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Fucking meat eaters.

So I'm going to DC this weekend, and I'm staying with my sister Friday and Saturday nights. We're trying to work out what to do for dinner Saturday. (Friday we're going to Agora for Turkish food, which sounds awesome.)

I suggest the lazy-ass pasta bake and throwing in some Quorn (chunks or grounds) for extra filling properties. She says "BF is a real meat-eater..." and I'm just like "if he's that inflexible, I'm happy to go out again."

So she replies with this "you threw a tantrum when you were younger and couldn't eat in restaurants, and we prefer to eat real meat. You don't like meat, I'm just trying to cover all our preferences."

First off, our grandmother decided it was a good idea to take a vegetarian to Steak and Ale. The only options that weren't meat were starches (baked potatoes) and sides (spinach, etc). Not exactly what I call dinner! Second off, it's not a "preference." If I eat meat, I have gastrointestinal distress. I found this out by accidentally eating ground beef a few years ago. (I was really hungry and brain-fried from an all-day tai chi workshop.)

Third off, is it that fucking hard to not eat meat just ONE fucking time? Seriously?

Fucking asshole meat-eaters. This is why I hate you.

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Right? One meal. People act like it's asking them to cut off a limb if you suggest skipping meat one time.

When we were planning our wedding, my mom said to me that if we didn't serve meat at our reception, "people will leave disappointed." Seriously? SERIOUSLY?? A) it's our money B) actually dad gave us $5k for it so stfu C) I don't eat meat, and they can get a fucking hamburger at McD's afterward if they're that put out. D) It won't kill them to skip meat one time E) besides the thing everybody wants at a wedding is CAKE anyway.

(Our cake was really good. Fancy bakery in Gaithersburg iirc. Had directions for freezing and thawing the top tier that actually worked to give us an edible anniversary cake.)

Agreed. We are such a protein-obsessed culture. There seem to be few things people are more close-minded about than their food in this country, especially meat, and beef in particular.

And I've never really expected amazing food at a wedding reception anyway. Cake and booze, that's what everyone's there for.

If only meat cost as much as it should once you've factored in all the environmental damage from CAFOs and antibiotic resistance and corn subsidies and all that. Then maybe Americans would get their heads out of their collective behinds about MUST EAT MEAT THREE TIMES A DAY EVERY DAY.

But there's a whole social stigma behind not eating meat, too--only pansy fag girls eat vegetables. Which is another pile of bullshit to deal with. But if meat cost what it should, which it starts to when you get into the free range Niman Ranch type stuff, people would have to get over it right quick.

On the flip side, if there is no preparation for people who don't eat meat, you have very upset and hungry guests at your wedding. (My cousin's, me. I noted on my RSVP that vegetarian food would be needed. The chef made me pasta alfredo when the only meatless items were green beans, potatoes, and rolls.) Meat eaters can go without on occasion; it won't harm them. Vegetarians, otoh, will get sick.

Seriously. But when meat is cheaper than vegetables, there's no push. And it seems like very few folks really get where their food comes from.

R&I only eat meat for dinner and we gave up beef years ago. It's been a challenge to go all the way. We both like the taste too much, even though we get all the reasons not to eat it.

What did you end up doing for your wedding dinner?

We had a selection of appetizers (which it said on the invitations), all but one of which was completely meatless (the crab dip. I'm from Maryland; crabs are food.)

R's from Maryland and I went to school there. Crabs definitely are food! :) Where in MD?

Frederick.

Catonsville for R. I lived in Ellicott City and Laurel.

My cousin lived in Laurel for a while. She's in Gaithersburg now, I think. My whole family (both sides) is in the Frederick-Carroll-Montgomery county area, for the most part.

Nice.

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