That's not vegetarian, stop pretending it is.

Ive been a vegetarian for 30+ years. For many many years my mother would purposefully cross contact my food…ex: chicken stock is in so many things, make meat balls in sauce but then scoop them out “for me”. Pizza with pepperoni removed.

All of these are examples, made me horribly sick to my stomach with intestinal upset. Eventually I was able to put two and two together and got better at asking the right questions at restaurants and specifically just saying “any meat contact, including chicken stock or bacon grease make me sick to my stomach please let me know” and now it next to never happens.

So, is it life threatening? Nope, but do I want to spent the next two hours in the bathroom? Also nope. TLDR, that’s awesome they let you know!

Also, if someone keeps Kosher which requires not eating meat and dairy together, and just compensates when eating out by eating vegetarian this would probably violate their religious observances.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband has been a vegetarian for 40 years and he would be pissed if his veggie burger on on the same surface as my steak. He would also be able to taste the meat once he took a bite.

This is why people can’t stand vegetarians. So precious.

I would be pissed if my husband did this at home, but I can't expect that at a restaurant or a friend's house.

Anonymous wrote:I think that's the ethical thing to do. Burger King made good efforts to let people know that the impossible whopper is not cooked separately. I rarely eat out, mostly because of cost, but I would like to know. I never grill, but when I've had veggieburgers at a friends they've cooked them on foil for me. I'm sure I've unintentionally consumed 'cross-contaminated' products, but it is appreciated when people take it into consideration.

That's fine, but it would be incorrect, IMO, if Burger King labelled it as not vegetarian for this reason.

I was vegetarian for 15 years but this kind of thing never bothered me. I viewed it more like a lifestyle and about intention (don't want to eat meat and won't purposefully) but also wanted to live a normal life and eat out in restaurants, in people's homes, etc., so I didn't treat my dietary preference the same as a life-threatening food allergy.

Anonymous wrote:I assume that this goes on in most restaurant kitchens.

+1

Especially Chinese restaurants. They will stir fry your vegetarian lo Mein in the same wok they made the Beef and broccoli or the sweet and sour pork.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband has been a vegetarian for 40 years and he would be pissed if his veggie burger on on the same surface as my steak. He would also be able to taste the meat once he took a bite.

This is why people can’t stand vegetarians. So precious.

Inconsiderate boors like you abound everywhere.

I think that's the ethical thing to do. Burger King made good efforts to let people know that the impossible whopper is not cooked separately. I rarely eat out, mostly because of cost, but I would like to know. I never grill, but when I've had veggieburgers at a friends they've cooked them on foil for me. I'm sure I've unintentionally consumed 'cross-contaminated' products, but it is appreciated when people take it into consideration.

Anonymous wrote:My husband has been a vegetarian for 40 years and he would be pissed if his veggie burger on on the same surface as my steak. He would also be able to taste the meat once he took a bite.

This is why people can’t stand vegetarians. So precious.

Anonymous wrote:My husband has been a vegetarian for 40 years and he would be pissed if his veggie burger on on the same surface as my steak. He would also be able to taste the meat once he took a bite.

Does your husband ever kiss your mouth between a meat meal and brushing teeth.

If the food has something in it that came from a slaughtered animal, it's reasonable to call it non vegetarian. Even if it got that something from careless contact with meat.

Anonymous wrote:My husband has been a vegetarian for 40 years and he would be pissed if his veggie burger on on the same surface as my steak. He would also be able to taste the meat once he took a bite.

You have to assume it is.