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From: "Carol" <cshenk@virginia-beach.com>
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Subject: Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 03:59:08 -0000 (UTC)
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> On 2/4/2025 9:12 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >On 2025-02-04, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:
> > > In article <vnrqm8$1i9dg$1@dont-email.me>,
> > > cshenk@virginia-beach.com says...
> > > > 
> > > > Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On 2025-02-02 4:56 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
> > > > > > On 2/2/2025 12:05 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > Vegetarians won't consume anything that kills an animal. 
> > > > > > > Vegans won't consume anything that inconveniences an
> > > > > > > animal.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > That's a great way to explain it!  A woman in the building
> > > > > > where I work  has tried tried a couple of my recipes.  They
> > > > > > just so happened not to  contain meat (my yellow squash
> > > > > > casserole recipe and spinach & feta  quiche) but were
> > > > > > definitely not vegan.  She asked if I ever cook vegan
> > > > > > food.  I know she's not a vegan or even a vegetarian so I
> > > > > > had no problem laughing.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have a number of vegetarian recipes in my repertoire. We
> > > > > were eating them as part of the heart healthy thing which we
> > > > > sort of slipped away from. I had been thinking about getting
> > > > > back to them.  Last night I did the vegetarian pizza. Maybe
> > > > > this week I will do the chick pea curry.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have no problem with people eating vegetarian meals or
> > > > > living on a vegetarian diet. I don't want to hear the moral
> > > > > superiority nonsense.  I also have issues with the faux meat
> > > > > grab. If you don't want to eat meat eat vegetables and
> > > > > legumes. There is no need to process vegetables and stuff to
> > > > > make something that you think feels and tastes like meat. If
> > > > > you want that taste and feel of meat, eat meat.
> > > > 
> > > > I get the same giggle you do at the faux meat.  Anyways, I
> > > > kinda have had different experiences overall with vegetarians
> > > > and vegans.  I don't know any (lucky me!) that make a fuss over
> > > > it  If I met one, I disassociate from them gently and steer
> > > > clear of them.
> > > 
> >>    More fool you.
> > > 
> >>    Two of the best cooks I know, are a vegan and a
> > > vegetarian.
> > 
> > I think she steers clear only if they're militant.

Yes.  

> > 
> I'm pretty sure that's what Carol meant.  I have a good friend who is
> a vegetarian.  We don't preach at each other about food choices.  His
> g/f isn't a vegetarian, either, and he doesn't try to convert her.
> 
> Jill

Most are sane folks.  At the least they ask only for a vegetarian
option at a restarant (which obviosly should be there or we don't pick
that place).