We are a vegan house, meat eater friends over this evening. WIBU to cook a vegan menu?

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Hi all, this is my first AIBU but I'm having a panic.
Non vegan mates over this eve, they always make every effort to accommodate us when we go there but this is their first visit to ours since we are vegan.
Shall I suck it up and cook a corpse or stick with a vegan menu? Would you be offended to eat vegan at a friends as a meat eater?
Thanks in advance if you reply. Could do with a few views...

There isn't a specific 'vegan food'. It's just 'food'. Just minus meat and dairy. I promise I don't live on lentils*
*I do eat them alot but did way before being vegan but it's not in the rule book 😁

"I would have turned down the invitation personally because I don't like any vegan food"

I assume this is a "joke"?

Really marymoosmum ?

How do you know? How familiar are you with vegan cuisine? Do you dislike all vegetables, pasta dishes, Indian food etc?

Would you not eat something like a baked potato with beans or pasta with a simple tomato sauce?

How narrow your life must be and again.
And again

I would expect a vegan meal but as your friends go to the trouble to accommodate you surely you could do something non vegan. Don't mean a whole meal but perhaps a bit of an accompaniment.

Well I would expect it but please don’t do meat substitutes, they’re bloody awful. Use your imagination maybe.

So what do you eat, mary?

Depends, do you expect them to bring a plate at all or are you catering everything? If you cater all you can dictate what you like but remember food is huge to people come christmas and some would decline or simply pre eat so they not hungry and get something they know and like.

And in all honesty if they made the effort to accommodate your CHOICE of being vegan then the nice thing to do is show them the same respect and cater for their likes too. Its only fair if you expect others to cater to you being vegan at their house

Your corpse comment tells me your one of those vegans who makes the snide remarks at people for choosing to eat meat and dairy but then play little miss innocent 'oh it was a joke'

Personally i would decline, christmas to me includes ham, turkey, pavlova, custard on my pudding and vegan dont cater for that. Given dd wouldnt touch most of a vegan menu its not worth the battle over food on christmas either

'Well I would expect it but please don’t do meat substitutes, they’re bloody awful. Use your imagination maybe.'

Cauldron veggie sausages are good! Linda McCartney Rosemary ones are, too. I wouldn't serve them to guests, though, unless I knew they liked them.

Quorn put me off meat substitutes, the husband shudders at the mention of them I’ve heard LM is half decent though.

Your friends go to the trouble of accommodating you. But they do not have to go against any strongly held beliefs to do that. For the OP to accommodate her friends’ food desires she would need to go against her conscience and support the meat industry. Not the same at all.

I think you have misunderstood Squeekums. They were invited for one evening over a week before Christmas, not the whole event.
You mention your dd wouldn't touch a vegan menu but I certainly wouldn't present a child (especially if I knew they had specific tastes) with a Thai curry. However, this was adults having a get together in the evening.
I don't make 'miss innocent' comments, I have adult discussions if it is initiated.

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See thing is though, they accommodate you when they host you, why cant you do the same for them. Being vegan is a choice. Remember if they also under no obligation to cater to your being vegan. To me refusing to cater to them when they do for you is simply rude. Being vegan is a choice, you wont die if there meat or dairy near.

Again, part of christmas to many is the food with all the trimmings not currys, beans and fruit salad so if ive been invited to a christmas dinner and i got served a curry and lentils id not be happy at all

Dont like miss innocent comments, dont make corpse comments, meat is food, one that is good for us, its not evil, neither are the people that eat it. Dont claim thats not what your getting at if that was true there no need for the corpse comment is there now?

OP, sorry you felt the food was mediocre. For what it's worth, if I was invited to a vegan household for dinner I'd expect to eat, and would look forward to, vegan food.

I had brilliant vegan food at a festival over the summer - at a 'vegan junk food' stall. Probably not the healthiest but really nice. DH ate there 2 nights in a row. We are both omnivores!

Forget Christmas, they were just invited for a meal that happens to be in the same month. Nobody is eating curry 'and lentils' for Christmas dinner. I'm doing a big mushroom Wellington with all the trimmings 😁
I am a vegan, that means I have a massive issue with the meat industry. It breaks my heart actually. I definitely do not think meat eaters are evil, I think the industry is damn cruel though.
You've taken one word I used (and apologised for) and used it as an excuse to be flippant and rude. I have taken this thread in good humour, as have the vast majority of other posters- even when we have different views. Let's agree to disagree and I won't invite you over for lentils and fruit salad.

Thanks Smea 😁
I'm glad there are more vegan stalls and that it's not just vegans who enjoy them.
Variety is the spice of life! Except in my case, lentils and fruit salad are the spice of life 😉😂

OP I think you're just lovely. Corpse'n'all. Merry Xmas. vegan

I would expect to be cooked vegan food in a vegan household. I like trying new things so wouldn’t bother me.

Awww JosephineMary, that comment has really made me smile 😊 you are welcome over for some (vegan!) wine anytime 🍾

Seriously-what do people think vegetatarians/vegans eat?

I know Bert, I didn't realise anyone actually believed the lentil hype! I actually eat better than before as I make an effort to ensure I'm getting the vitamins and minerals I need. I eat pies, home made pizza, Sunday style dinners, stirfrys, Currys, salads, jacket potatoes, chilli, soup etc. Normal food without the meat. I was always a veggie but since going vegan I have lost over a stone (I was a big cheese eater before!) So I feel the balance is right X

KHS, it is very insulting to compare a carrot to a sentient being such as a pig. That has insulted me as much as corpse insulted you.
The feast was peacefully gathered by myself bare foot in a flowing dress, with daisy chains in my hair, thanks.

it is very insulting to compare a carrot to a sentient being such as a pig

you should get that printed on a tshirt