The Challenge of Going Vegan

[SheilaT]

59. Personally, I am a happy ominvore. What I don't get about the whole

vegan/vegetarian thing is the obsession with informing everyone else what your food choices are. Okay, so if you're going to a friend's house, and that friend is me, you need to let me know and I'll actually try to accommodate you. But otherwise, it seems to me that you simply can eat what you will, and not announce to the whole world what you're eating -- or not eating -- and why.

Oh, and what I REALLY don't get is the vegans/vegetarians who seem to desperately need a meat substitute. Yuck. There's plenty of wonderful food out there that doesn't involve animals. Just eat that stuff.

And for the glucose intolerant, I want to say that I have NEVER tasted anything more awful than pasta substitute. Quite frankly, if I couldn't eat gluten stuff, I'd simply do without. Again, there's wonderful food out there that doesn't include whatever you can't or choose not to eat. Meanwhile, don't get all sanctimonious on the rest of us.

Oh, and while you're at it, keep in mind that we evolved, yes evolved, to our present state eating omnivorously, and cooked foods at that.