I hear vegans aren't very tasty; they taste like knotted gristle.

These tips aren't for vegetarians. These tips are for vegans. I don't think many vegetarians really care about marshmellows or butter usage.

They can eat the cranberry sauce.

darkhorse23: I hear vegans aren't very tasty; they taste like knotted gristle.

Actually, the tips are pretty tasty if you soak them in butter and then stuff the turkey with them.

God forbid people try to be inclusive of their friends and family who don't eat meat.

Can't they just eat the potatoes, green beans and other stuff that isn't turkey?

"...considering using butter substitute this year...".

How about no?

TheDumbBlonde: "...considering using butter substitute this year...".

How about no?

I substituted my butter with foie gras butter.

Until you have the newly-vegan-and-lesbian college student make a tearful prayer for the soul of the murdered turkey, you haven't really had an awkward Thanksgiving.

They would be too weak from lack of real food to make it all the way to Grandma's house anyway.
We'll have 3 turkeys, two hams, Scotch eggs, etc...

/Yes, we have a large gathering

The way I see it, if I can quietly accept the bland, nasty gluten-free cous-cous and tempeh crap that vegans serve when I visit them, they can STFU and eat a little butter or cheese when they come to my house. Seriously. That's what "tolerance" is all about. Sucking it up. It's Thanksgiving. So suck it up.

jehovahs witness protection: They would be too weak from lack of real food to make it all the way to Grandma's house anyway.
We'll have 3 turkeys, two hams, Scotch eggs, etc...

/Yes, we have a large gathering

I'm sure you both will.

I've been a vegetarian since I was 12 and have never had a problem on Thanksgiving. Usually the turkey is the only meat there, and I've been making a baked ziti for the past 5 or so years as a main course. Of course, my family doesn't have an obnoxious attitude like this guy:

sinschild: why would anyone have friends who don't eat meat? What could you possibly have in common with a herbivore?

I don't know what anyone's problem is, at my Thanksgiving, there is one meat (turkey) and like 30 other things, plus pie and booze. You would have to be one farked up vegetarian to go hungry or have a bad time.

Sybarite: God forbid people try to be inclusive of their friends and family who don't eat meat.

If some veggie head wants to make suggestions or demands regarding my Thanksgiving dinner, he or she can go somewhere else.

Inviting a vegan to Thanksgiving is like inviting a teetotaler to your St. Patrick's Day party.

wait, there is also sushi, so more than one meat. But also more things that have no meat.

God forbid indeed. My daughter in law and her partner - 'strict raw vegans' tried to farking take over my entire meal last year when I 'tried to be incluse of my family who don't eat meat'. "Granted, you've been on this earth forty years longer than we have but we think you're ignorant and don't know how to eat and here, have some raw nuts and carrots instead of the roast duck you worked so hard on because we're better than you" was the entire theme.

I made them bring their own shiat. Seriously, I live in Asheville, with a higher concentration of vegans and gays/lesbians than anywhere else in the entire farking country. The ones I have met, and the ones I know, all have that attitude and I'm sick to death of it. "Oh, we just discovered a way to eat on the internets, so you are stupid if you don't do like us" is the word of the day. fark them. If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then they shouldn't be made out of meat. I am proud of my position on the food chain.

FTFA:

A vegetarian since I was 8, I have a lot of experience being uncomfortable at a dinner table full of meat.

4. Be open to changing some of your recipes. If you use two sticks of butter in your mashed potatoes, maybe you could use a butter substitute this year?

Even if you are not hosting a vegetarian this Thanksgiving, why not have an all-vegetarian meal? Vegetarian is very chic after all!


Good God I want to stab the author with a fork.

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Until you have the newly-vegan-and-lesbian college student make a tearful prayer for the soul of the murdered turkey, you haven't really had an awkward Thanksgiving.

Been there. Laughed at them.

The_Sponge: Inviting a vegan to Thanksgiving is like inviting a teetotaler to your St. Patrick's Day party.

This a million times over

also, incluse = inclusive.

darkhorse23: "Oh, we just discovered a way to eat on the internets, so you are stupid if you don't do like us"

challenge them to armwrestling, or breath not stinking.

CitizenTed: The way I see it, if I can quietly accept the bland, nasty gluten-free cous-cous and tempeh crap that vegans serve when I visit them,

Gluten free is for celiacs. Maybe you've never visited a vegan or a celiac?

The_Sponge: Good God I want to stab the author with a fork.

Here you go.

I have a tip for vegetarians, don't come to my house for thanksgiving dinner.

darkhorse23: The_Sponge: Good God I want to stab the author with a fork.

Here you go.
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Why thank you.

EatHam: challenge them to armwrestling, or breath not stinking.

Daughter in law's "perfect partner" farts all day long with room-clearing results. Breath is awful.

sweetmelissa31: Gluten free is for celiacs.

BIG difference. Before my sister died from celiac disease complications, we always made sure she had gluten free products. NOT VEGAN. BIG DIFFERENCE.

Don't eat meat? That's fine, we have plenty of other dishes that should fill you up. Hell, I'll happily learn a vegan recipe or two, and I'll enjoy them with you. Gotta problem with the rest of us eating meat? Stay home.

RexTalionis: These tips aren't for vegetarians. These tips are for vegans. I don't think many vegetarians really care about marshmellows or butter usage.

Most vegetarians don't care about butter. I think gelatin (what's in marshmellows) is a bit more troubling as it's made out of skin and bones which animals tend not to give up quite as easily as their milk.

WorldCitizen: Most vegetarians don't care about butter. I think gelatin (what's in marshmellows) is a bit more troubling as it's made out of skin and bones which animals tend not to give up quite as easily as their milk.

Thet's why we kill 'em first.

WorldCitizen: Most vegetarians don't care about butter. I think gelatin (what's in marshmellows) is a bit more troubling as it's made out of skin and bones which animals tend not to give up quite as easily as their milk.

I do eat gelatin, although it is a little gross to think about. I really love that cranberry sauce that retains the shape of the can.

Sybarite: God forbid people try to be inclusive of their friends and family who don't eat meat.

Because that thread would suck the lifeblood out of Fark and then feast on the marrow of the corpse's bones.

The_Sponge: Sybarite: God forbid people try to be inclusive of their friends and family who don't eat meat.

If some veggie head wants to make suggestions or demands regarding my Thanksgiving dinner, he or she can go somewhere else.

Inviting a vegan to Thanksgiving is like inviting a teetotaler to your St. Patrick's Day party.


I have a friend who doesn't drink that came out with a bunch of us last St. Patrick's Day. We all had a great time and she drove three of us home. Probably half the people I know are somewhere on the flexitarian to vegan scale, way more than don't drink.

sweetmelissa31: I've been a vegetarian since I was 12 and have never had a problem on Thanksgiving. Usually the turkey is the only meat there, and I've been making a baked ziti for the past 5 or so years as a main course.


Why does this not surprise me?

sweetmelissa31: WorldCitizen: Most vegetarians don't care about butter. I think gelatin (what's in marshmellows) is a bit more troubling as it's made out of skin and bones which animals tend not to give up quite as easily as their milk.

I do eat gelatin, although it is a little gross to think about. I really love that cranberry sauce that retains the shape of the can.

Also, unsurprising.

You come to my home for a meal and you know what will be on the table for feasting.

Tofu isn't on the menu.

i use my vegetarianism as an excuse to not go over to my relatives houses on holidays

plus they don't drink so it is extra suck

TheDumbBlonde: Why does this not surprise me?

Because I'm thin?

Both my family & my husband's are VERY blue-collar, meat & potatoes people. Because we'll eat sushi, Indian, and the occasional vegetarian meal, they're absolutely convinced that we're vegetarian. Every year, it's the same thing: Ummm, there's sausage in the stuffing, so you don't want that. And there's baked ziti instead of the turkey, but take the pan on the left because the one on the right has meat in it. We used real cheese in the potatoes au gratin, do you eat that?

Christ, people--we've been married for 19 years! We've eaten with you countless times! You've seen me eat pepperoni pizza, hamburgers, tuna sandwiches, chicken Caesar salads, bacon. You've been over our house for 11 Christmas dinners where I always serve meat. Stop fussing! And if we were truly vegetarian, I wouldn't expect anyone to change their entire friggin' menu for us!

/Has vegetarian friends.
//I hate having to make a separate dish or change my menu because 1 person out of 10 doesn't eat meat.
///Not inviting them next time.

sweetmelissa31: TheDumbBlonde: Why does this not surprise me?

Because I'm thin?

LOL. My lack of surprise is that your family would serve something straight out of a can on their table for a celebration. It speaks volumes.

darkhorse23: If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then they shouldn't be made out of meat.

I LOL'd

Raw foodies are the WORST. We frequent an awesome vegan restaurant and it's hysterical listening to some of the people in there. And the judgemental looks are off the charts when I ask for Splenda or honey for my tea. One day, we're going to get so sick of it, we're going to start menu planning for the week while we eat. "Okay, so lamb ragu on Saturday, pot roast on Sunday, beef stew on Monday... When do you want to have the pork loin?"

/Vegan dishes have some REALLY good flavors. Had a vegan gyro last week that was to die for.
//If only the food weren't served with a side of holier-than-thou, we'd go there far more often.

TheDumbBlonde: LOL. My lack of surprise is that your family would serve something straight out of a can on their table for a celebration. It speaks volumes.

What does it say about us?

I'm friends with a vegetarian (not vegan) couple, and their contribution to most homecooked meals is vegetarian chili cheese dip that includes a full brick of cream cheese and homemade bean chili. It's pretty fantastic.

We make sure to make a mushroom stir fry or something for them when they're over.

sweetmelissa31: TheDumbBlonde: LOL. My lack of surprise is that your family would serve something straight out of a can on their table for a celebration. It speaks volumes.

What does it say about us?

You don't waste time cooking something that's readily available commercially.