Why being a vegetarian can suck sometimes
I'm a vegetarian. A lacto-vegetarian for those who are keeping count. I don't eat eggs, but I do drink milk. Google it for more info. Anyways, it can suck sometimes being what I am.
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- I'd like to go into a dingy restaurant. I'd like to ask for a milkshake. And I'd like the ugly waiter in a wife-beater with a cigar grab a bottle of milk, shake the crap out of it, and toss it on the table. I'd like to go to a place like that. But, I'm 99.9% sure I can't eat anything on the menu at a place like this. Thus, I shall never go to a beat-down place like this. Being a vegetarian can limit your masochism.
- Research. Research can be fun, but it can also drive you mad. Take, for example, cheese. Most cheese is made with rennet. It's animal-based. There are companies that make cheese with a plant-based coagulator. Tracking them down is a nightmare. And the local 16year old at Subway has no clue if the multinational corporation that supplied the cheese to his shop bought the cheese from a manufacturer that decided to use an alternative to animal-based rennet. So I gamble with cheese all the time.
- Which leads us to disappointment. I do my best. I try. But I'm sure I've had food with non-vegetarian products inside. When I realize that I've done that, I feel a profound sense of disappointment. Ya'll will never understand. It pains me dearly to know that cute, cuddly little creatures are slaughtered every single day for the voracity of humankind. I think I'm gonna cry....
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I eat eggs/cheese/ yogurt. Stealth meat, avoiding BBQ joints, and quizzing waiters are all frustrating. It wasn't until after the holidays this year that I discovered most non-meat flavored boxed stuffing still had chicken fat. Lame.
2 years ago