Since becoming vegan I have had countless weird looks and questions assuming that a vegan diet isn't just about avoiding animal products but avoiding anything nice or normal. It’s quite amazing how misinformed the general public is about what vegans do and don't eat. I think many do actually know that vegans don't eat animal products so I'm not sure about where these weird questions come from.
If I went by the misinformed publics' understanding of vegan, in the 6 last months I would have eliminated the following foods from my diet:
Yeast
Flour
Bread
Pizza
Alcohol
Crackers
Sushi
Curry
Pasta
Chocolate
Coffee
Fried foods
Even when people know that it means no animal products there are still questions like "What about flour, can you have flour?" and comments that we can go get a dandelion coffee assuming I can't have normal coffee.
It seems that many of the foods that get questioned are just yummy things or possibly unhealthy things as opposed to animal products. Is it just that everything yummy in peoples' minds can't be vegan? Or is it just that people have no idea what is in their food and where their food comes from? What is the weirdest thing you have been questioned about eating?
"Can you eat noodles?"
ReplyDeleteUh... yes. I get frustrated with stupid questions, too. It's like people don't think!
Ugh, I know! What animal did noodles come from??
ReplyDeleteSome noodles do have egg in them
ReplyDelete"are avacados ok for you to eat?" (maybe the creamy look of them threw her off?)
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