Vegetarians I have to ask and share something with you here.?

Question

Ok. I have been veggie for like 5 years now and if I encounter meat it will make me offily sick. Does this happen to you? Like I went to this Chinese buffet getting some green beans. But it was just by the meatloaf. I was there putting the green beans on my plate and I caught a whiff of the meat and instantly my stomach became extremely weak. I placed my plate on the table and was about to vomit on the floor. Honestly I didn't think I was going to make it to the bathroom but I did and vomited there. Has this happend to you before? Also, do you all think I had overreacted?

Answer 1

I've never eaten meat/seafood/poultry, and: it depends on the meat.

Frying hamburger is horrid. Asking around and trying to figure this out over the years, though, it turns out it's mostly the fat that repels me; low-fat hamburger meat doesn't smell quite as bad. I threw up a few times as a little kid from the smell of the regular stuff, though.

Steak, and most other meats save chicken, do not smell appetising at all, but aren't nearly so nauseating. Still rather be out of the room, but I don't rush away.

Fried chicken smells somewhat good, but I think I'm smelling the coating rather than the chicken itself -- it just smells battered and deep-fried to me.

I got a cat for the first time a few months ago, and wet cat food made me retch a bit at first. ('Nutro' and 'Blue Spa' are the least stinky brands; I experimented a fair bit. It's not nearly so bad now as it was, though.

Seafood (not the cat kind) smells like unwashed genitalia if not _perfectly_ fresh. Fresh, it's just "fishy," and more reminiscent of a body of water than slime. But. Food-like? No.

I'm _amazed_ to hear this stuff. I thought it was unique to people who'd never tasted it.

Of course, this goes in the other direction, too. Mr Kmennie is a meat-and-potatoes type, and thinks onions cooking makes for an awful smell. He says:

-- squash smells good
-- cooking/cooked cabbage, beets, and celery smell awful
-- peas don't smell great
-- lima beans: yuk
-- wax beans are not great
-- spinach has no smell
-- can't stand brussels sprouts

The spinach part is a surprise, and onions frying up make me hungry. He mentions that the smell of cooking liver is unpleasant, too.

A lot of these ew-gross-meat smells seem to me to be indicative of the quality of what's being cooked or served. The cheap stuff always turns my stomach.

Answer 2

No, I think it can be a normal reaction. Sometimes the smell of the meat can be really strong. The smell of fish makes me especially nauseous. Ham does too. But, I think the only time I thought I might actually vomit was when I sat across the table from someone eating crab legs. Hearing the crunching of the shell, combined with the smell, was just too much.

Answer 3

It's normal. I get it too (sometimes), and so does every other vegetarian I know! I basically try to ignore the meat and then remind myself about how uneducated other people are for eating it. Anyway, one time a waitress messed up my order at a Mexican restaurant and put a huge plate of pork in front of me. I must have looked horrified, because she looked at me, freaked out and started apologizing profusely. I told her it was ok and not to worry, but I have to admit, seeing all the pork there was an extremely emotional experience. I was a new vegetarian and just wanted to cry for the pig!

Answer 4

Yes, as a Vegetarian the the smell, not the sight, of cooking/cooked meat can repulse me. Earlier on, when I was eating out, I accidentally ordered leek & pork dumplings. As there were only 10 or so to eat, and the amount of pork wasn't that significant, I ate all of them. It was major challenge! I only did it because I follow the rules of eating everything I order/make.
I learned from my lesson and I am a lot more careful now when ordering food while eating out. If possible, look for a Chinese Vegetarian buffet, if there is one. Thank Buddha there are many where I live!

Answer 5

I never heard about such a strong reaction to smell, although I'm not all that surprised.
Earlier on I was in the supermarket and smelled like fried cooking chicken, and it made me fell nauseous.
I know that when you don't eat meat for a while it becomes harder for your stomach to digest it, because it's not used to do it anymore, and meat is harder to digest than a lot of other foods (from what I heard). And you have to get re-used to meat little by little with small portions.
So it could be a protecting reactions from you body that makes sure you won't have any of it ;), and add to it the fact that we format ourselves not to eat it...

When you feel sick you feel sick, you can't always control the way your body reacts to surrounding smells and sights.

Answer 6

There's a difference between sharing and preaching. You offered her food, she said no, then you probably asked a question. That, in my opinion, is how it should go. If you tell everyone you meet "I'm vegan" then that's not going to change anyone's minds. Some people are going to think you say it because you feel morally superior, or are trying to convert them, etc. But if you let it come up naturally - when food is mentioned, for example, then you'll get a real dialogue. People will ask questions, and think about your reasons. It's more polite and more effective.

Answer 7

well,that is a little extreme. but sometimes if i think about going back to meat i feel my stomach clench. my friends are sitting next to me and eating a hamburger and i cant even look or smell the meat with out having a stomach ache. i guess it is pertty normal what u did and maybe u really dont like meat at all. i dont know why im saying this but why dont restraunts sell boca burgers? when i go out to eat all i eat is a salad and french fries...hetty,age 11

Answer 8

I am not a vegetarian, but I played one in a show once, so I can empathize with you.
No you did not overeact. If something that you have made NOT a part of your everyday life comes within Nasal Range, it can produce the effects you encountered. I was also a Plumber.

Answer 9

no not at all , to me meat in general stinks cooked or raw especially pork yuk but Ur situation was normal its tha same if a non smoker smells smoke u start to caught, ones body is not use too it and there for rejects it .

Answer 10

okay DONT FREAK OUT!! I AM A VEGETARIAN AND MY HUSBAND IS A DEER HUNTER AND MEAT EATER!! SO I COOK FOR HIM BUT GUARANTEE I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CUT A CHICKEN AGAIN , i HAVE BEEN A VEG FOR 5 YEARS AND YES I HATE MEAT!! BUT I FIX IT FOR HIM AND YEAH I THINK IT STINKS. I HAVE TO COOK MANY MEALS FOR PEOPLE AND THEY ARE ALWAYS HITS AND I NEVER EVEN TASTED THEM!! I HATE IT I HATE THE THOUGHT BUT I CANNOT KNOCK EVERYONE DOWN AT THE SAME TIME I AM JUST NOT LIKE THAT.