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In reply to the discussion: I am a vegetarian. You've known me as a vegetarian for 20 years. Please do not invite me [View all]Hekate
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Seriously, I've known how to cook vegetarian ever since Diet for a Small Planet was first published, and I don't hesitate to cook that way.
But when my son became vegan I worried about whether I could feed him appropriately as a guest in my home..... Right up until he informed me that he was vegan in his own home and vegetarian elsewhere, "Because I don't want to be an asshole." I found that very funny, and an acute observation on modern life on so many levels.
My son is into this for both health and ethical reasons, which I understand completely. He had celiac disease as an infant, which showed up after I weaned him at 13 months and wasn't diagnosed until he was over 2 y.o. So his diet was restricted until he outgrew it ( or as I now understand, went into a long remission). He headed down an undesirable path with alcohol, then quit completely in his early 20s; same with smoking. He doesn't talk about these things, he just does them and I find out later. He's now 37.
Sadly, one of my brothers in law has to talk about it. He is also into every kind of fake processed meat and foodlike substance, instead of learning how to cook well.