# Vegetarians: Did you feel Thanksgiving was a feast for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 23, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876 "2001-11-23T07:43:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/41 "2001-11-25T20:16:54Z")
> [@](#): > > You don’t want to start a debate, using incredibly loaded terms like “carcass-eater” and “eating corpse”? Are you trying to be funny? Cause I’m not really getting this joke. “Carcass-eater” is a term used by my vegetarian friends to refer to people who eat meat. It’s meant as a good-natured jab at one’s preferences, and that’s how I took it. They also refer to meat as “corpse”. As someone who eats meat, I _do_ eat carcasses and corpses. Nothing wrong with that. It’s what they are. Hey, I also refer to “escargots” as “snails”. It doesn’t make them any less tasty. > [@](#): > > The only people I know that use the term “corpse-eater” are carnivores with a sense of humour. (And “eskimos”.) 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/42 "2001-11-25T20:19:50Z")
Oh yeah… I also refer to ribs as “bovine (or porcine) skeletal structure with flesh attached, treated with fire and served with tomato extract”. I also eat deadcow and deadpig. I calls 'em likes I sees 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/43 "2001-11-25T20:31:44Z")
According to Merriam-Webster, a corpse is defined as “a dead body especially of a human being”. I don’t find that a particularly good-natured jab. But, we’ve all gone around too many times on this issue on these boards, and I don’t even think we’re on opposite sides here. I do find “corpse eater” unpleasant, though; I don’t consider being an omnivore the same as being a cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/44 "2001-11-25T20:37:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*Oh yeah… I also refer to ribs as “bovine (or porcine) skeletal structure with flesh attached, treated with fire and served with tomato extract”. I also eat deadcow and deadpig. I calls 'em likes I sees 'em. \*\* I actually call myself a flesh-eater, but it just has a slight _ahem_ wink-wink-nudge-nudge connotation to it. I’m with Johnny, I also call meats by “deadcow” and “deadpig”. I’m just not easily bothered by carcasses, since I work in a kitchen. I’ve often seen whole suckling pigs roasted in the oven, and chicken heads floating in the stock pot. [sub]And, I was a vegetarian for six years. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/45 "2001-11-25T20:58:39Z")
i’m confused. these people don’t eat candied yams? green bean casserole? salad? pumpkin pie??? no pumpkin pie??? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/46 "2001-11-25T21:03:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Candygram! [land shark] \* The mashed potatoes had gravy pre-mixed in, …the bread was pre-basted in pan drippings… Cookies made with lard. > \*\* Completely apart from the vegetarian issue, your family is a bunch of really disgusting cooks. (Were those mashed potatoes brown? Eeeew! And what’s up with the greasy basted bread? Yar!) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/47 "2001-11-25T21:04:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spoons \* > \*\* > > My opinion is that **Candygram** should have brought some of (his? her?) own food. Enough to feed everybody, or at least to provide a tasty side dish to those who might like something to complement their main dish. > > \*\* Read the OP-they insisted he/she not bring anything, and they swore they would provide SOMETHING he or she could eat. That, to my opinion, is wrong. Besides, when you invite someone as a guest and you KNOW they have certain foods they won’t/can’t eat, it is proper etiquette to provide for them. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/48 "2001-11-25T22:25:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flodnak \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > > **Your family (probably) isn’t _trying_ to make you miserable.** > > It may not be a conscious attempt to make someone miserable, but I smell a lot of bullshit in that menu… as well as a heart attack or three waiting to happen. \*\* I smell the b.s. in that menu as well, but I think it’s quite possibly coming from the OP him/herself. Maybe the OP is a student home for Thanksgiving break just looking to cause some trouble, or a veggie with an axe to grind. The menu seems to be an overexaggeration at least. Let’s see, Candygram just registered to post the OP, and hasn’t posted anything since. Maybe some troll was on the menu? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/49 "2001-11-25T22:29:07Z")
Could be… ---
**Author:** ![Verrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/46a35a/32.png) [@Verrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verrain)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/50 "2001-11-25T22:34:19Z")
Well I know my veggie sister and aunt happily gorged themselves but the fact they still eat milk products helps with that. Manacotti as the first course (an Italian Thanksgiving), roasted potatoes white and sweet, stuffing cooked outside the bird, broccoli cooked in a little oil, and a lot of garlic, corn in a butter sauce, cranberry sauce and fluffy biscuits. I wish the leftovers were still here. I’m all hungry now ☹ ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/51 "2001-11-25T22:36:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*Maybe some troll was on the menu? \*\* Do you really think a troll would have the wit to post about **not being fed**? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/52 "2001-11-25T22:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grendel72 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > > \*\*Maybe some troll was on the menu? \*\* > > Do you really think a troll would have the wit to post about **not being fed**? \*\* Hmm, grendel72, you’re probably right there. More likely, it’s a case of Candygram going home for Thanksgiving and whining “My mean family ate Turkey and didn’t pay enough attention to ME (snif!) and MY FEELINGS (snuffle!).” A little too much melodrama, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/53 "2001-11-26T00:16:01Z")
Ummm, y’all, this’d be a Troll. One post, the OP, and not coming back for any thanks of support. If you check the e-mail address, it’s “[candi@gram.com](mailto:candi@gram.com)”. Wasn’t that _such_ holiday fun! Fuckwit. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/54 "2001-11-26T00:27:45Z")
It was still a fun thread anyway. And my family _does_ eat alarmingly like “Candygram” described." - My mum roasts the turkey with _bacon_ plastered over every inch of the surface with toothpicks. How wrong is _that_? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/55 "2001-11-26T00:34:50Z")
Ew, that sounds positively revolting. Even if I do prefer turkey bacon (cooks better, less greasy). Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/56 "2001-11-26T01:41:16Z")
So do I win a prize or anything? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/57 "2001-11-26T03:32:29Z")
“Oh yeah… I also refer to ribs as “bovine (or porcine) skeletal structure with flesh attached, treated with fire and served with tomato extract”. I also eat deadcow and deadpig. I calls 'em likes I sees 'em.” - **Johnny L.A.** Sorry, still having a problem with figuring out how to quote properly. Whenever I had roast beef or steak with my family, I’d let out an impassioned “MOO!” as I cut myself a slice. For some reason, I left them unimpressed. Oh well, at least it wasn’t _extended_ family or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/58 "2001-11-26T04:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > “Real steak? Not Syntho?” > “Guaranteed. Stick a fork in it, and it will moo.” -Robert A. Heinlein, _Stranger in a Strange Land_ ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/59 "2001-11-26T05:55:02Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. I adore your name…except that you remind me of my 6th grqde math teqcher, and she was a bitch and a half. Please don’t make me learn fractions again… ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876/60 "2001-11-26T07:21:18Z")
1 Don’t be so suspicious. Candy’s story seems plausible to me. When you’re new to this place and to Message Boards in general you just don’t know about your hostly duties when you start a thread. I certainly didn’t, when I was new, not that long ago. 2 I think her rant was justified. It frequently happens that vegetarians get a raw deal at celebratory meals. I think to say, of a very new poster, > [@](#): > > More likely, it’s a case of Candygram going home for Thanksgiving and whining “My mean family ate Turkey and didn’t pay enough attention to ME (snif!) and MY FEELINGS (snuffle!).” A little too much melodrama, IMHO. is just mean-spirited. Poor show. 3 I believe the vegetarian alternative to gelatine is **agar-agar**. Used in South East Asian cooking, hence familiar to Australians. Probably available at specialist Indian groceries or Chinese food suppliers. Candygram - if ever you get back here, welcome to the Boards. Redboss [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-did-you-feel-thanksgiving-was-a-feast-for-you/94876.md?page=4)