Sun Aug 30, 2015, 01:58 AM
Luminous Animal (24,253 posts)
I am a vegetarian. You've known me as a vegetarian for 20 years. Please do not invite me
to dinner if the only thing that I can eat is bread and salad or some frozen prepackaged vegetarian thing.
You've been a guest at my house for many years. I've fed you turkey, fried chicken, pork roast, steak, burgers, brats, and dogs.
None of which I eat but I purchase and prepare and receive much praise for the deliciousness because, even if I can't taste any of what I've prepared for you, I've take the time to understand the nuances of scent and touch to deliver amazing food.
So no. Frozen tortellinis and jarred sauce is not an acceptable substitution for the feast that you have prepared for all of your other guests.
Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 02:04 AM
madaboutharry (22,137 posts)
1. Many people don't have any idea
how to prepare a vegetarian meal. It isn't on their radar. I also think it is thoughtless not to reach out to you and ask for advice and recipes, but a lot of people just don't think.
Response to madaboutharry (Reply #1)How about a bale of hay. :yawn:
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 02:12 AM
Luminous Animal (24,253 posts)
2. Yet again. I got invited for dinner and was assured that their would be a vegetarian
option.
While everyone was enjoying meat lasagna, I had caprese salad and bread.
Really dudes? You couldn't have made a small pan of meatless lasagna?
Response to Luminous Animal (Original post)
Sun Aug 30, 2015, 05:41 AM
Star Member merrily (25,304 posts)
35. What I would do: decide if you really want to be friends with these people or not.
If you do want to continue being friends, first, stop preparing meat for them. Obviously, you resent it unless the equivalent is being done for you and what you choose to prepare for them is your choice, not theirs. Either give them a nice, vegetarian meal or invite them for dessert, coffee and cordials. Or for cocktails and lots of meatless appetizers. Or go out to eat somewhere that offers something you are happy to eat. And enjoy the event, without resentment.
Or, if you are preparing meat because you like the praise about the deliciousness, recognize that and decide if the praise is enough reward.
As for their invites, after 20 years, you know what the drill is. So, fill up before you go over to their place so that whatever they give you is a snack. And enjoy the event without resentment.
Let go of all else.
Or drop them as friends.
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How about a bale of hay. :yawn:
Charming folks.
When I said, "Let's have a vegetarian over for dinner" perhaps I was misunderstood.
I actually like salads. Preferably with bacon in them. :cheersmate:
I've tried some vegetarian meals and some of them were quite good. Lots of veggies and stuff, but I simply could not do it full time. Gotta have my steak, bacon, burgers and stuff to counter-balance the health benefits of veggies...
I've tried some vegetarian meals and some of them were quite good. Lots of veggies and stuff, but I simply could not do it full time. Gotta have my steak, bacon, burgers and stuff to counter-balance the health benefits of veggies...
A well-prepared vegetarian meal - especially one that wasn't an attempt to imitate something it isn't - can be delicious. And as long as it isn't vegan, it can fairly easily have all the various amino acids (protein building blocks) humans need. But including meat in one's diet gives a fuller range of flavors as well as the full range of necessary amino acids.
When I said, "Let's have a vegetarian over for dinner" perhaps I was misunderstood.:-)
How about a bale of hay.
You've been a guest at my house for many years. I've fed you turkey, fried chicken, pork roast, steak, burgers, brats, and dogs.
You've been a guest at my house for many years. I've fed you turkey, fried chicken, pork roast, steak, burgers, brats, and dogs.
Star Member RoccoR5955 (9,081 posts)
71. Can I ask a question?
You don't eat meat, but do you wear it?
Do you wear leather shoes, a leather belt, have a leather wallet or such?
I have gone all the way, and no longer even have anything that comes from dead animals that I know of.
Just a thought, that if you are a vegetarian, and really care about animals, don't even wear them.
I doubt that this asshole has any friends much less gets invited anywhere. Bouncy failure to launch.
Up to 223 replies as of this writing proving ONCE AGAIN that these twits can be sanctimonious and argue over just about anything.
I especially like this he/she/it/thing (whatever):
:stoner:
Loons being loons
The rockonumbers primitive sure is a special snowflake.You Dog you....you give away the cheeseburger and eat the waitress.
This would throw him into seizures. One of my favorite meal combos is a diuble bacon cheeseburger, served by a hot redhead in a leather miniskirt and boots.
The rockonumbers primitive sure is a special snowflake.
This would throw him into seizures. One of my favorite meal combos is a diuble bacon cheeseburger, served by a hot redhead in a leather miniskirt and boots.
Vegetarians are cultists.
Cultists are creepy people who make normal people uncomfortable.
You Dog you....you give away the cheeseburger and eat the waitress.
Soulless creatures just waiting for you to fall asleep after a hearty meal. Be careful.
Luminous Animal (24,253 posts)
I am a vegetarian. You've known me as a vegetarian for 20 years. Please do not invite me
to dinner if the only thing that I can eat is bread and salad or some frozen prepackaged vegetarian thing.
You've been a guest at my house for many years. I've fed you turkey, fried chicken, pork roast, steak, burgers, brats, and dogs.
None of which I eat but I purchase and prepare and receive much praise for the deliciousness because, even if I can't taste any of what I've prepared for you, I've take the time to understand the nuances of scent and touch to deliver amazing food.
So no. Frozen tortellinis and jarred sauce is not an acceptable substitution for the feast that you have prepared for all of your other guests.
Instead of being all whiny and stompy foot why not tell the host(ess) you'll bring a vegetarian entree to share with everyone. For anyone else vegetables are called a side dish so it'd probably go well with whatever meat they prepare.
The beheadings come later, PGR.
They'll probably screw that up, too.
Vegetarians are cultists.
Cultists are creepy people who make normal people uncomfortable.