woman was trying to force dd to eat a hamwidge

[rosepettel]

yesterday i got told by dd that her mate mum was trying to force her to eat a hamwidge even thou we are veges.. dd got very upset and distressed.. im going to ring the woman and go nuts but what can i say..why would she do this she knows we are veges..im so angry at the min what would you do? woman was saying just eat it i wont tell youre mum but dd was saying no i dont want it and was crying i am so angry.. what will i do please help?

THERE IS NO CRAB IN CRAB STICKS

There is no chicken in roast chicken crisps.

It is all so confusing, I offered my friends child (who is vegetarian) some haribo and she is not allowed those but roast chicken crisps and crab sticks are ok

Because Haribo contain gelatin and roast chicken crisps contain no meat.

No idea about crab sticks other than they have no crab.

The "I won't tell your mum" part is deliberately undermining your values and I would be (privately) going mental. I would be calm in front of the mother though and ask an open question about what happened..along the lines of, jolly good party the other day mrs blah, DD really enjoyed it, but was a bit confused about some ham sandwiches? That way she knows you know something but you're not marching in there at risk of getting it wrong. FWIW we do not have pork, and while I wouldn't be horrified if DCs chose to eat it at a party I would be if it was forced on them, or they were made to feel like weirdos.

Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodle (no other variety of instant noodles though) is endorsed by the Vegetarian Society!

I'm an odd one, if it's touched any form of pig meat I won't touch it but if it's say a chicken or beef sandwich I could remove that meat and still use the bread. No idea why, I've been like that since I was a child

I personally wouldn't want my dc going to a house with so little regard for them, or at least would limit it to non meal times

just to clarify - I had no idea re the haribo, I would never offer a child who I knew to be vegetarian something that contained meat.

I think it is a bit weird to eat chicken flavour crisps if you are vegetarian though.

mummytime -It's all soy though isn't it? It doesn't mean it tastes any less cardboardy

Not really MrsMelons as there's no meat beef and mustard crisps are the best though

Did you know that prawn cocktail pombears are not suitable for vegetarians?

I would very angry at anyone telling my dd to keep a secret from me.

i would say to the lady - what is this about you telling my dd to eat ham and then you will keep it secret form me? Give her chance to come up with her side of things

but let her know secrets and meat are not tolerated in your household

Most prawn cocktail/crackers have something un-veggie in it (could be prawn...could be goat...could be donkey, who knows?).

There's lots of 'hidden nannimules' in foods. In ye olden days, most breadsticks had lard in them.

Gah - sounds like one of those people who doesn't beleive that children would ever happily be vege of their own accord and therefore you must be forcing it on her.
I would be having words too.

I think I mean from a taste point of view (although not sure meat crisps actually taste like meat anyway).

I definitely don't eat quorn and wouldn't if it was a crisp flavour

"but let her know secrets and meat are not tolerated in your household"

Actually LOLing

"We'll have no MEAT OR SECRETS in THIS house!"

I don't "get" quorn?

I must say I have often privately wondered about a childs decision to be vegetarian as I do feel any child should be able to make choices themselves however it is absolutely unthinkable to force a child to eat meat or anything else and would never do this.

That is not to say that many children who are vegetarian haven't made that decision themselves of course - I am just saying I have wondered about it.

MrsMelons - get thee to an M&S and buy some Veggie Percys. They are so much nicer than the usual ones and the Percys of choice chez Scholes. They contain pectin as the gelling agent, rather than gelatin.

me neither IHide - its quite unpleasant IMO.

I will have to of course try the veggie Percys myself first - just to make sure they are ok

I don't get quorn either, I don't eat meat so why would I eat a fake alternative and it tastes weird and chewy

I just don't understand why it exists... if DCs were eating quorn sausages because they taste/look etc "the same" as normal pig sausages I'd be thinking that a) it's "cheating" the do-not-eat-pork rule and b) why bother to have a substitute at all, if the rule has already been broken?

BlessedDespair...YES

The texture is like mushrooms - I just can't eat it.

I did have quorn mince in a chilli once and the texture was ok but it was so bland even with all the chilli bits in it. Poor DH has never got over it and always jokes now with my friend who made it that he will never provide vegetarian food for her at ours as she made him eat quorn!