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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a vegetarian, I don't eat any meat chicken or fish.  I am not in your face about it.  I am invited to a luncheon (Baby Shower) at a country club in a few weeks.  How do I politely mention that I'm a vegetarian to the hostess?  Or do I wait and mention it to the wait staff?  I can always find things to eat at a restaurant.  [b]I should mention, however, that this event is in the south where they tend to understand less about why people don't eat meat :[/b])[/quote]

Well, you start by getting over yourself and your smug superiority.  [b]There are many Southerners who do understand as much or more than you do, some of whom are vegetarian themselves.  [/b]And then there are some who understand and think you are just being ridiculous.

As others have mentioned, your personal choice to not eat meat does not grant you the right to completely breach etiquette and impose your personal choice on the host.  You don't make your issue a problem for your host.  If you can't possibly figure out how to get around your dietary restriction without imposing on your host, then decline the invitation.  But the more normal course of action is to do as others have suggested, which is to eat a little beforehand, discretely ask the wait staff if there is a vegetarian option, if not, ask the wait staff if they can switch out your entree for extra vegetable sides, or politely eat the sides without the entree and then eat more afterward.  But the one thing you don't do is mention it to the hostess.  There is no polite way to place an additional burden on the hostess who invited you.[/quote]

Different PP here.  OP may have phrased it wrong, but she is right.  I have found that it is much harder to get vegetarian food in the South.  And I've also found there is more acrimony if I ask about it.  Not to mention, a lot of Southern dishes add ham or bacon or meat of some sort to vegetable sides.

I find the French to be the same way.  Most of their dishes (even vegetables) have some sort of meat added.  [/quote]

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