On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:21:36 -0800 (PST), aem wrote:

> 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?
>
<snort>

i bet the republicans aren't vegans, though.

your pall,
blake