Vegetarians?

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Any other vegetarians? I've been vegetarian for almost a year now. I seem to be a rarity in this field, in my area. Lead to quite the teasing with some of my preceptors.

I had a difficult time finding things other than salad to take with me on the truck. Nor can I rely taking anything that needs to be warmed up, since my only access to a microwave is in the EMS lounge at the hospitals. As for eating out - after a certain hour, there are absolutely no options in my city for vegetarians besides gas stations. Does anyone have an ideas for things I can take that will be easy to eat, don't require warming, and will keep for 12 hours shifts?
 
I'm a vegetarian. I tend to have to bring my own meals. Eating the standard fast food fare doesn't work.
 
Nope, it doesn't. Nor do I trust fast food restaurants not to cross contaminate my food if there is a vegetarian option.
 
Really don't worry about any "cross contamination." I'm not that particular about it. It's not that much of big deal to me.
 
I'm only particular about it because I don't want meat to accidentally get into my system and I have an adverse reaction to it. I had a vegetarian friend who unknowingly ate something with chicken bullion in it. She became sick as a dog, vomiting. Now I'm slightly paranoid.
 
I am not a vegetarian, but the salad bar/pre packaged salads at whole foods and trader joes are pretty good.
 
Jane said:
I'm only particular about it because I don't want meat to accidentally get into my system and I have an adverse reaction to it. I had a vegetarian friend who unknowingly ate something with chicken bullion in it. She became sick as a dog, vomiting. Now I'm slightly paranoid.
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If you have only been vegetarian for a year, your not going to have a severe reaction if a tiny piece of meat gets in your food. If it's such a small amount to the point you can't visually detect it, I really doubt anything is going to happen at all. I don't eat fast food, but every one in a blue moon I'll cave, and I just get a stomach ache. The worst thing it's going to do is if you eat a lot of something you don't normally consume, is your stomach isn't going to be thrilled about trying to digest/comsume something it's not used to. I can guarantee you eat a lot of things unintentionally that you don't realize on a pretty regular basis ( little bugs, tiny traces of meat, etc).
 
I've been one for 19 years and I'm not particular. I've only had a reaction a couple of times and that was at points where I was really broke and had to eat what someone offered or go hungry. At those times, I actually ate a full meal of it. If you just get a little grease or small amount of meat, you will be fine. Your friend's case probably had more to it than consuming more than a little chicken broth.
 
Keep in mind that with some people there is the psychosomatic aspect as well. I've met people who make such a big deal out of the vegetarian thing that they accidentally consume a little meat and then turn it into such a big deal, they actually make themselves sick.

I'm not saying your friend did that because I don't know them but it is a possibility.
 
I'm not finicky about some things. I've knowingly consumed gelatin and non-vegetarian rennet. I try my best to avoid it, but sometimes it's unavoidable.
 
Is it just the meat you can't stomach ? How about seafood ? There's a plethora of easy to make things that aren't meat-based, can survive a full shift w/o a reefer and don't have to be heated.
 
For those of us that are vegetarians, sea food is considered meat. Vegans take it a step further by not eating dairy, eggs, and even honey if you want to go to extremes.
 
For me, I just cook meals at home and bring to work.
 
MS Medic said:
For those of us that are vegetarians, sea food is considered meat. Vegans take it a step further by not eating dairy, eggs, and even honey if you want to go to extremes.
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Gotcha. So eggs are a go unless you're a vegan, nice. In that case, a veggie casserole is probably the best, other than that I'd go for grilled vegetables with a side of grains (rice, barley, buckwheat etc). Can share a few recipes if people are interested.
 
Since my wife and kids aren't vegetarians, I tend to cook meals normally but just have had to learn to use spices for vegetables that are side dishes rather than meat or fat as a flavoring. I just had to ruin a lot of meals experimenting.
 
A good place to start is online or vegetarian cookbooks that don't require lots of specialty ingredients from the health food store. Unless of course, that is your thing.
 
She is referring to things like cooking on a flat top next to someone else's meat and grease or small pieces of meet getting into her food.
 
Qulevrius said:
Is it just the meat you can't stomach ? How about seafood ? There's a plethora of easy to make things that aren't meat-based, can survive a full shift w/o a reefer and don't have to be heated.
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Nope, I don't do any meat or seafood.
 
MS Medic said:
She is referring to things like cooking on a flat top next to someone else's meat and grease or small pieces of meet getting into her food.
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I understand what she means, I just find it incredibly ridiculous. If she follows a vegetarian diet for health reasons, or even due to medical issues, a very small amount of grease on her food will have no impact on her health whatsoever. It just makes no sense.
 
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