How does one deal with ignorant meathead parents?

[Guest guest]

I'm really upset today. I got a package with food from my rents and

besides a few things with dairy or honey in them (which I could at

least understand had been overlooked) there was some jerky thing made

of dead ostrich and dead cows. It says it all over the friggin thing.

I told my parents I'm going to send it back and that they'd better

return it. I'm not sure yet whether this was someone (probably my

brother's) sick idea of a joke or just an honest mistake, but I asked

them never to send me food again. Now, I feel somewhat guilty for

being a bit harsh, like a spoiled rotten brat. Perhaps I should just

be thankful that they send me anything. Now that I'm a vegan, I've

gotten so used to checking and re-checking ingredients of everything

I buy I know I can't expect the same from them. Hell, my gf's been a

vegan longer than I have and she still occasionally overlooks dairy

or egg ingredients.

 

My mom says they're avoiding beef ever since the mad cow scare. I

told her she has a much better chance of getting heart disease or

cancer from any meat product than BSE from infected beef.

 

I just turned down a really good job (good in that it paid over twice

what I make at a grocery store) selling knives; mainly because the

sales demonstration included cutting pieces of leather, but also

because part of the sales pitch was supposed to be telling the

customer what meat products the knives were great for. Every kind of

knife was " ideal " for cutting a different dead animal, fillet, steak,

etc. Of course the grocery store I got hired at also sells meat and

animal products, but I feel like at least I won't be contributing to

it; they'd sell the same amount w/ or w/o me. I just wish I could go

one day without being reminded how cruel and thoughtless people are.

There's only one veg*n restaurant in my area and they won't hire me

as a waiter because I have no waiter exp. persay.

 

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant. And if any of you have

advice on how you would with this sort of thing, that would be great

too.

[Guest guest]

dave,

 

sorry that your parents sent you meat. uggh! how

frustrating! i'd probably get mad if that happened to

me. even if your parents don't accept your vegan

diet, they should at least respect your decision. i

hope this is a good lesson for them. how did your

parents respond when you told them you were returning

the food? were they apologetic? tell them to just

send money next time!

 

the grocery store job sounds better than the knife

job....at least you are not at mcdonald's anymore!

i've been reading fast food nation (almost done) and

am so glad i don't support the fast food industry in

any way! that industry (and those spawned from it)

are atrocious!

 

i can't believe the vegan restaurant won't hire you.

is it a big place? could you work in the kitchen?

 

hang in there dave,

susie

 

 

--- dave <dave4sale wrote:

> I'm really upset today. I got a package with food

> from my rents and

> besides a few things with dairy or honey in them

> (which I could at

> least understand had been overlooked) there was some

> jerky thing made

> of dead ostrich and dead cows.

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, " dave " <dave4sale>

wrote:

> I'm really upset today. I got a package with food from my rents

and

> besides a few things with dairy or honey in them (which I could at

> least understand had been overlooked) there was some jerky thing

made

> of dead ostrich and dead cows....

 

Ah, parents... it never ends, does it? Guess what I got from my

parents for Christmas? A HUGE set of knives, including every kind of

butchering and boning knife you could ever think of plus a complete

set of steak knives for six!! My thought when I opened the package

was " oh no, what the H am I going to do with this... " . I will never

use it, except perhaps for the bread knife and the paring knives. And

it sure does take up alot of countertop space...

 

cheryll

[Guest guest]

LOL....funny stuff Cheryll!

 

I tell ya what...I've been wanting a set of knives for awhile. I use

" steak " or " teethed " knives all the time for my meals. I also need

some good heavy duty knives for chopping my veggies into finger snacks

and sticks and such. That " boning " or " flexy " knife might work well

on using the proper technique for shallots and garlic cloves... So do

ya wanna trade....no, not parents, lol.

 

Cheers,

S.

 

, " cheryll " <naturalist_44240@

> Ah, parents... it never ends, does it? Guess what I got from my

> parents for Christmas? A HUGE set of knives, including every kind of

> butchering and boning knife you could ever think of plus a complete

> set of steak knives for six!! My thought when I opened the package

> was " oh no, what the H am I going to do with this... " . I will never

> use it, except perhaps for the bread knife and the paring knives. And

> it sure does take up alot of countertop space...

>

> cheryll

[Guest guest]

, " cheryll "

<naturalist_44240> wrote:

> , " dave " <dave4sale>

> wrote:

> > I'm really upset today. I got a package with food from my rents

> and

> > besides a few things with dairy or honey in them (which I could

at

> > least understand had been overlooked) there was some jerky thing

> made

> > of dead ostrich and dead cows....

>

> Ah, parents... it never ends, does it? Guess what I got from my

> parents for Christmas? A HUGE set of knives, including every kind

of

> butchering and boning knife you could ever think of plus a complete

> set of steak knives for six!! My thought when I opened the package

> was " oh no, what the H am I going to do with this... " . I will

never

> use it, except perhaps for the bread knife and the paring knives.

And

> it sure does take up alot of countertop space...

>

> cheryll

 

Hi Cheryll,

 

A couple of years ago at the state fair I was fascinated by a

demonstration of a " miracle " knife. The guy dropped a tomato on the

knife and it just fell in half. After using the same knife to saw

through a shoe and some nails, he dropped another tomato on the

blade, and again, the tomato practically sliced itself. (The point, I

guess, was to show that the knife wouldn't dull.) To sweeten the

deal, anyone buying a miracle knife then and there would get a second

miracle knife absolutely free! Not only that, he would throw in 4

miracle steak knives, a miracle chopping knife, and a miracle boning

knife. Duly impressed with the tomato demonstration, I bought the

whole set for about 20 bucks. Being a vegetarian, I didn't think I

would have any use for the boning knife, but I found it to be very

handy in cutting the skin off a pineapple -- because of its skinny

blade, it's easier to take off just the skin without wasting the good

part. Immediatly upon making this discovery, I rechristened the knife

a pineapple knife.

 

Andre

[Guest guest]

Me, too ;=) My 'boning' knife is used for carving around those vegetable

rinds that otherwise defy a firm-bladed implement. That's what I tell

myself. Also, it's sharper than the rest because it's been used less ;=)

 

Pat

> I didn't think

> I

> would have any use for the boning knife, but I found it to be

> very

> handy in cutting the skin off a pineapple -- because of its

> skinny

> blade, it's easier to take off just the skin without wasting the

> good

> part. Immediatly upon making this discovery, I rechristened the

> knife

> a pineapple knife.

 

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