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No. I just won't eat the meat. No need to cater to anything. Some people are self absorbed twits, and some people will just peel the pepperoni off the pizza and eat it.

The host asked. Should the OP lie? What's wrong with "We're vegetarians, actually, but we'll be fine with just the veggie side dishes!"

How, precisely, would you recommend that OP make a pork tenderloin vegetarian?

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The boss's wife asked if pork was okay. If it's not okay, the OP should explain that she's vegetarian and offer accommodation ("Can I bring a side dish?") of some kind.

I'm a bit baffled by this. It's 2013. Surely everybody who can cook knows at least one thing to make for dinner that doesn't have meat or fish in it?

I posted that. I agree, but offering to bring something seems like it would be polite if you're asking for special accommodation. I have always been vegetarian and have done this many times. Conversation usually goes like this - "So happy you're coming for dinner. Is a pork tenderloin okay?" "We're really excited to. We actually don't eat meat. I'd be happy to bring a hearty side dish to go with the pork if you'd still like to make it." "Oh, I didn't know! How about a [insert vegetarian main dish] instead? I've been wanting to try it." "Sounds great. Can we bring a dessert?"

Pork is risky, I would assume most people didnt eat pork.

"I'd love to bring my eggplant tomato bake if that works for you."

It's my husband and "me"

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Yes, this is completely accurate, if by "now cater to my every need", you mean "now understand that I don't eat meat".

Anonymous wrote:
The boss's wife asked if pork was okay. If it's not okay, the OP should explain that she's vegetarian and offer accommodation ("Can I bring a side dish?") of some kind.

I'm a bit baffled by this. It's 2013. Surely everybody who can cook knows at least one thing to make for dinner that doesn't have meat or fish in it?

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No. I just won't eat the meat. No need to cater to anything. Some people are self absorbed twits, and some people will just peel the pepperoni off the pizza and eat it.

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Anonymous wrote:be sure to request a specific type of mineral water and wine from certain years

1. The OP's boss asked.
2. In what way is "Actually, we don't eat meat" similar to "We only drink 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux Blend"?

(Would you also advise people who don't drink alcohol to shut up and drink the wine?)

Since when is wine the main course and all the effort.

If I did not drink and someone asked me what kind of wine I preferred, I would have no problem saying "I don't drink".

The boss's wife asked if pork was okay. If it's not okay, the OP should explain that she's vegetarian and offer accommodation ("Can I bring a side dish?") of some kind.

Just tell her, she asked. Nothing irritates me more than having guests SHOW UP at a dinner party and then tell me they're vegetarians. Why wouldn't you tell me before? It's not hard to accommodate, and frankly, so am I. But I routinely host dinner parties with meat based dishes because most people aren't vegetarians. (ANd I often do eat only the sides and appetizers, depending on what is being served).

By the same token, if someone tells you they are a vegetarian, please don't make seafood. That's not a vegetarian, that's a pescetarian. Even though people misuse the term all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:be sure to request a specific type of mineral water and wine from certain years

1. The OP's boss asked.
2. In what way is "Actually, we don't eat meat" similar to "We only drink 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux Blend"?

(Would you also advise people who don't drink alcohol to shut up and drink the wine?)

Since when is wine the main course and all the effort.

Well, it's definitely most of the expense -- especially if it's 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux Blend.

More to the point, I don't understand the idea that the guest is supposed to lie and tell the host, when the host asks ahead of time, that yes, pork tenderloin is fine (although it isn't), on grounds that the host will then go to the effort of preparing pork tenderloin because the guest answered that pork tenderloin was fine (although it wasn't).

I hate these threads because it brings out the worst in people. OP, don't apologize for being a vegetarian. Your host is asking you if it is ok, so she would like an answer. If would reply that you are vegetarian. There is nothing wrong with saying so because she asked you if it is ok.

Vegetarians cannot simply "eat the meat that is served" because they lack the enzymes to breakdown meat if they have been vegetarians for a while. It causes them some serious discomfort.

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Anonymous wrote:be sure to request a specific type of mineral water and wine from certain years

1. The OP's boss asked.
2. In what way is "Actually, we don't eat meat" similar to "We only drink 1986 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux Blend"?

(Would you also advise people who don't drink alcohol to shut up and drink the wine?)

Since when is wine the main course and all the effort.

Anonymous wrote:Unless you are allergic I would just eat the meat. Very rude otherwise

You're obviously not vegetarian then, nor do you understand it.