Who is better, a vegetarian or someone who eats meat as part of their diet? Well, the answer is straight forward. Neither, they are both equal. They both enjoy the same basic human rights; which is why, as a meat eater, I make sure I ask for meat whenever I have dinner at one of my vegetarian friends' houses.
Whenever a vegetarian makes things awkward at a dinner party, whenever you have to prepare a seperate dish to accomodate a fussy eater of the vegetarian persuasion, remember - the next time they invite you over to eat a nut-roast or to try a meat free lasagne - tell them you want them to cook you a steak.
2007-03-21 04:38:56 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
okay.... thanks for the advice i guess
2007-03-21 04:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ The One You Love To Hate♥ 7 · 0⤊ 7⤋
There's a lot of difference between fixing a few extra vegetable side dishes for vegetarians and having to prepare a chunk of meat as an entree -- the smell of which makes a lot of us physically ill.
Methinks you want to act like the north end of a southbound horse and force someone to do something repulsive, just to them to prove a point. Which also makes me wonder if you even *have* any friends to go visit.
2007-03-21 11:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Before I came became a vegetarian I didn't eat meat with every meal and I bet you don't either. So stop acting like a complete dummy.
To ask a vegetarian to prepare meat is rude.
Now that said, if I were invited to someone's house that eats meat, which I am all the time, I just eat whatever I can. It's called side dishes.
I'm sure you can force yourself to eat a food that doesn't have meat in it.
2007-03-21 04:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by spaacedogg 3 · 9⤊ 2⤋
You are absolutely right-we are all equal. But I do think that it would be disrespectful to ask for a meat meal from your vegetarian host. It seems like it takes a lot more to be a vegetarian-finding foods that contain no animal or animal byproducts, having to eat only salad or soup at restaurants, etc. And I honestly commend the ones that have enough determination to keep it up. So I don't think it would be right to put your host in that position by asking them to cook you up a steak. Its just one meal, why don't you just try a meat less lasagna?
2007-03-21 04:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by pickledgrapenuts 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Funny - I think that it would be fair if a meat eater brought in a little Tupperware their own meat dish like many vegans, vegetarians and macrobiotic eaters do. Then just microwave it and enjoy dinner with your friends. Politics should not come to the dinner table.
2007-03-21 04:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 9⤊ 1⤋
What's the point in asking them to cook you a steak, I thought you were friends, why be that horrible to them? I don't eat meat, I eat fish and I don't mind cooking meat but if you specifically requested that I cook you meat, you'd probably never get an invite to my house again.
Surely if you invite someone to your house you want their company and you shouldn't be bitching about their choice of food.
Either invite them and don't give out that you have to (for one meal) have a meat free dish, or just even cook a meat free dish, or don't invite them. Be a gracious host or not a host at all.
2007-03-21 04:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by lindaloo 2 · 12⤊ 1⤋
Well you started off right. They're both equal. But most vegetarians chose to be vegetarian because of strong beliefs. What you are saying is like telling a Hindu to cook burgers just because you are coming over. While you can eat vegetables a vegetarian cannot eat meat, there is a big difference there. You are not obligated to serve vegetarian dishes, but don't be sad if your vegetarian friends start declining dinner invites.
2007-03-21 04:44:14 · answer #7 · answered by pandora 2 · 9⤊ 3⤋
Thats selfish. You said that we are all equal, that neither is better. We CANNOT eat meat due to our beliefs and thoughts on the subject. You can eat our food, you just choose not to to spite the vegy host.
How old are you? Im sorry but that is VERY immature. if you truly understood why people are vegy then you would never do that.
Also i dislike how you are encouraging toerhs to do the same. besides, i dont eat meat and i would not mind preparing it, i know that some people do not realise the truth about the animals. I am not someone who raves on about animal welfare to meat eaters (discounting now lol) There are vegy chefs who can cook meat.
So you are not actually dping anything. Besides it isnt fussy,a dn its hardly difficult to stcik a bit of quorn in the oven.
Are you saying you ahve never met a fussy meat eater? MY sister eats meat and all she likes is chicken, mince, pasta and marmite sandwiches! call that fussy?
2007-03-21 04:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by the_black_dance1 4 · 9⤊ 3⤋
I never ask for a special meal to tell ya the truth...unless it's a wedding, plane, or other catered event where you have a choice. It is proper etiquette for a host to serve what she wants and for a guest to eat what she wants from what is provided and if that excludes a portion of the meal than neither should feel offended.
2007-03-21 05:56:37 · answer #9 · answered by akivi73 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm vegetarian and handle and cook meat for people who want it. You seem to be an ignoramus, I wonder if you're related to a certain foxhunting guy? He hasn't been around recently.
2007-03-21 10:24:06 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ Divine ♥ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Arrh, but a vegetarian's choice is not normally a whim. It s normally based on moral values.
And while i will never push my moral values on you, if you eat in my house, you eat vegan. simple. Although my friends tend to be caring and understanding people, so it seems out paths are unlikley to cross.
2007-03-21 06:30:43 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋