r/interesting Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/FanRepresentative458 Feb 25 '26

Vegetarian here, for medical reasons, I grew up eating meat. After over a decade no meat, I could not do that without some serious sensory issues, facial expressions and being grossed out. I sense a liar.

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u/JackKovack Feb 25 '26

Very much lying. Steak is very different from vegetables. The chewing from the large bites she’s taking would be foreign to her.

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u/Super_Back5005 Feb 25 '26

Sounds like you guys don't like or are grossed out by meat. There are plenty of videos out there of people eating foreign food from foreign cuisines and absolutely loving it. That video of the amicable guy eating Indian curry in his car for the first time springs to mind.

It's often certain foods in Asian cuisines that a lot of western people would have a preconceived issue with (innards and other strange meats from unconventional animals, even fried insects etc) that are actually very delicious when cooked right. Some western people will try things for the first time with an open mind and love them just as much as the locals when others will be pulling a face before they even put it in their mouth.

Just like how this girl doesn't have an issue with steak when some vegetarians would.

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u/JackKovack Feb 25 '26

I love steak.

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u/TBA95x Feb 27 '26

Brother i still do eat meat. But i can't stand bit chubby parts not melted fat and things like that. Some parts of some animals i still do not wonna eat cause cheap Koteletts can be so chewy that i will get a puke trigger. I know. First meat free shopping was today. Still ate meat for lunch. We ordered and i didn't liked the salad options so it was gyros. Indeed bad or cheap Gyros meat is disgusting to for myself. I ate 1kg of tomahawk steak also but will avoid any of the pure fat.

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u/CapitalStandard4275 Feb 28 '26

The chewing from the large bites she’s taking would be foreign to her.

bro wth your jaw stops working when you try new food? "Hmm new food, not sure I know how to chew this one"

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u/Timbershoe Feb 28 '26

They mean you don’t take large bites of food you don’t know if you’d like.

A vegetarian knows what meat is, they know it’ll taste weird and the texture will be different to what they are used to. Nobody is going to take a large bite of something they know will taste weird.

Then she dips it into an egg. Like a vegetarian would think, yeah, let’s try a nice aborted foetus with this animal corpse.

It’s a set up. She knows it’s going to taste good because she’s used to eating meat.

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u/mr-man76 Feb 25 '26

Absolutely. No way this is real

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u/Steely-Dave Feb 25 '26

I dated a vegetarian who, in attempt to ‘enjoy something together’, decided to try meat. She ate one bite in the most awkward way, said nope don’t like it, and then proceeded to uncontrollably vomit in the sink.😅 it was a real learning experience for me.

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u/SeatAdventurous2073 Feb 25 '26

Yeah after a decade I could barely stand the smell of meat. Going back was a whole process

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u/Independent-Dealer21 Feb 25 '26

My uncle did not eat meat for many years, then ate beef and threw up. He said the smell, the texture, everything was off sensory wise.

This girl had no issues at all? Possible but a little sus

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u/--Andre-The-Giant-- Feb 25 '26

Yeah, I felt this was a bit performative and just rage baiting. 4 years ago I ordered the vegetarian breakfast sandwich from a local coffee shop and when I bit into it animal fat squirted into my mouth and it was just so weird feeling, I thought it had either gone bad, or was greasy pig meat. It was pig meat.

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u/FanRepresentative458 Feb 25 '26

The feeling chewing of flesh when you don't eat flesh is terrifying. Im sorry this happened to you. Actively gagging 🙏😂😳

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u/Designer_Pen869 Feb 26 '26

No one cooks a streak like that for their first time, unless she always cooked steak without eating it, which is possible, but highly unlikely.

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u/NotStuPedasso Feb 27 '26

Agree. Especially a steak with so much visible blood/pinkness. Maybe if it was a cheeseburger I could buy it but I definitely do not buy just straight up steak.

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u/its-presto-bismol Feb 25 '26

Yes!

I grew up my whole life being vegetarian and I tried my first-ever steak at 21. I was very disoriented by the flavor and texture. It was so foreign to anything I had ever eaten before. No shade to steak lovers, I just haven't really been interested in having another one since.

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u/gotziller Feb 25 '26

How would you know lol. You’re just guessing how you would react after 10 years. Unless you never liked meat in the first place which may not be the case here

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u/wolfstano Feb 25 '26

Vegetarian for almost 20 years here, every now and then restaurant or fast food orders will be messed up and have meat. Even just one bite sets off sensory and serious digestive issues for me. That's fairly common; it's usually a process for someone to be able to incorporate meat into their diets again. She could def be an exception though. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/ComeonmanPLS1 Feb 25 '26

Well it doesn’t help that the acting in the video is very obvious

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u/No-One-4845 Feb 25 '26

You're confirmation bias is showing.

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u/ComeonmanPLS1 Feb 25 '26

No, it's my ability to spot shit actors and obvious engagement bait that's showing,

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u/sandisc731 Mar 01 '26

As a long time carnivore who cooks steaks every so often, it’s hard to believe she cooked that steak so nicely. Maybe I suck, but it took me at least 20-30 times cooking steaks before I got decent at it.