Chefs and those who cook come to my aid! I need ideas for a dish for a dinner party..

**sycld** · 02-07-2009, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by piranhas

I find it funny that vegetarians have no problem forcing others to eat vegetarian. Two people in a group of ten get to dictate what the others eat.

Hmm, well either that, or all you meat eaters bring a bunch of meat dishes that 20% of the people at the potluck can't eat, so the vegetarian people better damn well bring a couple entries that they can eat.

Or, if it'll make you happy, they can cook meat which they WON'T eat and don't even want to handle, and watch everyone else eat it.

(/rant from the son of a vegetarian)

**piranhas** · 02-07-2009, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy

Seeing as it's a sort of thing where EVERYONE brings a dish... It's variety not forced, but way to make assumptions.

I only drew my conclusions with the information given. Seeing as how it is a pot luck, just make some soup.

Originally Posted by sycld

Hmm, well either that, or all you meat eaters bring a bunch of meat dishes that 20% of the people at the potluck can't eat, so the vegetarian people better damn well bring a couple entries that they can eat.

Or, if it'll make you happy, they can cook meat which they WON'T eat and don't even want to handle, and watch everyone else eat it.

(/rant from the son of a vegetarian)

I have never seen anyone who eats meat get upset that only vegetarian options are present, but I have seen vegetarians get upset when there is one meat option.

(/rant from someone who is marrying a vegetarian in a month)

**Shinysides** · 02-07-2009, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by sycld

Hmm, well either that, or all you meat eaters bring a bunch of meat dishes that 20% of the people at the potluck can't eat, so the vegetarian people better damn well bring a couple entries that they can eat.

Or, if it'll make you happy, they can cook meat which they WON'T eat and don't even want to handle, and watch everyone else eat it.

(/rant from the son of a vegetarian)

This is gonna sound less tolerant than I actually am IRL, but I have to say Vegetarians are kind of pussies. Not because of their choice to not eat meat, but because I eat shit I don't like all the time, be it because its all I have, or to be polite, or some other reason. I don't like my fair share of foods, there are lots of things I choose not to eat given the opportunity, but if someone puts a burger with mayo on it in front of me(I hate mayo), I'll either wipe the mayo off the bun as much as I can, or I'll just eat the damn thing. Most of the vegetarians I have met will just complain and not eat whatever it is, or they wont pick the meat out.

I just don't see why vegetarians cant just make do with what they get, like the rest of us. Although, this is in no way an anti-vegetarian statement. I don't care what people eat, it doesn't affect me. However, if I were making something for a potluck and I knew there would be vegetarians there, I would trust them to bring their own food if they don't want mine. I don't mind if you don't eat meat, but don't expect me to have other options for you when I am perfectly happy to eat my hamburger. I guess I'm just saying that if you have special food requirements, that's your problem, not mine. I'm not making a veggie dish for the same reason you arent making a meat dish, because I won't eat it.

**TheOriginalGrumpySpy** · 02-07-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Shinysides

This is gonna sound less tolerant than I actually am IRL, but I have to say Vegetarians are kind of pussies. Not because of their choice to not eat meat, but because I eat shit I don't like all the time, be it because its all I have, or to be polite, or some other reason. I don't like my fair share of foods, there are lots of things I choose not to eat given the opportunity, but if someone puts a burger with mayo on it in front of me(I hate mayo), I'll either wipe the mayo off the bun as much as I can, or I'll just eat the damn thing. Most of the vegetarians I have met will just complain and not eat whatever it is, or they wont pick the meat out.

I just don't see why vegetarians cant just make do with what they get, like the rest of us. Although, this is in no way an anti-vegetarian statement. I don't care what people eat, it doesn't affect me. However, if I were making something for a potluck and I knew there would be vegetarians there, I would trust them to bring their own food if they don't want mine. I don't mind if you don't eat meat, but don't expect me to have other options for you when I am perfectly happy to eat my hamburger. I guess I'm just saying that if you have special food requirements, that's your problem, not mine. I'm not making a veggie dish for the same reason you arent making a meat dish, because I won't eat it.

If you're a vegetarian for a while and then eat meat.. you get sick. It's not like a spur-of-the-moment thing you can decide to switch back to. It's generally very easy to eat Vegetarian in the U.S. Most restaurants have at least 2 or so options.

When I go back to Nicaragua this summer, I will be eating meat again to ensure I actually have things to eat. In order to do that I have to give myself a month or so of progressively eating more and more meat.

**gwahir** · 02-07-2009, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Shinysides

This is gonna sound less tolerant than I actually am IRL, but I have to say Vegetarians are kind of pussies. Not because of their choice to not eat meat, but because I eat shit I don't like all the time, be it because its all I have, or to be polite, or some other reason. I don't like my fair share of foods, there are lots of things I choose not to eat given the opportunity, but if someone puts a burger with mayo on it in front of me(I hate mayo), I'll either wipe the mayo off the bun as much as I can, or I'll just eat the damn thing. Most of the vegetarians I have met will just complain and not eat whatever it is, or they wont pick the meat out.

I just don't see why vegetarians cant just make do with what they get, like the rest of us. Although, this is in no way an anti-vegetarian statement. I don't care what people eat, it doesn't affect me. However, if I were making something for a potluck and I knew there would be vegetarians there, I would trust them to bring their own food if they don't want mine. I don't mind if you don't eat meat, but don't expect me to have other options for you when I am perfectly happy to eat my hamburger. I guess I'm just saying that if you have special food requirements, that's your problem, not mine. I'm not making a veggie dish for the same reason you arent making a meat dish, because I won't eat it.

Uh, yeah, what TOGS said, and there's also a difference between ideaological reasons for not eating something and "I don't really like that thing".