"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> I don't agree with Dave's attitude on this, but he is correct in posting
>> that many people give a vegetarian diet a try for a year or so and then
>> give it up. I read something written by a doctor who said that he did
>> not
>> have any special advice for vegans who weren't getting enough vitamin
>> B12,
>> because the body has a three year supply, and most people don't stay
>> vegan
>> that long.
>
> You don't agree with my attitude? My attitude is that I am not interested
> in
> indulging people who are temporarily adopting a diet that is different
> from
> mine. My system does not agree with cabbage and tomatoes. If I knew
> someone who
> had to have cabbage rolls for dinner I would not invite them either. I
> don't
> care care if people are vegetarians. Hell, it helps keep the price of meat
> down.
> They can boycott meat until the cows come home. I'm just not interested in
> catering to their diet. If they want to come to a dinner party and bring
> their
> own food that would be great. If they want to come to a dinner party and
> eat just
> vegetables that is fine, but I will be damned if I will cook a vegetarian
> meal
> for them. The closest I come to a vegetarian meal is macaroni and cheese
> or three
> cheese penne, and when I do that I have to listen to a carnivore wife
> complain.

I got yer back, Dave. If I invite guests over for dinner, I plan the meal.
The guests can eat what they want. Pick and choose. However, I'll go you
one better. My carnivore wife complains if I make chicken instead of beef!

Thankfully, I don't have any vegetarian/vegan (didn't know there was a
difference) friends. Our friends all agree with Ron White's statement of "I
didn't climb to the top of the f*cking food chain to eat carrots!"

Bret



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