Is this a punishment? Did a vegan turn them down for prom and they swore eternal vengeance?

  • assfalt [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Not to ruin restaurants for you forever but I know a place where they would purposefully fuck with their vegan guests by sneaking in animal products to all of their vegan dishes as an “epic” inside joke among the kitchen staff

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      3 months ago

      It’s egregious that these are missing. It could literally just be a bean and rice burrito and that’s it.

      Also it might be sacrilege but some roasted sweet potato adds a nice flavor and texture to “Mexican” food

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip
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      3 months ago

      Have a place near here who instead of just… having beans… lists zucchini as their only non-meat… “protein”. I’m like JUST. GIVE. ME. BEANS.

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        3 months ago

        What is this aversion to beans? People love them, they’re cheap, they’re easily stored, and they show up in fucking burritos. It’s like the word vegetarian means something different when writing a menu.

      • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        They probably cook or buy their beans with animal fat and can’t be bothered to make a vegetarian/vegan version. Which is unfortunate. It’s exactly why places like Chipotle have black beans as an alternative to the pinto. It’s easy and gives variety at the cost of nothing really.

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          3 months ago

          I believe chipotle stopped using pork in their pinto beans a while ago. Same for Moe’s.

          But yeah, that is always a concern with rice and beans because… uhg.

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    3 months ago

    American cuisine’s attitude towards plant-based meals is just an aversion to learning. Oh can’t have meat? We’ll give you cheese. Oh can’t have cheese? Um vegetables are vegetarian! 😃

    And then if you’re lucky they will buy some crappy frozen faux meat that they don’t know how to prepare properly.

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      3 months ago

      Over here, if you are lucky, it’s mostly “here, have some tofu and be grateful it’s an option”. But it’s not a properly prepared tofu - they basiclly just take it out of the package and heat it up.

      So far when I had tofu or seen someone havenit somewhere, it was good once

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    3 months ago

    Now I can’t stop thinking how to make that burrito slap…

    Cut the cauliflower into florets, toss with olive oil and salt, then roast at 400f for 35 or 40 minutes.

    Cut the carrots into long slices and pickle them in vinegar and water with a little sugar and salt. Let rest for a day.

    Slice the onions and low fry till carmelized.

    Fry the broccoli, peppers, and mushrooms in a pan with some garlic and salt.

    Wrap in a tortilla with some refried beans and season with hot pepper flakes.

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        3 months ago

        For sure they aren’t. All those veggies are probably straight out of the cooler. A shame, cause there are so many ways to improve it. Just throw them all in a giardiniera and stick that in a wrap with some humus. Low effort and the ingredients would store for a while. Sigh.

      • illi
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        3 months ago

        It could - but would it?

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    It’s literally that meme, “they hated him because he spoke the truth.”

    The most vicious anti-vegans are people who know and understand the arguments in favor of veganism, but have decided against it anyway. They’re terribly guilty and they deflect that self-hatred onto us, because we’re constantly reminding them of their guilt.

    • Cammy [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      Burritos can have any veggies in them, but rice and beans are a staple in most. This version listed veggies that rarely show up in burritos while omitting basic ingredients associated with burritos.

      It’s like if they made a vegetarian spaghetti, omitted tomatoes, and instead added peas. Like yeah, peas are vegetarian, but it’s not exactly part of pasta.

      A lot of restaurants do this for different reasons, usually to half-heartedly accommodate people who don’t eat meat.

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    3 months ago

    Idk what place this is but it’s basically the same as my order at most Mexican restaurants in the southern us, veggie fajitas. A lot of the time they make beans with pork and rice with chicken broth anyway.

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      3 months ago

      if you wanna go by Texmex standards, beans are basically mandatory

      If you wanna go by traditional Mexican standards for what a burrito is, there really aren’t any. Some parts of Mexico will tell you eggs and potato are necessary. Some will tell you it has to have serrano peppers. Central/southern Mexico will tell you that tacos and burritos are the same thing, or that burrito is just a northern way of saying “taco de harina” (flour tacos).

      the vegan Texmex places around here will typically do a lot more effort than just a random assemblage of vegetables in a tortilla

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    3 months ago

    Just seems like they spent one minute on a recipe without ever considering if it’s possible to make it taste better

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    3 months ago

    I have tried some pretty damn good vegan food, even though I am not a vegan, and I know this kind of meal is nothing but an insult.

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    3 months ago

    I saw a hot dog place with a “veggie dog”. It was just bread with a choice of the normal toppings from the meat options, 2 of which were chili and bacon. At least they had it marked for 2 dollars less

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    3 months ago

    I’m not a vegan so maybe that’s why I’m not getting it. I am very confused right now.

    Is there something wrong with the ingredients? Everything looks vegan to me, except the sauce which we have no idea what could be in there.

    Or does that not taste good? Because that seems to be something I wouldn’t mind eating. Or probably it’s just because I love anything with mushrooms in it.

    • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netOP
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      3 months ago

      If I’m going to a Mexican restaurant I would like to eat Mexican food, you can’t just call something a burrito because you wrapped it in a tortilla. If I was making a build your own vegan burrito I’d probably go with beans, rice, onions, tomatoes, lettuce or cabbage, avocado and some sauteed peppers.

      • AlyxMS [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        Got it. I think my problem is that my definition for burrito is exactly “stuff wrapped it in a tortilla”. Too used to crappy food.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      It’s half assed. A lot of places will just kinda throw some random veggies in a thing and call it a menu item. If I’m going to a restaurant I don’t want a fucking veggie and rice bowl or whatever some carnivore chef crapped out.

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    3 months ago

    Make an awesome vegan burrito, taste test it with friends and family. Do A/B testing and force them to pick the better one so you’re not getting sympathy distortion.

    Once you have a good recipe, go to the restaurant and tell them “try this”. Then give them the recipe and tell them to replace their shitty vegan burrito with that one.