RE: lacto-ovo-DEVO!???/Maija.Ray

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Wow, that was kind of cool. I could relate to alot of the things you

mentioned here. I've done the restaurant fish, label checking (chicken fat

everywhere), clarifying my vegetarianism only to other vegetarians and

thoughts of my food being sabatoged, lol. Hopefully it is just a mind thing

on the sabatoging.

 

Cheers,

Shawn

 

P.S. Maija.Ray, only if you don't mind answering, does my $8 monthly

banking fee sound a bit high? If you don't feel it is appropriate to

answer, I definitely understand. I'm kinda crossing a boundary I guess. (I

probably shouldn't assume that just because your email states Wells that you

would be in a department that would know anyway)

 

 

 

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Maija.Ray

 

 

RE: lacto-ovo-DEVO!???/Pat

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:49:57 -0600

 

Warning: long ramblings to follow:

 

While I understand the reasoning for why some feel it is harmful for a

" pesco " or " pollo " to label themselves as vegetarian I do it anyway. I am a

pesco-vegetarian, but I eat fish very rarely. Most of the time when I do

it's because I am in a restaurant that is very non-veggie friendly, and it

is very busy and putting in a special request for a veggie dish is sure to

irk the staff (I'm paranoid about someone sabotaging my food--I know it's a

mental problem of mine).

 

So I'm a pesco-veggie who mostly calls myself a veggie--but this is my

reason for doing so: people really don't give a hoot about all the specifics

about what I will or won't eat. My diet is interesting to me, but I try to

be low-key and I don't want to assume that others are always fascinated by

my eating habits. I'm afraid that if I immediately go into detail about my

food choices that I will sound like a radical food nut who is making

judgment calls about what other people eat. It's simply easier for me to

decline a meat or chicken dish by saying that I'm a veg. I just don't want

to go into a lot of specifics unless I am asked. This is usually when I

first eat with someone. After I get to know people better I AM very careful

to specify to them that I am not a real vegetarian and explain the

differences between the different types. In fact, sometimes I even call

myself a " fake vegetarian. " My husband likes the term " fake vegetarian " a

lot and uses it all the time.

 

However, don't really know why a person who eats chicken would call

themselves a veggie, as there is chicken EVERYWHERE and in EVERYTHING as far

as I can tell. They could just say they don't eat red meat, which is very

acceptable to most people as many give it up for health reasons. I don't

know how many countless boxes of food I can't buy at the supermarket because

it seems that chicken fat is the most common seasoning used. Your

restaurant choices are in no way limited if you eat of the beak. If I'm

asking a wait person what ingredients are in a particular food, and they ask

me if I'm a vegetarian I tell them I eat fish occasionally and skip labeling

myself. I guess maybe it's better to say you have a " preference " for a

veggie diet.

 

Don't you just wish that restaurants labeled their menus better? Then we

wouldn't have so many issues with how to label ourselves to people. I hate

ordering a garden salad and receiving one with bacon on it when it wasn't

specified on the menu. I don't even bother ordering soup as I KNOW it's

sure to be tainted. *sigh*

 

Anyway, sorry for the lengthy post. I'll try to cut my typing fingers short

next time.

 

 

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