newbuzz...I had a really good burger and a beer at the local bar. This is precisely the experience that leaves me cold when contemplating vegetarianism. Though I love vegetables, grains, and legumes, I would really miss the smell and taste of cooked meat. However, I can only enjoy the meat because it comes to me directly from the grocery store. If I had to go hunting, kill an animal and then butcher it, I would be much more amenable to vegetarianism. I have never had to do any of those things, and they are very distasteful to me. But I have never really been hungry either. So I suspect that as long as it is easy to get, I will continue to eat meat. And if I ever get really hungry, I will go hunting.