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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:52 pm
by Burning Sheep Productions
Okay, you're cooking for a party you're holding and one couple is vegetarian, and you've run out of vegetable stock and only have chicken stock.<br>Going to the shops to get more would use up precious cooking time.<br>Do you:^^
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 12:56 pm
by simon
CHICKEN! Hehehehehe...
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:03 pm
by Burning Sheep Productions
C'mon, you gotta have some respect for their views.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:05 pm
by simon
But they'll never know the difference!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:06 pm
by Burning Sheep Productions
Hmm, maybe.<br>But I've heard that some vegatarians get really sick if they eat meat because they've gotten so used to no meat their digestive systems have changed.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:07 pm
by simon
Not enough protien!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:53 pm
by Elscire
Well, I too voted to use the chicken =P<br><br>They probably wouldn't notice, and it almost certainly wouldn't affect them at all.<br>The sickness they feel may actually be in part psychological though, but as you and 5h said, they'll never know.<br><br>I think that's pretty unlike me actually, in that I do respect vegetarians, and anoyne else who has different views or beliefs that have at least some logic to them, and don't impinge on the freedom and beliefs of others.<br><br>But in this case, If I lost cooking time, then the food may turn out awful when I get held up at the shops, and therefore catering to them would have affected everyone who was coming. Do they really want that on their concience?<br>The needs of the many, you know...
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:31 pm
by Lindentree
I went with going to get veggies.<br><br>I was vegetarian for a while, and when I started eating meat again I did get very sick every time I ate it. Not pleasant. It could have been psychological yes, but if I could avoid inflicting that on others I would.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:43 pm
by Miles E Traysandor
Dilemma Solution: Next time plan ahead you dummy. 'Nuff said.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:53 pm
by Elscire
Plan ahead? Well, the dilemma states that you have run out, not that you didn't buy any, so I presume that it was simple negligence in that you presumed you had some, but it turned out that you did not.<br><br>And if you check things like that all your life, you ust get paranoid anyway.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:02 pm
by norsenerd
I chose to respect thier beliefs. I would maybe ask someone else to go to the store if that was an option.<br><br>THERE ARE ALWYS MORE THEN 2 OPTIONS.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 7:19 pm
by Foxchild
OR you could put the chicken in the oven on a lower temp than usual, or in a crock pot or something, and head out to get what is needed. Crock pots are safe, so... i'd cook it a bit in there while i headed out, and then put it in the oven.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:16 pm
by Salad Man
I'd serve shrimp instead.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:42 pm
by ShadOtterdan
You serve the soup to everyone but the vegetarian and get something for him. Like chopping up some celery and putting peanut butter on it, that's always good.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 10:53 pm
by Zylo
Eh, with my luck, they'd catch it somehow. I don't know how, but I never get away with anything. If I tried using the chicken, I'd get caught somehow, so I'd just give in and get the veggies.