Problem

[Guest guest]

Hi, I'm Jess and I've been a member of this group since July and a lacto-ovo

vegetarian for 3 years. I'm 18 and live in Ohio. I have a question/problem.

My friend Marliss invited me to go with her family for 4 days on their family

vacation to a cabin in the middle of nowhere in Tennesse. Well, her mother has

just now started questioning what I will be able to eat.

I've explained what I can't eat and my willingness to try other things, but she

acts like she wants more.

I don't want their family of 5 to have to change all their meals to fit me, but

I don't want to starve. Her family doesn't know me that well, so I'd feel

uncomfortable asking for too much.

I can cook but considering that Marliss's siblings are 12 and 14 and very picky,

I don't think its a great idea to volunteer to cook an entire meal!

What should I do?

 

Thanks,

Jess

[Guest guest]

Don't compromise your values. If its really all that difficult for

them to accomodate you or to simply respect your needs, bring your

own food. You can " help " cook by making a potato dish for everyone

one night, a pasta dish the next, to go with their meat and for you

to eat by itself. Non perishables you can throw in your luggage

include:

 

bag of potatoes

 

Peanut butter, jelly, and bread

 

prepackaged dishes such as tabouli (cracked bulghar wheat) that come

with spice packets so you don't have to worry about lots of

ingredients in someone else's house

 

boxes of Mac and cheese, etc.

 

Then tell this woman specifically what you will eat so she won't

feel pressure to figure it out for herself. When you tell her you

are " willing to try new things " it may freak her out because now she

has to come up with meatless ideas herself in order to be a good

hostess - this is enough to cause total meltdown in some people.

 

Tell her you love scrambled eggs (if indeed you do), or pasta salad

or potato salad or anything else she is likely to be familiar with.

Tell her you love mexican food (this is easy, you just let them add

ground beef to theirs, and everything else is edible for you). Help

her help you - good luck

 

wsgg

 

, Mickey4jes@a... wrote:

> Hi, I'm Jess and I've been a member of this group since July and a

lacto-ovo vegetarian for 3 years. I'm 18 and live in Ohio. I have

a question/problem.

> My friend Marliss invited me to go with her family for 4 days on

their family vacation to a cabin in the middle of nowhere in

Tennesse. Well, her mother has just now started questioning what I

will be able to eat.

> I've explained what I can't eat and my willingness to try other

things, but she acts like she wants more.

> I don't want their family of 5 to have to change all their meals

to fit me, but I don't want to starve. Her family doesn't know me

that well, so I'd feel uncomfortable asking for too much.

> I can cook but considering that Marliss's siblings are 12 and 14

and very picky, I don't think its a great idea to volunteer to cook

an entire meal!

> What should I do?

>

> Thanks,

> Jess