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Do you have the typical stereotype of vegetarians? When someone tells you they are vegetarian do you immediately think "oh great liberal hippie, who drives a hybrid".
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Bear
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Nah, people have all sorts of reasons.
My only thought, really, is, "It's going to be much harder for me to host a dinner that you'll enjoy than it would be for most people." But that's a function of my own limitations and lack of creativity/skill -- I can't blame vegetarians for it.
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TheOtherZach
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I think Vegetarians don't each much meat.
I guess I just know too many now to really have any stereotypes left.
Edit: +1 to Bear's comment.
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atomikswingkittn
Columbus/Hilltop/Westgate
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Vegetarians are simply folks who refrain from eating things like meat, dairy, fish, eggs, etc for whatever reason. Several of my friends are actually vegetarian. I'm not. I like most animal products, but I also respect that everyone has a different reason for what/how they eat. It's just another aspect of who they are. Whatever. I think this question implies that there is judgement of people based on their appetites. That seems silly and ridiculous to me.
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osulew
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I could probably be ok with being a vegetarian if it weren't for that damn no bacon clause.
Actually, I'd have to eat seafood too. There's no way I could give up sushi and sashimi.
But I actually enjoy and crave tofu at times.
So I could be a pretty happy tofu-fish-bacon-tarian.
And no I don't think vegetarians are dirty hippies. Lots of the dirty hippies I know are carnivores.
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Mercurius
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It matters the reason, but generally I really like and respect them, but I'm a liberal cruncher so probably isn't my opinion you were looking to elicit
I don't eat much meat for mostly ecological reasons and agree with a few ethical arguments. I'm not a vegetarian though. I eat tons of seafood (wild and not an endangered fishery), ocasionally will buy grass fed local meat.
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Bear
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osulew wrote I could probably be ok with being a vegetarian if it weren't for that damn no bacon clause.
Speaking of which, I know it's sick and wrong to mention it in a thread on vegetarianism, but we laid our hands on one of those Mo's Bacon Bars the other night -- milk chocolate with sea salt and applewood smoked bacon -- and da-yum!! Even better than I remember....
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Cookie
Flyntonville
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Ashland wrote Do you have the typical stereotype of vegetarians? When someone tells you they are vegetarian do you immediately think "oh great liberal hippie, who drives a hybrid".
I assume this is because I mentioned that I'm a vegetarian. I consider myself more of a leftist than a liberal, don't think anyone would call me a hippie, and drive a 1991 Honda Accord wagon. I haven't eaten meat in 22 years, and yes, I still miss bacon. Any other questions?
(Sorry, if I ruined your "Vegetarians suck, am I right?" thread.)
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Roland
Clintonville
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I wonder how anyone could be a vegetarian. Meat is a prominent component of practically almost every meal I eat. I really like it.
I think that vegetarians are needlessly limiting their range of foods for trivial reasons, and then on the other hand I wonder what I am missing that finds a vegetarian lifestyle attractive.
I don't think about that much. Normally I think if I had beef for lunch, I should have pork or chicken for dinner!
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michaelcoyote
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Bear wrote My only thought, really, is, "It's going to be much harder for me to host a dinner that you'll enjoy than it would be for most people." But that's a function of my own limitations and lack of creativity/skill -- I can't blame vegetarians for it.
I think that the difficulty is there regardless of your skill as a cook. You're intentionally limiting use of some our most flavorful foods when you cook vegetarian. On the other hand I like the challenge, and have often made meals for groups of vegetarian friends, generally with good results.
I can understand that people wouldn't want to eat meat for a multitude of reasons, but that won't stop me from teasing them with bacon :-)
..or bacon chocolate
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bayrea
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I don't play well with vegetarians. I have a very meat-centric lifestyle and it's tough when the two worlds collide. I have dated vegetarians before and dinner time is always drama. "Can't go there, don't cook that..." I try to keep it simple and don't ever plan on shopping for tofu..... nice people, smell like cabbage.. j/k
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Bear
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michaelcoyote wrote
Bear wrote My only thought, really, is, "It's going to be much harder for me to host a dinner that you'll enjoy than it would be for most people." But that's a function of my own limitations and lack of creativity/skill -- I can't blame vegetarians for it.
I think that the difficulty is there regardless of your skill as a cook. You're intentionally limiting use of some our most flavorful foods when you cook vegetarian. On the other hand I like the challenge, and have often made meals for groups of vegetarian friends, generally with good results.
Right. Colleen is like that too. I think it's one of the things that separates people who can genuinely cook from people (like me) who can produce a worthwhile dish here or there but if thrown into the Iron Chef kitchen with Mystery Ingredient -- Kumquat, would be hopelessly screwed.
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osulew
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Bear wrote
osulew wrote I could probably be ok with being a vegetarian if it weren't for that damn no bacon clause.
Speaking of which, I know it's sick and wrong to mention it in a thread on vegetarianism, but we laid our hands on one of those Mo's Bacon Bars the other night -- milk chocolate with sea salt and applewood smoked bacon -- and da-yum!! Even better than I remember....
Thank god I don't live next to Katzinger's anymore or I'd have one of those in my face after work today. It's been a real shitty day at the office and bacon chocolate would be just the fix...
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