I am a vegetarian and have been since college.  This was a choice based on simple preference, not on ethics or health.  Meat just really does not appeal to me. The same cannot be said of my family members.  I live in a houseful of carnivores. I did not do much cooking growing up, and by the time I started doing real cooking (not just heating, microwaving, or thawing), I was a vegetarian, so I never learned how to actually prepare any type of meat.  My husband, on the other hand, makes great steak (I admit–I have tasted it, and it is good), and the kids LOVE it when he…