OMG TV moment

[figmo]

My TV turned on to "Sara's Secrets" on the Food Network. She was making a meal that was supposed to be for "both vegetarians and carnivores." One of the items she made was two versions of a savory strada. When she went to plate it, she first stuck her spatula in the sausage-laden strada, then, without cleaning the spatula, stuck it into the vegetarian strada.

I blurted out "Oh my gawd!" so loudly I awoke Warren, who was sound asleep two rooms down with the door closed.

For those of you who aren't chefs, if you're feeding a vegetarian, that's like dipping your spatula in poison before serving your guests.

Comments

[justeps.livejournal.com]

If you remember my parties, you'll recall I had two Crock Pots: one that contained meat, and one that never touched meat in its life.

The rest of this is largely a religious argument. The most perfect person on the planet, his holiness the Dalai Lama, is OK with eating meat. That's good enough for me.

Humans aren't rabbits. We can't digest grass. We can digest grass-fed beef. You can debate all you want about whether we evolved into carnivores, or were "intelligently designed" to be carnivores. It doesn't matter; we are what we are. Parsley is decoration, not food. Celery is not nutritious.

You're welcome to eat whatever you want. Just don't preach to me about what I should or should not consume.

[capplor.livejournal.com]

Did you even read as far as: "I could go off on a rant about how vegetarian choices are better for your health & the overall health of the planet but that's entirely counter to the point that Lynn was originally making. That point is courtesy. "?

I'm not telling you what to eat. That's not my choice. Why do people think that I am doing so when I espouse an alternative dining-style?

Maybe the real problem is not one of courtesy, but rather one of expectations.