What is up with the vegan hate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My problem is that people should discreetly eat whatever they wish without making a spectacle of themselves or inconveniencing others. Hosts should not be expected to cater to every dietary preference. If you have a wacko diet, put some almonds in your purse and hush.

I was raised vegetarian in the South, and I was taught to eat what was put before me - including meat. Manners should trump all. In the case of a deathly allergy, bring your own food.

And yet when I do that the host finds it an insult. They say I should gave let them know and it get weird for a bit. Can’t win for trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a vegetarian, so I can somewhat relate. Someone says "you gotta try lunch at Porky's BBQ," I say "oh I'm not a fan of bbq but I'll tell my husband." Fine. But often, people will press (goes for any subject matter), to a point either right away or later in the conversation, I need to say I'm a vegetarian. My declaration doesn't come out of nowhere. It's part of the general conversation of "you really should go to Porky's even if you don't love bbq, they have burgers too, oh speaking of good burgers, have you tried Burger Hut..."

Conversation with my vegan friend include the same thing. I say ",OMG I Love that pizza place, their crust is the best, " and she might respond" I agree, but I wish they'd offer a vegan pizza. "

As you can imagine, the naturally occurring mention of vegan/vegetarianism often spurs more questions about how long have you been vegetarian, why are you, don't you miss burgers how do you get your vitamins? And next thing you know, you're accused of being one of those people who can't shut up about their diet.

You’re…not who we’re talking about. I don’t know how many times it’s been pointed out, but I’ll say it again: Not all vegans are super-annoying. There are many vegans who are welcome in my home for dinner because they are gracious, helpful guests. That said, what do you expect your friend to do about the pizza place not offering a vegan pizza? If you don’t want to go there for dinner, fine. But if someone is just saying they love a restaurant, you can say something positive and not Make It About Vegan Options.

I'm sorry, but this thread is specifically about telling anecdotes about annoying vegans to prove that vegans are annoying. So now someone who is explaining it from the other side is suddenly, "You're...not who we're talking about."?? How convenient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks need someone or something to fixate on. And then make it the other persons fault.

+1 They think being vegan is a sign of mental illness but they think it's perfectly sane to hate vegans. They are nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People with special diets always call a lot of attention to themselves. Whether it's Celiac or vegetarian or vegan or pescatarian, you always have to hear about what they eat, never mind if you are at their house. At work all the executives have special diets and heaven forbid they don't get their pescatarian entree or their steel cut oatmeal, heads will roll. I once saw my boss BERATE a server because his fish came with some kind of oil on it instead of plain.

Eat what you want I just don't want to have to worry about it, hear about it, just bring your own damn lunch then

I've never heard of an executive berate a sever before. Ever. Must have something to do with being a pesatarian.

[Anonymous]

The worst are the vegans who don't like vegetables. We had such an extended house guest once. She pretty much ate bread, rice and Doritos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do vegans host and offer meat dishes when their guests eat meat and dairy? Or do you only serve vegan dishes?

+1

I do but my husband and kids eat meat and dairy so I’m very used to cooking meat and dairy and do on a daily basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks need someone or something to fixate on. And then make it the other persons fault.

+1 They think being vegan is a sign of mental illness but they think it's perfectly sane to hate vegans. They are nuts.

No one here is saying they hate vegans. And there are a lot of people posting some stories about vegans who have done some weird and funny things.

People like me are saying that vegans are vegans because they have a mental illness and they use food control as an unhealthy coping mechanism. The veganism is a symptom of the illness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a vegetarian, so I can somewhat relate. Someone says "you gotta try lunch at Porky's BBQ," I say "oh I'm not a fan of bbq but I'll tell my husband." Fine. But often, people will press (goes for any subject matter), to a point either right away or later in the conversation, I need to say I'm a vegetarian. My declaration doesn't come out of nowhere. It's part of the general conversation of "you really should go to Porky's even if you don't love bbq, they have burgers too, oh speaking of good burgers, have you tried Burger Hut..."

Conversation with my vegan friend include the same thing. I say ",OMG I Love that pizza place, their crust is the best, " and she might respond" I agree, but I wish they'd offer a vegan pizza. "

As you can imagine, the naturally occurring mention of vegan/vegetarianism often spurs more questions about how long have you been vegetarian, why are you, don't you miss burgers how do you get your vitamins? And next thing you know, you're accused of being one of those people who can't shut up about their diet.

You’re…not who we’re talking about. I don’t know how many times it’s been pointed out, but I’ll say it again: Not all vegans are super-annoying. There are many vegans who are welcome in my home for dinner because they are gracious, helpful guests. That said, what do you expect your friend to do about the pizza place not offering a vegan pizza? If you don’t want to go there for dinner, fine. But if someone is just saying they love a restaurant, you can say something positive and not Make It About Vegan Options.

I'm sorry, but this thread is specifically about telling anecdotes about annoying vegans to prove that vegans are annoying. So now someone who is explaining it from the other side is suddenly, "You're...not who we're talking about."?? How convenient.

In both this thread and in the other thread, I made a point to say that I do not think all vegans are That Vegan. I have vegan friends who are good guests/not obnoxious, and I definitely know That Vegans. If you fail to acknowledge my posts making these distinctions in both this and the Thanksgiving thread, it’s because you only want to see the That Vegan angle, and I can’t help you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a vegetarian, so I can somewhat relate. Someone says "you gotta try lunch at Porky's BBQ," I say "oh I'm not a fan of bbq but I'll tell my husband." Fine. But often, people will press (goes for any subject matter), to a point either right away or later in the conversation, I need to say I'm a vegetarian. My declaration doesn't come out of nowhere. It's part of the general conversation of "you really should go to Porky's even if you don't love bbq, they have burgers too, oh speaking of good burgers, have you tried Burger Hut..."

Conversation with my vegan friend include the same thing. I say ",OMG I Love that pizza place, their crust is the best, " and she might respond" I agree, but I wish they'd offer a vegan pizza. "

As you can imagine, the naturally occurring mention of vegan/vegetarianism often spurs more questions about how long have you been vegetarian, why are you, don't you miss burgers how do you get your vitamins? And next thing you know, you're accused of being one of those people who can't shut up about their diet.

You’re…not who we’re talking about. I don’t know how many times it’s been pointed out, but I’ll say it again: Not all vegans are super-annoying. There are many vegans who are welcome in my home for dinner because they are gracious, helpful guests. That said, what do you expect your friend to do about the pizza place not offering a vegan pizza? If you don’t want to go there for dinner, fine. But if someone is just saying they love a restaurant, you can say something positive and not Make It About Vegan Options.

It's totally possible that I am exactly what you're talking about. The point is, in general conversation sometimes vegan/vegetarianism comes up naturally, which often causes people to ask questions. The problem is that when someone doesn't like my answers, they press, and get annoyed, and complain the vegetarian is being obnoxious (or whatever your complaint is) .

Even as a vegetarian, I've had people try to debate me about meat eating during which they become defensive and offended.

[Anonymous]

I'm vegetarian, not vegan, but I do eat a lot of vegan food. It's really not hard, people. Can't you make:

spaghetti with tomato sauce
pasta with veggies and olive oil
bean burritos
cauliflower tacos
lentil soup
bean chili
veggie fried rice with no egg
pasta salad

or a million other things?

I'm on dating apps and I see a lot of people say 'swipe left if you're vegetarian'. I think meat eaters are more judgmental, I've never seen a profile that says 'swipe left if you eat meat/aren't vegetarian/vegan'.

And no, I don't serve meat to anyone, including my son who eats meat. My kitchen is vegetarian. It's not a fair comparison - meat eaters can eat vegetarian/vegan food (and likely do all the time in addition to meat), and whether or not you agree with vegetarians/vegans, they can't or won't eat meat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks need someone or something to fixate on. And then make it the other persons fault.

+1 They think being vegan is a sign of mental illness but they think it's perfectly sane to hate vegans. They are nuts.

No one here is saying they hate vegans. And there are a lot of people posting some stories about vegans who have done some weird and funny things.

People like me are saying that vegans are vegans because they have a mental illness and they use food control as an unhealthy coping mechanism. The veganism is a symptom of the illness.

You honestly think that eating a vegan diet is a symptom of mental illness? Aren't you concerned that there are so many mentally ill people walking around that vegan products can be found anywhere now, including mainstream stores like Giant? That's a lot of mentally ill people.

It's more accurate to say that those who insist being vegan is a mental illness are the ones who are ill.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried the food? A lot of it is gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you tried the food? A lot of it is gross.

What are you specifically referring to? Vegetables? Nuts? Fruit? Legumes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read the other thread, but being vegan makes it extraordinary difficult to prepare dishes. It’s not as simple as providing meat free options. Butter, milk, cheese all are bases in many recipes.

I don’t want to use fake butter and fake cheese.

This is where I’m coming from as the chef. Vegetarian? No problem. Vegan, I’m struggling.

[Anonymous]

When I am entertaining, bulk of the food I cook is vegetarian and only one or two dishes are non-veg. The meat eaters can eat everything, and vegetarians don't eat that one or two items. However, even if a person who eats vegan, or gluten free, or dairy free, or nut free food comes to our dinners, they will find something that they can eat and they will not go home without being stuffed to the gills with good food. My DH likes a table with lots of dishes and I always have enough in the freezer to make something in 15 minutes or less. Menu of last weekend dinner for 35 people.


Spinach chaat (veg/vegan)
Mint Paneer-capsicum seekh (veg)
Dhokla (veg/vegan)
Lamb kebab

Quinoa veg pilaf (veg/vegan)
Tandoori salmon
Mixed lentils (aka dal banjaara) (veg/vegan)
Potato curry (aka dum aloo) (veg/vegan)
Malai kofta (veg)
Chicken jhalfrezi
Chickpea flour dumpling curry (aka besan gatta) (veg/vegan)
Mixed flour roti (veg/vegan)

Cut fruits (veg/vegan)
Rasmalai (veg)