Article in SLATE today

[lucystrawberry]

rticlVegetarian Myths, debunked

Meatless Like MeI may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon.
By Taylor Clark
Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 11:51 AM ET

Comments

[friend_of_tofu]

I'm a vegetarian, and I thought this article was a spineless attempt to suck up to meat-eaters.

Well done for implying that all vegetarians are A-OK with leather shoes and froth at the smell of bacon, you WANKER!

[soundofherwings]

That is what I got from it as well.

[mysterybabalon]

agreed.

[soundofherwings]

While a lot of what was in that article made me shake my head and sigh, I did find this amusing:

When I asked the teenage chief culinary artisan what was in the tofu stir-fry, he snorted and replied, "Shit." Desperation made me order it anyway, and I can tell you that promises have rarely been more loyally kept than this guy's pledge that the tofu would taste like shit. So here's a tip: Unless you know you're in expert hands (Thai restaurants are a good bet), don't even try tofu. Otherwise, it's your funeral.

I've had badly prepared tofu(my own cooking, nonetheless) before too, so I couldn't help but laugh here and yes, I have gotten much better at preparing tofu dishes.

[cannibalcountry]

When I first ate tofu, unproperly cooked tofu grossed me out.. But now that I've been eating it so long, I put it raw in salads.

[rooibos]

i saw this yesterday on slate. thought it was pretty good. end.

it's something. it's exposure. can't have everything, people. i often wonder what makes fellow vegans so ready to cut throats

[lucystrawberry]

It must be because we're so intense.

[bricology]

Bam!

[cannibalcountry]

It's probably more of a response to how everyone wants to cut a vegans throat.

[jenhowell]

vegans are "intense." Sounds like he hasn't applied his advice to meat-eaters (view him as a normal person, take out things with eyes from the diet) to his view of vegans.

We're just, you know, ethically consistent vegetarians. Who don't buy leather shoes.

[cannibalcountry]

haha, seriously. Whenever I've made jokes about a meat-eaters food, I definitely wasn't the intense one. I've had meat-eaters flip out at me for calling their "food" flesh, yet I never flip out when people make fun of my soy beans. I think meat eaters are intense about keeping their denial about what meat actually is - and equally is true for vegetarians about their dairy.

[admirari]

i was surprised by the comments - i didn't get the impression that he was being insulting towards vegans. yeah, he shouldn't wear leather :(

but i really enjoyed it - cause i'm that way with my veganism. i don't talk about it - i don't want to deal with people up my ass about it.

excellent point about restaurant options, too!

and he never mentioned dairy products :(