I believe the saying goes "eat food, not too much, mostly plants". Having been in a relationship with a wonderful German woman for a while now, I've found out

I believe the saying goes "eat food, not too much, mostly plants". Having been in a relationship with a wonderful German woman for a while now, I've found out that Germany has a very solid history of vegetarian cooking. Not necessarily for ethical reasons, but because of the periods in history where meat was too expensive or simply unavailable for most people. So they had to come up with a bunch of great (primarily) vegetarian dishes. You'll probably never get me to give up my lemon chicken or shawarma completely, but you would have just as much trouble getting me to give up my portobellos or brussel sprouts.