuna, pork ANYTHING!

[cleofus1]

27. droooool

bacon lettuce tomato avacado with mayo on white bread.....lots o bacon....mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

[Rhiannon12866]

28. She sounds adorable, but if this bothers you,

maybe it is time for a long talk with her. I'm not much of a meat-eater, either. I just have the occasional chicken or fish, and my vet has had me cook liver for my dogs. Did it, for them, but hated it.:puke:

[UdoKier]

30. Bacon is like crack.

It's fattening, full of toxic nitrites, and still people love it.

You think they're gonna fret about the pig?

At least it doesn't have mad cow!

I'm fully aware of the horrors of factory farming. For that and health reasons, I've made an effort to reduce my meat consumption.

But I enjoy it, and would not like to give it up altogether.

And it's REALLY easy to put all the "issues" out of my head when eating it.

I guess we meat-lovers are wired a bit differently.

I'm cool with vegetarians so long as they're not preachy (like my friend who used to complain when I'd eat a burger that "stunk of blood and death")

But I also hate meat eaters who eat meat and try to make a big display of it just to offfend some vegetarian. It should be a matter of choice.

BTW, I do participate in the KFC boycott. Popeyes is my new chicken joint.