3515: Fruits Vegetables
This marks the first, as far as I can remember, totally furry Galifianakis piece I've seen--discounting Zuzu, because he draws her as a sentient but otherwise normal dog, vs. humanoid animal-people. [I might be wrong, but... lion!!1]
It also complements a particularly aggravating column:Hi, Carolyn:
Our family is in the midst of planning our daughter's graduation party and would appreciate your advice on the menu. Our graduate is a vegetarian and she does not want to serve any meat, chicken or fish at her party. Our family supports and respects her decision to be a vegetarian. However, no one else invited is a vegetarian (except her best friend), so we wanted to offer a main dish containing chicken or meat along with vegetarian side dishes and desserts.
Is our daughter imposing her values on others and expecting too much? Or am I making a big deal over nothing and should abide by her wishes? This has become a hot topic at the dinner table . . . .
J.
Given that vegetarians are decades out from being an exotic breed, and given that round-the-clock cooking shows and worldwide cultural cross-pollination have made brie the stuff of convenience stores, and given that pasta, beans, dairy, nuts and eggs can give your guests all the protein they need in a form that won't even scare Uncle Phil, there's absolutely no reason to go against the guest of honor's wishes.
She may be one of two vegetarians there, but putting meat on the menu just for the sake of serving meat is actually a case of your imposing your values on her.
And if your guests are of the sort to get their noses out of joint at the prospect of eating lasagna, or sesame noodles, or even high-end macaroni and cheese? Well, then, let them eat quiche.
And the following chat, which gets expansively aggravating [only posting the initial bit, though]:Carolyn Hax: I am continually amazed, by the way, at the level of hostility people feel toward vegetarians. I'm still trying to clear my inbox of the verbally violent spew that has accumulated in response to yesterday's column. I just want to ask them all what, exactly, is so unspeakably awful about eggplant rollatini, for one lunch, one day of their lives?
Then again, if they've never had eggplant rollatini, that could explain why they're so ill-tempered.
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Carolyn Hax: I am not a vegetarian myself, by the way. Just a cheerful defender of accommodating a guest of honor when the GofH stands on principle and when the accommodations are [stinkin'] minuscule.
I'd add my own piece, but I think it's covered.
But also, cake and ice cream.
Anyway, I haven't saved any of these in a while and I wanted to do it before I forgot.
It also complements a particularly aggravating column:Hi, Carolyn:
Our family is in the midst of planning our daughter's graduation party and would appreciate your advice on the menu. Our graduate is a vegetarian and she does not want to serve any meat, chicken or fish at her party. Our family supports and respects her decision to be a vegetarian. However, no one else invited is a vegetarian (except her best friend), so we wanted to offer a main dish containing chicken or meat along with vegetarian side dishes and desserts.
Is our daughter imposing her values on others and expecting too much? Or am I making a big deal over nothing and should abide by her wishes? This has become a hot topic at the dinner table . . . .
J.
Given that vegetarians are decades out from being an exotic breed, and given that round-the-clock cooking shows and worldwide cultural cross-pollination have made brie the stuff of convenience stores, and given that pasta, beans, dairy, nuts and eggs can give your guests all the protein they need in a form that won't even scare Uncle Phil, there's absolutely no reason to go against the guest of honor's wishes.
She may be one of two vegetarians there, but putting meat on the menu just for the sake of serving meat is actually a case of your imposing your values on her.
And if your guests are of the sort to get their noses out of joint at the prospect of eating lasagna, or sesame noodles, or even high-end macaroni and cheese? Well, then, let them eat quiche.
And the following chat, which gets expansively aggravating [only posting the initial bit, though]:Carolyn Hax: I am continually amazed, by the way, at the level of hostility people feel toward vegetarians. I'm still trying to clear my inbox of the verbally violent spew that has accumulated in response to yesterday's column. I just want to ask them all what, exactly, is so unspeakably awful about eggplant rollatini, for one lunch, one day of their lives?
Then again, if they've never had eggplant rollatini, that could explain why they're so ill-tempered.
_______________________
Carolyn Hax: I am not a vegetarian myself, by the way. Just a cheerful defender of accommodating a guest of honor when the GofH stands on principle and when the accommodations are [stinkin'] minuscule.
I'd add my own piece, but I think it's covered.
But also, cake and ice cream.
Anyway, I haven't saved any of these in a while and I wanted to do it before I forgot.