"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 6:56:52 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
>> "dsi1" <dsi1ahoo.com> wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>>
>> ====
>>
>> Americans ate horsemeat a lot in the not so distant past, until it was
>> banned for sale for humans.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> If you want to get technical, some Americans still eat horse and dog meat.
> My point was that it was unreasonable to expect a vegetarian to grill up a
> nice, juicy, steak.
>


My point, obviously, was in reply to your statement "American to eat dog or
horse meat i.e., it ain't gonna happen." Nothing technical about it at all.

Cheri