No longer Master of My Domain

I'm out of the bet! I was confronted with a meal I could not refuse. The meat was real and it was spectacular.

I figured if I was going to go out, I was going to do it in style. Vegans, you may want to avert your eyes. Many animals were harmed in the making of this meal.

We started with a the tuna and salmon carpaccio, cheese puffs, chilled ratatouille and, the piece de resistance, filet mignon tar tar. I have to think that if you're going for the gusto, you really can't announce an end to your veganity than by devouring a plate of raw red meat.

For the main course, we each shared a little bit of each others, with Matt getting the steak au poivre and Ted getting the meat cheeks. I got the braised rabbit with spaetzle. All were delicious. All were also insanely heavy.

Considering I haven't had any sort of meat or milk in a very long time, there was a definite price to pay for consuming a meal of this sort on short notice. I'll spare you the details, but I consider it my penance.

As I chowed down last night, and notified my vegan brethren, there were no screams from inside my soul. This is because I'm not a vegan. I just don't share the same beliefs. And here's the thing. I honestly think veganism is impossible unless you're either forced into it for health reasons or actually are a strict animal sympathizer.

The reason for this is because, as Saps noted earlier, it's very hard to be a vegan. It requires a constant state of vigilance and also a comfort of not being able to eat what your friends are eating. You have to suffer a little for veganism, and frankly I just don't have the conviction.

I have learned a lot about eating some foods that are very healthy for me that still taste very good ... I also still have a refrigerator full of vegan food which I do plan to eat ... so I think I will take away some valuable lessons from this bet.

This is starting to sound like a speech from a contestant just ousted from the Biggest Loser, so I'll stop, but know that I will continue to post on this blog ... if only to harass and harangue Matt and Jody.

Meat dreams, vegans.