Meat at Every Meal…Really?
June 25, 2008
Why is it that when vegans ask meat eaters to eat one meat-free, dairy-free dish instead of their usual flesh and potatoes for one meal, they act like you are trying to poison them? Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of meat eating friends that are happy to try a vegan dish, but there are some who can’t even fathom not eating meat for just one meal. I had a recent incident regarding my birthday dinner. A family member wanted to take me out for my birthday which I truely appreciate; she told me to choose the restaurant. She selected the location since they didn’t want to drive too far. Los Angeles is a big place and we don’t live near each other. Anyway, she suggested Santa Monica, so I said great! Let’s go to Real Food Daily (RFD). “Do they have meat there?” she asked. “We’ll no” I said. She said we can’t go there then, because she doesn’t want to put her husband through that. What!?! Is it such torture to go to a highly rated vegan restaurant with nachos, potato salad, and club sandwiches, not to mention, amazing weekly specials and not eat meat for just one meal? Apparently it is, so we had to figure out another restaurant.
June 26, 2008 at 1:09 am
Geez…these meat eaters do act like it’s the end of the world to for-go the flesh for one tiny meal of their lives. It was a few years ago for me, but a couple of years back, as Social Director for my fellow graduate students, I offered to have the Holiday Social at my house to save departmental funds (basically so we could spend more on booze). One of the grad students asked, “Is there going to be meat there?” I said, “No because not only am I vegan, but so is my house (no meat in the house).” And then it was a big uproar, and finally someone else (a non-vegan) stuck up for me saying that I am doing a grand gesture by opening my house to these people and they can go without meat for 3 hours on a Friday night.
October 14, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Just wanted to let everyone know about Good To Go restaurant in Huntington Beach, CA. Good To Go is an awesome VEGAN/VEGETARIAN/RAW restaurant, the employees are always attentive and informative, this would definitely be a place to stop in if you are near the area!
GoodToGoRestaurants.com