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I don't think this is much of a surprise. Most of us, even those who love their meat and would rather die than give it up, enjoy meatless meals once in awhile, some use one particular day a week, others have a different method, but they do it somehow. I know we have been eating meatless pasta sauce, vegetarian enchiladas, chili beans, veggie soups, veggie manacoti, (spelling) lasagna and other meatless dishes for probably 20 years. Now, vegan dishes, that is a totally different story and I doubt that will really catch on anytime soon.
I don't think this is much of a surprise. Most of us, even those who love their meat and would rather die than give it up, enjoy meatless meals once in awhile, some use one particular day a week, others have a different method, but they do it somehow. I know we have been eating meatless pasta sauce, vegetarian enchiladas, chili beans, veggie soups, veggie manacoti, (spelling) lasagna and other meatless dishes for probably 20 years. Now, vegan dishes, that is a totally different story and I doubt that will really catch on anytime soon.
i dont have an issue with have a meatless monday,
so, if vegans are pushing a meatless monday, its one day, we try something different- being open minded, i will try this,,
are the vegans going to designate a day to be a carnivore?? will they exercise the same open-mindedness,(to change food selections for one day) they are promoting to everyone else????
im in the grocery business, and maybe i'll start advertising for "meatless" mondays... this will help the cause, and i'm willing to be open minded.
so, if vegans are pushing a meatless monday, its one day, we try something different- being open minded, i will try this,,
are the vegans going to designate a day to be a carnivore?? will they exercise the same open-mindedness,(to change food selections for one day) they are promoting to everyone else????
im in the grocery business, and maybe i'll start advertising for "meatless" mondays... this will help the cause, and i'm willing to be open minded.
Once again, is there a moderator in the house?
But on the off chance you were being serious, no, vegans are not going to designate a day to be a carnivore so that they can be perceived as being "open-minded." The reason why is because that would require that an animal be raised inhumanely and slaughtered. And we prefer to not clog up our arteries and inflame our bodies. And most of us used to eat meat, so it wouldn't be trying something new/different. We already know that we eating the flesh of dead animals has no appeal.
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Hopefully, after an explanation of why vegetarians do not need a meat day has turned on a light bulb. Sometimes people post things without really considering what they are writing/saying.
Humans are not "carnivores". Cats are carnivores; they must eat meat to survive. Humans are omnivores.
That being said, there are plenty of days when this omnivore does not eat meat; however, I am not a slave to the calendar, no matter what the New York Times says.
I don't think this is much of a surprise. Most of us, even those who love their meat and would rather die than give it up, enjoy meatless meals once in awhile, some use one particular day a week, others have a different method, but they do it somehow. I know we have been eating meatless pasta sauce, vegetarian enchiladas, chili beans, veggie soups, veggie manacoti, (spelling) lasagna and other meatless dishes for probably 20 years. Now, vegan dishes, that is a totally different story and I doubt that will really catch on anytime soon.
Why wouldn't they? Why is it someone says "vegan" but everyone seems to hear "rat poison"? A garden salad is vegan. A bean burrito is vegan. A baked potato filled with beany chili is vegan. Cabbage soup is vegan. Iced tea is vegan. Pasta marinara is vegan. Baked squash stuffed with rice pilaf or apples and cranberries is vegan. Do those foods sound so horrible?
Why wouldn't they? Why is it someone says "vegan" but everyone seems to hear "rat poison"? A garden salad is vegan. A bean burrito is vegan. A baked potato filled with beany chili is vegan. Cabbage soup is vegan. Iced tea is vegan. Pasta marinara is vegan. Baked squash stuffed with rice pilaf or apples and cranberries is vegan. Do those foods sound so horrible?
As are (in their basic forms), gazpacho, spaghetti aglio e olio, hummous and pita, dolmades, pizza marinara, baba ghanoush, a fruit salad, guacamole, tabbouleh, and...
As are (in their basic forms), gazpacho, spaghetti aglio e olio, hummous and pita, dolmades, pizza marinara, baba ghanoush, a fruit salad, guacamole, tabbouleh, and...
And about half a zillion other meatless, eggless, dairyless foods.
I don't mind meatless meals - actually, I'm quite fond of meatless meals. However, I'm not a vegetarian. I'll gladly eat healthy meatless meals but I just don't have a problem with eating meat. And, of course, I don't have a problem with veg*ns until they start judging others based on diet. Life is tough enough without someone judging you based on what you eat.
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