Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Time for a new set of questions of the week. Join in to share your answers when you have time. Remember these questions are just for fun and sharing; they are not a requirement for continued participation in the group. QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 *1. How many people in your household are vegetarian?* None of us. We try to limit intake of animal products, but we have yet to make the full switch. My hope is that with a growing vegetarian cookbook we will naturally drift from non-vegetarian foods. *2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area?* Not really. *3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile?* Arizona is a very supportive place to live. I never feel any of my non-mainstream choices are viewed under the microscope. We are very open-minded here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 3 of have been all of our life and my husband is 99 % vegetarian. Only very occasional eats outside the home. At the SDA church I belong to, we have friends that are and all of our church potlucks are vegetarian as well. It is so nice to have vegetarian potlucks to go to once a month. There are some vegetarian Indian folks in our community, and we are aquaintances. No one has responded negatively at all. When the girls play soccer and softball, the coaches have always made sure there were things for them to eat at the end of the season parties. Our family(husbands side) friends are always considerate of our vegetarian diet and either ask me to bring some things for the dinner, or accomadate with the things they prepare for meals together. Everyone knows we are vegetarian. It's just part of who we are and we don't hide it. I think we are seed flingers of new ways of thinking, when we kindly share about being a vegetarian with others. Judy - feralvegetarian_moderators Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:25 AM QOTW: How many in your house are vegetarian? Time for a new set of questions of the week. Join in to share your answers when you have time. Remember these questions are just for fun and sharing; they are not a requirement for continued participation in the group. QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Two of us. The carnivorous grandson is moving back in with his dad and stepmother. I am a basket case and having trouble not crying about it, so taking many showers so I don't upset him and his grumps. 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? Friends? I wish. I have friends online only. 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? We're very low profile. In the Deep South anyone who doesn't eat meat is seen as a commie pinko leftist terrorist sort. I have the " excuse " , if I need to use it, of having severe gut issues that make it impossible to eat some things (the absolute truth). Carl had a quadruple bypass about 12 years ago so the cholesterol in meat is bad for him. The handful of people who know we are vegetarian make a huge issue about making us something special for dinner when we visit so we stopped doing that. I don't much like someone martyring herself just because we don't want to partake of the grilled burger. (But if she'd toss some eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini and an onion on the grill, we'd be overjoyed.) Of course the current economy is a splendid excuse for not eating meat, since there is no way I'm going to spend 5 bucks a pound for chicken and 4 for hamburger. Unfortunately vegetarian specific options in the grocery stores have become trendy so they are priced out of our budget. I pray daily that beans and rice won't get so trendy that legumes go up to 5 bucks a pound. It is bad enough that we have to plow through jasmine, basamati, wild and seasoned rice mixes just to get a bag of brown rice - which has gone up since it is 'healthy. " Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? 1/6 (me) 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? no 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? They all know, but haven't made any negative comments. They prepare food as if I weren't vegetarian. My immediate family is supportive, as long as I cook meat for them and don't require them to eat any vegetarian food. Kelly, FL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Just me...the cat is a carnivore > 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? My SO is 99 percent vegetarian; he does eat meat when dining at his 90- year-old Mother's house, however! I'm thankful she hasn't invited me to dinner, yet. > 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both > personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Most are either postive or neutral. Occasionally someone will tease, so I will tease back. If they come in talking about the great steak they had last night, I will respond with the great vegetarian meal I prepared last night! > Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, > or are you very low profile? I make no secret of the fact that I do not eat meat, and try to share my dietary choices with others, without condemming their dietary choices. Truly, we lead by example! While my co-workers are dozing at their desks after lunch, I am energized and wide awake. Perhaps in time they will understand the reason. Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? I live alone so I am the only one. 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? In this city, Eugene, Oregon, there are a lot of vegetarians. Most of the restaurants offer vegetarian options and many have serious vegan menus. 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? My family always makes sure there is something for me to eat. I try not to be a pain. When I was vegan the vice president of my company took so much effort to make sure I had food at a weekend conference, but didn't know much about it and got me a big plastic bowl of veggies, mostly raw cauliflower, for lunch. I know she went out of her way to get that and I felt bad that I had caused so much trouble. There were 30 people there and I was the only vegan. That was when I just decided to be lacto ovo and not be so difficult. My supervisor makes comments all the time, but it is mostly done with a sense of fun. It doesn't seem to matter how quiet you are about it, someone always wants to take issue with it. A bit of a guilty conscience on some level of consciousness I figure. I have been a professional cook most of my life and love to come up with really great tasting vegetarian food so people will see that there is more to being a vegetarian than eating raw carrots and brown rice! When I started being veg I did it for health reasons, having more and more difficulty choosing animal food s for dinner when I new what they were fed. As I learned more, I became quite conscious of the cruelty we inflict on animals. My boss teased me about being " enlightened " but I tried to tell him that it is interesting how differently you see things when you are not dependent on them. Its an on-going conversation, isn't it. Bridget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 I'm the only vegetarian/aspiring vegan in my family. I have one vegan friend but he doesn't live around here, I met a couple of veg guys on VeggieDate but it didn't turn into anything, and other than that the only other ones I know of are on here and the people I met at Vegetarian Summerfest last month when I went up to PA for the conference. As far as people at work and my family, they are kind of neutral, although sometimes I'll get asked questions by co-workers from time to time. I don't mind it though. I'm actually happy to answer any questions they may have and help any way I can with any kind of interest in vegetarianism they might show--this is how you potentially create more, which is what the animals, people, and the planet SORELY need right now! I think one of the best ways to tell someone about it is to offer them leaflets that you can get for free from Compassion Over Killing and from Vegan Outreach, which also has volunteers who leaflet at college campuses, and that has created quite a few new vegetarians with the info provided in the pamphlets that people can read about and learn for themselves. feralvegetarian_moderators <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: Time for a new set of questions of the week. Join in to share your answers when you have time. Remember these questions are just for fun and sharing; they are not a requirement for continued participation in the group. QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 --- In , " feralvegetarian_moderators " <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > > Time for a new set of questions of the week. > Join in to share your answers when you have time. > Remember these questions are just for fun and > sharing; they are not a requirement for continued > participation in the group. > > QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: > > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? 1 out of 1-1/2 of us since he eats most of his food at his 20 hr a day job. LOL > > 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? You bet, I know tons of vegetarians. > > 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both > personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? > Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, > or are you very low profile? I'm a not in your face person about it but I don't hide it and I always have a response if there is a question about it, they know and love my food and always as me to bring a veg dish and or share recipes with them or how do you cook couscous, or where do you find the quinoa, etc. > Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 1. I live on my own, so there is only one vegan in my household. 2. I have one other vegan friend, most of my friends are vegetarian, my 2 nieces are vegetarian. 3. Everyone knows that I'm vegan. I'm very upfront about it and have been since I first became vegetarian 41 years ago. I find it easier to be open so that people know about my diet in advance. That way they don't get offended if I am unable to eat food they might prepare. I find that people are very accepting of the vegetarian life choice. There are so many vegetarians in the UK now, that it is no longer unusual and even non-vegetarians often eat one or more vegetarian meals per week. Christie in Edinburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 LOL too funny Donna! I'm the only one at home right now so it's just little old vegetarian me. I travel quite a bit and I do run into some vegetarians. Everyone seems quite accepting. HB , " DonnaLilacFlower " <thelilacflower wrote: > > --- In > , " feralvegetarian_moderators " > <feralvegetarian_moderators@> wrote: > > > > QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: > > > > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? > > 1 out of 1-1/2 of us since he eats most of his food at his 20 hr a > day job. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 : 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Just me. My husband doesn't eat a lot of meat but he still likes some 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? No 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? I'm very outspoken about being a vegetarian and all of my friends and family are very supportive. Several friends will order veggie meals when we are out and at least one of them will order a veggie meal when she's out on her own. One meat eating friend likes to read the menu and tell me what I can order. Maybe she thinks a lack of flesh in my diet means I can't read a menu and figure it out. LOL she also reads labels for me for whatever reason I don't know. Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 , " feralvegetarian_moderators " <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? ~ Just myself. My daughter did go veg for a while but then stopped being one; I think she will do it again sometime in her life because she loves all the food I make and enjoys cooking. > 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? ~ Not really. > 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both > personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? ~ Everyone seems pretty cool about it when it comes up. A little bit of teasing jokes here and there, but always in the spirit of fun. Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? ~ I am pretty low profile and do not discuss it unless asked a question. It does come up naturally at work because our department will have potluck food days once in a while. ~ PT ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? All 3 of us! I'm SO blessed, I know... 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? We are fortunate to belong to a group of 130+ vegetarians and vegans called FMVeg.org through Meetup.com. (Check out and see if there is a local group at vegetarian.meetup.com!) 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Most people I know, know that we are vegetarian. They are pretty supportive, and even ask questions sometimes. __._ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 My replies to your queries are inline. Thanks Warm regards, Sudha On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM, feralvegetarian_moderators < feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > Time for a new set of questions of the week. > Join in to share your answers when you have time. > Remember these questions are just for fun and > sharing; they are not a requirement for continued > participation in the group. > > QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: > > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? > > Both my husband and I are vegetarians. > > 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? > > There is one other couple in our area who too are vegetarians. > > 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both > personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? > Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, > or are you very low profile? > > Some people seem to consider that its just a fad that we have adopted. More > educated ones are aware that for us it is both a religious and ethical > choice. They do seem supportive, but we do get the occasional remark about > missing out on life. We do make it a point to tell them that we are > vegetarians. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Only me. There are only me and my wife in the house. 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? Oh, lots! Some come to my house to watch NASCAR or just hang out, and they love that it's a veg-friendly atmosphere. We're actually sort of dreading what we'll have for food choices when we go watch a live race at Dover this September--it won't be nearly so diverse. 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Most are okay with it, though some think it's flaky, hippie-ish, etc. Some labor under that impression that fish is a vegetable. (I loved the " fish growing in the ground " jokes a few weeks ago.) I don't make a thing of it, but eventually those around me begin to notice that I always want to leave the bacon or chicken off my salad, always want the veggie sub, never bring in a turkey or pastrami sandwich, etc. Anyone I know enough to have come into my house, or to go to others' homes, knows that I won't make meat unless it is a *very* special occasion and they'll have to bring their own. None of the people I consider good friends ask " What do you *eat*? " anymore. They know the choices aren't so limited. :-) Blessed be, Jayelle " We loved each other and got married. We are not marrying the state. The law should allow a person to marry anyone he wants. " --Mildred Loving (RIP) GO SMOKE GO!!! http://crackerlilo.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/greeneyedlilo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Time for a new set of questions of the week. Join in to share your answers when you have time. Remember these questions are just for fun and sharing; they are not a requirement for continued participation in the group. QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Just me, the cats eat meat. 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? Lots and for the most part it's easy to find Veg meals around here. 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Most are supportive. My family is very accommodating. Most people know I'm vegetarian, and I tend to tease people that eat meat, if I think they will deal with it well. The only place it causes problems is at work, as I'm the Food Service manager and make the menus. I do put about 50% vegetarian meals on the menu, then the clients grumble that they have to eat Veg because I am. I explain that no, it's for their health, but they still bitch. Confidentiality Notice This email message, including any and all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain individually identifiable patient health information. The use and disclosure of any personal health information contained in this email by the recipient is restricted by Federal regulations governing Confidentiality and Drug Abuse Patient Records, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 & 164, and must be deleted appropriately when its use is no longer required. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email is prohibited and may violate Federal laws, including the Privacy Act. A general authorization for the release of medical or other information is NOT sufficient for this purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact Samantha Lea or Adapt at (541) 672-2691, and destroy all copies of the original message. 28/7/2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 > QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: > > 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? --just me...the cats are carnivores...if i could switch them over like dogs can be, then i would lol > > 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? --i was the only veggie i knew until i started taking my emt class...and found one under-cover veggie there lol > > 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both > personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? --most are like why?...what do you eat?...i couldnt live without meat...but then i live in the south (virginia, albiet northern virginia lol) > Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, > or are you very low profile? --everyone knows i am lol...i just put it out there...it doesnt affect me if they are supportive or not...it is important enough for me to do, so im gonna do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? Three. I just moved back home after being in Jersey for 3 years. For the time being, I'm staying with my mother and father, and we are all veggie. 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? I've been a little out of touch, but there is a largely vegetarian sangha at the Rochester Zen Center. They're awesome. 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? Few people know me for long without learning that I'm vegetarian. I LOVE to eat. It then follows that eating is a big part of my life, and gets referenced (by myself and others) regularly. All of my personal friends are wonderful about my vegetarianism, and very supportive, and try to have lots of veggie food for me when there are gatherings. Professionally, it's been a different story, and in every job I've had except one (an environmental non-profit org) people have thought it was acceptable to rib me mercilessly, and make rude comments. Strange, considering that at work, people are expected to act professionally. But I guess we just have a way to go, and I will be one of the freedom fighters forever!Coretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 QOTW for July 27th - August 2nd, 2008: 1. How many people in your household are vegetarian? I am not totally Veg yet, but working on it, and its only me 2. Do you have any vegetarian friends in your area? none 3. How do people in your sphere of contacts, both personal and professional, respond to your vegetarianism? Do they seem supportive? Do they even know you are one, or are you very low profile? The only people I am ever around are ones at work, and they laugh at me, saying I am not *truly* veg, because I do give in to chicken and seafood. Or eat an occasional hamburger. But I am working on it. But no I get no support from anyone. I just went on a cruise to Alaska, and my mom didnt *support* me, but she doesnt discourage me either. She just accepts it as fact, just as she accepts her diabetes as fact. So if I ate meat, she knew it was on my conscience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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