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[quote=Anonymous]A lot of jerks on this question.  They exemplify why vegetarians have to spend so much effort tip toeing around their vegetarianism.  Because a bunch of irrational yahoos are going to pounce on them at the mere mention of "vegetable".

It's also 2016.  Who are you people who don't appear to have any vegetarian friends??  At a baby shower, where the crowd is likely 100% women?  In my circles, probably 25% of the crowd would be vegetarian. As such, vegetarianism is not some kind of fringe dietary choice as those on here would have you believe.  When I host this kind of lunch/brunch event, I usually don't even have any meat on the menu because the safe bet is that everyone will eat cheese and cucumber sandwiches with muffins and fruit salad. But not everyone is likely to eat bacon.

In any event, to answer OP's question: if the hostess of the shower is the actual mom-to-be, I probably wouldn't say anything but would mention something to the most senior employee in the room when you get there. In my experience, it's not worth saying anything to a waiter unless you are already seated and others are being served their food - because the waiters won't effectively communicate this back to the kitchen.

If the hostess is a friend of the mom-to-be, I'd put a note in to your response requesting vegetarian if available.

In either situation, I suspect no one will flinch because vegetarian is soooo common and any restaurant will have tons of ways to accommodate this.  I'd say vegetarianism is very different in this respect than gluten free, dairy free, kosher, etc. In my experience as a vegetarian, when I eat at restaurants and ask if something can be made without the meat (say, a pasta or a salad - nothing core to the dish) the waiter NEVER flinches.  My friends with other dietary restrictions have to usually have a longer conversation with the waiter - suggesting that they make vegetarian accommodations all the time, while other accommodations are less standard. [/quote]

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