The Vegetarian Torture

[Howard Beale]

I read only enough of the thread to see many replies that said, in effect, 'It's just vegetables! Eat it. How bad could it be?'

Well, there're vegetarian meals and there are vegetarian meals. If somebody served me the sort of vegetarian stuff cooked in Indian restaurants I'd love it. If they served me corn on the cob and string beans that's ok too.

However, there is also the sort of vegetarian meal that my young, visiting nephew and his new age gf decided to prepare. The only thing I recognized was the soy based green pea soup (I saw the box it came in). The rest of it was roots of some kind that they got somewhere covered in pesto sauce. I did what some here said. I sucked it up and ate it with as much of a smile as I could but if they ever visit again and offer to cook I'm going to make my excuses.

[KaneKungFu123]

OP has given us nothing to go by, and is incapable of describing the foods in any terms which makes me think he is just a retard.... but to his defense, I will say that I could pick out 4-5 thai vegetable-meals that would probably gag many people who werent used to some of the strong seasonings. For instance, "Sour Mango with Sugar, Chilli Powder, and Fish Sauce". First time I tried it I had to spit it out. Gradually you start to like it.

There is this one particular leaf, i dont know the english name, that is added to many thai dishs for it smell. First time, the smell of it alone made me sick. Now, it makes me salvate.

[szw]

wtf is with people ripping on cowdick. I call it bull penis, but it is damn good.

[BearHustler]

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OP has given us nothing to go by, and is incapable of describing the foods in any terms which makes me think he is just a retard....

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And this discussion is absolutely worthless without knowing what the food in question was.

[dustyn]

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Eliane, I would almost always assume I know the answer to this question, but you often surprise me....if someone invited you to dinner and served something like beef carpaccio, bacon-srapped scallops and lamb chops, would you consider that rude? Note that you never told these people you were a vegetarian, let's just say it's someone you work with. Maybe your coworker has seen you eat seaweed and pine nuts for lunch every day but just assumed you ate meat also. Rude or not rude?

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I think that were I to invite somebody over for dinner at my place, I would usually explicitly ask ahead of time whether or not they had any dietary restrictions just to avoid this kind of thing. I'm not sure it's rude to fail to do this, but especially since vegetarianism isn't particularly rare it seems like a prudent thing to do. I also think that if I were a vegetarian, I would give people a heads-up about that before having them over for dinner, too.

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I agree with this, not just because of the vegetarian factor, but more because lots of people have issues eating things like peanuts, lactose products, etc.

[QTip]

Wow! I've not been on for a while and thought this thread just died. I've read all the responses and will answer the questions asked of me.

Firstly, I don't not like vegetables. I should have made the situation more clear in my OP. This was not what I would call "standard vegetarian" food; though, I don't claim to know most of those forms of recipes.

What was in the bread? I've no clue. I guess it would have been standard to ask, but I didn't. It was just gooey, then crunchy, bad tasting etc.

I think what I had on my hands there was some people that just were outside of mainstream food for health purposes. I have learned that they don't let their kids eat pizza and so forth. They are Americans.

I'm not someone who goes to another country and refuses to adapt to other cultures i.e. removing shoes and so forth. I've been to other countries and have always taken the time to study their cultures and learn as much of their language as I can before going.

The reason I posted this was because I felt bad for being so obvious about not liking the food. I had several things on my plate (however, the main dish was the soup), and I left about 2/3 of everything and my soup dish just had all the stuff (again, unsure of what it was) on the bottom of the bowl. It was just painfully obvious that I didn't like it, and I felt horrible, but, it was like I was on fear factor, and I had enough.

Afterwards, I was trying to make myself feel better by saying, "Man, they should tell someone."

That's about it. I enjoyed the discussions here, and I realize that I will suck if I ever get on fear factor.

[The DaveR]

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I don't think the issue is with vegetarian foods. <u>I think the issue is that the food tasted bad.</u>

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You have bad reading comprehension.

[Jack of Arcades]

How is that rude? I mean, really, I don't see it. There are some pretty common foods that I just absolutetly don't like. I think saying "no thank you, crawfish doesn't sit well with me" is a lot nicer than showing up and not eating it.

[El Ishmael]

Agree with everything Evan said here.

Edited to say that regardless of it being vegetables, how many dinners do you guys actually eat that don't have meat in them? I can only think of pizza and ravioli for myself.

[ElaineMonster]

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Vegetarianism is NOT a culture. It's a dietary choice, no more, no less.

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I'm guessing you're not a vegetarian.