vegetarian snark!

[topaz]

Pimping this out to the rest of my friends list, because I know that at least some of you will want to know about this:

My brilliant and talented friend lady_mishegas has created vegetariansnark, for snarking particularly misguided attempts by carnivores to understand what vegetarians eat, like the misconception that all vegetarians dishes must include tofu, portobello mushrooms or gluten cubes in order to be considered an entree.

Go!  Eat, drink and be snarky.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I guess, "Oh, you're a vegetarian? So you only eat chicken?" is too easy.

I thought it was going to be snarking about clueless vegetarians who cheat but are in denial about it.

Vegetariansnark meets Carnivoresnark

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

all vegetarians dishes must include tofu, portobello mushrooms or gluten cubes in order to be considered an entree

This is certainly true if I'm going to be eating them. (Eggplant is gross and something with only lentils and/or beans is a side dish at best. What else does that leave, Quorn?)

Re: Vegetariansnark meets Carnivoresnark

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

I don't know what that tells us apart from that as a carnivore you make a really uninimaginative vegetarian :-) Speaking for myself, I would take red beans and rice, a black bean soup, or asparagus-and-barley casserole over Tofu Surprise any day of the week!

(Not that I have anything particularly against portobello mushrooms. But tofu, oh my god.)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

If by "Tofu Surprise" you mean "plopping tofu into a dish that originally had meat", then I'm behind you 100%. That's why when I eat vegetarian, I eat Asian. Trust the guys who not only have been cooking meatless for a couple millennia but know how to design a dish around tofu instead of thoughtlessly sticking it where it has no business.

Again, I love a good rice and beans (or beans and rice, for that matter), but if that's my bleeding entree, then I must be indigent, living in a bunker, or a both.

Re: Vegetariansnark meets Carnivoresnark

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

What do you have against shapes of gluten other than cubes? (More seriously, do you not like South Asian vegetarian food?)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Masala dosai tastes so frickin' good, are you sure there aren't ground up portobellos in there somewhere?

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Well, this line certainly made me think: "Carnivores can be SO UNCREATIVE when it comes to feeding us."

(Possible responses: "Feeding you to what?"; "If I feed you, you'll only come back.", et seq

Besides, everyone knows fish is a vegetable.

[lady-mishegas.livejournal.com]

Hee! Vegetarians do taste better. Perhaps I ought to rearrange the grammar on that.

Carnivores can be SO UNCREATIVE when it comes to feeding us

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

My response would be (as it was on one occasion) "Fine, there's the kitchen. You cook." and then read the newspaper.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Word! It's far easier for me to drop vegetarians from the guest list then figure out how I'm going to put together a minimum number of dishes to suit their finicky requirements. I guess if I want to see these people any more, I need to have fewer dinner parties and more afternoon teas.

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Love them cucumber sandwiches...

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

With mayonnaise? You embryo-killing BEAST!

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Nope, butter; that way I'm stealing the nourishment from baby cows.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Sure! It's not as if carnivores are ever finicky. Or have food allergies. Or anything like that.

Oh, wait.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

People with food allergies: Also in the "Let's just do coffee!" pile.

But you know I love you because of your endearing finickiness, not in spite of it.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

But I *hate* coffee!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Eat, drink and be snarky

...for tomorrow we dine!

[blk]

But tofu and portobellos are YUMMY!

[lady-mishegas.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the plug.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

My peeve isn't tofu, portobellos or gluten, which I like fine, but vegetarian food without vegetables!

I hate going some place like the campus coffee shops where my lunch choice is 9 cups of rice with a bunch of fried tofu and two tiny broccoli florets. I feel like I'd be better off at a traditional diner with a meat and two (veggie) sides.

Speaking of gluten, do you know of any seitan-type recipe that isn't shockingly high in sodium? We're trying to reduce salt in our cooking at home.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Beans! You forgot beans on the Eternal List!

I enjoy the challenge of cooking for vegetarians. I even managed Thanksgiving dinner, not just for a vegetarian but for a no-onion guest and a no-garlic guest. Now a vegan, that would have been hard.