Someone slipped veggie dogs into the regular hotdogs. I unsuspectingly bit into what I thought was a hot dog. This was all arranged by the vegetarian at work, who happened to be sitting at the same table. She said the look on my face was priceless. I didn't spit it out, but it took hours to get that taste out of my mouth.
This particular dog had all the trimmings. The veggie dog part tasted like moldy lettuce combined with dusty cardboard, decomposing sawdust and dirt. The vegetarian insisted that the veggie dog tastes the same as a hot dog, only better. Upon questioning, she admitted that she has never eaten meat. Well, that explains why she is out sick so much. So, she is uninformed, uneducated, and incorrect. I wonder how she would feel, were I to disguise pork as celery, and slip it into her meal?
Vegetables are vegetables, and meat is meat. I have no problem eating vegetables, but I DO have a problem with people trying to force nasty stuff on me, disguised as meat. Clearly, since I had no idea that there was subterfuge in effect, the veggie dog was no suitable substitute for meat. I was not applying any bias. I was unpleasantly surprised. If someone chooses not to eat meat, I'm totally fine with that--just don't force that diet on me.
After an experience like the one I had today, I am not receptive to anything vegetarian, vegan, soy, etc. I do not care for agendas. Had the person come to me and asked me to try something different, maybe I would have, but I'd rather it not be artificially modified to try to immitate something with which I am familiar. In this case, perhaps the veggie dog should have been shaped and colored to match fecal matter, just so the appearance would more closely match the taste.
If it wasn't so foul, they wouldn't be trying to disguise it as something that is good.
