Non-Vegetarian Members and Vegetarianism / was Boston Brown Bread

[Guest guest]

There has been no disrespect here towards any members, vegetarian or otherwise.

I

should point out, however, that the list description clearly states that it is a

*vegetarian*

list, and therefore we assume that people joining are interested in following a

vegetarian

lifestyle even if they have not yet made the transition - and yes, we all have

to start

somewhere! No problem :-)

 

So for those of you who are in transition, you will receive all the help you can

to be

vegetarian or vegan - which means discouraging, should you say you are tempted,

the

intake of me*t (or eggs or dairy, if you're transitioning to vegan). We're

certainly not going

to tell you it's okay to eat it! You would hardly expect that. As for those who

have no

intention of becoming vegetarian - well, you must have your own reasons for

being here

rather than on a health food list which includes vegetable dishes in its recipes

- there are

plenty of those.

 

So all are welcome and all respected - as long as all remember to take care not

to give

offense to vegetarian and vegan members. (Best advice? Don't talk to veggies

about eating

non-veg food LOL) If however our expression of vegetarian principles offend

non-

vegetarians' who feel it is their right to eat me*t, that is unfortunate but to

be expected.

<siggghhhhh>

 

Okay, boys and girls, class is over for the morning! :-)

 

Best love to you all,

Pat (veggiehound - list co-owner)

[Guest guest]

Just for clarification - I thought we could share egg and diary (included)

recipes on this list? Or am I thinking of another list?

 

Thanks!

 

Cat

 

 

So for those of you who are in transition, you will receive all the help you

can to be

vegetarian or vegan - which means discouraging, should you say you are

tempted, the

intake of me*t (or eggs or dairy, if you're transitioning to vegan). We're

certainly not going

to tell you it's okay to eat it!

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> Just for clarification - I thought we could share egg and diary (included)

> recipes on this list? Or am I thinking of another list?

 

Of course you can share egg and dairy recipes here - we're vegetarian not vegan,

although

we do have many honoured vegan members. members will find a note regarding

recipes

on the file you were sent upon joining and again at the beginning of each month.

 

What I meant in the part of my email you quoted (and I really had meant to be

clearer) was

that we give support to ALL vegetarians including those in transition to

vegetarianism;

*and* if there were members moving from ovo-lacto vegetarianism to veganism,

then we

would give support to them also - suggest ways of being vegan or veganizing a

recipe.

You see?

 

We do however tend to say to people who are having a lot of trouble with

slimming down

(and most people don't find it easy) that it would be a good idea to drop the

cheese, butter

and cream - it's so full of fat that the calories just mount up. (Also of course

there's the

little matter of cholesterol which is a problem for some.)

 

For recipes? Hey, low-fat, low-cal is fine. Most recipes also tended to be

marked vegan or

ovo-lacto or lacto (whatever) in the Files.

 

Okay?

 

Soooooo, recipes???? Let's have some!

Best love,

Pat

[Guest guest]

Cat said, " Just for clarification - I thought we could share egg and

diary (included) recipes on this list? "

 

This is a vegetarian, not a vegan list, and egg and dairy are allowed.

Sometimes if a recipe has a lot of high calorie dairy ingredients it is

not posted to the files because it would not fit the theme of slimming

recipes.

 

When I can, as I post vegetarian recipes, I will add some notes on how

to make them vegan.

 

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