THE VEGETARIANBook Review

Hi everyone today I'm here to do a
review of "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang. This recently won the Man Booker
International Prize which is awarded now yearly to a novel which is translated
from another language into English. It was originally written in Korean and
translated by Deborah Smith who, from what I understand, just learned Korean in
2010 and really taught herself through the translation of this novel, which I
think is pretty remarkable. The story itself is quite remarkable as well.

It follows a woman in South Korea
who decides one day, after having a dream, to become a vegetarian. And while that might
seem like a not totally abnormal life choice, in this novel, which is somewhat
short, has some drastic consequences and it feels like a very earth-shattering,
life-changing decision. We see how the story unfolds through three
different perspectives. So really the book is broken up into sort of three
novellas, and the first one is told from the perspective of the woman's husband;
the second is told from the perspective of her sister's husband, so her
brother-in-law; and the final section is told from the perspective of her sister.
And all the sections are about two years apart.

They never overlap at all so you're
getting these kind of snippets into her life when she decides to become a
vegetarian and then two subsequent sections of her life after, and you kind
of see how things devolve and what that really does to herself, to her family and
it's fascinating. It is a very strange premise; it almost feels like a thriller,
although the atmosphere of the story is not thriller at all. It is quite placid;
everything feels very kind of covered, and calm, and yet underneath that tone there
is a lot of tension. The only way I can really explain how she does that is
through the writing; it's very direct, but at the same time, which
seems kind of impossible, it hides a lot of things.

So you're told everything up
front, but you know that underneath there are just these layers that the storyteller
isn't really giving you. I think because you're seeing this woman's story through
other people's perspectives, you don't hear a lot from the woman herself as she
decides to become a vegetarian; you're really just viewing from the outside. So
I think that kind of increases the tension. It's not just a book about
moral, ethical choices of vegetarianism.

In fact, it's not really about that at
all. It's much more about, from what I came to
understand it as, a story about choice and how this one woman, through her
life and things preceding the story, have informed her in almost a
subconscious way to this choice that other people don't agree with. And so by
continuing to embrace this choice she is sort of rebelling. And it was a really
interesting psychological study almost.

Overall just quite an engaging read. It's
not long like I mentioned. You could probably read it in one sitting. I read it in a few sittings, but I think
each section is really a great kind of stopping point; they all feel complete
and yet they all inform each other as well.

So the more you get into the story
the more things in the past sections make sense, and it just builds in layers on
itself, and I absolutely loved it. It's definitely one that will stick with me
for a long time. I think reading it a second time would really unpack even
more of what exactly was going on. The final section is very psychological and very heady, so I think it could  warrant a second reading and hold up to that which is always great.
And I definitely see why this won the Man Booker Prize this year for the
International choices.

It definitely lived up to the hype for me and I would highly
recommend this. I will give the sort of caveat that there's some pretty adult
material in here; it's not used without purpose, but I just wanna throw that out
there that. If you're young I would not recommend this book. I would wait on it.
If you feel comfortable with that kind of content then I think you should read
this because it is a great piece of translated fiction.

And I'm excited to
read more from this author. I think she's great at examining humans and looking at normal things in kind of a
different sort of twisted way. I really enjoyed it, so if you have read this
novel please let me know your thoughts. It seems like it's making its rounds and
i'm happy for that cause I think it deserves the attention.

And let me know
if you've read anything else by this author and what you thought of it. I hope
you guys enjoy this review. I hope you decide to pick up "The Vegetarian" if you
have not, and I'll see you in my next video. Bye!.

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Should we be Vegetarian - Philosophy Tube

Some people are especially sensitive to images of animals in pain. If you're one of these people, don't worry -- the following video contains no images of animal distress. [Electronic theme music] [music fades to background] Vegetarianism has been around since the days of ancient Greece and whilst it's still a minority view -- at least in my home country -- we all recognize it as a fairly normal, common, everyday kind of thing. There is actually some debate about whether or not vegetarianism is on the rise and part of that is to do with a lot of people /saying/ that they're vegetarian when actually they're not really.

So, for the purposes of this video at least, we'll define "vegetarianism" as "not eating any animals at all." So let me make this clear: [booming, echoing] If you eat fish, you are not a vegetarian. [*Ding*] So are there any philosophical reasons to become vegetarian? People often say that vegetarianism is healthier for you or better for the environment than eating meat. But those are practical arguments. Can we frame any arguments in moral philosophical terms? Some philosophers have pointed out that producing meat is actually quite a wasteful way of getting food.

If we all became vegetarians, then we'd need less land to grow that food. And since there are so many starving people in the world, you might say that there's a moral reason to become vegetarian so we can use that land to grow more food and feed more people. That's a little too human-focused though, right? That's saying that eating meat is bad because of the impact it has on other people. Is there anyway we can frame arguments around the animals themselves? Well, the most obvious argument is that eating meat necessarily involves killing animals.

It's generally assumed that animals are sentient -- they are aware, in some sense. Certain animals like us and chimps are maybe /more/ aware, but it's still feels like something to /be/ a chicken.
[Chicken cluck] And animals have interests -- by which we mean "states of the world which would be good for them" -- so, animals have an interest in staying alive. Most humans have an interest in eating meat because it's really tasty.

But you might say that our interest in that pleasure -- which is very small and which we could kind of do without -- can't override the much more fundamental interests of an animal in /staying alive./ Some people would say that it's just philosophically arrogant of us to assume that we have the right to override the most basic interests of another creature if we can help it. Obviously, in by just being alive everyday we override the basic interests of millions of bacteria and we override the basic interests of thousands of mosquitoes and locusts who are 'just tryin' to make a living,' but in those cases, we /have/ to, because they're pests or because they cause diseases. Whereas, in the case of eating meat, we could really do without that. Now you might just say that, "No --
NO! Human interests do trump animal interests every time.

I mean, chickens aren't that intelligent. It feels like /something/ to be a chicken, but it doesn't feel like much. We aren't really depriving it of anything all that big. But there's another argument that has it's locus classicus with the 18th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham, and the quote, "The question is not 'Can they reason?' Nor 'Can they talk?' But 'Can they suffer?'" A lot of animals, or at least, the ones that we eat, /do/ feel pain.

They /can/ suffer. And when they're reared for slaughter -- particularly if they're reared in intensive conditions -- they do suffer. Quite a lot. You might say that free range animals who live in better conditions don't suffer as much, but surely "death" counts as a harm.

Do humans really have the right to inflict that harm? If you raised a human being in really nice conditions for a number of years and then killed it, would that be okay? Now, obviously people are going to say that those two cases are not the same -- that there's some morally relevant differences, in which case, what are they? You might say that just buying and eating the meat doesn't directly contribute to the suffering, but you're supporting the industry with your money -- you're kind of culpable a little bit. This does leave some meat-eating options open: for instance, if you accidentally hit a wild animal with your car, then you didn't deliberately cause it's suffering, but it still kinda happened. Are you okay to eat it? Personally, I'd be inclined to say, "Yes!" I mean, don't look a gift horse in the mouth: put it in your mouth! Or if meat cells could be grown in a petri dish without ever having been part of any animal, then presumably that would be okay. Of course, that's all well and good, but a /lot/ of people eat meat.

And in my case, I know, it would be really, really difficult to give it up, 'cuz it's just so. . . Tasty! Is it fair to set moral standards that most people would find it difficult to.

. . Meet? Well, morality can be demanding. Just because you really, really don't want to do something doesn't mean you don't have a moral obligation to do it.

And remember, demanding this is relative: if you grew up vegetarian, in a society that was predominantly vegetarian, you'd probably find it pretty easy to do without meat. What do you guys think? Are there philosophical reasons against [*for*] being vegetarian? Do humans have the right to harm animals? If you're a vegetarian, why? There's also a link in the description to a paper by a guy named Dr. William Stevens, which outlines a lot of these ideas in detail. It's free to read and it contains some quite interesting arguments saying that eating meat is linked to the sexist treatment of women, which is something that I'd never thought of.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments. You can also reach us on Twitter and Facebook if you don't want to venture into the nether wastes of Google's commenting system. Subscribe to join the PhilosoFans, and not clicking the "like" button would be a mis-steak. Our last episode was on how names work and a lot of the people in the commenting system gave similar comments outlining a /referential/ theory of names, which is quite close to what John Stuart Mill thought.

So I'm going to give those comments their own episode because they deserve more detailed discussion. So you can let me know whether you'd like the next episode to be "How do names work?, Part 2" Or "Is democracy a human right?" In the meantime, though, let's see what  some of the other PhilosoFans had to say about how names work. Marsgreekgod said that the name Tom Hanks means "the individual who we call Tom Hanks." The problem with saying that is that who we call by a certain name is a contingent fact. We might have chose to call Jeff Goldblum by the name "Tom Hanks," but that wouldn't mean that Jeff Goldblum would be the same individual that we mean when we say the name "Tom Hanks" currently.

Fabio Reale said that names are identifiers for abstract objects. The problem with that, as well as all the problems of a referential theory of names which we'll go into in part 2, is that you'll then have to prove that there are such things as abstract objects, which will require a whole . . .

. . . Load of other philosophical work that we don't have time to go into right now.

Maybe that would be a good topic for another episode. Chris Hartman said that talking about other possible worlds is a waste of time because this is the only world that we can ever experience so we should try and draw conclusions from that. Well, that kind of depends on whether you think it's necessary to experience other possible worlds in order to draw conclusions from them. I would say, and a lot of philosophers who use the possible worlds model would agree with me, that possible worlds can be stipulated -- we can say that the conditions are "x, y, and z" and see how our concepts would operate under such conditions in order to draw conclusions about them that way without necessarily experiencing another possible world.

Athavan Rajasingham asks, "Will you do anything special for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary?" Mmmm. . . Maybe, maybe you should come back tomorrow morning and see if there's anything up.

. . That's all we've got time for this week. Thank you very much for watching, and I will see you in the next episode.

Byyyyeeee! ["My name is" by Eminem ends].

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Pros and Cons of Becoming a VEGETARIAN

Millions of people currently subsist on a
diet free of meat, and millions more do so on a diet completely free of any animal produce
whatsoever. For some reason, what a person chooses (or
rather in this case, chooses not) to eat is a weirdly contentious issue online. So we compiled a list of 5 pros and 5 cons
of a vegetarian or vegan diet you you may want to consider if not eating meat is something
thats ever appealed to you. *Note: There is an unbelievable amount of
misinformation about the topic of vegetarian diets online from both sides of the aisle.

To be clear, this article neither supports
nor condemns the idea of abstaining from eating meat. Its an interesting topic that has become
highly politicized and we just wanted to challenge that with an article that takes a more balanced
approach. CONS 5. Vegetarian diets cost more (if youre poor) Although a diet consisting solely of pizza,
fries, and super-sized cups of soda technically constitutes a vegetarian diet, the image in
most peoples heads when they hear the word vegetarian is one of a cornucopia of
fresh fruit and vegetables.

Which is a problem, because fresh produce
costs a lot of money. Now this is the point in conversation where
someone would interject to say well, actually, if you go to the farmers market, you can
get a weeks worth of groceries for a fraction of the price you can in the store. Which is a perfectly valid point that means
nothing to the millions of low income families who simply dont have the kind of scratch
necessary to drive 30 miles on a weekend to buy chard. Something militant vegetarians seem to have
a hard time understanding is that to some people, crappy junk food is cheaper than fresh
fruit and vegetables.

A study exploring the inherent difficulties
of maintaining a nutritionally balanced diet on a low income supports this, stating: When incomes drop and family budgets shrink,
food choices shift toward cheaper but more energy-dense foods. The first items dropped are usually healthier
foods  high-quality proteins, whole grains, vegetables and fruit. Factor in that poorer families often have
less free time to actually cook food, and a healthy vegetarian diet is not only difficult
to maintain for a poorer person, but almost impossible. Because  oh yeah  one of the real difficulties
of being a vegetarian is that 4.

Vegetarian diets are worse healthwise (if
you dont do it properly) Its often said that vegan diets are bad
for you because you cant get essential vitamins and minerals that are present in
meat into your body. This isnt true, and it is possible to get
everything your body needs with a no meat or no animal products diet. The problem is its very difficult, to the
point of being nearly unsustainable for some people. Again, this is where someone would jump in
saying But I dont eat meat and Im perfectly healthy! I just replace beef and chicken with [insert
farty sounding buzz-food here].

To be clear, were not saying that its
impossible to be healthy and vegetarian. Every major health authority we consulted
notes that a vegetarian diet can be healthy; however, it requires a sustained effort and
you guessed it  time and money to make it work (two things some people sadly have
precious little of). For example, just consider one nutrient, vitamin
B-12. This vitamin is found nearly exclusively in
animal products and most unbiased health authorities highly recommend vegans and even vegetarians
take supplements to make sure they get enough of it in their diet.

These supplements cost money, and while some
may scoff at 10 dollars a week to save all the animals, there are families and individuals
out there living paycheck to paycheck who could really use that 10 dollars. Besides, eating a varied vegetarian diet is
also a problem because 3. Demand for exotic produce can be harmful to
the environment, in specific circumstances A popular vegetarian talking point is that
if the world suddenly stopped eating meat, a plethora of good things would happen. Global emissions would be reduced, people
would live longer, thered be less disease, and everyone would get to high five the celebrity
of their choice.

Research supports these claims; however, it
also notes that this would require a massive, global shift in lifestyle and attitude, which
is just not going to happen. Like it or not, people like eating meat. Which is why such claims should be taken with
a pinch of salt, instead its better to look at what would happen if a considerable
percentage of people became vegetarian but not enough to upset the established system
of food production already in place. In this scenario, which is more likely because
its already happening, things arent as hunky dory as they are in the previous
paragraph.

In particular, research has shown that in
some specific circumstances growing the equivalent amount of vegetables is more resource intensive
than just raising animals for meat. A key problem is that not every fruit or vegetable
can be grown year round without a major investment of resources. Likewise, the demand for more exotic health
foods like quinoa has a major impact on the environment because it has to be shipped across
the ocean, along with all the bananas youre cramming into a smoothie. If you really care about the environment its
almost guaranteed that a steak from a farm 10 miles down the road has caused less overall
damage to the environment that a kiwi fruit shipped halfway around the world and driven
300 miles across the country.

Its also worth keeping in mind that the
truck carrying your kale probably hit like 3 birds on its way to the store because 2. A vegetarian diet still harms tons of animals A problem with producing food on the scale
that Western humanity does is is that its impossible to rule out, with any certainty,
any foodstuff you buy isnt responsible for at least one animal death. Whether its field mice being hurled into
a thresher alongside a couple thousands stalks of corn or the natural habitat of woodland
creatures being razed to the ground to make way for fields, all farming harms animals,
however ethical. A researcher named Steven Davis felt this
brought up an interesting ethical quandary.

Is it more morally defensible to kill millions
of animals accidentally every year than it is to purposely kill them to consume their
flesh? Were not even going to pretend were
qualified to answer that question. We simply felt that, in an article like this,
we had to mention that (as David puts it) Nobodys hands are free from the blood
of other animals, not even vegetarians. So at the very least, if you do become a vegetarian
for moral or ethical reasons, maybe hold off on acting too high and mighty about it. 1.

Vegetarians are more likely to suffer from
health problems We already noted in a previous entry that
vegetarians and vegans need to make a concerted, sustained effort to maintain a nutritionally
balanced diet. Although many vegetarians and vegans do, a
significant number do not, and this is where problems arise. A 2014 study of individuals who subscribed
to a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle found that they were more likely to be in poorer health
than those who didnt, mostly due to lack of essential nutrients found in their diets. Its not all bad, though, because the same
study also found that there are some benefits to not eating meat and that, overall, vegetarians
and vegans had a lower BMI than meat eaters.

Which segues beautifully into our counter
list of 5 pros of being a vegetarian or vegan, starting with PROS 5. Vegetarian and vegans are often thinner We already mentioned how, technically, you
could gorge yourself on junk food every day and still be a vegetarian. However, studies have shown that, by and large,
vegetarians and vegans tend to have a lower BMI than meat eaters. This is largely because fresh fruit and vegetables
seldom contain saturated fats, and the fats contained in things like nuts and seeds are
more easily metabolized by the body.

Vegetarians and vegans also, on the whole,
consume less cholesterol and eat more fiber, which mean both their arteries and colon will
be less clogged than a person who enjoys red meat on a daily basis. In other words, if youre looking to lose
weight, a vegetarian diet could help because it will naturally involve eating less fat
than an omnivorous one. In fact, a vegan diet can be incredibly beneficial
to many people looking to improve their overall health, provided they do one very important
thing and plan their freaking meals. Speaking of eating a diverse range of foods 4.

A (good) vegetarian diet is rich in lesser
consumed vitamins and minerals While its certainly true that, as mentioned
previously, vegetarians and vegans struggle to consume a healthy amount of certain, specific
minerals and vitamins more commonly found in meat products, the inverse is also true. By which we mean that, by the nature of eating
a diet rich in lesser consumed foodstuffs to get these vitamins and minerals, vegetarians
and vegans get the added benefit of also consuming less common nutrients that can be beneficial
to the body. For example, one study noted that A vegetarian
diet is associated with many health benefits because of its higher content of fiber, folic
acids, vitamins C and E, potassium, magnesium, and many phytochemicals and a fat content
that is more unsaturated. We wont get into detail about what all
of those long, impressive sounding words mean, but suffice it to say consuming adequate amounts
of them are all linked to good health and well-being.

Another less commonly touted fact about a
vegetarian or vegan diet is that 3. It can give you a better Antioxidant status Antioxidant is probably a word youve
heard thrown around a lot and assumed it was just some bogus medical-sounding jargon buzzword
companies slapped on boxes of tea to sell to hipsters who shop at Whole Foods. In actuality, antioxidants are pretty important
to the body as a whole and play a crucial role protecting you. In fact, scientists have tentatively claimed
that antioxidants have cancer fighting and prevention properties, as well as protecting
the body from a slew of other nasty ailments and problems.

So where are these magical antioxidants found? Well, mostly inside of fruits and vegetables,
which vegetarians and vegans consume on a much larger scale than omnivores, giving them
a better overall antioxidant status. Of course you could argue that omnivores could
get the same benefit with supplements, but then youd sound exactly like all those
gym bros arguing that vegans dont get enough protein in their diet. Also, doctors dont recommend taking antioxidant
supplements because there havent been enough studies done into whether theyre safe. For any vegetarians feeling pretty smug about
this, that might be because 2.

A vegetarian diet can improve your overall
mood (in the short term) As Bart Simpson once said, You dont
make friends with salad. Well to counter that flawless logic, theres
a study that shows you also dont have that good a time eating meat, either. To explain, a randomized study conducted in
2012 about what would would happen to the mood of individuals when placed on a restrictive
diet found that when omnivores abstained from eating meat, fish and poultry over a
two week period their mood increased significantly. Its important to note that this study was
rather small and had no conclusive results, but it may be worth keeping in mind that at
least one study has shown that eating a couple of extra apples and not having a colon clogged
with cow flesh made some people feel a little better.

We should also point out that there have been
studies showing the opposite of this, that a vegetarian diet is linked to poor mood and
even depression. However, most experts believe this to be a
side effect of iron deficiency, which arises as a result of poor meal planning on behalf
of some vegetarians  something weve already noted is a bad idea in general. Besides, the risk is probably worth it given
that 1. A vegetarian diet might protect you from dying
of a heart attack This is perhaps the most controversial item
on the list, so allow us to explain.

Theres a growing body of evidence that
suggests a vegetarian or vegan diet can protect you from a host of horrible diseases  in
particular heart disease. This is because one of the #1 things linked
to heart disease, besides smoking, is red and processed meat which, we dont know
if youve heard, vegetarians dont eat all that much of. In addition, eating a lot of processed meat
has been linked to all kinds of cancer, which are, well, bad. As vegetarians will, by default, never eat
either of these things, theyre naturally much less at risk of any of the potentially
life threatening side-effects of consuming it.

This isnt to say that vegetarians arent
at risk of heart disease or cancer, its just that their diet means theyre in a
much better place to avoid it. Think of it like walking on the sidewalk:
you can still be hit by a car, but theres more chance its going to hit the guy in
the middle of the road eating a steak. Of course, as this article has discussed in
detail, there are still major cons of a vegetarian or vegan diet you need to be mindful of. But at least now, hopefully, you have a more
nuanced opinion on the subject after reading this..

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How to Make a Vegetarian Sandwich That Doesn't Suck (It's Actually Awesome)

- We're making the bean torta today. - Last year, you were
crowned king of pork. And what are you making me? (Laughs) (bright music) Chef Ray Garcia, of B. S.

Taqueria in downtown LA. The king of pork is
going to make vegetarian. - Yeah, well I've been typecasted as the king of pork. Everyone expects trotters, and bacon, and snouts and ears.

And we do that. We do plenty of that. But this is something to show that we know how to
use vegetables as well. This is a sandwich that
is inspired by my wife and in-laws and in her family.

She's Argentine and
milanesa is a big thing. It looks very much like a French pieyard or an Italian milanese. It's a cutlet that's breaded and fried. It's not unusual to
see milanesa in a torta but usually it's chicken, or it's pork.

You know, it's not usually a beet. - So what exactly are this patty that you're working with? - What we've done is
we've taken a large beet, we've poached it in a little bit of, sort of a vinegar water, to give it a bit more flavor. Sliced it thin, breaded and fried. - So this isn't actually
like a beet patty, where you've broken it down and reconstituted a patty.

This is like a big ass beet.
- [Ray] I've cut just a big ass beat that we've taken a slice of and breaded. - Nice. So it's like you take it to the fryer, and then how long do you
drop it in there for? - For a piece this size, it takes maybe about two minutes or so. With a beet, you're not
going to have to worry about it being raw the same way you would, you know, a piece of chicken.

You just have to be
careful because the beet has so much natural sugar that you don't want it to burn. But you do need to make sure that you get a little bit of that crunch. Because you know, a
soggy, oily breaded beet is no fun. This is it in it's pre-fried state and now you can smell it.

A little bit of a cumin comes out, some of that pepper and a lot of the crunch and the caramelization of the beet itself. So we have a little bit of telera bread is the name of this style of bread. We make it here in-house. It has a nice, soft sponginess to it.

We're going to cut it in half. You always want to balance
flavors and textures. We're going to put a little bit of butter on the inside, then toast it lightly on the griddle so you get a little bit of that crunch. Just giving it a little butter here.

We'll put it on our flat top. - What was the inspiration
behind B. S. Taqueria? - B.

S. Taqueria is in the same family as Broken Spanish, my other restaurant. It was the opportunity to showcase a lot of these flavors and dishes that I'm very familiar with. There's introduction of French technique and a little bit of Italian style.

But really playing into
my own Latin roots, and the roots of this city. - How long do you end up toasting this guy off for? - On this grill, the grill's pretty warm, it takes about a minute. And again, you just want
that golden crunch there. Going to put a little bit of mayonnaise.

We make a homemade Kewpie mayonnaise so it's in that style of Japanese. - Japanese style? - Kind of Japanese
style so it a little bit of rice wine vinegar, malt vinegar, a little bit of sugar. - It's going to give a little bit more depth to the flavor
than your best foods? - Exactly. A little bit more depth.

And again that's something
that's Broken Spanish. It's a Japanese type of ingredient but it has all of the flavor components that are going to make this torta great. - So when you have
something like the flavor of the beet which can be pretty earthy, what do you try to balance it with with the rest of the torta? - You want to balance it with a fair amount of acid, and you want to tone down, like you said, some of that earthiness. If we took the beet and roasted it, it could become almost muddy and very strong, which is not what we want.

We want the sandwich to
eat light and bright. We get a little bit of the freshness from the cilantro, a little bit of lemon
juice that I have here. Again it's going to help cut through some of that richness. We have some, what's called escabeche, which is carrots, serrano, onion, garlic, and apple cider based vinegar.

And then some pickled beets, which get a similar treatment as the escabeche. - Again the beets fried in there, but then you're getting them tied into the pickle flavor component. - Right, when you taste it, it's not completely soft or not fully broken down. This is going to bring back some of that punch.

Then we put the lid on. Just like any good sandwich, there some of the good toppings that fall off there. (Jeremy laughs) So now we cut the sandwich in half. Gives us a chance to see all the beautiful ingredients inside.

You can see you have the red beet, some of the escabeche, some of the lettuce, the herbs. And that's the beet torta. At B. S.

Taqueria. - Okay. - It's time for us to do
the most important thing. Let's try it out.

- Yes. That's why I have this show. I just want to go and
get as fat as possible. Even though it's a beet, it's deep fried, so it still works for me.

(Ray laughs) - I've had it a hundred times. I still love it. - You had me eating blood the last time I was here. The fact that you could
get me eating blood and now it's like you're getting me eating beets.

Now you just need to make me broccoli (Ray laughs) and get me enjoying that. That would be a miracle. I love that it's not hammering over your head that it's a beet. You get the earthiness of it, but it's not like you're drinking a bottle of pressed beet juice
or something like that.

- Exactly. And that's part of the challenge and the excitement, especially as big meat guys. I want to leave you satisfied. I don't want to go "Oh, okay, "of course I had a beet sanwhich and so "it wasn't satisfying, "it was filling.

"I'd love to add bacon to it". I'd add bacon to most anything but this is probably the one that I think, "You know what? "I don't think it needs bacon". - You're converting me on beets. (Ray laughs) I don't actually like beets and I can't stop eating this, which is insane to me.

I couldn't believe it. - We'll work on broccoli
for next time then. - It's not going to happen (both laugh) (bright music).

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English Pronunciation - vegetarian, average

Hello! Tudo bem? Qu tal? A va? Whats up guys? Welcome to another pronunciation practice video. Today, Im going to teach you how to pronounce eight words that many English learners have trouble with. Before we get started, I want to remind you that if you want to support this channel, click on the subscribe button and the little bell, and give this video a like. And remember to activate the English subtitles if you need them.

Okay, are you ready to practice your English pronunciation? Lets take a look! Alright, the first word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: If youre a vegetarian, tell us in a comment down below. Okay, listen closely to my pronunciation of this word: In order to pronounce this word correctly, you need to stress the third syllable and pronounce it like this: If I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Okay, the second word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say a ver age. No, no, no.

The correct pronunciations is average. Listen again closely to the difference: In order to pronounce this word correctly, you need to pronounce it as two syllables, not three. So, make sure you dont pronounce the first e. Also, the final a should have an i sound.

So, if I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Alright, the third word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Whats your favorite kind of salad? Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say sa LAD. No, no, no. The correct pronunciation is salad.

Listen again closely: The key to pronouncing this word correctly is to stress the first syllable and to pronounce the final ad as id. If I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try it with me: There you go! Okay, the fourth word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say li mi ted. No, no, no.

The correct pronunciation is limited. Listen again closely: To pronounce this word correctly, you need to stress the first syllable and pronounce the final ted as did. So, if I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Alright, the fifth word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say de sper at.

No, no, no. The correct pronunciation is desperate. Listen again closely: The key to saying this word correctly is to pronounce it as two syllables, not three. The first syllable should be stressed, and the second syllable should be pronounced prit.

If I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Okay, the sixth word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say ju ry. No, no, no. The correct pronunciation is jury.

Listen again closely to the difference: In order to say this word correctly, you need to pronounce the jur as jer. So, if I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Alright, the seventh word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Let me show you both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word. It is incorrect to say ma NAGE ment. No, no, no.

The correct pronunciation is management Listen again closely to the difference: Make sure to stress the first syllable, not the second. Also, the age should be pronounced ij, and the last syllable should be pronounced mint. If I were to spell it exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me: There you go! Okay, the last word that Im going to teach you how to pronounce correctly is this one: Leave a comment down below and tell us if you put onions on your hamburgers. Alright, let me show both the incorrect and correct pronunciations of this word.

It is incorrect to say o ni on. No, no, no. The correct pronunciation is onion. Listen again closely to the difference: The key to pronouncing this word correctly is to pronounce it as two syllables, not three.

The first syllable should be pronounced like this: and the second syllable should be pronounced like this: If I were to spell this word exactly how it sounds, it would look like this: Try saying it with me. There you go! Alright, I hope this video was helpful for you. If youd like, click on the link in the description box to follow me on Instagram. And as always, give this video a like, share it with your friends and family, and subscribe to the channel.

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Eating Japanese 7-11 for 24 hours! (Vegetarian)

Mimei Land Good Morning Pineapples. So I've seen a few people do videos where they eat from a convenience store for 24 hours I thought this would be a pretty interesting idea to try for two reasons: one being that I live in Japan and the convenience stores here are pretty awesome and two being that I'm vegetarian, and a lot of people ask me what they can eat in Japan as a vegetarian and I know how important convenience food can Be when you're traveling like sometimes you just don't have any way to cook and you need to be able to find vegetarian stuff So I wanted to be able to show you guys what you can eat from a convenience store Today, I'm going to be eating exclusively from 7-eleven, but if you'd like to see me try another convenience store like Family Mart or Lawson just be sure to hit the like button so that I know that you enjoyed this video and want to see more and maybe subscribe to my channel now one thing that might surprise you about Japanese convenience store food or just packaged food here in general is that it very often has some kind of meat in it whether it's like chicken extract or pork or something like that very very often. It is in there. I'm talking like salad dressing Potato chips things you really wouldn't expect to have chicken in often do another thing before we get started is that Japanese convenient stores have amazing Bento or Japanese lunch boxes So they're like these little packaged lunch boxes with a full lunch in it.

That's very reasonably priced It is very rare that any of these lunch boxes will be vegetarian friendly. I don't think I've ever seen a vegan one So if you're coming to Japan sometimes even if something looks totally vegetarian if you read the ingredients It often won't be so maybe have Google Translate on your phone so that you can check over the ingredients Anyways, I'm gonna get going and see what delicious convenience store food. I can find today For breakfast. I picked up these four items I meant to grab an iced coffee on my way out, but I completely forgot.

I've got this mildly terrifying Clear latte for my morning coffee this smoothie looks really good it's cacao almond since I'm working from home today I might need to snack on something while I'm at my computer So I picked up some cut apple just a normal old banana It was a little expensive a hundred yen for one but you know, it's convenient. So you pay a little more For snacks I picked up some apple mango just frozen mango here and Obviously if you're on the go you might not be able to pick up frozen mango But since I'm working for home, I can just pop it in the freezer and some frozen grape These are pretty delicious I've also got some nuts and fruits and finally Japanese convinient stores are so dangerous because you go in there and you end up seeing something incredible looking and buying it This is mint sorbet chocolate with peppermint in it, and it looks so good So for, I will snack on this today First off coffee. I'm going to give this clear latte a try and see how delicious it is D: Oh, you got one of those creepy ones?
M: Yeah. Oh my gosh.

It really tastes like a latte Despite looking like water. This is incredible smells like coffee tastes like coffee, but is it really coffee? We will never know. I really... Oh, oh, oh, I made a big mistake guys.

This doesn't have any caffeine in it. D: Oh you're done for. Oh, I'm gonna have to go down the road to 7-eleven again. I'm gonna have to go get a nice coffee Oh Such an idiot Well moving along honking it.

I'm gonna have some of this smoothie. It looks amazing. Now that's really really really good. It's got 14 different types of vegetables, three fruits cacao and Almond and I think I found my new favorite smoothie.

It's really good. I'm betting this tastes like a banana looks like a banana feels like a banana tastes like... D: Talks like a banana Mmm I have to get to work now, but I've got these apple slices to snack on So I'm pretty excited They're New Zealand apples guys Almost never find New Zealand apples here. I hope this is a trend I hope New Zealand apples are gonna catch on because they're so good Okay, guys I'm having one of those days where I need a little pick-me-up and to be honest I'm feeling pretty sleepy without my morning dose of caffeine The clear stuff I put it away in the fridge for later because it's not doing anything for me Anyway, let's open up this they all come packaged individually, which is pretty common in Japan and Looks good Hmm oh my god.

It was delicious. It's got quite a strong peppermint taste Mmm chewy and gooey All these are neither dangerously delicious Okay, it is lunchtime and I am craving a coffee. So I'm gonna head out and get some iced coffee I don't usually drink coffee this late in the day, but The girl's gotta get her work done somehow guys I need my coffee That clear stuff just wasn't cutting it I'm also gonna pick up some batteries for the camera mic cuz we ran out of batteries and you can pick those up at the convenience store. Very handy It's time for lunch and finally oh I have my iced coffee it's a regular size that I'm kind of regretting not getting a bigger size, but Mmm, okay.

It's time for a lunch and I have the main star of the meal Natto Maki, natto are fermented beans and this is like kind of like Rice roll with seaweed on the outside and fermented beans on the inside. I personally really like it. It's Packed full of good stuff. It's good for you.

It's healthy I didn't really like not to when I first moved to Japan, but it won me over So at least give it a try if you're in Japan, I've got a nice salad here. I forgot to buy dressing but you can buy single serve dressing in the convenience store Just be careful because I think maybe only one of them is vegetarian. I think the wafu one is vegetarian D: Depending on, the convenience store. You can have Caesar dressing but most of them have like anchovy sauce and I think FamilyMart Caesar dressing is fine Okay, so FamilyMart Caesar dressing 7-eleven I'm pretty sure it's the wafu dressing but watch out for those ingredients because there might be some anchovies in there or whatnot anyway I'm having it without dressing still gonna be good because it's salad and lastly kind of for dessert I have some frozen mango actually, maybe I'll have one right now Mm-hmm If it's your first time having one of these you might be a little confused But it's not really that difficult and if you screw it up.

Hey, no one's judging you. It's your first time Anyway here it says Hiku and it has the number one. Hiku means to pull so we're gonna pull on the number one there are little illustrations on the side too that you can follow so you don't need to be able to read Japanese and then two Here we're gonna roll the roll. So we're pulling off this one and Then opening.

Oh and I just like to roll it And there you have it I'm ready for some Natto Salad is just a basic salad Salad is super crunchy and super fresh. I think it's good even without dressing and it's healthy Frozen fruit is one of my favorite things to snack on. So I love that they sell it in convenience stores Obviously fruit in Japan can get pretty pricey, especially something like mango, but I really love that You can buy it in convenience store in these little packs. It's just like a great serving size for one person It's a lovely snack.

I just really like fruit guys Okay, it's time for dinner and I do feel like this one is kind of cheating because while it is a Vegetarian thing you can find in the convenience store. It isn't something you can just pick up and eat like the ready-made meals However, there were no Ready-made meals that I could pick up and eat and I already had salad for lunch and I already had Natto Maki Of course you can have Shio onigiri which is a rice bowl made up of salt and rice just salt and rice no extras You can also have kombu onigiri which is a seaweed rice bowl And you can have ume onigiri which is pickled plum inside a rice bowl They're all delicious, but it's not really a meal. I had the hardest time finding something for dinner because Pretty much eaten most of the vegetarian stuff in this store already. I found this for cheese margherita pizza Doesn't look that appetizing based on the picture, but I guess we'll see I've never tried this before That's gonna be my dinner.

Looks like you can either cook it in the oven or in a toaster oven so Look at that that actually looks really good. Oh no. Oh, no, it's broken Broken poor little pizza You know what? It still looks really good I'm gonna pop it in. It's a perfect fit And I'm gonna start off doing it for five minutes just in case the toaster oven is too hot Yeah, it needs more than five minutes that's for sure this is what the pizza looks like after eight minutes in my toaster oven I'm pretty sure it's done because I could smell burning.

I've never tried this before and here goes nothing. I think I have two pieces here, but you only live once Let's try this monster Okay, the cheese is pretty delicious I guess because there are four types of cheese in this Whoops. I just dropped some of it. Hmm.

Actually, you know what it really hits the spot like the pizza spot, you know Like the I want to eat something greasy and and calorific spot that you know You just you just gotta have something like this once in a while or maybe even more than once in a while It's just good. I hope you guys enjoyed the video I hope that maybe it could have been just a teeny bit helpful to anyone who's living or traveling in Japan as a vegetarian I wish I could have been more helpful, but the options at 7-eleven are pretty limited So maybe I should try FamilyMart next let me know in the comments and I hope to see you in my next video I pineapple you bye.

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6 Vegetarian Animals that Will Give You Nightmares

[ INTRO ] If I asked you to picture a forest, you might
envision a sunny grove with some deer gently nibbling on leaves as they mosey on through. But those deer could actually be searching
for a baby bird or two to munch on. Yes, deer can be carnivorous. In fact, many supposed plant-eaters sneak
the occasional fleshy snack, usually because some nutrients are just easier to get from
animal parts.

So here are six so-called vegetarians that
regularly eat meat and bonesincluding ours. [1. Deer] Everyone knows that Bambi and his friends
are vegetarians. I mean, deer are quite literally built to
eat plants.

As ruminants, they have the ability to ferment
plant material in their specialized stomachs, which allows them to live off a diet that
would be way too fibrous for most creatures. But lots of deer apparently missed that memo,
as theyve been caught eating everything from baby birds to human bones. Yes, I said human bones. A 2017 paper suggested that deer might frequently
gnaw on bodies left exposed in their habitats.

We dont have any evidence that deer kill
people, outside of accidental encounters with vehicles. But they do most definitely kill birds. Like, a lot. Nest cameras in North Dakota have filmed white-tailed
deer snacking on chicks more often than traditional predators.

And on an island in Scotland, red deer have
been seen biting off the heads of seabird chicks and chewing on birds legs. Scientists think these deer are specifically
targeting bones, since theyre rich in phosphorus, calcium, and other minerals that are less
common in plants. They need those nutrients to build strong
bones for themselves, as well as those impressive antlers that deer are so known for. Sure, a rich mineral lick would suffice, but
those arent always around  whereas baby birds are everywhere.

Youd expect that other ruminants would
have similar dietary needs, and therefore might also snack on the occasional bone. And  yeah. They do. Sheep, cows, and even giraffes have been seen
sucking on bones or actively killing small animalsusually baby birds.

Apparently theyre just a super convenient
source of minerals, if you dont happen to have a salt lick at hoof. [2. Squirrels] Rodents are another group of animals that
are well known for their vegetarian dietsespecially ones like squirrels and chipmunks. They just scamper along branches and stuff
their furry little cheeks full of yummy acorns, right? Well, it turns out when theyre not busy
stashing nuts and eating the cherries off my cherry tree, squirrels and chipmunks take
full advantage of their climbing ability to go after bird eggs and nestlings.

They also seem to have no qualms eating frogs,
lizards, snakes, and even turtles. And theyll kill and eat all sorts of small
mammals, including other species of squirrel  or each other. Maybe that shouldnt be so surprising, since
rodents are notorious for eating their own young. But when they do, its usually considered
a sign something is going wrong.

Squirrels will act as predators when completely
healthy, so there must be some other reason. Like with deer, one important clue is that
they seem to target bones. Forensic scientists note that squirrels frequently
gnaw on skeletons, for exampleand their tiny teeth can cause enough damage to obscure
important clues about the cause of death. So, they might be looking for those extra
minerals like deer are.

Or they could just be looking to grind down
their teeth. All rodents have continuously-growing incisorsyou
know, those rodent-y things in frontso chomping on hard bones might keep them in
check. But in many cases, like with the baby birds,
squirrels definitely seem target flesh, which might mean they hunt for the most obvious
reason: Food. Just extra calories.

Lab experiments have shown that hungrier rodents
are more likely to attack live prey. And other rodents like mice, beavers, and
bunnies will also make a habit of dining on meat if the option is available. Meat consumption is so widespread in rodents
that some scientists argue that they really should be thought of as omnivores, not herbivores. And given that about 40% of all mammals on
the planet are rodents, that go-with-the-flow approach to their diet might have helped them
conquer the world.

[3. Butterflies] Anyone who has tried to grow their own veggies
is all too familiar with the leaf-destroying abilities of most caterpillars. But some moth and butterfly larvae have decided
plants are overrated, opting instead to snack on tasty flesh. Like inchworms in Hawaii with claw-tipped
arms, which will eagerly feast on flies.

Or silk-weaving caterpillars that tie down
snails so they can slurp them from their shells. And all the caterpillars in the subfamily
Miletinae eat aphids. But eating snails and insects pales in comparison
to the moths and butterflies that dine on carrion. Thats right.

There are scavenging butterflies. A lot of them, actually  especially when
theyre caterpillars. Most of these caterpillars normally eat plants,
but when the tastiest leaves are taken, theyll go for decaying flesh. As the saying goes, this is life, and no one
gets out alive, so being able to eat dead things is a pretty good way to make a living.

Im not sure that was a saying, but it is
now. Caterpillars tough jawsstrong enough
to tear through starchy leaveshave no trouble with decaying meat. Some species are so common on corpses that
theyre used in forensics. Even adult butterflies get in on the scavenging
action at times, to get nutrients not found in nectar.

They may flock to dead fish for the saltsthe
same reason they hang out on mineral licks or sip turtle tears, which yes, is a thing. But some scientists think they suck down rotting
flesh for the amino acidsthe molecular building blocks of proteins. The species caught using bait made of decaying
meat are known to be super mobile butterflies, and all that extra protein probably helps
them build and keep their flying muscles. [4.

Duikers] Duikers are teeny little antelopes native
to Africa. They are really cute. There are almost two dozen different species,
each more adorable than the last. But dont let their size or their cute features
fool youduikers can be ruthless.

Though theyre generally considered frugivores,
or fruit eaters, animal matter is frequently found in their stomachs by people who cut
open their stomachs, apparently. Things like insects and carrion usually make
up about a tenth of a percent of their diet, which doesnt seem like very much. But studies have found some stomachs with
10% or more of their contents animal-sourced. And  they dont necessarily wait for
their meals to die.

In Angola, the yellow-backed duikers taste
for flesh is infamous. According to locals, theyve actually learned
how to eat tortoises, leaving behind empty shells wherever they go. And there are tons of scientific reports of
duikers and their relatives eating all sorts of small birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. More surprisingly, they seem to enjoy killing.

Captive duikers appear to play with living
food, like a cat toying with a mouse. One bay duiker in the Zurich zoo earned a
reputation for stalking, killing, and eating pigeons that landed in its enclosure. But those behaviors might not be natural in
the wild. In fact, why duikers eat meat isnt entirely
clear.

It may be that, like their distant ruminant
relatives, they use meaty snacks as nutritional supplements. Studies of their wild diets suggest that the
plants and fruits they eat are relatively low in minerals and protein, even though the
animals fare better on a high protein diet. But some zookeepers have found they actually
do better when raw meat is excluded from their meals. We just dont know enough about these shy,
adorable, savage little antelopes to say for sure.

[5. Hippos] Hippos might look like gentle giants. But even though theyre considered herbivores,
theyre one of the most dangerous beasts in Africa. Their aggressive nature is legendary  its
said they kill more people every year than lions and leopards combined.

And thats probably not just because theyre
territorial. Recently, biologists have come to the conclusion
that they actually have a taste for meat. Hippos will scavenge carcasses they come across,
and theyve been known to walk right up to a feeding crocodile and take a bite of
its kill. But much more direct and savage stories have
emerged over the years, including instances where hippos have definitely killed and eaten
antelopes.

And thats weird, because its been thought
for a long time that hippos simply dont have the stomachsor, more accurately, the
stomach bacteriato digest meat. But a 2015 review argues that the only thing
limiting meat-eating in hippos  or most herbivores, really  is their ability to
catch and eat it. And that makes sense, considering all the
other supposed herbivores that eat meat when they have the opportunity. But hippos have a few meat-eating advantages
over other herbivores, like their big giant mouths and teeth that can more easily tear
apart hunks of flesh.

And with their bulkand surprising speed
and agilitythey are more than capable of taking down large prey. Just how often hippos eat meat is uncertain,
thoughmost diet studies get their info from plant material found in feces, which
does not tell you whether or not the animal has consumed meat. And its hard to observe everything that
goes into the hippos mouths because they tend to eat at night. Also ...

Its kind of tough to stay close
enough to a giant aggressive hippo to see what its nibbling on. You cant really do a diet study if you
become a part of the diet study. If you know what I mean... [6.

Primates] Obviously, we humans arent always vegetarians. And its no secret that chimpanzees wage
wars against one another, and will hunt, kill, and consume other animals, especially monkeys. But most primates have a more peaceful reputation. Take bonobos, for example.

These chimp cousins were supposed to basically
embody the 1960s hippie movementyou know, making love, not war. Even though theyre basically the same size
and strength as chimpanzees, people thought they opted for a much more vegetarian diet. That is, until about a decade ago, when anthropologists
watched them hunt down monkeys and other, smaller mammals. And those observations are backed by DNAfecal
DNA, to be precise.

A 2010 study of 128 bonobo poop samples found
evidence for recent meat consumption in 16% of them. One reason that these and other primates might
eat the occasional steak is that its hard to get enough Vitamin B12 with a purely vegetarian
diet. B12 is essential for healthy blood and nerve
cells, and we mammals cant make it ourselves. Some animals, like ruminants and other animals
with multiple stomachs, like hippos, have bacteria in their guts that produce this key
nutrient.

So they get what they need because their weird
anatomy. We have some of these bacteria, too, but theres
a catchthey live so far along in our digestive tract that we just poop out all the B12 that
they make. Thats probably why bunnies and some rodents
eat their own feces, and if they dont, they get B12 by having a non-vegan diet  usually,
by supplementing with insects. So it makes sense that even the most vegetarian-leaning
primates might actually be somewhat omnivorous to ensure they get enough B12.

Many primates probably eat insects for this
exact reason, but somelike bonobos and chimpanzeesclearly have no problem subbing
in a little red meat instead. And I do feel like mentioning you can get
B12 without meat, its just us humans have a lot more dietary opportunities than wild
chimpanzees. But in the end, even animals we thought were
super strict vegans might cheat a little more oftenor a lot more oftenthan we ever
imagined. But if they do eat a little flesh now and
then, they probably have a good reason for it.

Learning what animals eat and why can help
us take better care of them in captivity and understand our own dietary needs. If we want to go full vegan, we can just get
a B12 from pills or shots, or fordfied food, not from eating our own poop. Thanks for watching this episode of SciShow,
which could not exist without the support of our Patreon patrons like Matthew Brant,
our President of Space. Thank you Matthew for your continued support
of SciShow.

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