How to split a potpie into veggie and chicken?

[Anonymous]

OP again. I was absolutely calling for my own head - it's called a sense of humor.

And if you read up, you can see I made the whole thing with veggie broth.

[Anonymous]

I think I've seen it all now. People are slinging insults at a vegetarian chef for not making her dish vegetarian enough. It's not like she made it for someone else who is a strict vegetarian and claimed it was good enough. She was fine with picking the piece of chicken out. And yes, it is possible some little tiny bit of the chicken juice got into her side. But clearly if she was that freaked out over meat, she wouldn't be willing to cook with it.

But it would have been comical to freak out over the piece of chicken, given you were the chef.

Glad to hear it worked. I actually went looking for something the size of a half of a pie the other week. Closest thing I could find was a rectangular pyrex dish. Although my searching only went as far as Target.

[Anonymous]

Would a hard core vegetarian had a "mixed" pot pie? Nope. Would a "mostly" vegetarian? Probably.

People go vegetarian or vegan for 2 reasons.
1. Ethics
2. Health

If it's not an ethical reason, the "consumer" isn't going to make a big deal about "sharing" a part-meat meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would a hard core vegetarian had a "mixed" pot pie? Nope. Would a "mostly" vegetarian? Probably.

People go vegetarian or vegan for 2 reasons.
1. Ethics
2. Health

If it's not an ethical reason, the "consumer" isn't going to make a big deal about "sharing" a part-meat meal.

Even for ethical reasons, there is good cause for simply reducing the amount of meat one consumes--it doesn't need to be all or nothing to have valid ethical grounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Even for ethical reasons, there is good cause for simply reducing the amount of meat one consumes--it doesn't need to be all or nothing to have valid ethical grounds.

Read "The China Study" and see how "healthy" animals are for humans to consume (specifically meat and poultry). That's another topic though.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, however if someone is vegetarian/vegan because they appreciate every life, they are rarely going to slip (speaking as a vegan who hasn't slipped b/c I can picture a live, little animal and that deters me every time). One can live fairly easily in this day and age without having to consume animals, of course some areas have far greater choices for this lifestyle (such as DC and NYC).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks to everyone who responded. I ended up making one big pie. I made the filling a bit thicker than usual and when I put it in the two kinds, they pretty much "stayed" on their sides. I cut a thin line to mark off my section and put a big initial on it so I would know it was mine. It worked great! I ended up having to pick out only one piece of chicken.

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Even for ethical reasons, there is good cause for simply reducing the amount of meat one consumes--it doesn't need to be all or nothing to have valid ethical grounds.

Read "The China Study" and see how "healthy" animals are for humans to consume (specifically meat and poultry). That's another topic though.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, however if someone is vegetarian/vegan because they appreciate every life, they are rarely going to slip (speaking as a vegan who hasn't slipped b/c I can picture a live, little animal and that deters me every time). One can live fairly easily in this day and age without having to consume animals, of course some areas have far greater choices for this lifestyle (such as DC and NYC).

PP here, I'm not surprised you are vegan if you see the ability to appreciate life in such stark terms.

I appreciate life, thank you very much, and while I do not consume much meat, I do on occasion appreciate the beauty and art of cuisine that incorporates meat. I also try as much as possible to buy meat from farms that treat animals well. I certainly see this as more ethical than consuming more meat from factory farms. I don't see how you can judge one's ability to appreciate every day life--the human experience is far too complex to make judgments like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
PP here, I'm not surprised you are vegan if you see the ability to appreciate life in such stark terms.

I appreciate life, thank you very much, and while I do not consume much meat, I do on occasion appreciate the beauty and art of cuisine that incorporates meat. I also try as much as possible to buy meat from farms that treat animals well. I certainly see this as more ethical than consuming more meat from factory farms. I don't see how you can judge one's ability to appreciate every day life--the human experience is far too complex to make judgments like that.

Seriously? Yes farms treat the animals well, I'm sure the animals don't feel any pain when they are ripped from their families and slaughtered. Nope, they are treated just swell!

[Anonymous]

This thread is getting out there. OP had a simple question and wasn't looking for a debate on the ethics of eating animals. Sheesh!