On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 4:47:27 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-08-03 10:26 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 6:40:23 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >
> >> It's people like Dave Smith, Jill etc. who have a problem with faux
> >> meat. Telling vegetarians what to do. That's so wrong. Vegetarians
> >> should be telling us what to do, not the other way around.
> >
> > I, too, think faux meat is... weird. Either be a vegetarian
> > and enjoy the multifarious ways that vegetables, grains, legumes,
> > dairy and (possibly) eggs can be cooked, or just eat meat if
> > you can't hack giving it up.
> >
> > Vegetarians are as welcome to express their opinions as anybody
> > else. They should not be surprised when omnivores ignore them.
> >
>
> My brother and SiL are visiting their son and his family this week. When
> the son visits with them they accommodate and serve veggie burgers and
> other fake meat items, but the son and DiL are not so accommodating.
> They are not cook meat on their BBQ. If they want meat they have to go
> out to a restaurant and the rest come along at my brother's expense.

It's not a matter of accommodation. Veggie burgers are pretty innocuous, inert, things. Expecting a vegetarian to handle and cook meat would be like expecting an American to eat dog or horse meat i.e., it ain't gonna happen.