Fabris softener!

[shootingstar]

That was a great movie.

I guess I ask the line question because, as a former vegetarian and mother of a (getting stricter by the day) lifetime vegetarian teen, I get frustrated when I am told, "you can't buy that yogurt [jam/cheese/cracker] because it has rennit [geletan/animal spit/ground up fingernails] (sp?) in it" or when I get the face after I have prepared a healthy vegetarian dinner and she asks me, "what did you put in it?" She aches to travel and I told her that while I am a slave to her particular food needs, when she travels, particularly in Asia, she will not be able to question the food preparers. That in fact it sometimes is rude in certain countries to do so.

My DH (her stepfather) likes to joke about eating cardboard and rocks. It's good to have a little humor thrown in... but yeah, definitely frustrating when our local grocery store (not a Whole Foods by any means) does not have the big-city selection that would enable me to $$$shop$$$ for these vegetarian-approved alternatives. And when she puts her nose up at plain steamed veggies and rice, I get a little dubious as to the benefits of being so strict.

Don't know how old your daughter is..but soon it might help she prepares some of the food herself. Just to understand what it is required to be vegan in meal planning and recipes.

It won't be Asia she might have problems for vegan options, it might be some parts of South America. We recently heard some real stories of serious meat eating cultures there from touring cyclists. Especially outside of big cities.

[Irulan]

Don't know how old your daughter is..but soon it might help she prepares some of the food herself. Just to understand what it is required to be vegan in meal planning and recipes.

I third this. She's got no business complaining about which yogurt you buy etc if shes a) not doing the shopping, b) not paying for it and c) not doing the food prep. It's easy to have a special diet when someone else is doing all the work.

While my kids never did vegan or other non-mainstream food paths, I did have a very picky eater. He learned at a very young age that I wasn't a short order cook or a waitress, and that he could come and help shop if he didn't like what I got. ( we are talking when he was 10 or so) Even at that young age, he knew how to fix things for himself if he didn't like what was on the menu.

[indigoiis]

Thanks you all.
We were getting tired of the rocks.