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I have what should be an excellent red zin in my wine rack, from Hope Winery in California... A little club I belong to that sends a few bottles quarterly. You two are welcome to get together and share it. But I get Maggie and Harry for a weekend. Need a small dog fix since Biggins went home to Canada.

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If God had not intended man to eat meat, he wouldn't have made it taste so good!

The thing that was difficult for me was that I gain a lot of weight when I eat starchy carbs. If I look at a bowl of pasta or a loaf of bread, I put on a few pounds. In the past when I tried to go meatless, I gained weight and my sugar would go sky high.

I think that everyone's metabolism is a bit different and different people do well on different foods.

For me to go vegetarian, I had to stick to lettuce, cucumbers, broccoli and things like that. I tried whole grain everything, quinoa, rice and every other imaginable starch. I always gained weight. I'm sure that this works for many people but it's very difficult for me to live on vegetables alone without any starches.

I am mostly vegetarian, not vegan, and only because beef and pork upset my stomach so terribly I just can't eat those things. Same goes for most dairy except I can eat some kinds of cheese. I try to vary my diet and I do like salty foods...