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It's not that I'm completely AGAINST the eating of meat, as I did until about 2 years ago. I had to 'quit the habit' due to severe digestive problems and haven't looked back since.
However, the rest of my family are "meat and potato" people, my S.O is as well, and most of my friends are. I don't shove my vegetarianism down their throats, but I do try to prepare as much 'healthy' stuff as possible when I do serve meat.
I love cooking and in my social circle, my cooking is infamous.
Infamous as in, "hey, if I bought the ingredients, would you mind coming over and cooking tacos?" or "Seriously, let me know the next time you make chili. I love that stuff!"
It's never really come up that anyone wants me to alter one of my recipes to include meat, and any time that someone's brought over a friend or new S.O. who's leery of the fact that there's no meat, they quickly cave, try, and ask for more
I wouldn't alter anything to include meat because I am opposed to it. In addition, the smell of meat cooking makes me want to throw up. Sizzling fat? blorgh. No thanks.
I love cooking and in my social circle, my cooking is infamous.
Infamous as in, "hey, if I bought the ingredients, would you mind coming over and cooking tacos?" or "Seriously, let me know the next time you make chili. I love that stuff!"
It's never really come up that anyone wants me to alter one of my recipes to include meat, and any time that someone's brought over a friend or new S.O. who's leery of the fact that there's no meat, they quickly cave, try, and ask for more
I wouldn't alter anything to include meat because I am opposed to it. In addition, the smell of meat cooking makes me want to throw up. Sizzling fat? blorgh. No thanks.
The smell and the sight of it makes me want to gag. Looks like roadkill on a plastic tray, wrapped with plastic, at the grocery.
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Can I just say something, as someone who *does* eat meat?
If I -- a meat-eater -- were invited to a vegetarian's house for a meal, I'd be positively embarrassed and mortified if they cooked meat for me, the same way that I'd never serve meat if they came to my house.
The vegetarian made an ethical life choice. I'm not going to expect them to bend their ethics in their own house or in mine.
I cook meat for my children, so I would cook it for a guest if there was some reason to, but I can't think of what that reason might be. If people were coming over for dinner, I would make a vegetable lasagna or enchiladas or something.
I'm not sure what to cook for Thanksgiving yet, but luckily that's a long way away.
The smell and the sight of it makes me want to gag. Looks like roadkill on a plastic tray, wrapped with plastic, at the grocery.
Ugh, god, the smell of walking through the butcher's section at a supermarket makes me want to hurl. I was sensitive to it even when I ate meat, but now? It just smells like the blood and ammonia are covering over the ever-present stench of decomposing flesh. Utterly revolting! I've worked in a morgue before and seen many dead bodies... it didn't look or smell a whole lot different at the end of the day, to me.
As an omnivore, I expect to be fed whatever my host chooses to cook, minus any allergies I might have (which currently is none). If all they're cooking is deep-fried brussels sprouts and eggplant parm with the parm part of it made out of "cheese analogue" or soy protein, I'll probably eat at home and offer to bring over a vegan dessert or a bottle of wine. But that's not because it's vegetarian; it's because I hate brussels sprouts and eggplant smells to me somewhat like some of you posters claim meat smells like to you. And I don't eat analogue. I eat food. Analogue isn't food. It's who-knows-what, with enough spices in it that it doesn't taste like what it IS and vaguely resembles what it's trying to pretend to be. Kind of like how a hot-dog is a food analogue. It's overspiced bits of parts from animals pretending to be food. When I'm in the mood for analogue, I eat hotdogs.
But if you're doing falafel with tahini, and a wild greens salad, and hummus with fresh veggies and pita, or a lentil curry over basmati rice, why in the world would you want to ruin it with meat? That right there is perfection, for an omnivore like me. If I want a steak I'll stay home and cook a steak.
Vegetarians: Do you cook meat for social events when you know carnivores will be present?
Yes. When I invite guests to my home it is polite to make them feel comfortable, and that includes cooking them foods they will like but that I might not really be a fan of. I don't really drink that much, but I will still buy or allow alcohol in my house. I can't stand fruit cake, but my mother is a fan, so I make her one every year. It's not about me.
Can I just say something, as someone who *does* eat meat?
If I -- a meat-eater -- were invited to a vegetarian's house for a meal, I'd be positively embarrassed and mortified if they cooked meat for me, the same way that I'd never serve meat if they came to my house.
The vegetarian made an ethical life choice. I'm not going to expect them to bend their ethics in their own house or in mine.
People who come to my house for a party know I am a vegetarian. They would (I hope) assume that I will be serving meatless food.
I will say this though. 2 years in a row I had a Cinco de Mayo party. The first year I had green chile stew, layered dip, fresh fruit, and chips and salsa. The green chile stew had veggie meat in it. I didn't not announce that to anyone except another vegetarian friend, and everyone raved about how good it was. I doubt the meateaters even knew it was veggie. The second year I did a "build your own taco salad" bar and had salad shells, lettuce, refried beans, chopped tomatoes, lettuce, onions, black olives, and cheese. I also had a small container of taco meat that I did cook. I was okay with doing so, and only did because I know not everyone would be happy with a refried bean salad. The salads were a hit.
Otherwise, though, other parties have always been meatless and no one complained or went hungry.
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