primitives share tales of vegetarian woes

[Conservative Libertarian]

Last year my Uncle decided to go Vegan. That Thanksgiving was in doom. He wanted to do everything like always, including the turkey. I fought him for it because why should a vegan do the turkey? He won't taste it to see if its good. So I made it. Everything else was just awful. The pies were terrible. There was just nothing there. The mashed potatoes didn't have milk in them they were dry and lumpy. But the turkey, my turkey, came out excellent.

My wife doesn't eat pork. However, she did cook a very delicious ham for our Christmas dinner guests. I told her that I would cook the ham since she didn't eat pork. She was obviously concerned about the probabliity of a bad outcome and cooked it anyway.

I like pork but, would never expect her to cook it or anything else for that matter.

[Conservative Libertarian]

I love that!

I have a cousin and a nephew who both have diabetes.  I've seen otherwise intelligent and loving family members try to push foods on them that they'd be better off not eating.  They'd refuse, but look uncomfortable about it.  As the guys matured they became better at speaking up for themselves and educating us. 

Those are some pretty complex guidelines diabetics have to follow, IMO. 

You got that right.

However, There are many better options these days for diabetics than 30 or more years ago. Almost 30 years ago, there was this small section of the store that had the diabetic options. they were expensive and tasted like crap. Now, a diabetic can eat many normal foods. They just have to watch the amounts of the different types of foods. Of course, some cases are so severe that this can still be a problem.

[whiffleball]

I am a firm believer in being a good guest.  I always ask if they want me to bring anything.  I eat a mostly vegan diet part of the time for religious reasons, but I have been taught that is is better to be good host at somebody's home and eat what they are serving than to make a big deal about my fasting practices.  

Bringing vegan snacks out with myself isn't hard at all.  Fruit tends to be highly portable, and Larabars are really filling snacks.     If you are eating out, you can easily ask that meat not be added to a salad, but again, as the diet is for religious reasons, the goal is to try to stay within the confines of the fast without drawing attention to it.  

I have no issues dining anywhere even though I don't eat meat.  I can always find something whether dining out or with friends or family.  I make no demands for special treatment.  If that means I have nothing but salad I'm fine with that.  I'm not going to someone else's home for the food; I'm there for the fellowship.

[longview]

Buddy of mine had a Vegan girlfriend many years ago. She was always spouting the typical vegan slogan-isms. Meat is murder, blah, blah...... She loved the "I won't eat anything with a face" meme. One day she spouted that tripe so I said "Then just cut it's face off".

I don't think she liked me.

We had a couple from a southeastern state move to cattle country.  They are vegan.  Fine with us (neighbors).  But they had to tell us how immoral we were by raising cattle and sheep, hunting, fishing, etc.  They too said they wouldn't eat anything with a face.  We all took it pretty well and kept on about our business.

They invited us all over for a party and the ones who brought food made a face on everything.  The dips had faces, the vegetables were arranged in face patterns, and one guy, who carves, carved cool faces in apples.  At first they were offended, but then realized it was just their turn.

I had enough of them when they wanted my deer, coyote, and cow hides for decoration, but didn't want anything to do with harvesting or preparting the hides.  I took their money (may as well), but lost respect for them and their purported ideals.

[Delmar]

I watched several of the short Bob Ross painting videos at the end ....I don't why but I like to watch him paint....

I used to like to watch Bob Ross paint too.  One thing that bothered me was, in my opinion, he never knew when to stop painting.  It always seemed like just when he had a nice finished painting, he'd grab the paint scraper and load it up with paint and add a big tree trunk:

Here's where my tree will live.

[Conservative Libertarian]

I used to like to watch Bob Ross paint too.  One thing that bothered me was, in my opinion, he never knew when to stop painting.  It always seemed like just when he had a nice finished painting, he'd grab the paint scraper and load it up with paint and add a big tree trunk:

Here's where my tree will live.

Bob Ross was somewhat mezmerizing. His mellow voice kept you relaxed while the painting would just take shape. Of course, he was into painting "happy trees".

[BattleHymn]

I love Bob Ross!  I always used to watch him when I was growing up.  I used to like it when he'd clean his brush, or have an animal on.

Here is the best Bob Ross brush cleaning vid on Youtubes. 
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBn0NolWtNc[/youtube]