<-- ditto on that

i've been a vegi for a little over 12 years now and it is SERIOUSLY frustrating when i am questioned about my food choices because "well my daughter is a vegetarian and she still eats chicken" or something along those lines. som random worker at the school cafeteria tried to give me chicken in my vegi lo mein last week. i usually just explain that i don't eat things with legs or anything that has been portrayed as a disney character...

i will say that being vegi can definetely have its' advantages though - our last convention had a few awesome vegi meals whereas the meat-eaters had a few questionable items... =)

and i will definetely go ditto on the "double check" the food comments. you NEVER know what some people consider vegi and i have almost been on the losing side a couple of times with foods cooked in fat or containing fat chunks or gravies made from anything meaty... grrrrrrrr

At most places, I eat eclectic assortments of side items (or fish sandwiches, since I am not a vegetarian and I eat fish ...). The places that are the worst for me are Chic-fil-A (I eat cole slaw and fries) and Wendy's (I eat a potato and a puny side salad). The most awesome place in all the world is *TACO BELL*, where for 99 cents I can get the "cheesy rice bean burrito" or whatever its called, which is glorious (horribly unhealthy, but glorious). All of my vegetarian friends love the Taco Bell (of course, we are college students and we are poor).

a lot of fast food places are going to salad options and i think burger king does a veggie burger now...

and taco bell kicks butt - unless you're doing weight watchers! haha!

I am not a vegetarian - I tried it a few years ago, and it didn't change my blood panel the way my doctor would have liked (which is why I tried it). I don't think too much of any meat, white or red, is good for anyone, but that's a different thread. I still eat Morningstar Farms & Boca products, because they're really good!

However, my out-laws are Seventh Day Adventists, and are very strict vegetarians (I thought they'd faint when I brought out some marshmallows!). They have some good literature on the various forms of vegetarian/vegan diets at their church, but I haven't found any on the internet yet.

If you're serious about it, that may be a good place to look. While it's not required by their church, at least half of SDAs are vegetarian/vegans.

I was interested by whomever said that if you eat chicken broth you are not a vegitarian....not to argue, but can't they manufacture broth with flavoring that makes it taste like chicken? I dunno, could be wrong, just wondering.

But then it isn't chicken broth. It's chicken-flavored broth. Kind of like you can have vegetarian chicken - it's not really chicken, it's fake chicken (lots of Asian restaurants have this product).

I buy chicken-flavored broth that's vegetarian to use in recipes that require chicken broth. It's healthier and easier/cheaper to find than free-range chicken broth, in my experience.

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