Actually what you eat to fill up your tummies shouldn’t bother anyone, right? But exactly that’s where the whole problem starts for a Vegetarian!!! These are a few things you have to hear if you are a Vegetarian.
Are you a Vegetarian? By birth or by religion or by choice or your parents forced you
I seriously don’t know how to answer this. By birth, I guess all humans are vegetarians. I mean I have not seen any just-born baby eating meat straightaway.
By religion, again am clueless.
By choice? Yes, there is some logic here. Yeah, being a vegetarian might be a choice or a way of life for me.
Parents forced you?? Oh ya, my parents literally forced me and force-feeded me to eat only vegetarian stuff. They were tyrants in their last birth and this birth they still have some effect remaining.
So What Do you eat then?
As if there’s nothing suitable to eat on this planet if am a Vegetarian. As if all vegetables, all fruits are vanished from the face of the Earth.
My dear friends, vegetarians have plenty of options when it comes to eating.
Eating Vegetarian food means Eating Grass!
Now there’s this very common term used in Hindi for vegetarians – “ghaas-poos khaate hai”… Roughly translated as “They eat grass”. This is damn annoying!
Being a vegetarian means not eating meat…It doesn’t mean we start looking or behaving or eating like goats or cows.
How can you survive only by eating Vegetarian Food? Don’t you feel weak?
Sigh! I feel like telling these “Questioners” that yes, am fainting even now due to weakness. Can you please come to my home everyday and help this weak person to carry on daily routine tasks?
Ok, got that you are a Vegetarian but How do you get your Proteins?
Tch tch dearies, do you know that nuts, beans, grains and vegetables contain great amount of protein? We get our Protein fix from these foods.
Do you want to taste this Chicken burger? Oh sorry, I forgot you are a Vegetarian!
One time it’s a joke, second time it’s a prank…When same people keep doing it every other day then it’s time to give them advice – Get your short or long or both memory loss issues corrected!!!
You can eat Seafood right?
Argh! This is how Wikipedia defines Vegetarianism.
Vegetarianism /vɛdʒɪˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.
Got it? I follow this version.
Is Vegetarian food tasty?
Actually I find it very tasty and full of different flavors. But yes, may be my tastebuds are numb or faking it? ROFL.
The truth is: Vegetarian food is very yummy. Example: Palak Paneer or Paneer Makhani or Dum aloo or Chhole or Falafel or Guacamole or Mushroom Sandwiches or Vegetarian Pizza and the yummy chinese vegetarian fare that we get in Singapore…The list is never-ending.
You are still killing plants!
Yes, you have such a such a such a valid point. I am stopping to eat everything from tomorrow – Only water and air…But wait, even they contain microorganisms. Now how?
Vegetarianism is a choice of diet or way of life for many and they like to stay that way. Period.
Disclaimer: I have written this post based on my own experience. Take this piece of write-up as fun and get to know more about your vegetarian friends. If you are a vegetarian then relate to this piece and have a good laugh. I have no intention ever to hurt anyone’s feelings.
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It was really fun to read about how you always encounter these question and how you answer it in a fun way! It was definitely a better choice of choose to be a vegeterian =)
I’ve heard this questions a million times and I know I will hear then at least a million more times.
Ha ha ha great post its fun yet questions a lot of relevant things veg people need to hear day in and day out.
I really miss my vegetarians moment i Had for 2 years last time and i want to have vegetarian again and for the sake of health vegetarian needs to pick the right food as well.
Actually being a vegetarian is fabulous..seriously i’m very respect for those who are vegetarian. To me being a vegetarian is a ‘eat clean’ which is good for diet and health
This is an hilarious post. I’m a non vegetarian and guilty of some of them, but in a very light manner! Though I love my veggie
I can’t say am 100% vegetarian coz I still eat meat like once a week ?
But I love eating more veggie and fruits. And I prefer it than meat.
Haha. hilarious post. I am a non-vegetarian and yes guilty of killing for my diet…. and maintaining the eco system ?
Yes, I’m a vegetarian and i heard a lot of these things specially “eating grass”
thanks for sharing this interesting info about being vegeterian. i never knew before. I’m salute with people who practice vegeterian diet…how they control their appetite from eating many delicious food based from meat
PS: please excuse the long msg.. I am just so happy to find someone who understands ? thanks for sharing this one!
This is fabulous! i completely can relate to it…indeed, it is so annoying when people go, oh, you don’t know what you are missing, you should atleast try it once, etc, etc… oh, you dont ‘look’ like a vegetarian – as if!!!!
the definition is so one dimensional that it is disappointing to realise that wiki doesnt THINK!!!
& finally, to all the non-veg peeps… look around… 1. LOTS of people are vegetarians, healthy & happy; 2. the ‘trend’ these days is veganism… & you, my dear non-veg friend are contemplating trying that vegan dish at the restaurant for that ‘cool’ instagram click!! so dont judge, just eat!
and let me eat too ? I am happiest when served Paneer (cottage cheese) and Aloo (Potato) in any & every form… It is the purest form of food-joy ? so let me enjoy & be happy!!! ?
Interesting read as I have many vegetarian and pescatarian friends. I can relate to this pretty much! Thanks for sharing this! =)
Hahaha, hilarious post. I’m not a vegetarian. But always look vegetarians in this way.
Thats funny and being a Bengali I can totally relate to this as I dont eat Fish ?
Ha ha ha ha ha I so relate to this post. Being a vegetarian have heard these n number of times now.
I am a non-vegetarian but sometimes i found vegetarian foods are more yummy. Vegetarian people will definitely appreciate you for this post.. loved reading it..
Ha ha ha, that was fun..m always asked when I go in official parties that what do I eat and I get stunned…plant based diets are so healthy anfapeople think that nothing can go well without the meat component.
I was always laughing all through this post because I’ve heard many of these things often. I even did a post on being ‘felt sorry for’ for being a vegetarian.
Tats one of the most well written article. I love vegetarian food I feel fresh & satisfied after eating vegetarian food.. It’s so delicious at the same time
Okay let me take a moment and tell you I loved the perfect use of GIFs especially for depicting parents! It was hilarious! I am a vegetarian by choice! And I love being so! I feel irritated when my friends say that they cannot pay for veg food! Like who pays for veg blah blah! As if we have been eating for free all these days! I love veg food! And I loved your post!
I am vegetarian too and I think world is full with lot of options to eat healthy for me 🙂
haha.. you’ve hit the nail on its head…. while I’m not a vegetarian I have seen so many of my friends face similar questions and judgement ..
I hear that a lot. Some friends used to tease me that by eating greens we are depleting the greenery on Earth 😛
I belongs to Brahman family and yes I am pure vegetarian, I love vegetarian food as it have so much flavors
Ha ha ha I am guilty of some of them too. But innocently
I was full on laughing reading this …actu actu I do tease my best friend as she is vegetarian with almost all what you mentioned
I’ve been to an organic restaurant for vegetarians recently and they introduced me with a new burger with the processed jackfruit as a replacement for the meat. It taste great and it is indeed unique. ?
I’m not a vegetarian, but good to know this! I love veges and feels like my meals are incomplete if no veges at all, yet couldn’t go all veges all day everyday for me heheh. Good for you tho!
Very funny piece indeed. Have vegetarian friends and I personally observe abstaining from meat in my diet on certain days of the lunar calendar. No big deal but the questions that vegetarians get are really funny.