On Dec 9, 9:00 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote:
> >http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> So far, 3 have voted and we all agree. What ARE the odds??
> (laugh)
>
> I've never eaten something deliberately vegan, but certainly I have
> eaten things that qualify. As far as eating vegan at someone's
> house, you wouldn't think it but I'm pretty easygoing, I'll eat what's
> served, within reason. I don't really see the problem, so it's vegan
> for dinner, pass the salad. I mean, there should be something on the
> menu I wouldn't object to is what I'm getting at.>
> If people are vegan or vegetarian because they find eating meat
> to be repulsive, I really can't see insisting it be cooked in their
> kitchen. Why all the drama over one meal.
>
Why all the drama indeed? I'm very surprised at all the heat this
issue raises. Maybe it's the misplaced focus on the food itself. I
mean, when we're invited to someone's house for dinner we go for the
company first, because they are friends or family, and the food is
secondary. If we expect to enjoy ourselves, we go. If we don't, we
decline. It's not as though we have to agree about everything--some
of our friends are even Republicans, so what's a vegan or two?

If we're the guests we don't dictate what is to be served. Sometimes
we don't even recognize the food, and sometimes, mirabile dictu, we
have learned something new....imagine that! -aem