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Feral Feline said:
Used to get fake lamb in HK, and quite liked it. Tasted nothing like lamb (or any other meat), but it had a VERY meaty texture and pan-fried with the right spices ... mmmmmmmm gooooood!

I was vegetarian for a wee bit more than a decade; no longer on that route, but my wife has since become vegetarian so I still eat a lot of vaguelytarian meals.

My sister was vegetarian, and an amazing cook — at a restaurant my dad always ordered steak no matter what amazing mains were on the menu, but he always looked forward to getting uncomfortably full on my sister's cooking.
IMHO, so many carni/omnivore that don't like vegetarian-fare, they're doing/ordering/getting the wrong dishes.
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How did you get back into meat without it making you sick?
 
jimilee said:
How did you get back into meat without it making you sick?
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I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

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Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

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An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

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All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
 
Feral Feline said:
I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

View attachment 56964

Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

View attachment 56965

An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

View attachment 56966


All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
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Hella rad!
 
Feral Feline said:
I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

View attachment 56964

Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

View attachment 56965

An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

View attachment 56966


All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
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That is tremendous. All of it. How cool!
 
Feral Feline said:
I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

View attachment 56964

Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

View attachment 56965

An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

View attachment 56966


All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
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Current title holder of coolest person on the forum 🥇
 
Feral Feline said:
I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

View attachment 56964

Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

View attachment 56965

An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

View attachment 56966


All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
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Incredible adventure!
 
Feral Feline said:
I was vegetarian for a decade and then...

Myself and 5 friends went cycling for six weeks through Northern Pakistan into China and at the end of each day everybody had a job to do: I was the bike-maintenance guy while another friend was the camp-cook (and a great one at that!)... I was the only (former) vegetarian in the group and frankly there wasn't enough time/resources/motivation/energy to devote to maintaining my vegetarian status — when dinner was ready it was "Bowls in!" and we ate whatever the cook served. I was never ill from the food — we were living and eating like kings.

Speaking of kings:


Here we are camped out on the Shandur Pass... We ascended too quickly up to roof of the world, and suffered all night from shortness of breath. I kept waking up, taking gulping breaths that were never deep enough.

View attachment 56964

Luckily while we were there we had the place to ourselves, as the pass becomes a tent-city choked with spectators from all over come to watch the annual Sport of Kings. Alas without horses, we had to settle for the Sport of Would-be Kings and played a little bicycle-polo on Shandur's polo-pitch...

View attachment 56965

An amazing trip — so many tall-tales to tell...

Here I am sans panniers, unladen coming around a switchback, on a proper technical ride down to the Hoper Glacier in the left of the pic-frame —
high-regret factors abounded, but I was focused on having immense fun, not the whereabouts of the nearest hospital!

View attachment 56966


All 3 pics by my friend Al, as mine-own slides have yet to be converted to digital.

Thanks, Jimilee, for provoking some good memories!
Click to expand...

Oh man, those are fantastic pictures. I was a freelance photographer for a long time, a long time ago. Fantastic to hear you didn't get ill, and a rarity from what I've learned.
 
@fig, your generosity knows no bounds!

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I'm honored, overjoyed, and.. very very surprised to luck-out yet again-
I surely don't deserve this!

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