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Would I ever?

I'm doing spaghetti bol tonight. Jean is coming down soon so I might do a threeway salad that he mentioned

I'll look into tonyB's also.

And some of the others. Hah! So much choice!

Beardy wrote:Would I ever?

I didn't take the coment that seriously, but I know people who delight in secretly feeding meat to veggies and just felt it was worth pointing out!

stardust wrote:I didn't take the coment that seriously, but I know people who delight in secretly feeding meat to veggies and just felt it was worth pointing out!

Under normal circumstances I think this is a horrible thing to do. However my in-laws are the most pompous, arrogant and up-their-own-arses people I have ever encountered. They look down their noses at everyone, and are veggie snobs. So one Christmas I was a bit naughty and prepared the vegetable soup with a chicken stock, and made the Christmas pudding with lard.
But I would never have done that to nice people.

Interestingly a friend was at my house one day and I gave him a plate of chilli, which he ate and enjoyed. I discovered afterwards that he is a vegetarian. I asked him why he ate the chilli and said nothing. His reply was that if someone went to the bother of preparing a meal for him, he wouldn't be rude and refuse the meal. He travels the world, and that is his rule in relation to hospitality.
Needless to say the next time he was in my house we ate veggie.

stardust wrote:I didn't take the coment that seriously, but I know people who delight in secretly feeding meat to veggies and just felt it was worth pointing out!

When I first turned veggie my brother snuck salami slices into my orange, I got him back though, I decapitated and breaded his gerbils and snuck them into his KFC. He didn't f*** with my food again I'll tell you that, he also didn't talk to me or in fact anyone for a few months but I think that was due to some sort of unrelated trauma.

TonyB wrote:...my in-laws are the most pompous, arrogant and up-their-own-arses people I have ever encountered. They look down their noses at everyone, and are veggie snobs.

Do they eat bread? You've got them if they eat bread.

Having met Jean this may be true.

Under normal circumstances I think this is a horrible thing to do. However my in-laws are the most pompous, arrogant and up-their-own-arses people I have ever encountered. They look down their noses at everyone, and are veggie snobs. So one Christmas I was a bit naughty and prepared the vegetable soup with a chicken stock, and made the Christmas pudding with lard.
But I would never have done that to nice people.

If you are what you eat, then I am a vegetarian, for Pigs don't eat meat.

SamGurney wrote:
If you are what you eat, then I am a vegetarian, for Pigs don't eat meat.

You swine!

A punch in the face.......




I do not condone any real abuse of male or female partners. Just so we are a clear.

MagicalSmithy wrote:A punch in the face.......

To be honest, I'm slightly concerned by the happy attacks on vegetarians on this thread. Not all vegetarians don't eat meat just to take some kind of moral high ground. Some were brought up that way and now don't like the taste, some prefer the better diet it can provide, and some simply don't like the taste of meat

Me, I'm not vegetarian (I eat a lot of meat) but I also like to collect vegetarian recipes because often there's so much more to meals that don't contain meat - they make you think more about what other stuff to include

I liken it to me not eating brown bread. If you was to offer me a sandwich made with brown bread, then I'm sorry, I know you put a lot of thought and effort into making the sandwich but I'll have to pass. I simply don't like the taste of brown bread. I won't force other people to eat white bread, if people want to eat brown bread around me that's fine

But if you was my boyfriend and you gave me a pile of brown bread, telling me that if I don't eat it then we're finished - or worse I'll get a punch in the face - I'm sorry I'll be the one breaking up with you, that's no way to treat a lady

On the flip side, if you knew I wasn't a brown bread eater and tried to find some nice sandwich recipes that used white bread, I'd be forever grateful for your thoughtfulness. Because I know not liking brown bread is being picky, but then again who doesn't have some kind of food they don't like?


Now, back to the recipes! I'm always running out of ideas for stuff to cook

Don't hold it against him Kolm he obviously has mad cow disease.

kolm wrote:To be honest, I'm slightly concerned by the happy attacks on vegetarians on this thread.

I'm glad someone said it coz I felt too new to say it myself!

But then again, I can't stand militant vegetarians who force their views on everyone and wouldn't want to be mistaken for one of those either!

kolm wrote:To be honest, I'm slightly concerned by the happy attacks on vegetarians on this thread.

I'm also glad to see this. I am used to all the jokes and jabs because of being a veggie. But sometimes it's good to see someone voicing against it.

I do agree with the post above. I would never force my views upon others, I don't even expect people to change meal plans just for me (I would however decline any meat). Most friends know me for quite a while before they find out I am a veggie.

As for recipes. I love to cook, but I normally just throw a load of stuff into a pan and hope for the best. I tend to use a lot of quorn.
My 'Jamie Oliver's: Cheat Pizza' didn't turn out too well tonight.

I will have to try out some of the ideas posted in this friend.

I'm not a veggie but, by choice, I don't eat beef and I can't stand the taste of lamb so I'm limited to pork and poultry. Going out for restaurant meals can be a problem but being invited to someone's house for a meal is a nightmare - how do I let them know I don't eat beef without it seeming to be a bit confrontational. I've lost count of the times people have enthusiatically said they they're doing a superb steak and I have to say, 'Just the vegetables will do fine, thank you' then expalin my weird choice !

I don't know if remarks of mine caused offence to vegetarians. If they did I apologise. I love vegetarian food and have no issue with vegetarians. And if you are ever invited to my house, just let me know and you will get pure veggie food.

The story I told was in relation to obnoxious snobs, who just happened to be vegetarians as well. My problem with them was not their vegetarianism.

I don't think anyone had a problem with what you said Tony, I certainly didn't. It was more the casual hostility and schoolyard 'anti-veggie' humor from other posts. None of them botherd me but a few caused me to roll my eyes.