Veggetarians, do you slobber when looking at/smelling meat sometimes?

Question

I'm a vegetarian and to be honest, I do salivate when my mom cooks meat or if I see it somewhere. That doesn't mean I eat it........or want to eat it.... but it's like I'm looking at a sin....very lurring but I control my desires lol.
So I was just wondering, am I the only one that has some weakness some times? Or are you all vegetarians hate meat and hate to look at it or smell it?

I don't feel like that all the time btw....just sometimes.

Answer 1

I haven't noticed, maybe. I would imagine so if I was hungry and smelled anything that resembled food, even meat.

Answer 2

For the most part, I am sickened by the look and smell of meat - be it raw or cooked. Just the fac that it used to be living and breathing makes me ill.

Every now and then, I'll see something on TV - like the food network or a print ad with a dish containing meat and I think to myself, "Hmmm. That looks pretty good". Not that I would ever eat it, but I guess I'm drawn to the presentation as well as what else is being served with the meat. (if that makes any sense).

Answer 3

I have been a vegetarian for 24 years and the smell of meat is nasty to me. The smell of fish is even worse in my opinion.

I don't care if I look at meat; it doesn't strike as appealing or nasty. Even if it's bloody I don't care because I have been to nursing school and the sight of blood doesn't bother me.

When I first started being vegetarian I was pretty neutral about it the odor; it was just a smell--not good or bad. Over the years I have gotten more sensitive to it.

Maybe you're not ready to be a vegetarian, or maybe the conditioning to eat it is really deep and it just happens without thinking about it. Maybe the feeling will go away over time, and maybe it won't.

Answer 4

If I look at meat, most of the time I'll feel nauseous, but yes, I do also salivate sometimes at the smell. It's not like I even want to really eat it. I've only been vegan for close to half a year so maybe it goes away after time, but I'm not sure. It doesn't bother me much because if someone's cooking meaty things I'll try just to stay in my room with the door shut. I still feel just a little guilty about salavating though.

Answer 5

When I was a vegetarian, yes, I would.

Now that I'm vegan... No. I think it's a matter of cutting out all animal products. Now that I'm clean of them, I just don't want them anymore, at all.

The smell of any meat cooking, whether it be chicken, fish, cow, pig, or anything else, disgusts me. Cheese disgusts me. Eggs disgust me. Milk disgusts me.

I think it's just because I know what everything really is now.

Answer 6

Gag is more like it. Every time we're in Whole Foods Market, my boyfriend and I make a point to avoid walking near the meat section because the smell is so strong and so disgusting. No. . .it honestly smells to me what it is - putrifying carcass.

Answer 7

Oh heck yes!!! I go to a private school and they don't serve any meat what so ever. I've gone without meat for about 6 months at most. I have done it on some occasions, but it takes a while to like it when you actually eat it. Don't get me wrong, your not alone...

Answer 8

No, I don't.

Meat is just unappetizing. I have never really liked the taste and I'm working on becoming a vegetarian (My mom still makes me eat meat when she feels I need protein =[ ).

Answer 9

I have never been interested in eating meat. I don't like the texture, smell or taste.

Answer 10

Gross, no! The smell of meat makes me want to vomit; I can barely even stand getting close to the meat section at my local grocery store. It doesn't look that appetizing either.