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Post by james on Jan 13, 2024 13:23:32 GMT -5
I think that I've always asked (my admittedly infrequent) dinner guests some variant of "Is there anything you don’t eat?" I am often asked the same. When I was a vegetarian* it made sense to clarify that, if it might not be known.
*that didn't survive the years that I worked in a butcher's and our meat was free.
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Post by RickW on Jan 13, 2024 13:34:58 GMT -5
Living in Vancouver, we are surrounded by vegetarians and vegans, and it's astounding how many go for "meat substitutes." Not criticizing your daughter Howard, as it sounds like she does it right. But being in Vancouver, we are surrounded by ethnic Asian restaurants, cultures that have been making great vegetarian food for centuries. Dishes from India, Thailand, Vietnam, to a lesser extent China, Korea and Japan, are fantastic food. India in particular -- the world's largest collection of vegetarians know how to cook the stuff.
We've been cutting down on meat, partially because we figure it's healthier, but also the cost is becoming astronomical. I love a good steak, roast, pork chop, tenderloin, but not eating it a few times a week stretches the food budget considerably.
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Post by RickW on Jan 13, 2024 13:38:10 GMT -5
This thread had me thinking back to my childhood and the choices I had regarding the household menu. Oh yeah, that's right: "You'll eat what's in front of you and like it or go to bed hungry!". I don't know if it's a bad thing or a good thing but it's interesting to observe how much more "kid centric" we've become over the last 40 years. Howard - not being critical or anything - just observing on a more macro level. It's not just generational. Culture wide people "don't eat....". Whether it's allergies ,or preferences, or lifestyles, people "don't eat...". We used to entertain quite a bit. No more. It's awkward. You don't dare assume a menu for your guests. They are very likely to say "I don't eat .." Yup. I guess I assumed smaller towns it wouldn't be quite the todo it is here, because a lot is driven by, shall we say, cultural trends. Not that there aren't folks with actual medical issues -- no one realized how many people there are with problems with dairy and wheat. But still, yes, organizing big dinners now is a PITA. Our girls, being Asian, have dairy issues. The only one who doesn't doesn't like cheese, so we mostly keep away from dairy heavy meals.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 13, 2024 13:54:38 GMT -5
Living in Vancouver, we are surrounded by vegetarians and vegans, and it's astounding how many go for "meat substitutes." Not criticizing your daughter Howard, as it sounds like she does it right. But being in Vancouver, we are surrounded by ethnic Asian restaurants, cultures that have been making great vegetarian food for centuries. Dishes from India, Thailand, Vietnam, to a lesser extent China, Korea and Japan, are fantastic food. India in particular -- the world's largest collection of vegetarians know how to cook the stuff. We've been cutting down on meat, partially because we figure it's healthier, but also the cost is becoming astronomical. I love a good steak, roast, pork chop, tenderloin, but not eating it a few times a week stretches the food budget considerably.
Yes, Rick, it's trendy here, too, but I trust my daughter when she says she does it for moral and health reasons. of course, this doesn't explain why she didn't go full-out vegan, but had she done that, she'd likely disappear if she turned sideways. And vitamins? Fuggheddabbottit.
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Post by epaul on Jan 13, 2024 14:12:41 GMT -5
I think our use of this planet's limited resources should be a consideration in our diet. I have made the decision only to buy the giant snickers bar instead of two regulars as it saves on wasteful packaging. I do the same with potato chips. Ecologically, it's a good thing!
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 13, 2024 16:45:15 GMT -5
When I was younger I never heard of anybody having a problem with gluten. My guess is that just as many people did but few people, if any, knew the cause of the resulting problem.
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Post by drlj on Jan 13, 2024 16:46:27 GMT -5
I never eat anything that might, given the opportunity, eat me if it could. It’s a respect thing.
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Post by RickW on Jan 13, 2024 21:20:42 GMT -5
When I was younger I never heard of anybody having a problem with gluten. My guess is that just as many people did but few people, if any, knew the cause of the resulting problem. It also became a thing for young women who were trying lose weight, to cut down on carbs. I’m sure there’s still some of that. But I know more than a few people with a real problem.
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Post by howard lee on Jan 14, 2024 11:24:31 GMT -5
When I was younger I never heard of anybody having a problem with gluten. My guess is that just as many people did but few people, if any, knew the cause of the resulting problem. It also became a thing for young women who were trying lose weight, to cut down on carbs. I’m sure there’s still some of that. But I know more than a few people with a real problem.
When a person is discovered to have high hemoglobin A1C levels, their doctor often diagnoses them as "pre-diabetic" and warns them to cut way back on their carbohydrate and sugar intake.
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Post by RickW on Jan 14, 2024 17:48:04 GMT -5
It also became a thing for young women who were trying lose weight, to cut down on carbs. I’m sure there’s still some of that. But I know more than a few people with a real problem. When a person is discovered to have high hemoglobin A1C levels, their doctor often diagnoses them as "pre-diabetic" and warns them to cut way back on their carbohydrate and sugar intake.
Most of the folks I know are celiac. Family across from us, father and son are diabetic, (kid extremely so, has an insulin pump installed,)who need to watch their blood sugar, and mom and daughter are celiac. They, it turned out, had a silent form of the disease. They don't feel bad, but it does terrible things to the guts.
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