{"id":12665,"date":"2014-06-24T08:21:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T15:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackeylabs.com\/cfdg\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2021-05-03T16:23:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T23:23:21","slug":"easy-vegan-miso-soup-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/easy-vegan-miso-soup-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Common Things I\u2019ve Heard Throughout My Meatless Life That Are Too Good Not To Share + Miso Soup With Burdock, Daikon and Mushrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve never eaten meat in my life. My mom and dad raised me vegetarian and it stuck.<\/p>\n

I’ve always thought of meat the same way that I think about cocaine or acid; if I\u2019ve gone this long without it so I\u2019m probably good.<\/p>\n

Over three decades without meat and over half of a decade without dairy has been awesome.<\/p>\n

The comments and questions below have made it even more awesome.<\/p>\n

These are real comments and questions that I\u2019ve gotten over the years that have amused me. Trust me, I couldn\u2019t make this shit up.<\/p>\n

1) \u201cDon\u2019t you miss meat?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was after I explained to my girlfriend\u2019s mom that I had been vegetarian my whole life.<\/b> Some people just can\u2019t wrap their head around it! Bless her heart, every time we go back to Malaysia she takes me out to the newest veg restaurants.<\/p>\n

2) \u201cI didn\u2019t know vegans could be so…voluptuous!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was at a networking event in San Francisco and it was 6am. SO not an appropriate place or time for this comment. Apparently he didn\u2019t get the memo that he was tacky or that all vegans aren\u2019t stick thin. (side note: witnessing people kiss each other\u2019s asses at 6am is not<\/em> advised.)<\/p>\n

3) \u201cI really want to give up meat after my kids are grown because I don\u2019t want to compromise their growth. Is that a good idea?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I grew up just fine (see point #2, above).<\/p>\n

4) \u201cYes, we do have vegetarian food! Vegetarians eat chicken, right?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bless the taco truck guy\u2019s heart because he was being totally sincere and he really thought that chicken was in the vegetarian food category.<\/p>\n

5) \u201cSo, you want a cheeseburger with no burger? Sorry, we don’t have a button for that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Said the McDonald\u2019s employee to me when I was 10 years old and attempting to be \u201ccool\u201d by having lunch at McDonald\u2019s with my friends.<\/p>\n

6) \u201cYou want a ham sandwich with no ham? I don\u2019t understand. I don\u2019t understand! Why no ham? Why no ham?!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Said the German room service worker on a trip to Berlin. I think he did understand, he was just really irritated by the thought of a meatless sandwich.<\/p>\n

7) \u201cYou don\u2019t eat meat? No wonder you\u2019re so pale.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all, what kind of logic is this? Secondly I was two chromosomes away from being born an albino. My skin has been practically see through<\/a> since I came out of the womb. It has nothing to do with not eating meat.<\/p>\n

8) \u201cWould you eat eggs if they came from my chickens that I have raised in my yard with lots and lots of love?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Says a friend of mine, EVERY TIME I SEE HER.
\nI actually just don’t want to eat eggs.<\/p>\n

9) \u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t want to come fishing with us?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know that fishing is fun for a lot of people, but even if I did eat fish, I think it is the most boring thing to do maybe ever. So no, I\u2019m positive that I don\u2019t want to go fishing with you for so many reasons.<\/p>\n

Are those some doozies or what?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that none of these things actually offended me. I\u2019d rather people ask than assume, because assuming is shitty. I know that I\u2019ve asked my share of questions about meat in my life, having absolutely zero experience with it.<\/p>\n