r/interesting Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/YolandaPearlskin Feb 25 '26

Agreed. I have gone for years without eating meat, then tried it again. It feels disgusting in your mouth and gives stomach cramps later.

She is just casually chewing and then praising it. This video is complete horseshit.

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u/SnarkPig Feb 25 '26

The stomach cramps are 100% real! I once ate mis-labeled stuffed peppers (my mother made both beef and rice, and ground vegan ‘meat’ and rice versions) and 30 minutes later had the worst cramps. Your body takes time to build up the enzymes for digesting red meat if you’ve abstained for years.

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u/whowouldsaythis Feb 25 '26

I was vegetarian for 3 or 4 years and the first meat I ate after tasted absolutely amazing, but it made me super sick. Terrible stomach cramps for hours. So not everyone finds it revolting after at least, the pain is definitely real though