Eating vegan at home, vegetarian when out

[PlantsArePeopleToo]

Let me start out by saying that I am not yet a vegetarian let alone a vegan but I would eventually like to be.

As a way of kind of transitioning, I was thinking about only eating plant based at home but when eating out/Eating at other people's houses I was thinking of resorting back to being a vegetarian. Obviously if I'm eating out somewhere and they have something vegan then of course I'll have that.

Does anyone/has anyone done this? I just don't want to be awkward .

Perhaps if we said things like 'I eat a vegetarian/vegan/pescetarian diet' instead of 'I am a vegan etc etc' and everyone could see it less about some sort of identity that you must adhere to and more about personal choices you're making

I would have to support incrediblysturdypyjamas people should eat what that like, but people saying they are 'practically vegan' whilst eating pizza and chocolate and marshmallows (looks at dd), people calling themselves vegetarian and eating tuna sandwiches confuses a lot of people.
I have been vegetarian for a long time and have been asked if I eat fish so many times.
Not mention conversations with waitresses and chefs about pesto and cheese.

I'm a very strict vegetarian (last 30 years) and a wannabe vegan.

I eat vegan where possible but on holiday ate pizza as it was impossible and most vegetarian looking dishes seemed to have meat or meat stock in them.

When out I try but am not strict with the vegan.

At home I can't shake milk in tea.

My friend does something like this and calls it "vegan but not a dick". By this she means she buys and cooks vegan at home and eats vegan out if there's something suitable, but if her granny makes her beef stew and dumplings she eats it gratefully, and if she desperately fancies and hangover fried egg butty occasionally, that's fine too. I think it's a very healthy outlook!

So off putting and not helpful

Lol.

If people didn't bullshit about how 'vegan' they are whilst chuffing down marshmallows and shoving a 'filet-o'-fish' down their gullets when nobody is looking - then the point would not need to be made.

If you eat fish - you are neither a vegan or vegetarian. So just stop calling yourself one. Eat what you want - people don't care - but just stop it.

"vegan but not a dick". By this she means she buys and cooks vegan at home and eats vegan out if there's something suitable, but if her granny makes her beef stew and dumplings she eats it gratefully, and if she desperately fancies and hangover fried egg butty occasionally, that's fine too. I think it's a very healthy outlook!

She is not a vegan in any way if she eats beef stew. It is bloody ridiculous.

I don't call myself anything, that's the point.

I don't call myself anything, that's the point.

You may not but others clearly do, as I have referenced them in the posts.

I am not criticising but whilst we are all human and have failures please do not state you are vegan or veggie and then eat fish or meat. Just say you are trying to cut down on meat and fish and you are aspiring to change your diet. The reason is that when "genuine" vegans or veggies ask for a meal they are fed fish or meat on the assumption that the request is worthless. We are treated as scum by chefs as it is - so stating you are veggie and then asking for bacon etc just brings more hate from the catering fraternity ( I've had catering training so know this to be true). These comments are based on over 46 years of trying to find something to eat when out of the house!

My friend does something like this and calls it "vegan but not a dick

Or more accurately 'vegan but not a vegan'

@Noeuf what is the difference between strict vegetarian and vegetarian? Most vegetarians would argue you either are or your not.

Otherwise you could argue that someone who lapses from time to time and eats steak can still call themselves vegetarian, just not a strict vegetarian.

It's a term I've heard used and used myself for things like checking wines and beers, checking colourants etc.

Yes, but that is what all vegetarians do. If they don't they are not vegetarian.

Not sure why you are so exercised. As is clear from this thread some people are not as vegetarian as others.

Not sure why you are so exercised. As is clear from this thread some people are not as vegetarian as others.

You can't be more or less vegetarian though. You either are or you aren't.

If I have wine with fish bladder in or a rare steak I am not vegetarian.

Ok well I've explained what I meant, so you can stop being cross now.