Guest guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 You are to be applauded for trying! Making vegetarian choices in food as well as things like shoes isn't always easy. Read labels carefully. I had been using Jiffy corn bread mix as a quick and easy for over 40 years, only to discover that it has lard in it. Yuk. Recently I got someone to read the small print on a yogurt I like (Weight Watchers amaretto cheesecake) and darnit if it doesn't have kosher gelatin. We met friends at a nearby Cracker Barrel restaurant and I ordered vegetables. Guess what was in all of the veggies I ordered? Yup. Ham. The server suggested that I just " pick it out " and eat the rest. Er..... Ah well. Jeanne in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 >Guess what was in all of the veggies I ordered? Yup. Ham. WHY??? I can't even fathom why anyone would put Ham in veggies, not only for vegetarians but for muslims, jews, seventh day adventists, eastern orthodox christians and rastafarians too - How completely inconsiderate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Jerri if you ever come to NH let me know and I'll take you to this great little Vegan restaurant near me. There isn't hardly anything but antiques shops in that town, but there is a totally vegan restaurant/bakery. My 11 year old loves to eat there. Tameson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 What's it called and where is it? I'd love to check it out. Michelle (in NH :-) --- On Wed, 2/25/09, Tameson <tamesonob wrote: Tameson <tamesonob Re: Re: animal or not...? Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 12:50 PM Jerri if you ever come to NH let me know and I'll take you to this great little Vegan restaurant near me. There isn't hardly anything but antiques shops in that town, but there is a totally vegan restaurant/bakery. My 11 year old loves to eat there. Tameson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 I would check to see if there was lard in the ice tea at a Texas BBQ! lol People that " forget " and serve vegetarians meat are just plain rude. I don't cotton to bad manners. A good host remembers if a guest prefers black coffee, always guzzles too much Padron, is vegetarian, smokes, whatever. Once in a while somebody is a genuine space case, but mostly when people who know you shove meat in your face, it's some weird kind of challenge. A friend's obnoxious husband repeatedly served me animal flesh, once handed me a long metal tong with bar-b-q bits dangling off it just to rankle me. He tried to trick me and served me chicken-based soup. I don't go to their home anymore. What a jerk. As for ignorant folks who put ham in all their vegetables, well, I've had to make due with wheat toast, lemon juice, tomato wedges and Lipton teabags. After the train in front of us crashed, we were stranded for days in a small town in Nevada. The only thing going on in Caliente was a girls reformatory and a nuclear waste incinerator. I went to the town cafe and ordered soft-boiled eggs and orange juice. They brought me 2 raw eggs and a glass of water with a scoop of undissolved Tang in the bottom. I paid the bill, left the " food " and sought out the town food market, where I bought wheat bread, and fruit that I lived on till Amtrak sent buses to take us to Utah. --- On Wed, 2/25/09, Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenker wrote: > Jerri Schlenker <jerrischlenker > Re: animal or not...? > > Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 6:58 AM > Yes, and it's so particularly hard to eat in > restaurants. Unless they think you are asking ingredients > because they think you are allergic I think for the most > part they generally don't care. > > We were taken out to eat a few months ago to a barbecue > place in Texas. There was absolutely nothing on the menu I > could eat. I had ice tea and everyone gave me the pickles > on their plates. I had asked if they had salad to which > they said yes and I got potato salad, of course with > mayonaize, and I don't eat eggs. > > I just have learned to adapt. We will be going to a get > together this upcoming week and they started planning the > meal - ok, who will bring the hotdogs? My husband just > looks over at me, and I just say I'll bring my own > food. The way I look at it I have to fit into the rest of > the world. We have relatives who don't eat pork, and > now, I look back on my pre-vegetarian days and remember > making baked beans. It teaches you not to judge and just > go with the flow. I now try to be considerate of > anyone's food choices or preferences, whether it be > because of allergies, diabetes, religious, etc. > > Jerri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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