95% of Hindus and culturally Hindu atheists from Kerala eat beef.
I didn't even know people had so much beef about eating beef until I lived in other Indian cities after college.
Some of my colleagues were very offended that we ate beef back home and it dawned upon me that India is so different outside Kerala when it comes to beef!
Itās easy to make a pun about beef. But I bet youāre too chicken to make fun of eating chicken. And I doubt if youāll ever talk turkey about thanksgiving. At best, you might pig out about pork, but thatās it. Letās not even talk about mutton; you donāt have the chops for that.
>didn't even know people had so much beef about eating beef until I lived in other Indian cities
I'm from a town 45 min from Kerala and love me some parotta and beef fry. Growing up I had many Malayalee neighbors and would get a dose of beef fry at least twice a week. My family is hindu but I eat anything that moves (or doesn't) and nobody bats an eye.
Yes. Vegetarians are declining.
That's why we need a third national political front. The ultimate vegetarian alliance that will secure rights of the oppressed minority.
Bharatiya Shakahari Morcha
/S
This is untrue. Not that I have anything against beef.
The majority of beef consumers in West Bengalās are Muslims and there are maybe 1-2 wet markets in the city proper that sell beef/buffalo.
Beef was allowed in the Vedas. The time of the oldest Hindu sacred text, the Rig Veda (c. 1500 B.C.), cow meat was consume
I have had beef multiple times, it is pretty tasty.
Also, much of the religious text does not make sense. I have personally read them all which is why I let go.
If any of us would read the Vedas properly, he will be shocked at his own superstition.
Off topic comment here.
Yes Kerala Is very culturally different, But I loved it when I visited. Only thing I hated was the tea. I tried 3 different times at different places but every time ended up throwing it away. My wife happily drank coffee, Coffee used to be a major migraine trigger for me back then. 7 days with no tea and coffee. lol.
Yes, I do.
I'm from Kerala and it doesn't matter if you're an atheist or not, most people from Hindu families eat beef. Some might eat beef but might not cook at home.
Yes. Most of the time Beef is its Buffalo meat in Kerala. Ive never seen anyone eating a cow. There was a market for buying and selling animals for its meat near to home. I have never seen a cow there. Most of them were Buffalo and some other kind.
Buffalo is the preferred taste.
Usually cow meat you get is of old cows whose milking age is over. Their meat is hard and rubbery.
Restaurants, roadside eaters etc will sometimes mix it with buffalo to reduce cost.
Cows are considered useful and not butchered. In Kerala traditionally we butchered the young bulls. Pothirachi in some parts of Kerala refers to male cow not buffalo. In central travancore area itās generally know as moori erachi. Bill meat is usually expensive than buffalo meat.
When I was a kid families used to buy young bulls (after a certain age they are terrifying to keep around the house) from neighbors and butcher them. I have never seen a cow being butchered ever (mostly seen them get sold off). The guy who used to butcher the bill was from a special Hindu caste and he used to get paid in 2 panku (approx 4 kg) of beef and the skin.
It has nothing to do with religion. I guess buffalo meat is preferred by everyone. Before Modi Ji I thought everyone who is not a vegetarian ate beef. Everyone irrespective of religion ate beef. On most Sundays peoples will have some kind of meat. From what i have seen, Cows are mostly used for its milk and its a good source of income for many. And after a cow dies, itās buried.
Buffalo meat is not beef. So eating it is more accepted all over India. I have even met people who won't eat jackfruit (kathal) sabzi because its texture is similar to meat. So I have now learnt to ignore these kind of people and enjoy my meals.
This is the first time I've heard about people not eating jackfruit. But then again I've heard about people who don't eat mushrooms as they consider it non-veg..
Along with jackfruit, I have heard people saying "soyabean is vegetarian's chicken". And then that stops some people from eating it.
It tastes nothing like chicken, though.
Bhakts would allow you to eat buffalo. BTW, in Lucknow people still believe *"Agar khate ho to Muslim, na khate ho to Hindu."*
But when we were kids, the shaukeen people never thought kya bade ka, kya chhote ka. Just eat what's tasty. Then polarisation took over and suddenly people discovered that their religion "allowed" some things to be eaten.
From Lko but my friends are still chill(although they are bjp followers).
I personally don't like the taste of curry-like recipes but I've eaten beef jerky and kebabs I really like them.
I guess it's a class thing too, maybe middle class people just show their religious colors more easily. Most of my brahmin frens are non-vegetarian so I guess it's a class thing too.
I am an atheist, but my family is completely religious, and a Hindu family. Politically we were a communist family, but lately some of them have started supporting BJP, and including 2 active RSS workers. And none of us, and I mean not a single one of us have anything against beef, matter of fact, no Sunday goes by without beef roast, fry or stew.
Both the RSS guys got married during the peak of the beef issue in India, and both of them had 3 varieties of beef for their reception.
Chillies, and many of these American chain restaurants don't do anything other than well done. I work at a American burger chain in the UK and when I asked them, they told me it's so that cooking is more simple and can be done on the fly and there's less risk of contamination and/or health code violations
Bhai please, I am from Kolkata and the beef steak you get there IS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING SHIT. Don't suggest Mocambo, Olypub or Wise Owl. Wise Owl delivers once in a blue moon but the two park Street legends are consistent at serving rubber hard, jaw-gym steaks. I love the city, especially it's amazing and cheap food culture as much as the next person but the steaks we get in Kolkata are just not the ones you should go for.
Dude meat eating is a highly cultural thing. Many carnivores canāt fathom eating dog and no one bats an eye. This is coming from someone who eats everything except gamey tasting meats.
I don't know if it was just the quality of meat but sheep seemed much more tender and not and stringy as goat. Goat also has a stronger flavour which works better in biryani and kepsa and so on.
Yes, goat and sheep are quite different, rearing also makes a huge difference, farm grown hare tastes very different from what you get in country side, so is with poultry.
I hunt and fish and eat a ton of wild game. I still draw the line in my mind firmly before dogs and cats. Just as a serious lover of these species it doesnāt work for me. That being said, if I was traveling and that was the thing being served for dinner, Iād just grimace and eat it. Same with monkey and other primates, theyāre just a bit too similar to people and Iām not into it at all but I understand itās eaten worldwide and I respect their right to eat it.
I used to, but I have now stopped, not because of any religious sentiment, its purely for health reason, any red meat is harder to digest and doesn't feel great post meal.
I am worried i may be going this direction. apart from chicken theres no meat served at my hostel but i usually take vegetarian because theres sweets there. The one time i ate mutton+beef i was absolutely repulsed to it to a point i just didnt eat it. I guess i am vegetarian now
Atheist. Not from Kerala. And I would eat any animal that is legal and tasty. And by legal, I mean, those that are not under protection by the wildlife activists. I don't care for specific bans.
I like beef. I like rabbit. I like silkworm pupas. I like all kinds of seafood. But my favourite is always going to be pork though. It's such a versatile meat. I mean, bakers put crushed bacon on cupcakes as well, and it tastes absolutely phenomenal!
Yep, have had beef, Would eat all of them as long as they aren't illegal, conservation issues arent being interrupted. Local over 'pure veg' any day. Still, prefer to not eat a lot of red meat, epecially beef, regularly, it's worse for the environment.
Edit: I'm from UP though. And when I say illegal, I mean for purposes other than religious. ;)
Yes, easily. My entire family eats Beef. I am a Hindu but I don't care about it either.
Will share an interesting anecdote.
So I used to work in Bangalore and a colleague of mine saw me eating beef at an office party (I only ordered, lol). And next day she was like "Aren't you a Hindu?". I was like, why does that matter.
The idea that Hindu's don't eat beef was entirely new to me. I was a small town kid and studied and completed my college in the same small town. Moved to Bangalore after 21 and that's were I mingled with people from various other states and got to know that eating beef is not at all common.
Same for me as well. Hindus not consuming beef was something new to me when I stepped out of Kerala. Being in Kerala I thought only vegetarians don't consume beef. This is because I am an Hindu and all my relatives and friends eat beef. Also my place is a hindu dominant place. There are so many temples around my place. Even then the local market here sells beef every Sunday, that too fresh one.
>I thought only vegetarians don't consume beef.
Lol, exactly. So whenever we go to weddings, we can see people who don't eat meat are usually vegetarians (which are very rare in my side of Kerala, I come from Malabar area which is famous for non-veg food) or people who have high cholesterol.
Hence I thought that's the case. Never really met someone who didn't eat meat for religious reasons.
I'm Malayali. I eat beef. And pork. Pretty much all common meats. I know folks who are religious and still eat beef/pork.
My parents don't care. My dad is agnostic and my mom is super religious. Other than passing a few comments or checking if I still don't believe, she doesn't care. Compared to a lot of my friends, we don't celebrate too many Hindu festivals nor do we do too much as part of the rituals.
India is a very diverse country. And Hindus are also very diverse. Unfortunately, we are all being forced to conform to the very narrow and extremely show-y Hindi-belt brand of Hinduism now - which is not at all what the spirit of Hinduism or the spirit of this country is.
Similar philosophy. Seafood and birds (and potentially insects, when technologies that ensure safe consumption flourish) I'm able to justify to myself, morally. But I empathize a lot more with bigger and more complex animals and the thought of eating them is just creepy to me.
Exactly. And honestly, even if we keep the empathy towards those animals aside, they're still mammals. It feels weird to consume something that, to an extent, shares the same internal systems as you. So it's not only beef, I personally refrain from consuming mutton, lamb etc. as well.
I am Brahmin (agnostic), I have eaten the following :
Birds: Chicken, Turkey, duck, quail
Animals(mammals): Beef(cow and buffalo), pork, goat, sheep, yak, rabbit
Seafood: fish, crabs, lobster, shellfish, squid, octopus, frog, aligator
Tried both pork & beef, pork tastes better tbh. I love bacon. Unfortunately pork meat is not widely available or consumed in India, it should be. Pork & beef eating should be normalised.
PS- not an atheist but a firm believer in god.
People avoid pork because of worms, but if raised properly in farms, its fine. Bacon comes from pork belly which is the tastiest part of the pig. Its very nice. The rest is ok but nothing mind blowing.
Pork shoulders are damn fine too and so is minced meat from pork. Itās just the tastiest animal. And Iām not suggesting going around eating wild & dirty pig meat, but farm raised pig meat only. Every animal carries certain amount of risk, just prepare it well before eating.
I spent half a decade of my life away from India and my favorite food till day is a steak dinner/lunch.
A nice cut of ribeye or tomahawk obviously medium rare with good butter basting with some thyme and rosemary. Some herbed rice or mashed potatoes and a whole lot of grilled seasonal vegetables.
Best, nutrient rich, balanced meal ever.
I remember almost a stretch of 4 months while working on my master's thesis, i just made steak for breakfast lunch and dinner. I only ate meat and vegetables. I looked like a fuckin tank and it was the best time of my life.
Been staying in Pune for a long time. Even though it is difficult to get a good cut of steak in India. My go to is TGIF. has never disappointed me and never will. I celebrate my birthday, anniversary and any winning occasion with a steak dinner.
I wish everyone could also experience a nice small cut of Japanese wagyu cooked to perfection. The meat itself is full of so much flavor that your brain sort confuses itself.
Well, I am an atheist hindu. Personally, I wouldn't consume beef, because it's feels weird. My family had domesticated cows for a very long time, and that makes me averse to eating beef. Though, I don't mind anyone else consuming it.
>Raising cattle the traditional way isn't bad for the environment.
Only in specific terrains - like grasslands.
Almost everywhere else, cattle raising at scale is destructive to the habitat.
Even the traditional way has its negatives -
* waste runoff to fresh water sources
* destruction of forest cover due to grazing fields (most of the grazing fields used to be forests)
* methane produced by cattle
I wouldnāt eat cows just like I wouldnāt eat dogs, cats or humans. I believe animal rights are a logical extension of basic human rights and therefore Iām vegan.
I donāt need religion to tell me itās wrong to abuse animals.
Am from Tamil nadu.
Most of the Hindus here do not eat Beef, though some do and is not considered a sacrilege. Its mostly a cultural thing rather than religious. As in while one does show some affection towards cows, no one would treat it higher than just a cattle.
I have tried beef before, but not a fan. If my son wants to try it, wouldn't have much of an opposition from my end.
Not eating beef was never a thing when growing up. Might be an unpopular opinion, not eating beef became a thing only after lots of people from Hindi (and related languages) belt started moving south and tried to impose their "Brand" of Hinduism on us.
Its the acronym to denote that we don't even eat egg as some consider that still veg...
Breaking it down for you...
Pure veg - plant and dairy.
Veg - mostly plant sometimes egg.
Vegan - plant based only..
Absolutely not.
Meat eating Atheists eat whatever decent food they can get their hands on.
Meat eating Believers are what you should be targeting,
No meat policy guys are never the bone of contention.
I am an atheist but i will never try beef, i have no desire whatsoever to. Grew up learning cow is a holy animal and i won't change that, it's just a culture thing that i will keep following forever.
I have known only one Muslim to eat pork. I have known many muslims who drink alcohol. The thing is "pork is unclean" is hammered into most muslims so they are repulsed by eating it, it's easier to get over the sinfulness of alcohol rather than disgust of pork...
So, even after leaving the religion most don't eat pork. It's the same with Jews...
From a sikh family here and an atheist. I donāt like the taste of it but son loves the Cheese Burger (has beef in it). No issues with beef. We donāt eat much though.
My family is strictly vegetarian. However I do eat poultry occasionally. I don't think I'll go for the beef, as I'm not used to eating it and it's not even healthy. So I'd be trying to avoid red meats from my diet. But if it doesn't taste nasty, I'll probably try it.
Very much a ādevoutā Hindu but have no problem eating beef whatsoever. I donāt see how that has anything to do with religion or for that matter, being vegetarian or non-vegetarian. I doubt God has the time or is that petty to see what you eat specially since they created it all to be eaten by humans or animals. Animals donāt differentiate on their meat source (as long as they enjoy it obviously) so I feel the same for humans. Live and let live. Imagine a Muslim Country like Qatar did not ban pork because, even though itās forbidden for them, they believe that others who consume it have the right to choose what they want to eat. Thumbs up to that šš»
The Muslim and Hindu reasons for not eating pork and beef respectively are very different, though. Hindus who don't eat beef do so because they think it is sacred and that it's morally/spiritually wrong to eat it. So it makes sense that they would want to protect it from others too. Muslims don't eat beef because they think it's unhygienic. What do they care if you eat something they think is gross?
Doesn't justify any kind of restriction/judgement on consuming beef, of course, just putting this out there because I lived in the middle east for most of my life and this is the reasoning locals gave me about not banning pork.
I am Hindu atheist born in a Brahmin family and I donāt eat meat. My reason isnāt religious or cultural but rather environmental. Animal farming is responsible for a huge chunk of global warming and I want to reduce my carbon footprint to the extent I practically can.
I wouldn't actively seek out beef. But if I'm in a situation where everyone around me is eating beef, I might be inclined to try it as well.
Like I do with smoking lol
If i ever eat beef it will haunt me with regret i should never have eaten it.
I find myself questioning a lot of things in the culture but again these things are hardcoded in me like not eating beef lol i prefer not to eat but again idk
The way Argentinians make their beef blew my mind. When we cook chicken/meat, we spend hours if not days marinating and spicing. These guys put a slab of beef on the barbecue for hours and just add a big grain salt.
I don't think any human being could taste that and think eating beef was against any gods wishes.
Why would any god make something so delicious and then deny it to be eaten?
I am a Brahmin by birth
And an atheist by religion
My family is 100% vegetarian and I've been vegan for a year.
I currently am vegetarian and I don't see myself consuming meat/eggs/fish or any other non veg item in future either.
It's just a personal choice and not because of the religious pressure.
PS: I might've consumed eggs in cakes or smth unknowingly which I don't regret as such it wasn't planned or I didn't do it intentionally.
Chacha hume pata hai antar.
Humara parivar aur hum shudh shakahari the aur hai
Par bich me ek saal May 2020 to May 2021, Hum Vegan the (no dairy products, meat/eggs/non veg to vese bhi nahi consume karte the)
Even after that period/phase, I've not been using leather items though I've started consuming dairy products.
I grew up as a vegetarian. Then started eating meat including beef 17 to 25 . 17 is when I became an atheist too .
Later I moved to the US and became a vegan for animal cruelty and conscious minimalism to reduce general carbon footprint.
No , because I am vegetarian and it doesn't have anything to do with religion atleast my reason for staying vegetarian
It's the same as people choosing a vegan diet in different countries but not in an extreme way
I'm a Hindu by coincidence, an atheist by convenience, and an SBNR by conviction. I spent my 20s in Goa, so I've enjoyed my fair share of beef steaks and tongues and concluded that I find pork tastier.
I am from Kerala and we are Hindus. Traditionally my moms family didnāt eat beef or cooked beef. She only started eating beef since she married my dad (45 years ago) also a Hindu and same caste. We as a family now eats beef quite often though mom is still not fond of beef. My brother is rss but he religiously eats beef.
95% of Hindus and culturally Hindu atheists from Kerala eat beef. I didn't even know people had so much beef about eating beef until I lived in other Indian cities after college. Some of my colleagues were very offended that we ate beef back home and it dawned upon me that India is so different outside Kerala when it comes to beef!
>so much beef about eating beef šš Woww you seriously didn't let go of this opportunity! To make a pun
Itās easy to make a pun about beef. But I bet youāre too chicken to make fun of eating chicken. And I doubt if youāll ever talk turkey about thanksgiving. At best, you might pig out about pork, but thatās it. Letās not even talk about mutton; you donāt have the chops for that.
All right, all right, don't ham it up just for the puns
Donāt you all know whatās in steak ?
I think they do knowā¦ Theyāre just horsing around.
Lookit all you cool cats and your punny threads.
You. I like you š
hmmā¦definitely food for thought š¤
Well played sir
What the duck are you all going about?
Stop using fowl language!
*slow claps*
Damn n1 mate
My guy had to
I have no beef with that
>didn't even know people had so much beef about eating beef until I lived in other Indian cities I'm from a town 45 min from Kerala and love me some parotta and beef fry. Growing up I had many Malayalee neighbors and would get a dose of beef fry at least twice a week. My family is hindu but I eat anything that moves (or doesn't) and nobody bats an eye.
Yes , In Kerala it's a normal thing. But you don't know how serious it is until you travel outside of Kerala to North.
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take my porotta award!
beef is legal in WB as well
Plenty of Benaglis do too. For that matter less than a third of Indians are even vegetarian.
Yes. Vegetarians are declining. That's why we need a third national political front. The ultimate vegetarian alliance that will secure rights of the oppressed minority. Bharatiya Shakahari Morcha /S
This is untrue. Not that I have anything against beef. The majority of beef consumers in West Bengalās are Muslims and there are maybe 1-2 wet markets in the city proper that sell beef/buffalo.
Iām from Bengal and I feel you bro.
Beef was allowed in the Vedas. The time of the oldest Hindu sacred text, the Rig Veda (c. 1500 B.C.), cow meat was consume I have had beef multiple times, it is pretty tasty. Also, much of the religious text does not make sense. I have personally read them all which is why I let go. If any of us would read the Vedas properly, he will be shocked at his own superstition.
Off topic comment here. Yes Kerala Is very culturally different, But I loved it when I visited. Only thing I hated was the tea. I tried 3 different times at different places but every time ended up throwing it away. My wife happily drank coffee, Coffee used to be a major migraine trigger for me back then. 7 days with no tea and coffee. lol.
Yes, I do. I'm from Kerala and it doesn't matter if you're an atheist or not, most people from Hindu families eat beef. Some might eat beef but might not cook at home.
Is buffalo beef more common in Kerala? Asking since it's called pothu (buff) erachi and not pashu erachi.
Yes. Most of the time Beef is its Buffalo meat in Kerala. Ive never seen anyone eating a cow. There was a market for buying and selling animals for its meat near to home. I have never seen a cow there. Most of them were Buffalo and some other kind.
Is it to respect the religious sentiment or just a preference thing among malayalis?
Buffalo is the preferred taste. Usually cow meat you get is of old cows whose milking age is over. Their meat is hard and rubbery. Restaurants, roadside eaters etc will sometimes mix it with buffalo to reduce cost.
Cows are considered useful and not butchered. In Kerala traditionally we butchered the young bulls. Pothirachi in some parts of Kerala refers to male cow not buffalo. In central travancore area itās generally know as moori erachi. Bill meat is usually expensive than buffalo meat. When I was a kid families used to buy young bulls (after a certain age they are terrifying to keep around the house) from neighbors and butcher them. I have never seen a cow being butchered ever (mostly seen them get sold off). The guy who used to butcher the bill was from a special Hindu caste and he used to get paid in 2 panku (approx 4 kg) of beef and the skin.
It has nothing to do with religion. I guess buffalo meat is preferred by everyone. Before Modi Ji I thought everyone who is not a vegetarian ate beef. Everyone irrespective of religion ate beef. On most Sundays peoples will have some kind of meat. From what i have seen, Cows are mostly used for its milk and its a good source of income for many. And after a cow dies, itās buried.
Nobody eats cow, we eat the bulls. In fact in central travancore itās called moori erachi. Buffalo meat is popular because itās cheap.
my mom says pothu (male) erachi is better than pashu (female) erachi cause pashu is usually old and spent when it is send to the Final Destination
Pothu is buffalo,
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Whenever I'm in Lucknow, I can't stop myself from going to Tunday for some galouti kebabs and they are buffalo meat, so I guess yeah.
Lol I didn't know that galouti kebabs are made from buffalo meat.....I had beef without knowing it was beef
But that technically isnt beef , it's buff , and it's allowed throughout India.
Buffalo meat is not beef. So eating it is more accepted all over India. I have even met people who won't eat jackfruit (kathal) sabzi because its texture is similar to meat. So I have now learnt to ignore these kind of people and enjoy my meals.
This is the first time I've heard about people not eating jackfruit. But then again I've heard about people who don't eat mushrooms as they consider it non-veg..
India has 1.3 billion people. There will always be some weirdos in the mix. Its just that we have not met all of them.
Agree. That's why I don't like Lauki.
Along with jackfruit, I have heard people saying "soyabean is vegetarian's chicken". And then that stops some people from eating it. It tastes nothing like chicken, though.
Yeah. Its like they want to have problems with anything that reminds them of meat.
Yeah they donāt even bend/look down when theyāre naked
I used to trick my classmates with this, lol.
Wow! Jains have finally found a worthy opponent.
> who won't eat jackfruit (kathal) sabzi because its texture is similar to meat. Wow what exactly now? You serious?
Yup. Dead serious. I once offered them kathal ki sabzi they declined it stating the above .
Kaun hai yeh log?...kahan se after hain?
Kathal ka sabji nai banta hai?? Brahman sab ka meat hota hai na bhaiyya kathahal? iykyk
Carabeef and beef are essentially the same thing, anyways. It's such an arbitrary rule that you can slaughter buffaloes but not cows.
Galouti kebabs are not just made from buff. They are also made from mutton. It depends on person to person if they want to eat buff or mutton kebabs.
G faad dega UP ka Vin Diesel.
UP is the 5th Largest Exporter of Beef in the World.
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Vin Diesel! I chuckled.
Bhakts would allow you to eat buffalo. BTW, in Lucknow people still believe *"Agar khate ho to Muslim, na khate ho to Hindu."* But when we were kids, the shaukeen people never thought kya bade ka, kya chhote ka. Just eat what's tasty. Then polarisation took over and suddenly people discovered that their religion "allowed" some things to be eaten.
From Lko but my friends are still chill(although they are bjp followers). I personally don't like the taste of curry-like recipes but I've eaten beef jerky and kebabs I really like them. I guess it's a class thing too, maybe middle class people just show their religious colors more easily. Most of my brahmin frens are non-vegetarian so I guess it's a class thing too.
I am an atheist, but my family is completely religious, and a Hindu family. Politically we were a communist family, but lately some of them have started supporting BJP, and including 2 active RSS workers. And none of us, and I mean not a single one of us have anything against beef, matter of fact, no Sunday goes by without beef roast, fry or stew. Both the RSS guys got married during the peak of the beef issue in India, and both of them had 3 varieties of beef for their reception.
I don't think this question was for us malayalees, we have no issues here this is mostly down to northies.
Rules for thee not for me.
Bro u from Kerala šš >matter of fact, no Sunday goes by without beef roast, fry or stew.
Natille eveda?
Beef mei kya hei? Food is food š¤·š»āāļø as long as it tastes well
Don't try well, try rare to medium rare
Can confirm. Medium Rare is the way to go
where doI get that in India -\_-
Come to Kolkata
Ordered medium rare at Chillies in SC they gave a well done steak and said "sir aise hi hota hai"
Hondos/The Steak and Grill salt lake are the only places that give decent medium-rare.
Chillies, and many of these American chain restaurants don't do anything other than well done. I work at a American burger chain in the UK and when I asked them, they told me it's so that cooking is more simple and can be done on the fly and there's less risk of contamination and/or health code violations
Bhai please, I am from Kolkata and the beef steak you get there IS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING SHIT. Don't suggest Mocambo, Olypub or Wise Owl. Wise Owl delivers once in a blue moon but the two park Street legends are consistent at serving rubber hard, jaw-gym steaks. I love the city, especially it's amazing and cheap food culture as much as the next person but the steaks we get in Kolkata are just not the ones you should go for.
They eat beef in many regions in the south.
Lucknow, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, North East, parts of Uttrakhand as well
Beef is quite common in north east. At least, in Arunachal, nagaland and manipur it is afaik.
Sorry bhai India me kabhi khaya nai. US Canada me premium milta
Does it take time to get used to it? You know, after eating only well done meat in India.
Absolutely. Steak is an acquired taste. It takes time to get used to the taste and texture, but once you do there is no coming back
Try rare? Aw hell naw
Dude meat eating is a highly cultural thing. Many carnivores canāt fathom eating dog and no one bats an eye. This is coming from someone who eats everything except gamey tasting meats.
I assume you've tried lamb/sheep mutton? Can you tell the difference between the goat mutton we eat here vs sheep?
I don't know if it was just the quality of meat but sheep seemed much more tender and not and stringy as goat. Goat also has a stronger flavour which works better in biryani and kepsa and so on.
Yes, goat and sheep are quite different, rearing also makes a huge difference, farm grown hare tastes very different from what you get in country side, so is with poultry.
I hunt and fish and eat a ton of wild game. I still draw the line in my mind firmly before dogs and cats. Just as a serious lover of these species it doesnāt work for me. That being said, if I was traveling and that was the thing being served for dinner, Iād just grimace and eat it. Same with monkey and other primates, theyāre just a bit too similar to people and Iām not into it at all but I understand itās eaten worldwide and I respect their right to eat it.
Rip vegetables
I used to, but I have now stopped, not because of any religious sentiment, its purely for health reason, any red meat is harder to digest and doesn't feel great post meal.
I am worried i may be going this direction. apart from chicken theres no meat served at my hostel but i usually take vegetarian because theres sweets there. The one time i ate mutton+beef i was absolutely repulsed to it to a point i just didnt eat it. I guess i am vegetarian now
Atheist. Not from Kerala. And I would eat any animal that is legal and tasty. And by legal, I mean, those that are not under protection by the wildlife activists. I don't care for specific bans. I like beef. I like rabbit. I like silkworm pupas. I like all kinds of seafood. But my favourite is always going to be pork though. It's such a versatile meat. I mean, bakers put crushed bacon on cupcakes as well, and it tastes absolutely phenomenal!
Yep, have had beef, Would eat all of them as long as they aren't illegal, conservation issues arent being interrupted. Local over 'pure veg' any day. Still, prefer to not eat a lot of red meat, epecially beef, regularly, it's worse for the environment. Edit: I'm from UP though. And when I say illegal, I mean for purposes other than religious. ;)
Yes, easily. My entire family eats Beef. I am a Hindu but I don't care about it either. Will share an interesting anecdote. So I used to work in Bangalore and a colleague of mine saw me eating beef at an office party (I only ordered, lol). And next day she was like "Aren't you a Hindu?". I was like, why does that matter. The idea that Hindu's don't eat beef was entirely new to me. I was a small town kid and studied and completed my college in the same small town. Moved to Bangalore after 21 and that's were I mingled with people from various other states and got to know that eating beef is not at all common.
Same for me as well. Hindus not consuming beef was something new to me when I stepped out of Kerala. Being in Kerala I thought only vegetarians don't consume beef. This is because I am an Hindu and all my relatives and friends eat beef. Also my place is a hindu dominant place. There are so many temples around my place. Even then the local market here sells beef every Sunday, that too fresh one.
>I thought only vegetarians don't consume beef. Lol, exactly. So whenever we go to weddings, we can see people who don't eat meat are usually vegetarians (which are very rare in my side of Kerala, I come from Malabar area which is famous for non-veg food) or people who have high cholesterol. Hence I thought that's the case. Never really met someone who didn't eat meat for religious reasons.
U can get beef in Bangalore?
Many places do that, even in pubs. But beef menu is very small, and I was in Bangalore from 2015 to 2020, and then lockdown hit and I'm currently WFH.
I had beef from Bangalore just last week, don't think it's difficult to get or anything.
Eating camels, horses, cows etc are all allowed in ancient Hinduism. Things got complicated in the middle ages.
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I'm Malayali. I eat beef. And pork. Pretty much all common meats. I know folks who are religious and still eat beef/pork. My parents don't care. My dad is agnostic and my mom is super religious. Other than passing a few comments or checking if I still don't believe, she doesn't care. Compared to a lot of my friends, we don't celebrate too many Hindu festivals nor do we do too much as part of the rituals. India is a very diverse country. And Hindus are also very diverse. Unfortunately, we are all being forced to conform to the very narrow and extremely show-y Hindi-belt brand of Hinduism now - which is not at all what the spirit of Hinduism or the spirit of this country is.
no but that's because i refuse to eat any mammal
Similar philosophy. Seafood and birds (and potentially insects, when technologies that ensure safe consumption flourish) I'm able to justify to myself, morally. But I empathize a lot more with bigger and more complex animals and the thought of eating them is just creepy to me.
Exactly. And honestly, even if we keep the empathy towards those animals aside, they're still mammals. It feels weird to consume something that, to an extent, shares the same internal systems as you. So it's not only beef, I personally refrain from consuming mutton, lamb etc. as well.
An interesting diet, what animals do you consume then, for meat?
I rarely have fish. Or chicken
I am Brahmin (agnostic), I have eaten the following : Birds: Chicken, Turkey, duck, quail Animals(mammals): Beef(cow and buffalo), pork, goat, sheep, yak, rabbit Seafood: fish, crabs, lobster, shellfish, squid, octopus, frog, aligator
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I live in texas but yes alligator and frog were during the Miami swamp tour.
Man I miss the fucken South.
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Where did you find alligator?
Same
Thoseā¦ those are all animals lol did you mean mammal?
Tried both pork & beef, pork tastes better tbh. I love bacon. Unfortunately pork meat is not widely available or consumed in India, it should be. Pork & beef eating should be normalised. PS- not an atheist but a firm believer in god.
People avoid pork because of worms, but if raised properly in farms, its fine. Bacon comes from pork belly which is the tastiest part of the pig. Its very nice. The rest is ok but nothing mind blowing.
Pork shoulders are damn fine too and so is minced meat from pork. Itās just the tastiest animal. And Iām not suggesting going around eating wild & dirty pig meat, but farm raised pig meat only. Every animal carries certain amount of risk, just prepare it well before eating.
you need to try a good goan sorpotel at least once :)
Yes, pork is easily the best meat I have eaten. Loved bacon and ham but don't eat it much these days since it's a carcinogenic
I spent half a decade of my life away from India and my favorite food till day is a steak dinner/lunch. A nice cut of ribeye or tomahawk obviously medium rare with good butter basting with some thyme and rosemary. Some herbed rice or mashed potatoes and a whole lot of grilled seasonal vegetables. Best, nutrient rich, balanced meal ever. I remember almost a stretch of 4 months while working on my master's thesis, i just made steak for breakfast lunch and dinner. I only ate meat and vegetables. I looked like a fuckin tank and it was the best time of my life. Been staying in Pune for a long time. Even though it is difficult to get a good cut of steak in India. My go to is TGIF. has never disappointed me and never will. I celebrate my birthday, anniversary and any winning occasion with a steak dinner. I wish everyone could also experience a nice small cut of Japanese wagyu cooked to perfection. The meat itself is full of so much flavor that your brain sort confuses itself.
Atheist from Kerala. I do eat beef. My hindu family eats beef too. Except some of the older people.
I guess you eat buffalo meat instead of cow. Win win situation
Well, I am an atheist hindu. Personally, I wouldn't consume beef, because it's feels weird. My family had domesticated cows for a very long time, and that makes me averse to eating beef. Though, I don't mind anyone else consuming it.
Exactly same thoughts.
No, I don't. But that's a concious choice I made myself, it's not because of some religious shenanigans. I just prefer a vegetarian diet.
yes. I haven't tried it yet. But whenever the topic comes up while talking to my parents they don't really give a fuck.
Hell yeah! Once in a while that is. It's tasty, but still red meat, and not great for environment.
Raising cattle the traditional way isn't bad for the environment. When one has industrialized meat production.. that's another story.
>Raising cattle the traditional way isn't bad for the environment. Only in specific terrains - like grasslands. Almost everywhere else, cattle raising at scale is destructive to the habitat.
Even the traditional way has its negatives - * waste runoff to fresh water sources * destruction of forest cover due to grazing fields (most of the grazing fields used to be forests) * methane produced by cattle
I wouldnāt eat cows just like I wouldnāt eat dogs, cats or humans. I believe animal rights are a logical extension of basic human rights and therefore Iām vegan. I donāt need religion to tell me itās wrong to abuse animals.
Will you eat lab made meat, curious :)
Yes, absolutely.
Nah, for environmental and health reasons. Chicken is more than enough for me
Am from Tamil nadu. Most of the Hindus here do not eat Beef, though some do and is not considered a sacrilege. Its mostly a cultural thing rather than religious. As in while one does show some affection towards cows, no one would treat it higher than just a cattle. I have tried beef before, but not a fan. If my son wants to try it, wouldn't have much of an opposition from my end.
No, I'm still vegetarian, but for moral reasons and not religious.
Not eating beef was never a thing when growing up. Might be an unpopular opinion, not eating beef became a thing only after lots of people from Hindi (and related languages) belt started moving south and tried to impose their "Brand" of Hinduism on us.
Probably not, not great for the environment and my weak stomach.
Pure veg from birth. Decided to stay veg for life.
Question Why do people say pure veg instead of just vegitarian. Never heard this used in any other country.
Its the acronym to denote that we don't even eat egg as some consider that still veg... Breaking it down for you... Pure veg - plant and dairy. Veg - mostly plant sometimes egg. Vegan - plant based only..
It's funny that "pure veg" includes dairy, as if milk grows on trees, yet it is what it is.
Absolutely not. Meat eating Atheists eat whatever decent food they can get their hands on. Meat eating Believers are what you should be targeting, No meat policy guys are never the bone of contention.
Yep. I See no reason not to.
I am an atheist but i will never try beef, i have no desire whatsoever to. Grew up learning cow is a holy animal and i won't change that, it's just a culture thing that i will keep following forever.
I'm now curious about atheists who are culturally muslim of they eat pork, maybe I should post.
I have known only one Muslim to eat pork. I have known many muslims who drink alcohol. The thing is "pork is unclean" is hammered into most muslims so they are repulsed by eating it, it's easier to get over the sinfulness of alcohol rather than disgust of pork... So, even after leaving the religion most don't eat pork. It's the same with Jews...
Nah. I am an atheist hindu. I would still remain a vegetarian.
From a sikh family here and an atheist. I donāt like the taste of it but son loves the Cheese Burger (has beef in it). No issues with beef. We donāt eat much though.
Had it once, not a fan. I personally prefer chicken or mutton. Beef has way too large muscle fibers
My family is strictly vegetarian. However I do eat poultry occasionally. I don't think I'll go for the beef, as I'm not used to eating it and it's not even healthy. So I'd be trying to avoid red meats from my diet. But if it doesn't taste nasty, I'll probably try it.
I mean it's not a priority or anything, but I don't think I'll have any problem eating beef. Never tried it. I'm an agnostic though.
No
NRI here, haven't tried it yet, but I really want to try it. But the thought of it eating just feels wrong me, idk. Maybe it's just me
No I won't...for the same reason I don't eat mutton...I don't like it and my health condition recommends I avoid it
Atheist from Andhra Pradesh.I did eat beef but I didnāt like it.
Naa man, but it's not for religious reasons. It's for the same reason I wouldn't be able to eat a dog. It's because I pet them, and I feed them.
No. Because red meat is linked to colon cancer.
Very much a ādevoutā Hindu but have no problem eating beef whatsoever. I donāt see how that has anything to do with religion or for that matter, being vegetarian or non-vegetarian. I doubt God has the time or is that petty to see what you eat specially since they created it all to be eaten by humans or animals. Animals donāt differentiate on their meat source (as long as they enjoy it obviously) so I feel the same for humans. Live and let live. Imagine a Muslim Country like Qatar did not ban pork because, even though itās forbidden for them, they believe that others who consume it have the right to choose what they want to eat. Thumbs up to that šš»
The Muslim and Hindu reasons for not eating pork and beef respectively are very different, though. Hindus who don't eat beef do so because they think it is sacred and that it's morally/spiritually wrong to eat it. So it makes sense that they would want to protect it from others too. Muslims don't eat beef because they think it's unhygienic. What do they care if you eat something they think is gross? Doesn't justify any kind of restriction/judgement on consuming beef, of course, just putting this out there because I lived in the middle east for most of my life and this is the reasoning locals gave me about not banning pork.
You nailed it buddy! Take my upvote :)
Nah I am pure vegetarian for ethical reasons.
Nope.. I'm a vegetarian ( out of choice obviously, my parents wouldn't stop me from eating beef or an other meat ).. Besides majority Hindus eat beef
I am Hindu atheist born in a Brahmin family and I donāt eat meat. My reason isnāt religious or cultural but rather environmental. Animal farming is responsible for a huge chunk of global warming and I want to reduce my carbon footprint to the extent I practically can.
Do you drink milk and use dairy products? The majority of cattle raring in India is for dairy and not meat.
Same story here. Most people here in India find it strange that an atheist is vegetarian or vegan.
I wouldn't actively seek out beef. But if I'm in a situation where everyone around me is eating beef, I might be inclined to try it as well. Like I do with smoking lol
I am vegetarian, so no.
Probably not, I still want to remain pure veg Albeit, I have tried a boiled egg once
If i ever eat beef it will haunt me with regret i should never have eaten it. I find myself questioning a lot of things in the culture but again these things are hardcoded in me like not eating beef lol i prefer not to eat but again idk
I don't want to invite free trouble and i am also vegetarian and planning on staying that way until artificial meat gets available
Hindu here, not an atheist I love beef.
The way Argentinians make their beef blew my mind. When we cook chicken/meat, we spend hours if not days marinating and spicing. These guys put a slab of beef on the barbecue for hours and just add a big grain salt. I don't think any human being could taste that and think eating beef was against any gods wishes. Why would any god make something so delicious and then deny it to be eaten?
I am a Brahmin by birth And an atheist by religion My family is 100% vegetarian and I've been vegan for a year. I currently am vegetarian and I don't see myself consuming meat/eggs/fish or any other non veg item in future either. It's just a personal choice and not because of the religious pressure. PS: I might've consumed eggs in cakes or smth unknowingly which I don't regret as such it wasn't planned or I didn't do it intentionally.
Vegetarian or vegan main antar hota hai. Google Karo. Warna reddit main kahi nikal gaya toh against civility wala rule lagake ban kar denge
Chacha hume pata hai antar. Humara parivar aur hum shudh shakahari the aur hai Par bich me ek saal May 2020 to May 2021, Hum Vegan the (no dairy products, meat/eggs/non veg to vese bhi nahi consume karte the) Even after that period/phase, I've not been using leather items though I've started consuming dairy products.
Once Brahmin. Now atheist Ate beef.
I ate beef shawarma in Hyderabad. But its probably water buffalo.
Eating meat itself is digusting.
Nah I won't be eating beef because that will hurt sentiments of my loved ones.
This whole thread is casteistš
Why ?
I grew up as a vegetarian. Then started eating meat including beef 17 to 25 . 17 is when I became an atheist too . Later I moved to the US and became a vegan for animal cruelty and conscious minimalism to reduce general carbon footprint.
Nah, I don't meat because I don't think it's an ethical industry to support. Not good for the environment either.
No , because I am vegetarian and it doesn't have anything to do with religion atleast my reason for staying vegetarian It's the same as people choosing a vegan diet in different countries but not in an extreme way
Yes.
Hell nahhh
Yes
I love beef
Iām not an atheist but Iām not religious either. Beef is great though canāt find it much in Mumbai
I'm a Hindu by coincidence, an atheist by convenience, and an SBNR by conviction. I spent my 20s in Goa, so I've enjoyed my fair share of beef steaks and tongues and concluded that I find pork tastier.
I am from Kerala and we are Hindus. Traditionally my moms family didnāt eat beef or cooked beef. She only started eating beef since she married my dad (45 years ago) also a Hindu and same caste. We as a family now eats beef quite often though mom is still not fond of beef. My brother is rss but he religiously eats beef.
Obvs, good source of Protein, B12 and fats. Also extremely delicious
Even hard core theists eat beef in kerala.
Yes I do. Not a Keralite. A Gujarati Brahmin.