So, some of you may find this blog through my posting on vegan or vegetarian message boards on www.craigslist.org. Well, I made a BIG mistake...I posted a link to my story about supporting meaty restaurants that offer vegetarian selections, such as Applebees, on the vegan forum, rather than the vegetarian forum.
Ohhh, boy! You see what I always say about hippies?!!! I have spent the past two weeks being verbally assaulted. Now, being the culinary deviant that I am, I am decidedly thick-skinned and take the insults with a grain of salt (Fairtrade certified sea salt, of course).
But, I do want to use this as an opportunity to point out something that I often point out. The meat-eating world and the non-meat-eating world often clash because of extremism. If you want to rage against the food machine, that is your prerogative, but I don't. I have a job and friends and family who don't all espouse my dietary philosophy. I choose to coexist with them and apply the peace-loving hippie mentality when it really counts and when it requires some effort on my part.
I suggest you all do the same. The paradigm is shifting.
haha! I agree! I am a vegan. I have a blog called "Vegan in Charleston" (http://veganincharleston.blogspot.com) :) It showcases restuarants that offer veg options like you said. I allowed a guest poster to talk about one. She had a VEGETARIAN option, and I stated that it was vegetarian and could be made vegan. Man, the crazy vegans attacked...It was ridiculous. You should be a joyful vegan or vegetarian, not a bitter out to get everyone vegan! :) Right?
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