if you want to integrate food that you don't usually eat try first to gain stability in contemplation, and go slowly slowly. i have many good friends-vajra brothers that only eat meat in ganapuja.LolCat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:51 pm I am a vegetarian and have been so since childhood, I have been trying to incorporate "meat" by having fish oil capsules at every meal in convert them into ganapujas. Is this enough? If it isn't, any suggestions for some meat that I can incorporate quickly without cooking, and that others wouldn't accidentally eat? I have vegetarian friends who have no idea about my Buddhist practice, so I have to be extremely covert about these things. I am also very bad at cooking, and want to get good at things I am familiar with before venturing into meat territory.
Same goes for alcohol suggestions, I am thinking of getting a bottle of red wine, and having a spoonful with every meal, would this satisfy the requirements for ganapujas?
I am planning on buying chicken nuggets from the McDonalds nearby and having a glass of beer for ganapujas that I will be doing on special days, the questions above are only for regular meals. the same for alcohol. there is no problem with that.
the very best food for this practice is ham, because generally it is compounded by many meats and the most important about this is that it's guaranteed a possitive cause for all those beings involved, so their samsara will end. you don't need to cook ham, it comes ready, cheap, and findable in supermarket.
the best drink are red and/or white wines. also can be found in supermarket.