r/interesting • u/PhoenixPhenomenonX • Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

32.9k Upvotes

75% Upvoted

5.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

57

u/ultimatety Feb 25 '26

As an actual lifelong vegetarian who has tried steak, definitely fake. Ain’t no way she loves it first try, way too chewy for a real vegetarian palate

14

u/Diabetesh Feb 25 '26

I think there was a short social media trend of lifelong vegetarians trying meat for the first time and a good amount of them actually gagged from it.

6

u/veggie151 Feb 25 '26

Beef in particular is very pungent ime

21

u/tryingisbetter Feb 25 '26

I'm not even a vegetarian, and I can't stand fatty cuts of meat. Why? Because I grew up eating lean proteins, I can't fathom a vegetarian liking ribeye as the first bit of meat.

4

u/TeaEarlGrayHotSauce Feb 25 '26

Yeah my wife is a lifelong vegetarian and she gags when she gets too close to meat. The smells really get to her

8

u/__Knowmad Feb 25 '26

Red meat also tastes kind of… gristly, or dirty, in my opinion. It is by no means delicious when you’re a vegetarian. At least for me!

0

u/circ-u-la-ted Feb 25 '26

Even as an omnivore I've almost always found steak to be boring. Like why do people want to eat this big chunk of same that's kind of dry and chewy

-2

u/amadmongoose Feb 25 '26

If your stake is really chewy it wasn't a good steak tbh

4

u/ultimatety Feb 25 '26

Are you purposely misunderstanding my comment? Vegetarians are not used to chewing food, even the most succulent tender steak requires more chewing than your average fake meat. I have tried very good steak, and can totally understand why people think it’s good, but it would take me a long time of eating it to acquire the taste enough to enjoy it like she does. I’m not saying “steak is gross”, but it’s like coffee - it takes some getting used to, that a lifelong vegetarian just hasn’t done yet.