[Sca-cooks] vegan demands

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

sounds like it wasnt just the vegans that were obnoxious. if you didnt even
get a thanks from anyone.....

some *people* are obnoxious.  i will stick my neck out and state that more,
proportionatly Vegans are obnoxious that non vegans.. but i suspect it may
have to do with the usual problem of being in a small, very non mainstream,
minority. it tends to develop chip on shoulder attitudes.  being Pagan i can
understand it. even if i dont like it.

that said. if NO one was thanking you . and you never even got called out
for appluase... then the entire Canton is obnoxious, and maybe the Vegans
just act like everyone else.
Kirsten
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
http://www.fabricdragon.com

"Did you vote?  No?   Then don't come whining to me...."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marilyn Traber" <marilyn.traber.jsfm at statefarm.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] vegan demands


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> I don;t know, I was cooking a dragons flight event and had a 3som of
vegans
> show up demanding food. I hit the closest grocery store, and on my own
> nickle as the monies for the feast were all spent got makings. They got
imam
> bayadi [a fried eggplant dish, lots of oil and spices, very luxurious] a
> vegetable pilau, falafel, beid hamine [they admitted eggs would be ok],
> pickled onions with mint and honey [also ok with them] and both baba
ganoush
> and hummus bi tahini and pita. [we were doing a vaguely middle eastern
feast
> with lamb and chicken for us carnivores]
>
> Got not a thanks from them, and complaints that they couldnt eat anything
in
> the rest of the feast [all containing stuff they wouldn't eat, most of
which
> had already been cooked or partially cooked and unable to separate
anything
> out. I litterally 'resteraunted' them with their own custom vegie
> feast.]Rather turned me off to vegans.
>
> But then again this is the last feast we ever prepared in canton - rob and
i
> even donated lambs and chickens we raised ourself to keep the feast cost
> down. We never got thanked over it - or called into court and applauded.
If
> you don't at least signify by applause that we done good, we don't play at
> that level with you - we go where we ARE appreciated.
>
> Although it seems like every time I go to northpass, i end up bubble
dancing
> in the kitchen.
> margali
>
>
> the quote starts here:
>
> Now, the challenge is, can we find veg foods that fit into an upper
> class feast, that are documentable, that are flavourful, and that are
> all we expect from meat dishes?  If we can, we open up a range of new
> dishes to feed *everyone*, not just the vegetarians.  And we save
> ourselves some stress when a vegetarian shows up on the day and says
> "what are you going to feed me?" (yes, I agree it's amazingly rude, but
> it can be planned for).  Perhaps even better, most vegetable dishes are
> less expensive than meat dishes, so you can have more of them and give
> people a bigger feast, or get some more special ingredients, or support
> more half-price servers or special presentation items to give your event
> a bit extra class.
>
> Yours,
>
> Katherine
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