And then it happened - Vegetarian/Vegan Bloopers - Take 1
One Sunday morning - I was doing some work with Amma's Kitchen - helping to feed the homeless at a local shelter. Some of the food that's prepared gets carried over to another outdoor location for feeding the homeless, and some of the food stays at the shelter to feed current occupants.
After spending some time/energy contributing to making food - it's only natural to work up an appetite and it's considered ok for the helpers to take a small porton. I didn't want to take any of the pancakes or eggs because i was trying to be dilligent about following a vegan diet. Then i came across some yummy sausages. I took one and it really helped to quench my hunger at the moment.
Fast forward about 20 minutes. I was one of the people who fed the shelter occupants (instead of heading over to the outdoor location). When serving food to the occupants, one of the people asked about the sausages to which i replied "that it's vegetarian". Of course, as if you couldn't already see this coming -I was advised of my error, it turns out i was wrong, they were chicken sausages - ouch!
I had presumed that all food served/prepared by Amma's Kitchen (the name of the organization i was with - not the name of the shelter) was vegetarian. I was correct actually ~but~ there is also additional food prepared at the same time, by the shelter for it's occupants - everything is shared in one kitchen though, and i was not aware of the same.
So, on that day - i must admit not only did i have a chicken sausage but.....ignorant at the time, i liked it!
sirdidy,
that's exactly why i only trust vegan restaurants now!
That is 'their bad' because they advertised it as a 'vegetarian platter' and you would not therefore expect it to contain chicken! Their very very bad!!!! I hope you let them know!
No, I didn't let them know. I guess I'm chicken. :-D
Get it? Chicken. Okay, that was a sucky joke, I guess. ::)
Get it? Chicken. Okay, that was a sucky joke, I guess. ::)
if i may be so bold as to interject here...i thought it "rocked" :)
Thanks, didymus! You rock, too! ;)b
thank you! I agree. I would like to bring it up to the cafe manager if I can summon the courageous lion in me. I tend to avoid confrontation on all levels.
I don't think of those things as confrontation. The manager/workers may not have thought about it from your perspective or realized it was confusing. They may have and brush you off or they may not have and are happy you let them know.
OMG. When I was still an ovo-lacto vegetarian, I took a slice of pizza that I thought was cheese pizza and it was pepperoni, and I didn't know because the pepperoni was under the cheese! I ate like half of the slice before I even noticed. I felt so horribly sick the rest of the day, I thought I was going to puke but I didn't.
oh shoot - almost the exact same thing happened to me. I was picking up pizza for a friend - she had asked me to get her a "hawaiin (sp.?) slice". it looked so good, i got one for myself (during a "not so vegan" moment). as i started eating it, only then did i realize that there's ham hidden underneath the cheese and pineapples.
my friend was like "you don't know what a hawaiin slice is?" - i was like "well, i do now..."
I was trying to split a frozen pepperoni pizza with a friend. We've done it before with a different brand by moving all the pepperoni to one side before baking. Well, this pizza was made with meat sauce. I smelled before I ate and was able to tell there was meat sauce in there. My friend was like "you can smell that"?!?! :0
On my 21st bday (this July 4th) I was told to taste a bit of this alcoholic drink by my boyfriend, but what he failed to tell me was there was milk in there. I took a sip and he said "OH SHIT, there is milk in there!", so I spit it out :/ oops.
I guess thats not too bad being I have only been a vegan for one month. :)
When I was working at a non veg restaurant a couple of summers ago, someone put brown gravy in the container that usually holds the balsamic dressing. they looked very similar. I can't remember why but somehow I accidentally licked a little of the gravy thinking it was balsamic dressing. It was disgusting! Everyone got a laugh out of it though.
Grandma thought she was being helpful and brought over a bag of "vegetarian meatballs" which were really "organic meatballs". Apparently, she thought organic meant vegetarian, because she said, "well, organic is organic, right?".
Luckily I read the package first!
::)
I went into Panera to have lunch today. I always order the same thing- the Mediterranean veg sammich on the artisan french bread, without the feta crumbles. So, I go sit down at a table with my friend, another veg who ordered the same thing. When the waitress came and gave us out orders, my friend got a veggie sammich, but it had turkey on it. Out of general curiosity, i looked at mine, and there were roast beef chunks all over it, along with the damned cheese =/ I've never had that issue with them before, and our poor waitress felt so bad, that I felt bad for her.
good thing we both checked before biting in, i guess.
I went into Panera to have lunch today. I always order the same thing- the Mediterranean veg sammich on the artisan french bread, without the feta crumbles. So, I go sit down at a table with my friend, another veg who ordered the same thing. When the waitress came and gave us out orders, my friend got a veggie sammich, but it had turkey on it. Out of general curiosity, i looked at mine, and there were roast beef chunks all over it, along with the damned cheese =/ I've never had that issue with them before, and our poor waitress felt so bad, that I felt bad for her.
good thing we both checked before biting in, i guess.
What? I don't think that sandwich even comes with meat unless you ask for it!
Oooh! I just thought of one! One of my co-workers at the market is really cool and always lets me know about new vegan stuff she's making in the deli and usually gives me samples. A few months ago she made this chickpea dish and asked if i'd like to try it. So, she put together a small plate and I ate it. She obviously knows I'm vegan, so I didn't ask any questions. Later, I was like "that was really good! what did you use to make the creamy sauce?" Her face dropped and turned bright red. She said, "OMG! I totally forgot I was making that plate for YOU. I meant to leave the yogurt off!!!" I pretended to get mad and faked a couple dry heaves into the garbage can. haha. I didn't really get mad though, because I knew it was an accident. I still tease her about it sometimes when she offers me vegan food. ;)
when I first went vegan, I was devouring the Quorn brand "chicken" breasts. I ate lots of those before I read the 3rd ingredient was egg whites, sometimes ignorance is bliss! I really loved those things!!
when I first went vegan, I was devouring the Quorn brand "chicken" breasts. I ate lots of those before I read the 3rd ingredient was egg whites, sometimes ignorance is bliss! I really loved those things!!
Boca makes a pretty darned good chik'n'burger (speaking of which, i haven't had in awhile - darn, now i want one). As far as I can remember, they are vegan - they're about $3/box (for 4 patties) at Krogers
http://www.bocaburger.com/products/chikn.aspx?productBox=0
http://www.bocaburger.com/images/products/packages/original-chikn-patties.jpg
Serving Size 71g
Servings per Container about 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 160 Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 9 %
Saturated Fat 1g 5 %
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0 %
Sodium 430mg 18 %
Total Carbohydrate 15g 5 %
Dietary Fiber 2g 8 %
Sugars 1g
Protein 11g
Vitamin A 2 %
Calcium 4 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Iron 10 %
Ingredients: PATTY: WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, TEXTURED WHEAT PROTEIN (WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEAT FLOUR), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST EXTRACT, METHYLCELLULOSE, SALT, SPICE (CONTAINS BLACK PEPPER, NATURAL FLAVOR , HYDROLYZED SOYBEAN AND CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED CORN GLUTEN, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, SUCCINIC ACID, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1). BATTER: WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SALT. BREADING: WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, SALT, DRIED YEAST, CARAMEL COLOR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO FOR COLOR. BROWNED IN CORN OIL. CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT.
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Ok, not a vegetarian OR vegan blooper, but still, close enough to on-topic, I think:
last year we were staying with my brother in the Netherlands, we went to the supermarket and my husband bought some croquettes, because Dutch croquettes are pretty darned tasty. Because we were nomadic hobos, we bought the cheapest of everything, and because we don't speak Dutch, we just kind of shopped-by-pictures. We went home, he cooked some up, ate them, then my brother got home, picked up the box and was like 'yeah, these are horse.' My husband, the carnivore, was pretty grossed out by that, and didn't eat any more, but after informing him, and having a little laugh, my brother went ahead and cooked and ate the rest.
Urgh.
So everytime he tries to start with the 'you ate horse' line, we just turn around and say, 'but you ate horse, knowingly' - I happen to think there's quite a difference.
I have a question...I guess it's rhetorical really. I don't mean to criticize your husband or anything OWW. But, why is it that people are grossed out by eating horses, but not grossed out by eating cows?
I guess because people 'bond 'more with horses, see them as more 'relateable', or something?
I also guess I didn't really mean 'grossed out' - more that just if we had've been able to read the box, and he knew it was horse, he wouldn't have wanted to buy it. But why he would have that reaction to horse but not to, say, a baby sheep, I can't explain.
But I will go home and ask : )
corinthia, the day i decided to become vegan i caught myself eating a tortilla with melted cheese as a snack because that was something i usually ate as a vegetarian. it was funny. my friend was there and he watched me and said, "i thought you were vegan now?" and i paused, looked at him confused, and then realized what he was talking about and i was like, "oh shit, i totally forgot that cheese isn't vegan!" and gave it to him. hehe.
at least it hasn't happened since.
Just the other day DH and I stopped by our favorite local Chinese place for dinner. We decided to split an order of vegetable egg rolls as an appetizer. Keep in mind that we go here all the time, and I have gotten egg rolls here before. I bite into the egg roll and taste something that has a strange texture to it. Sure enough, I cut open the egg roll and it's filled with pork.
We flag the waitress down and tell her about the mixup. She looked truly shocked when she saw the cut-open egg roll with the pork hanging out of it. Apologizing and swearing that she ordered us veggie egg rolls, she puts in an order for replacement veggie egg rolls. They come out, I take a bite, and get pork. AGAIN. By this point my dinner has come out, so I don't need egg rolls anyway, so I set them aside. She comes back and we tell her about the mixup again. Embarrassed, she apologizes and goes back to inform the cooks. Turns out that somehow, that day, they reversed the labeling on the egg rolls, so when they kept taking from the vegetable pile they kept getting pork egg rolls.
It's our neighborhood place, and the food is wonderful and flavorful without being too heavy--but I don't think I'll be ordering egg rolls there anytime soon :-\
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