“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.
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.
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.
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]
i’m confused. these people don’t eat candied yams? green bean casserole? salad? pumpkin pie???
no pumpkin pie???
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!)
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.
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?
Could be…
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 
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.
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”.
Wasn’t that such holiday fun!
Fuckwit.
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?
Ew, that sounds positively revolting.
Even if I do prefer turkey bacon (cooks better, less greasy).
Yuck!
So do I win a prize or anything?
“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.
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…
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,
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.
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