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What's your funniest vegetarian eating experience?
I was a vegetarian for years and I always got tired of people asking me what I ate (vegetables, duh!), assume I ate chicken and fish (they are not vegetables last I checked) and telling me about how they could never be one because they loved meat so much.
However, my funniest experience (now) was at Thanksgiving dinner. We had gone to a friend of my parent's house. For some reason, vegetarians scare hosts at Thanksgiving dinners. Anyway, the hostess tells me how I can eat this vegetable dish because "there is no meat in it." I take a serving while my mother asks what is in it. The hostess explains "cream of chicken soup...."
I didn't say anything (or eat the dish) but I couldn't help but wonder where she thought cream of chicken soup came from?
However, my funniest experience (now) was at Thanksgiving dinner. We had gone to a friend of my parent's house. For some reason, vegetarians scare hosts at Thanksgiving dinners. Anyway, the hostess tells me how I can eat this vegetable dish because "there is no meat in it." I take a serving while my mother asks what is in it. The hostess explains "cream of chicken soup...."
I didn't say anything (or eat the dish) but I couldn't help but wonder where she thought cream of chicken soup came from?
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I am a photographer, and was assigned to take photos of a man who owns a BBQ restaurant. I was specifically supposed to get photos of him barbecuing ribs and brisket. Photographing the assignment was pretty difficult cramped into a tiny little kitchen. The cook was the most stereotypical Italian New Yorker I had ever come across (I'm an Italian myself, so this is saying something), complete with slicked back hair, an open shirt with a gold chain around his neck, and the strongest New York accent I had heard in quite a while. He finished cooking, and offered me the plate of ribs and brisket. I didn't want to offend him, but neither did I wish to explain to this very intimidating man that I was a vegetarian. It was also my first photographing assignment for the publication, and I was terrified. I told him that I had just eaten, and that I really wasn't hungry, but he shoved the food in front of my face all the same.
I didn't know what else to do, so I took the plate and sat down. I ate a little bit of the ribs and brisket (which was actually quite fantastic tasting) so as to appease the cook, and then asked for a box to put it in so I could "enjoy the rest later". When I got home, I gave the food to my brother-in-law and proceeded to spend the rest of the day with intense nausea due to the fact that I hadn't eaten meat in well over 3 years.
I didn't know what else to do, so I took the plate and sat down. I ate a little bit of the ribs and brisket (which was actually quite fantastic tasting) so as to appease the cook, and then asked for a box to put it in so I could "enjoy the rest later". When I got home, I gave the food to my brother-in-law and proceeded to spend the rest of the day with intense nausea due to the fact that I hadn't eaten meat in well over 3 years.
Proud to say that I've never eaten a vegetarian...
I'm vegetarian myself and years ago I had a similar experience. I was visiting my relatives in Lithuania in early 90's, and during that time (after re-gaining independence from Soviet regime) there were lots of new businesses and restaurants opening doors all over the place and offering new (for them) services.
I wanted to try how will that work, so I've decided to order pizza delivered to the apartment and requested a no meat (just plain cheese) pie. 20 minutes later a guy shows up with a huge size pie, but to my surprise it's sprinkled with pepperoni!!! I kindly reminded that I've ordered "no-meat" pizza, so delivery guy handed me the phone and asked to deal with the new manager, who replied to my complain by saying that it's not MEAT - it's PEPPERONI (!?) - apparently the manager wanted to make pizza "better" and this way gain new customers. After a short talk over the phone, we got a new cheese pizza delivered for no cost and got to keep the pepperoni pie too!
... funny misunderstanding, but no complaints after all :)
I wanted to try how will that work, so I've decided to order pizza delivered to the apartment and requested a no meat (just plain cheese) pie. 20 minutes later a guy shows up with a huge size pie, but to my surprise it's sprinkled with pepperoni!!! I kindly reminded that I've ordered "no-meat" pizza, so delivery guy handed me the phone and asked to deal with the new manager, who replied to my complain by saying that it's not MEAT - it's PEPPERONI (!?) - apparently the manager wanted to make pizza "better" and this way gain new customers. After a short talk over the phone, we got a new cheese pizza delivered for no cost and got to keep the pepperoni pie too!
... funny misunderstanding, but no complaints after all :)
A graduate student instructor of mine was a lacto-ovo vegetarian (eggs and dairy, no meat). She was making plans to live in Japan for an extended period of time and was told that she would need to learn how to eat meat because, although there is a lot of vegetarian food in Japan, culturally, they don't quite "get" the whole vegetarian thing so it is hard to be an exclusive vegetarian.
So, against her better judgment, she started incorporating meat back into her diet, and during that time, called herself a "lacto-ovo-baco" vegetarian.
Turned out that the extended trip got canceled, so she had wound up eating meat for no good reason!
Not laugh out loud funny, but more like "Murphy's Law" funny.
So, against her better judgment, she started incorporating meat back into her diet, and during that time, called herself a "lacto-ovo-baco" vegetarian.
Turned out that the extended trip got canceled, so she had wound up eating meat for no good reason!
Not laugh out loud funny, but more like "Murphy's Law" funny.
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