How can I get through the holidays maintaining my vegan diet, without offending potluck offerers? - vegan holidays
I am a raw vegan. I do not know much support from my choice of food at best. This Christmas is proving to be a nightmare.
I have just join an e-mail to the members of my family to attend a meeting and exchange with my brother for Christmas. That's how I read as follows:
"Hello to all.
I just wanted to drop a quick line to let you and ask you if you take all the vegetables (potatoes, vegetables, etc.) in Dana Point on Boxing Day, put a small amount of hand before you in the same animal products (milk, butter, etc.), if not too many problems. I prefer if I was clear to me from my vegan lifestyle.
If you do not answer ......... no big thing. I am willing to reduce, pastries, and a vegetarian dish too rough, so it's not that I 'll hungry, lol. But I just wanted to mention to offend anyone, not to eat their meals, they are not vegan. (Most things are soooooooooo vegan Christmas heeheeehee)
Thank you "
A resPons: "I'm in the detailed view of the meat, so I guess I do not want to take advantage of the Christmas tradition.
I can not quiche without eggs, milk and noodles, of course,
Fat added. Woody is also ruled out by Christmas? "
I am so excited that I have offended that person is dirty, and angry as his setting of "out of the box" way.
How could better handle situations in the future? Any tips?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Vegan Holidays How Can I Get Through The Holidays Maintaining My Vegan Diet, Without Offending Potluck Offerers?
3 comments:
From the perspective of the label was found the rough and first discovered evidence that others have to adjust their eating habits. I think he would answer back hard.
In many ways, the food we have taken a meal is a gift. It is very difficult to impose restrictions on donations or gifts in the first place, it is rude to expect that others bear the lifestyle of selected foods account. Note that you do not prefer is not an allergy, but a food and you should never expect a warm welcome, no matter how passionately you believe vegan raw.
They ask people to be treated specially, losing to the fact that food is "gifted" never requiring concessions, supported the reduction of the spirit of the community. Does not seem fair, but it is what it is. The idea of a potluck is that there must be something for everyone, everyone for you.
No matter how casual it meant for the e-mail, which also carries an air of superiorand * is * a "healthy lifestyle, there are violations of the things that you can enjoy." People do not like to be reminded at this time of year, any additional fat, etc. and generally to enjoy food for its tradition, not about what is worrying. So, if you mean to tell us that the additions do not agree with a certain lifestyle, you can a small country.
And adding "if the problem is not to" a double-edged sword. Now you can guilted people, while forced recording, and can customize a concession to your needs. What happens if my Aunt Nancy does not like marshmallows on your sweet potatoes? If the people who set aside the potatoes now some of you, a marshmallow-less part of Aunt Nancy. If a person's preferences are taken into account, is about the preferences of others? KWIM?
In short, the e-mail, a public rejection of her life living as much as what you say you are receiving from them.
TThe best course of action, public dinners, to soothe a vegan. Bring foods that you know you can * really * NJOY, to the table and eat. When you are asked why we can, in passing, that you are a vegetarian and said that even though everything seems unstoppable, and who want to keep your diet. Nothing more to say. If people are curious as to share his philosophy, and if not know, then at least, who, after what you think is best.
I just want to say "no thanks" to all foods that can not eat. The decline is nothing more than a food that does not like to do.
Or if you want to avoid the drama on a vegan diet-related expenses, one can say who is a vegetarian, but allergic to milk.
I) had a problem with thanksgiving, one of my aunts, because I did not eat salad (cheese in it, and she was furious. It shook me because it is the holidays. I asked him why he is a vegan, which simply said it was my personal decision, as I will want to live my life. All were very happy with her quiet, after that explains why I became a vegan.
They are a lot of criticism should not be taken to heart, people simply do not understand how someone not eat meat or drink milk. People are starting to forget themselves and do not worry. Do not give up and good luck.
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