We were going to call this post "The Sausage Whore" (and Stella approved it) but I think "Stella Eats Meat" is more to the point. For you see Stella has been a vegetarian for twelve years. TWELVE. And last night at John's Pizza on Bleecker (home of some of the city's best pizza) I said to Stella, "If you eat a piece of sausage I'll pay for your dinner." I was joking. But Stella said, "Will you really?" and I said, "Sure." I'm always happy to turn a vegetarian into a meat eater: I think we meat eating Jews would call that a mitzvah. What follows is video footage of Stella going face to face with pizza sausage in the hopes of a free meal:
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Comments (12)
Speaking of vegetarians, whatever happened to the other star of this website .... Lisa???
Posted by Helen | December 4, 2006 5:42 AM
wow, that is awesome. somewhere, anthony bourdain is smiling.
Posted by the pauper | December 4, 2006 11:00 AM
Twelve years? Pah! How about twenty? Here's where...
Posted by Murdoch | December 4, 2006 11:09 AM
My comments wouldn't post all day! :(
Anyway, I said, whoa... that's crazy. It looks like she's eating toast for dinner though- if so, you got off easy =P
Posted by Yvo | December 4, 2006 6:23 PM
I feel for Stella - I was a vegetarian for two years before I had to switch back to meat (I moved to Ecuador, its hard to stay veg in a country where most people barely get enough to eat) and that first bite of chicken was agonizing. I think its more mental, although I did get physically sick after I ate my first piece of red meat. To this day I cannot bring myself to eat a McDonald's burger, which is probably a good thing.
Posted by Matt | December 4, 2006 8:55 PM
Hard times for Stella?
Posted by Elizabeth | December 4, 2006 9:14 PM
Way to be, Stella!
It's good for people to try things once in a while, no?
I was a vegetarian for 9 years, until I learned how to butcher and life working in a kitchen took over my thinking about actual meat.
I stand by it being good to broaden your horizons, even if just for once in a while! When I was a vegetarian I used to eat one bite of steak every year on my friend Kelly's birthday just to make her flip out (tho she never taped it:)
Posted by sillypants | December 5, 2006 5:17 AM
What's the big deal? All my dates eat meat and I pay for their dinner. Oh wait a minute, she is eating the meat from a pizza. Nevermind.
Posted by Jumper | December 5, 2006 1:22 PM
Don't feel too bad, Stella. I was a strict lacto-ovo veggie person while I lived in Northern California. My downfall was my Grandma's homemade pork red chile tamales while visiting with the familia at Christmas!
Posted by Christine | December 5, 2006 2:38 PM
Makes me even more upset I couldn't make it on Saturday! :(
Posted by John K | December 5, 2006 5:35 PM
You are such a corrupter! And Stella... selling out for a free meal?
Just kidding! I would probably do the same in the same situation. I hope it was an expensive dinner :)
Posted by Kristen | December 5, 2006 7:40 PM
Oh Stella, I would have paid for your meal without forcing you to eat meat. Adam, you should be ashamed.
Posted by Kirk | December 10, 2006 12:11 AM