Is this a punishment? Did a vegan turn them down for prom and they swore eternal vengeance?

  • iridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    American cuisine’s attitude towards plant-based meals is just an aversion to learning. Oh can’t have meat? We’ll give you cheese. Oh can’t have cheese? Um vegetables are vegetarian! 😃

    And then if you’re lucky they will buy some crappy frozen faux meat that they don’t know how to prepare properly.

    • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Over here, if you are lucky, it’s mostly “here, have some tofu and be grateful it’s an option”. But it’s not a properly prepared tofu - they basiclly just take it out of the package and heat it up.

      So far when I had tofu or seen someone havenit somewhere, it was good once

    • FloridaBoi [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      It’s egregious that these are missing. It could literally just be a bean and rice burrito and that’s it.

      Also it might be sacrilege but some roasted sweet potato adds a nice flavor and texture to “Mexican” food

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Have a place near here who instead of just… having beans… lists zucchini as their only non-meat… “protein”. I’m like JUST. GIVE. ME. BEANS.

      • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        3 months ago

        They probably cook or buy their beans with animal fat and can’t be bothered to make a vegetarian/vegan version. Which is unfortunate. It’s exactly why places like Chipotle have black beans as an alternative to the pinto. It’s easy and gives variety at the cost of nothing really.

        • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I believe chipotle stopped using pork in their pinto beans a while ago. Same for Moe’s.

          But yeah, that is always a concern with rice and beans because… uhg.

      • Cammy [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        3 months ago

        What is this aversion to beans? People love them, they’re cheap, they’re easily stored, and they show up in fucking burritos. It’s like the word vegetarian means something different when writing a menu.

  • assfalt [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Not to ruin restaurants for you forever but I know a place where they would purposefully fuck with their vegan guests by sneaking in animal products to all of their vegan dishes as an “epic” inside joke among the kitchen staff

  • BobTheDestroyer@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Now I can’t stop thinking how to make that burrito slap…

    Cut the cauliflower into florets, toss with olive oil and salt, then roast at 400f for 35 or 40 minutes.

    Cut the carrots into long slices and pickle them in vinegar and water with a little sugar and salt. Let rest for a day.

    Slice the onions and low fry till carmelized.

    Fry the broccoli, peppers, and mushrooms in a pan with some garlic and salt.

    Wrap in a tortilla with some refried beans and season with hot pepper flakes.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    It’s literally that meme, “they hated him because he spoke the truth.”

    The most vicious anti-vegans are people who know and understand the arguments in favor of veganism, but have decided against it anyway. They’re terribly guilty and they deflect that self-hatred onto us, because we’re constantly reminding them of their guilt.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not sure if that menu offering is sheer “put vegetables in a tortilla and fuck off” spite or if it’s just some sort of regional blandness applied to everything on the menu. thinking-about-it

    • Cammy [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Burritos can have any veggies in them, but rice and beans are a staple in most. This version listed veggies that rarely show up in burritos while omitting basic ingredients associated with burritos.

      It’s like if they made a vegetarian spaghetti, omitted tomatoes, and instead added peas. Like yeah, peas are vegetarian, but it’s not exactly part of pasta.

      A lot of restaurants do this for different reasons, usually to half-heartedly accommodate people who don’t eat meat.