First Akward outing.

[Guest guest]

I guess it's inevitable for any new vegetarian: That first akward

restaraunt time. Now don't get me wrong, I've gone to restaraunts

with my friends and never had a problem; they just accept and

understood my point of view, even if they don't choose this

lifestyle for themselves.

 

Anyways, on to the main point. Last Sunday my sister's boyfriend

was speaking at a church. Now, and if you know anything about

Baptists, you know that we like to eat. And if you know anything

about Baptist preachers,you know that they like to take guest

speakers and their family/friends out to lunch after church. And if

you know anything about Texans, you know that they love barbeque.

Not wanting to be a party-pooper, I didn't object, as I figured that

I could just get a baked potato or something. Well I did just that,

however the minister couldn't help his big mouth and blurted

out " How can you come to a barbeque joint and not get any

barbeque?!? " . Ahhh, let the games begin. I actually held back my

desired response of " Because I'd rather not ingest rotting cattle

flesh, you soul-less pig " (no offense to pigs) and simply stated " I'm

a vegetarian " . Now he didn't have any problem with me being

vegetarian, but he looked at me as an oddity, an anomoly. Up to

this point I had never really felt disgusted by other people eating

meat, but this did the trick. Anyways, I'm glad that I got

to " spread the word " so to speak (I can't help it, there's too much

evangelist in me!) to non-veggies, but it was not what you'd call a

pleasant experience.

 

Anyways, just thought I'd share.

 

Oh, and for restaurant goers, TGI Fridays has a " Vegetable Grill " : A

portabella mushroom sauteed and grilled with assorted vegetables. I

asked and yes, they have seperate grills for meat and vegetables. I

was impressed and very pleased.

 

As Always,

 

Kevin Smith

[Guest guest]

thanks kevin. assume you caught the just-preceding discussion of

sites like jesusveg.com, christianveg.com, etc? interesting reading,

and might afford useful ideas if you ever have occasion to discuss it

with the guy. it was a good thread.

 

karen, your story of that animals in the lab game is a hoot.

 

 

, " Kevin Smith "

<thatballguy> wrote:

> I guess it's inevitable for any new vegetarian: That first akward

> restaraunt time. Now don't get me wrong, I've gone to restaraunts

> with my friends and never had a problem; they just accept and

> understood my point of view, even if they don't choose this

> lifestyle for themselves.

>

> Anyways, on to the main point. Last Sunday my sister's boyfriend

> was speaking at a church. Now, and if you know anything about

> Baptists, you know that we like to eat. And if you know anything

> about Baptist preachers,you know that they like to take guest

> speakers and their family/friends out to lunch after church. And if

> you know anything about Texans, you know that they love barbeque.

> Not wanting to be a party-pooper, I didn't object, as I figured that

> I could just get a baked potato or something. Well I did just that,

> however the minister couldn't help his big mouth and blurted

> out " How can you come to a barbeque joint and not get any

> barbeque?!? " . Ahhh, let the games begin. I actually held back my

> desired response of " Because I'd rather not ingest rotting cattle

> flesh, you soul-less pig " (no offense to pigs) and simply stated " I'm

> a vegetarian " . Now he didn't have any problem with me being

> vegetarian, but he looked at me as an oddity, an anomoly. Up to

> this point I had never really felt disgusted by other people eating

> meat, but this did the trick. Anyways, I'm glad that I got

> to " spread the word " so to speak (I can't help it, there's too much

> evangelist in me!) to non-veggies, but it was not what you'd call a

> pleasant experience.

>

> Anyways, just thought I'd share.

>

> Oh, and for restaurant goers, TGI Fridays has a " Vegetable Grill " : A

> portabella mushroom sauteed and grilled with assorted vegetables. I

> asked and yes, they have seperate grills for meat and vegetables. I

> was impressed and very pleased.

>

> As Always,

>

> Kevin Smith

[Guest guest]

, " Kevin Smith "

<thatballguy>

wrote:

> I've gone to restaraunts

> with my friends and never had a problem; they just accept and

> understood my point of view, even if they don't choose this

> lifestyle for themselves.

 

That is as it should be.

I am of the mind that my dietary choice is really

nobody's business, and if they wish me to remain

friendly and tolerant of what they do, they had

best extend the very same tolerance to me.

If my choices make them at all uncomfortable, then

perhaps they might need to look at themselves a bit

closely to discover why they bother them.

 

 

>the minister couldn't help his big mouth and blurted

> out

 

 

*LOL* doesn't " minister " = big mouth?

 

 

> " How can you come to a barbeque joint and not get any

> barbeque?!? " . Ahhh, let the games begin.

 

There is a southern-style BBQ in our town.

Every time I go to this place with people that insist on

eating there, I hear the same thing; if not from the

wait-help, from the people at our table.

They do offer a gardenburger on the menu, so I will often

quip back to the waitress that without folks like me

coming in every now and then, their gardenburgers

would go bad. Also they do make some of the best sweet tea,

coleslaw, pies and BBQ sauces.

 

> I actually held back my

> desired response of " Because I'd rather not ingest rotting cattle

> flesh, you soul-less pig " (no offense to pigs) and simply stated

" I'm

> a vegetarian " .

 

 

*LMAO* I liked your first response best!

 

 

>Now he didn't have any problem with me being

> vegetarian, but he looked at me as an oddity, an anomoly.

 

 

To people like him, we are an anomaly. We are people

that have chosen to depart from the common " normal "

behavior of the masses.

 

 

>Up to

> this point I had never really felt disgusted by other people eating

> meat, but this did the trick.

 

It is called enlightenment; there is no going back for you

now. Even if you ever went back to eating dead animal flesh

again at some point in your life, what you have learned up

to now will forever haunt you... but in a good way.

 

~ feral ~

 

The stars speak through the stones.

Light shines in the densest matter.

Earth and heaven are one.

Our physical beings and our heavenly souls are united

in the Mystery of Being.

~ Philip Carr-Gomm, 'The Druid Tradition'