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Old 24-08-2009, 14:35
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Have you ever fed non veggie food to a vegetarian either by mistake or on purpose?



I did once deliberately give roast spuds cooked in goose fat to a veggie. She is really bloody annoying, has no real reason for being a veggie apart from she is 'that sort of person' and I couldn't be bothered cooking 2 lots.
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:40
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If she's "really bloody annoying" why cook for her in the first place? Just so that you could have an opportunity to be mean?

To answer your question, no, I haven't.
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:41
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OP - you are aware that some people have severe reactions to meat produce if they have not had them in a long time?? It can make them very poorly

As Jas said if you dislike someone and disagree with their belief's so much why were you cooking for her to begin with?

Did she notice??
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:42
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I'm vegetarian but I didn't know vegetarians couldn't eat Haribo. My brother did and he kept buying them for me on purpose. I got really suspicious and was ready to kill him when I checked the ingredients. He also puts vegetables from his plate that are covered in gravy on to mine. But I don't think he does that on purpose, he just doesn't like brocolli
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:43
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She is a sort of family member who is over 30 and never held down a job in her life. She came over for Christmas dinner. One of those occasions where you have been put in a position where I really didn't feel I could say no.

She has a brain in her head but she is too busy trying to connect with her 'spiritual side' and find the real meaning of life to get out and get a job like everyone else so she doesn't have to sponge off people for dinner!

Perhaps it was a bit mean but she drives me mad.

After feeding her and letting her stay (for 6 weeks!!!) she had the gall to shout at me for using a washing up bowl in the sink (waste of plastic therefore bad for environment).

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Old 24-08-2009, 14:44
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if she had a medical reason of course I wouldn't have done it! but she is just damn picky.
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:47
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I am going to stay with a vegan (heaven help me) in the Winter for a weekend. She used to be such a cool person too

I am gonna bring bacon with me for a buttie for breakfast
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Old 24-08-2009, 14:52
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This is why I always prepare my food myself or check that everything is meat/dairy free if someone is cooking for me.
One of my old housemates was vegetarian and looked a bit disheartened when I told him that Worcestershire sauce and Haribo had animal bits and bobs in.
My nan used to think i'd eat a chicken pie or something if she just picked the meat out, bless her.

I am going to stay with a vegan (heaven help me) in the Winter for a weekend. She used to be such a cool person too

I am gonna bring bacon with me for a buttie for breakfast
You may be surprised! Some vegan food can be lush, though others can be minging.
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:12
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OP - you are aware that some people have severe reactions to meat produce if they have not had them in a long time?? It can make them very poorly
I had a bad reaction to a smoked salmon sandwich. My own fault - I thought it was tomato. My poor little stomach rebelled like there was no tomorrow.
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:27
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OP, I find your attitude stinks as much as you claim her's to be.
If she had a nut allergy would you secretly add peanut butter to her food ?
Personally, when I cook for vegetarians or vegans, I make sure to make them feel as welcome as the meateaters and I make a point of cooking them something special. Whatever their reasons for their diet.
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:39
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Seems to be a bit fractious on here today. Is it because it's Monday?
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:54
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Seems to be a bit fractious on here today. Is it because it's Monday?
It's probably because the thread started in GD and not in Food
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:54
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Where where all you vegetarians when this was going on: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...ght=vegetarian
I thought i was practically alone on here.
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Old 24-08-2009, 15:59
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Where where all you vegetarians when this was going on: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...ght=vegetarian
I thought i was practically alone on here.
I was on holiday. Although I would have found it useful as I am relatively new to vegetarianism.
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Old 24-08-2009, 16:03
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I think it's a little mean to deliberately give someone food they don't like or can't eat for whatever reason really; even if they've invited themself to dinner (which does admittedly sound awkward!). It might have been an idea to just tell the uninvited guest that you couldn't make veggie potatoes and it was her call if she wanted them included in her meal.
I quite like the challenge of veggie or vegan cooking when it comes to it as well - having veggie friends over to stay for vacations has actually lead to me having a more veggie diet in general!
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Old 24-08-2009, 19:11
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I had a bad reaction to a smoked salmon sandwich. My own fault - I thought it was tomato. My poor little stomach rebelled like there was no tomorrow.
So glad I've never accidently eaten meat, I do fear the repercussions!
A friend once caved and decided to eat a McDonalds happy meal, last thing i'd go for, that afternoon was not a happy one.
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Old 24-08-2009, 19:54
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At the wedding reception for my husband and his first wife, his mother asked the caterers how they'd managed to get the gravy so meaty so she could try and replicate it as it was so good and was told that they'd "used stock, what else?" and "it's only gravy".
My husband, his first wife and all their friends were vegetarian and so was their meal.
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Old 24-08-2009, 22:23
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Where where all you vegetarians when this was going on: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...ght=vegetarian
I thought i was practically alone on here.
I was there!

My dad's a very strict veggie and over the years he's had so many near misses/unknowingly eaten meat. To be fair, a lot of them were when he first became veggie in the early 1980s and people weren't so aware of what vegetarianism is about (ie cooking something with meat in then picking the bits of meat out, or using animal stock, or non-veggie friendly cheese or wine).

To knowingly give a vegetarian meat is pretty damned poor in my book, no matter how annoying they are. How about just telling her that 'You can't have that, it's non-veggie'? Then you get to piss her off!
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Old 24-08-2009, 22:32
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This thread reminds me of the time my ex's mum pulled some 'bernard matthews garlic and cheese kievs' out of the freezer thinking because they said garlic and cheese i'd be able to eat them. I was very shy at the time so had to go and find ex so he could point out to her they still had chicken in them. She still didn't understand and thought i was just being picky even when her hubby showed her the 'chicken' listed on the ingredients.
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Old 25-08-2009, 08:34
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People are always telling me to eat meat or I'll be ill , even though I haven't for over 20 years, and in that 20 years, I have been far healthier than I ever was before I stopped eating it.

I also find some people get quite cross and resentful towards me when I say I don't eat meat....and make all kinds of assumptions about me, usually accusing me of lecturing people about what they should eat, despite the fact I have never lectured anybody about their eating habits, and strongly believe we all have to do what feels right for us when it comes to eating meat or not, and nobody should judge anybody else for the choices they make

It is a difficult one though, as I hate making a fuss at other peoples houses, or expecting them to cook anything special for me...so I sometimes just end up with a plate of broccoli and boiled potato's or something

I have had somebody give me meat, without my knowing it for a laugh and it did really terrible things to my bowls and stomach, so I do think the OP was rather thoughtless in what he did

The sensible thing would have been to have just told her the potatoes weren't veggie and left it up to her to decide if she wanted to eat them or not.
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Old 25-08-2009, 13:36
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I have a friend who is a part-time vegan, which would be fine by me, whatever makes her happy. But she's so preachy about it, always trying to 'convert' me, yet she doesn't practice what she preaches. I'm sure she's only doing it to be quirky as it's the 'in thing' to be doing.

She thinks nothing of ordering a milkshake from McDonalds (not even suitable for vegetarians!) but she's go nuts if I forget and accidentally put normal milk in her tea.

I've been tempted to do what the OP did many times

It's shocking the amount of vegetarians I know who completely overlook the gelatine issue. They look at you in disgust if you eat a bacon sandwich, but they think nothing of stuffing their faces with Haribo or drinking a glass of wine
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Old 25-08-2009, 17:55
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I have a friend who is a part-time vegan, which would be fine by me, whatever makes her happy. But she's so preachy about it, always trying to 'convert' me, yet she doesn't practice what she preaches. I'm sure she's only doing it to be quirky as it's the 'in thing' to be doing.

She thinks nothing of ordering a milkshake from McDonalds (not even suitable for vegetarians!) but she's go nuts if I forget and accidentally put normal milk in her tea.

I've been tempted to do what the OP did many times
So not actually a vegan at all then! (There are no "part-time" vegans!) Hope you won't mind my saying, but I think a more fitting description for your friend would be "pisstakearian"!

It's shocking the amount of vegetarians I know who completely overlook the gelatine issue. They look at you in disgust if you eat a bacon sandwich, but they think nothing of stuffing their faces with Haribo or drinking a glass of wine
If these gelatine eaters are calling themselves "vegetarian" perhaps you could simply correct them next time the subject comes up? (May I suggest "omnivore" ) BUT... please do check that their Haribo and wine aren't the veggie/vegan versions first!!!
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Old 25-08-2009, 19:10
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Be careful with jellies; they often contain pork gelatine. Also, most wines contain something that comes from fish.
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Old 25-08-2009, 19:11
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She thinks nothing of ordering a milkshake from McDonalds (not even suitable for vegetarians!) but she's go nuts if I forget and accidentally put normal milk in her tea.

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Why isn't it suitable for vegetarians?
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Old 25-08-2009, 19:40
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Be careful with jellies; they often contain pork gelatine. Also, most wines contain something that comes from fish.
Also Marshmellows have gelatine in.
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