November 25, 2004

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving will be my first since becoming a vegetarian. I don't have my hopes too high for this meal - we celebrate the holiday with family at a restaurant in rural Wisconsin, where there are relatively few Tofurkeys. If you tell someone there that you're a vegetarian, they'll think you caught it from sitting on a dirty toilet seat. It is entirely possible for reasonable people to eat for twenty straight minutes without touching a single non-meat food. There will be the standard turkey, some glazed ham, fried chicken, and possibly roast duck, smoked ribs, pheasant, smoked squirrel, fried ostrich, and moosemeat sandwiches. If during the course of dinner, new animal species are discovered, they will be slaughtered and fried up for my family to feast on. All this means that for dinner I will be eating dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and cranberry sauce. Posted by mill1991 at November 25, 2004 12:00 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Tim, you forgot about the pink fluffy stuff that looks like opaque jello. and next year you should go a bit early and get some gardettos at the bar. that should tide you over. remind me over the holidays to bring home some tvp. (texturized vegetable protein) you can stick it in your pocket and sprinkle it in your salad for an extra boost. just trying to help you out.

Posted by: snowbum at November 30, 2004 12:00 AM

Wow, that sounds awesome. I would love to be walking around all the time with TVP in my pocket.

Posted by: Tim at November 30, 2004 10:12 AM

Hey, is that texturized vegetable protein in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: Epistaxis at December 1, 2004 01:31 AM
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