Thanks to high-profile celebs like Alicia Silverstone (vegan), Posh Victoria Spice Beckham etc. etc. etc. (vegetarian), and Amanda Seyfried (raw foodist but hates it since she’s only doing it to stay Hollywood skinny), going vegetarian or vegan is all the rage these days. Despite my general skepticism of anything touted by a celebrity, since I happen to be a vegetarian-by-choice-vegan-by-force-and-yes-I-still-eat-fish-atarian (For those of you keeping track, with the center free square I totally have a bingo! It spells C-R-A-Z-Y.) this is one trend I can get behind. So you’d think I’d be one of those exhibitionists standing in Times Square in a lettuce bikini and holding up posters of slaughterhouses. (Anyone else question the motives of the painted, dramatic, naked PETA girls? Meat whatever, oooh look there’s a camera!)
The thing is, I’m a non-militant vegan. I’m going to end up on PETA’s naughty list (like the no-fly list but with way more cavity searches) but I have to say it: being a vegetarian is not for everyone. And that’s ok.
This weekend a good friend stumbled across Alicia Silverstone’s blog (that’s based off her book which I haven’t read because honestly I already mostly eat that way and I’m not going to take fish out of my diet no matter how many times she tells me they squeal in psychic pain so I’ll save my $20 thank you) and decided that she wants to try going vegan. So she did what any rational person would do: she got as far away as possible from me. No, actually she asked me – the girl with so many food issues I got on TV twice to exhibit all my crazy – for advice. Over a text message. For the love of little green apples girl, I can’t even tell you my shoe size in a text much less explain my philosophy on food! So instead of an 8-word answer you get an 800-word one.
5 Things to Consider Before Going Vegetarian (Or Vegan or Raw)
1. Your motivation. Your reasons for going veg are going to be really important in deciding if this lifestyle is for you. You want to save the animals and/or the environment? Good answer, as long as you’re really passionate about it. That reasoning sounds great until you’re confronted with Uncle Lloyd’s famous BBQ at the family reunion and you think, “Well heck this pig’s already dead – at this point it will best benefit the environment in the form of manure via my brown-sugar-and-special-sauce poop!” Or perhaps you want to lose weight or get healthy? Those are great reasons but know that a veg diet isn’t going to magically make those things happen. A Diet Coke and french fries are vegan but that doesn’t make them health food. Bad reasons for going veg include “Because [insert celebrity]
2. Your social circle. It is a lot easier to eat veg if lots of your friends and/or family members do too. I’m not saying it’s impossible to be the lone raw foodie at the annual hotdish potluck but it will be uncomfortable. And you will end a lot of dinner parties hungry. Unless you have the cajones to show up with a little tupperware of your own food, which I have never quite had the nerve to do – rather I just try to eat dinner before we go anywhere to dinner. Yes, it’s as crazy as it sounds. So if you live in Cali and get stroll past that little vegan cafe every day on the way home from surfing, then this will be a lot easier transition than for those of us who live in the land where there has never been an event where sausage has not been served.
3. Your feelings about vegetables. You would think that this would be a given but I have known more than a few “vegetarians” who hate vegetables. I had one friend whose diet consisted solely of white flour, cheese and tomato sauce (i.e. spaghetti, cheese pizza, and tater tots with ketchup). And I used to shop with another vegan friend who filled her cart solely with prepackaged food-in-a-box. (Hint: white flour and sugar are still white flour and sugar even if the box says “organic enriched wheat flour” and “brown rice syrup.”) If you want to reap the vast health benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle you need to eat vegetables.
4. Your free time and money. Like most healthy eating lifestyles, going veg will take either more of your time or more of your money. At first, probably both. Yes you can do veg very cheaply but it takes effort. Coconut oil is 8$ for a teeny little bottle but butter is $2 for the same amount. Lots of the specialty food items like nutritional yeast, tempeh, etc. can only be found at pricey health foods stores or on the Internet. Also, it is possible to go veg by eating an Amy’s Organic frozen dish for every meal but chances are you are going to have to devote some extra time to looking up recipes and cooking. The other time-suck is if you have a family that you cook for, very often you end up making two meals – one for you and one for the omnivores – unless your whole house is ready to make this change. By far most of the vegetarians I know live in a meat-eating household and end up making some concessions to that.
5. Your tolerance of change. Are you a tiptoe-into-the-pool kind of girl or a rip-the-bandaid-off-and-cannonball-into-the-water gal? (If you are the latter, you’d better not leave that bandaid floating in the pool is all I’m saying.) Going vegan whole-hog (hee) is a huge lifestyle change. Pretty much everything that you are used to eating will be gone. The way you have learned to cook will be useless. All the items in your pantry become suspect. 99% of cookbooks won’t apply to you or will need modifications. A simple trip to the grocery store can take you 3 hours as you interrogate every product you pick up (just ignore all the people staring at you talking to that eggplant – they’re just jealous you can hear things they can’t.) Some people like this total life overhaul and find it refreshing. Others get so freaked out when they realize how much animal products permeate their lives that they run screaming away and never look back.
I don’t say all of this to discourage anyone from going vegetarian. I write this to manage your expectations because you’ll have a better experience as a veg-head if you know what’s coming down the pike. My advice to anyone is to give this lifestyle a try! There are enormous benefits to a plant-based lifestyle. But maybe work into it slowly. Try adding a vegetable to every meal. Try going meatless one day a week. Or three. Whatever you think you and your family can handle. Try a few vegetarian/vegan substitutes for foods you normally eat to see if you like them. (Me, I don’t tolerate processed soy at all well – helllooo rancid gas! – so I avoid all the “burger” type stuff, soy milk, tofutti cuties and the like.) Try out some new veg recipes like the ones from Heather Eats Almond Butter or Averie of Loves Veggies and Yoga.
You don’t have to go cold turkey (hee!) unless you want to. Something I have learned over the years of eating meat, not eating meat and everything in between is that there is a lot of judgment about food out there. There will always be someone freaking out about something you eat or don’t eat so find where you are comfortable and where your body feels the best and then ignore everyone else.
What’s your opinion on vegetarian diets? Have you ever tried one? What would you tell my friend? What do you think of vegetarians who will eat meat every once in a while? Should it be an all-or-nothing lifestyle?
Written By Charlotte Hilton Andersen for http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com only! Not to be re-published without permission.
I couldn't agree more with you in the last paragraph. "Something I have learned…ignore everyone else." People are always freaking out over food…it's as if an eternal destiny rests on it. Frankly, I find it amusing.
Is it possible to be a vegetarian who eats meat every once in a while? Wouldn't that be an omnivore who doesn't eat much meat? 😉
I avoid strict food rules and stick with the real food philosophy. I suppose, I tend to lean more toward traditional foods or even paleo "theology" with a kosher slant although I'm neither.
I have enough trouble keeping my hands out of the Cheetos before I judge anyone else's choices.
I do love these rules, I think it is very true for most people, but at the same time, I became vegetarian at 18 on a complete whim just to see if I could do it, in fact I went from omnivore to strict vegan for 3 months overnight. my entire family are omnivores and so are most of my friends, only my boyfriend is vegetarian. My family just dealt with it, they call me the silly one and just tease me but deal with the fact that I won't eat anything that lived.
I honestly think if you want something enough and you are willing to stick to it, then nothing else truly matters. It's only within the last year (now I'm 21) have I truly started to care about animals and the planet.
I am vegetarian, and I have been so on and off since I was about 16 (I'm now 22). I never really liked the taste of meat, and so…I generally just choose not to eat it. This I think is my longest stretch of complete no meat- it's been about 2 years. I think vegan is just too much for me- I love dairy! I'm totally non-militant about it, I could care less if others eat meat, I just have decided not to. I think that generally fits in with my 'not imposing my beliefs upon others' ideal.
I think the key is to be realistic- there are some meats that I really do miss, but at the end of the day, it's just not worth it for me. It was really Food Inc. that pushed me over the edge- even organic meat still freaks me out, unless I know the farmer and have actually seen the farm. I don't really have time to spend hours driving around Alberta finding sustainable farmers, who let their cows/chickens graze, so…..
As a side note, it's utter sacrilege to be vegetarian in Alberta. They reaaaally like beef here.
Currently (and probably always will be) omnivore. But I find increasingly that I feel better the more vegetarian most of my diet is. So I'm moving closer and closer to a plant based diet with a regular dose of dairy and an irregular dose of seriously red meat. Steak or hamburgers is all I can think about when I have PMS and I have long since given up trying to get through that with endless spinach and other sources of iron. This gradual change in my diet has been good for my wallet too. I do LOVE veggies though. Pulses etc I tolerate.
Oh Charlotte, this post was excellent! First, thanks for the linkage, I'm flattered 🙂 And funny, Im a high raw vegan and Heather's a cooked food meat-eater, but you linked both of us b/c we both eat alot of veggies!
Anwyay the veggies who don't like veggies or who eat Amy's Bowls or who eat Morningstar like it's going out of style. Yeah, lovely.
I have a post on my site under my Contact Me Tab that explains why I am high raw vegan, that it chose me, i didnt choose it..largely based on food intolerances and allergies and this way of eating works for me and makes me feel optimally healthful, but it wasnt overnight, it's not always easy, and it takes planning. Grab n go? What's that? No, it's called groc shop, chop, cut, prepwork, stock ahead, shop around, etc …preeching to the choir with you 🙂
And I am so non dogmatic. I also discuss that in my about me tab LOL
xoxo
The vegans I know do eat plenty of veg, but quite a bit of processed stuff (e.g. seitan, fake cheese etc).
I haven't "tested" much soy stuff, I think I was OK with the "mince", but Miso – I love it, my stomach doesn't :-O
For economic and health (family history of diabetes my side, high cholesterol & MI on his) reasons, I'm trying to do at least 2 days a week vegetarian, 2-4 fish (2 oily) and red meat not more than once a week. I'm enjoying a new cookbook (Rose Elliott's Complete Vegetarian) and hopefully will be inspired before himself complains at having lentil dhal every week (yum)!
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I was a pretty fierce vegan for two years. I had read some horrible things about what animal protein supposedly does to your body, and all sorts of nastiness about factory farming. I was all about it. I'm still all about not supporting factory farms. BUT, close to the end of that two years, despite supplementation and regular B-12 injections, I developed some nasty joint problems. Got tested for arthritis (at 26!!! no arthritis in any of my family.). I had to cut out wheat. There's not a whole lot of convenient, quick things to eat that are vegan and do not contain wheat! I ate a lot of soy. My mood started to go wonky. I cut out soy & started eating animal protein again to get my period back (yep, that was gone after the veganism too, I was 20 lbs over my normal weight & not underweight. My body still hates me for all of this).
Bottom line: it didn't work for me! I know it works for a lot of people. I know some cultures have been doing it for centuries. I do still eat a LOT of vegetarian and vegan meals (minus the soy, usually minus the wheat, definitely minus all of the oil and oil-based products) and still believe that vegan cookbooks have some of the best recipes ever. But I need a little more balance.
Another thing that I've started to consider is that massive production of grain-based food is nearly as bad as factory farming….and most of the favorite vegan brands are owned by mega-corporations. (really. food. does food have to be a neverending debate? how did we get to this point?!)
Never gone vegetarian but I always hear great things from people that do.
Me, I don't think it is my thing. Not to say that I would not do it if it was life or death BUT I think I have a healthy balance right now.
I have had issues with eating meat for as long as I can remember. It bothers me if I think about where it comes from – so I try very hard not to think about it (interesting side note – I grew up in the country, we had chickens and there were cows in the pasture across the road. My parents thought it was good for us to understand where our food comes from. Possibly that did not turn out quite the way they expected in my case). I also don't care for meat all that much – it has to be spiced, sauced, or otherwise flavored because the taste of meat on it's own is not that appealing to me.
That being said, I'm not vegetarian. I get closer and closer all the time. For the most part when I'm on my own, I eat vegetarian, but Husband is a definite meat eater and I just don't have the time & energy to be cooking to accommodate both of us. So breakfast & lunch are vegetarian. Dinner usually includes meat, though often something involving beans or legumes as well so I'm cutting down the amount of meat. If I'm on my own for dinner it's usually vegetarian. If we go out to a restaurant and there is a decent vegetarian alternative, I'll usually go with that.
Which brings me to the last issue – I am a pretty picky eater. There are a lot of things that I don't like. For example mushrooms, which often seem to show up in vegetarian meals. No portobello burger for me, thank you very much.
If I was on my own, it is quite possible that I would make the switch to full time vegetarian. However, I'd prefer to keep my Husband around so I'm good with my status quo.
I naturally eat a lot of veggies and only throw meat in there once in a while. But PETA’s outbursts makes me want to eat a big piece of steak topped with chicken and eggs and veal.
I've never been completely vegetarian, but I have eaten what I describe as mostly vegan for quite a while. I eat seafood, but no dairy, cheese, or eggs. I suppose the real vegans see that as a version of a little pregnant 🙂
Diet does not need to be an all or non thing, but I do think it's a good idea to maximize the good, and minimize the bad.
I suppose I could call myself a vegetarian that occasionally eats seafood, but I do eat meat every now and then–mostly to accommodate my family when I visit them (maybe once every 2-3 months). However, I've always had trouble with labels, so I mostly just say I rarely eat meat. I started as a way to help with weight loss, but it's definitely evolved into a way to put healthy foods into my body.
Luckily, I live in a city with lots of organic, local markets and vegetarian dining options. And I have several vegetarian and vegan friends. And, at this point in my life, it also helps that I'm single, so I don't have to worry about cooking for anyone else. With all of this, I guess going veg (or rarely eating meat) was almost bound to happen sometime. :-p
So for lent I tried to eat at least 5 servings of veggies a day and track them. Yeah, that stuck for about 2 weeks. I like veggies, but I did find that eating that many every single day is just prohibitively hard for me- it's a lot of volume which is kind of uncomfortable on my tummy, but also leaves me feeling kind of unsatisfied b/c I needed more fat/protein/carbs to flip whatever switch in my brain that was frantically blinking a big red "This meal stinks" light. I guess I'm just a 3 or 4 serving of veggies girl at heart.
So while I think as a result of my challenge I eat more veggies and am more aware of opportunities to eat veggies- I'm pretty sure I would make a lousy vegetarian. Currently, I rarely eat meat at lunch (and never at breakfast), and sometimes enjoy meatless dinners, but I like the ease of being omnivorous. I like not worrying about whether I am getting enough protein, and I like having the option to eat meat. I actually get really sick of meat (b/c we mainly eat lean turkey and chicken breasts at my house- not so exciting) but I imagine if I didn't eat meat, I'd get tired of beans and eggs too.
I'm also a "vegetarian" who occasionally will eat fish. I was a real vegetarian for 6 years (started when I was 12 because I love animals), but after high school i switched to eating fish occasionally. I was starting to get sick since I'm terrible at supplementing my protein and I abhor nuts and eggs and am slightly lactose intolerant (effectively ruling out all protein sources!).
Also, being able to eat fish is really convenient when your meatatarian friends drag you to a steakhouse and you can't find anything on the menu except meat and fish.
As far as vegetarians who'll eat meat every once in a while; i really think it depends on your reasons for becoming one. If you became one because you hate killing animals and are against factory farming, it doesn't make sense. If you became one for your health, I doubt eating meat every once in a blue moon makes a difference.
some really great guidelines here. i 100% think that last paragraph is spot on. people need to do what's right for them and not worry about what others are saying or doing.
and i absolutely LOVE all the pictures you post. they are hilarious 🙂
I'm a half-time vegetarian. I eat ethically raised and processed local meat when I do eat it…cuz…well…I like certain meat cooked certain ways…what can I say? A lot of our meals are vegetarian though. But I go for health and tastiness over just non-meatiness.
Something I found from vegetarian and vegan cooking was holy crap – VARIETY! Stuff I'd never tried that I loved. And yummy. So many new flavours and beans and stuff I'd not had before that I loved.
A lot of vegetarian food I had growing up was really bad. Hell a lot of *regular* food I had growing up was really bad.
I just eat good food. Yum.
I'm also a non-militant, vegetarian, mostly vegan who sometimes, GASP!, eats Taco Bell or the like. I am good so much of the time, so I'm not too tough on myself.
I never liked meat when I was a kid, so vegetarian is just natural to me. I know lots of people who don't think a meal is complete without a main course of meat, but it doesn't even cross my mind to add meat when I make dinner.
I think people get hung up on the lingo. I just eat very little meat, but don't sue me if I do once in a while! 🙂
I was a vegetarian from high school until I joined the Navy. If you are a vegetarian in boot camp, you get to eat PB&J 3 meals a day. (Of course, my idea of vegetarian was mac & cheese.)
I happily ate animals for the next 6 years.
After I started chemo, I switched to a vegan diet (plus, I had just read Skinny Bitch and had visions of poor little chickens in my head.) No thank you. That lasted for about a week until I realized exactly how little you could eat on a vegan diet. Yep, 99% of the grocery store has some sort of animal or animal by-product in it. Plus, stuff like vegan cheese tasted like crap and costs a bijillion dollars per slice. My docs also told me that too much soy can actually aggravate breast cancer.
Now, I eat meat and fish a couple times a week, and dairy and eggs every day.
I've been a vegetarian for the last 7 years (though I will sometimes eat fish) and I really don't miss eating meat, EVEN when the meat looks delicious. To be honest, I love vegetables and have no problem shaping my diet around them, but raw food seriously disagrees with my stomach and I couldn't imagine voluntarily giving up cheese, yogurt, and all foods containing dairy. From my experience, giving up meat was not hard at all. There is almost ALWAYS a vegetarian option and I've never been in a situation where I genuinely had nothing to eat (but then, I am from NYC — if I lived somewhere less cosmopolitan, I might have run into problems by now). But I do think deciding to become a raw foodist and/or a vegan is a definite challenge and I think people considering adopting those eating habits should consider it VERY carefully and ease themselves into it gradually to see if it really is something they can do long term. And I definitely agree with: "find where you are comfortable and where your body feels the best and then ignore everyone else." Word.
I just wanted to add that my statement:
"But I do think deciding to become a raw foodist and/or a vegan is a definite challenge and I think people considering adopting those eating habits should consider it VERY carefully and ease themselves into it gradually to see if it really is something they can do long term."
is actually based on my own (failed) attempts to adopt those diets, not just on my theoretical impressions of how hard they must be to maintain. For me, being vegan felt too much like deprivation and it required WAY too much thought and care. I think it's important to be conscious of what we eat, but veganism required too much scrutiny of EVERY food product and potential meal and it was exhausting. And eating raw food all the time gave me the worst stomach pains I've ever experienced.
Not to be overly picky, Charlotte, but it drives me nuts when people say "I'm a vegetarian; I only eat chicken!" or "I'm a vegetarian; I only eat fish." If you eat meat (and yes, fish is a type of meat, just like poultry or pork or anything that used to be an animal) then you are not a vegetarian, simply a picky eater. Which is fine, do what works for you – but when we eat out and ask a waiter if a meal is vegetarian, it's frustrating to be told that "yup, it sure is! No red meat!" because of terms like this. It's like someone saying, "I'm a vegan; I don't eat cheese!" or "I'm a vegan; I only eat fat-free dairy!"
That said, I don't have many problems eating vegan, even though none of my family and few of my friends are vegan or vegetarian. Many restaurants, especially national chain restaurants, have several veg items if not an entire section. Many are happy to leave out certain ingredients (like cheese topping) once they know it includes fish, chicken, etc. Normal grocery stores, even Wal Mart and the cheap grocery stores, tofu, tempeh, veggie burgers and other fake meats, soy milk, soy ice cream, coconut milk ice cream, etc. I work in a rural area, and the restaurants and stores there have vegan and vegetarian meals and items. It's really common place and not hard to find. I never have a problem at dinner parties, but if I think I might, I throw a granola bar in my purse – or offer to help fix the food.
It's always cheaper to cook your own meals than eat frozen food or take out, but you don't HAVE to do that any more often than meat-eaters and it doesn't cost any more than meat; tofu's often cheaper than meat. My boyfriend likes his meat and spends more on food than I do, and we both rarely cook. (Hint: most cheap junk food is actually carb based. Meat's pricey.)
Ultimately your reason for doing it doesn't matter as much as the strength of your reason. Claiming that veg foods are hard to find isn't an excuse anymore – it was when I was 8, but it is far from it now, as they simply are not hard to find.
And for the love of all things holy, will meateaters PLEASE quit calling themselves vegetarians. I cannot tell you how frustrating it is for the true vegetarians to hear someone who eats meat, however infrequently or however few groups of meat, claim something that is not true.
Good advice Charlotte. Going vegan is not cheap, and meal prep can get time consuming. Often times, I think I'm a closet vegan as I'll go days without even thinking about animal products, but then I remember my love of full fat cream in my coffee…and BACON. Gosh, I love bacon. 🙂
Thanks for the shout-out!
Look, eat what works for you in the amount that works for you. Being vegan works for me; it doesn't work for everyone, by any means, and I do not want to make anyone be vegan. My problem is people using the labels incorrectly.
Another commenter said, "As far as vegetarians who'll eat meat every once in a while; i really think it depends on your reasons for becoming one…" This does not exist. If you eat meat rarely, you're a picky eater, not a vegetarian. If you are lactose intolerant but eat eggs, then you're lactose intolerant, not vegan. It DOES affect those of us who are actually vegan or vegetarian, and the image you present creates situations where people can potentially get very sick from ingesting an item they didn't know was in the food, or that they have strong religious rule about, because of "vegetarians" who eat seafood, or only eat hamburgers or on their period, and "vegans" who eat eggs or only avoid cheese. I would never eat anything you prepared, Charlotte, because I wouldn't trust your description of it. I cannot eat eggs or fish or anything else vegans avoid – but by your reasoning, fish and fried eggs would be a vegan meal. Using the terms incorrectly isn't just a matter of being picky – it very much affects those of us who ARE vegetarian/vegan and can have very serious consequences.
I was a vegetarian in my early 20's. I tried going vegan a couple of years ago, but my family is omnivore, and with 2 kids with Autism who already have food issues, it became too much of a nightmare. I kept my veg and vegan cookbooks (and non-cookbooks)though, because there are times when I'm able to prepare a meal just for myself, or I have extra time to prepare different food for everyone. I also LOVE the idea of preparing a few meatless meals a week for everyone.
I by no means consider myself vegetarian. However, a combination of lactose intolerance and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) has knocked two huge items of delicious things off my list of food choices: beef (as well as sausage, which is always greasy) and (most) dairy. Even eating too many beans or raw vegetables can cause unpleasant side effects. Rather than trying to micromanage my sleep and stress, it's just easier for me to cut out foods that I know for certain will make me ill. It's not easy at ALL, but it keeps me from being in constant pain.
The problem I have with going meatless is that I just don't feel FULL without it. I can eat a huge plate of pasta and sauce and bread for dinner, but if there's not turkey or chicken involved, by 10pm I'm digging in the cabinet for cookies or cereal or Nutella. It's not that I'm worried about weight gain–I just think that excessive snacking isn't necessarily that healthy, no matter what weight you are.
I'm just so glad there are some options out there: turkey sausage, white chili, chicken aplenty, soy/almond milk, Rice Cream (it's delicious!) and Boca patties. And I don't very often feel that I have to go hither and yon all over the state looking for specialty items that can only be found at the bottom of a pit of live venomous snakes.
I've never really taken on a full vegetarian diet but I try to lessen my meat and eat more fruits and vegetables.Interesting article,thanks for posting!
I was a "pescatarian" for 2 yrs then one day as I innocently bought a rotisserie chix for the hubs, I found myself up to my elbow in chicken carcass as I consumed a whole breast on the two minute drive home. it's not easy eating chicken with your bare hands while driving up a windy road.
Needless to say, I eat meat now.
Your friend needs to forage her own path. She needs to read your post and make an intelligent decision but not expect it to be an easy one.
I'm vegequarian (or pescetarian) and have been for many years. It started because I ended up being ripped off by friends in a house deal and was flat broke. So broke I could not even afford toilet paper. I used to have to take a roll from work. Meat was out of the question, I lived on whatever was cheapest. By the time I'd gotten back on my feet I didn't like it any more. I actually feel sick if I eat any. Apparently being vegequarian (or vegetarian/vegan) changes the enzymes or something in your stomach and you can't process meat as well.
At work whenever we have training sessions or meetings that go all day the company will order in sandwiches. I'm always first there so I can snag the couple that I will eat. Usually the egg and lettuce. One day at a meeting with an external company I bit into my egg & lettuce sandwich and spat it out whilst exclaiming at the top of my voice "holy mother of God, it's booby trapped". I looked up to see all of these serious professional people looking like they'd been pole-axed. They were all looking at their lunches suspiciously. It was hilarious ! I suppose the horrified expression on my face made them think they'd been poisoned. But the sandwich shop decided to 'spice' up the only sandwiches on the tray that I could eat by adding bacon. After everyone realised they hadn't been poisoned we all had a laugh.
But if someone is going vege (of whatever flavour) these are the types of things that will happen. And I do suggest a different exclamation than the one I used, I don't even know where it came from, but that one bite was vile.
Oh Amber – I am laughing so hard right now! Classic!!
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