Re Gravy question

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When I was totally vegetarian, my mother would make

" salmon " for me when I came over. When I told her that

that was not vegetarian, she would get angry and say

that she didn't know what to make me. If I brought my

own food she would get insulted that I didn't like her

cooking. One time I said that I would bring my own and

she said not to that she would make me something and

when I came over she had made me beef because she said

that I don't get enough red meat.

 

I told her I couldn't eat that. I ate the side dishes

and left the meat on the plate. Boy was she angry for

a long time about that.

 

You have to give your relatives ideas of what you will

eat or they will keep on making inappropriate things.

 

My suggestion.

 

RisaG

 

 

 

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On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 09:02 PM, stef4734 wrote:

 

> And...since we're on the subject, family members say that they don't

> invite us for dinner because they don't know what I would eat. This

> is a total cop-out since they never invited us over before I was a

> veggie gal. Would it be rude to suggest that I will bring a veggie

> side dish so they don't have to worry about me?

> Stef

>

 

I think it's a nice idea. Since I'm vegan, I always make something

special to take along when going to anyone's home to eat (with very few

exceptions) and folks always seem to welcome it. Food is weird - some

folks think the only way they can show you love is by cooking for you,

so if you turn down the food it's like you're turning down their

affection.

 

For close relatives, I give them a vegan cookbook or two to get them

started. My parents have been very understanding, but my mom still

makes *our* cornbread, and then a pan of the " regular " cornbread for

everyone else. Then she'll have a piece of ours, and say " this really

isn't bad! " (meaning ' " Hey, this is really good! " )...but she'll do the

same darned thing the next time. It's like the vegan food is

somehow....inferior. <Sigh.>

 

Oh, well - at least she doesn't try to force-feed me beef like Risa's

mom! :-)

 

My in-laws have actually gone veg since I joined the family. They're

not vegan, but hey - I'm not complainin'! And that's after my m-i-l

got all put out with me because her son had gone from being a " weird "

vegetarian to being a " really weird " vegan after he met me. You just

never know how these things are going to turn out.

 

OK - since this is totally *not* a recipe, I'd better post something

proper. See next post.

 

Lisa