"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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>> "Jude" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>>> OK, it's back to school season. No more luxuriating around enjoying
>>> summer vacation - the kids come back next week. I'm gong to a new
>>> school this year and inherited a classroom with 17 years accumulation
>>> of JUNK. I've spent all of this week going through it and filling
>>> trashcans with 1989's curriculum. Next thing I need to do is rearrange
>>> the desks and bookshelves. She has a huge room feeling small and
>>> crowded.
>>>
>>> So, anyways, I'm coming home absolutely exhausted every night. Next
>>> week, when kids are back and I actually have to plan lessons and teach
>>> on top of it, I'm gonna be wiped. I need some good ideas for what I can
>>> make for dinner really easily when we get home. Toss together some
>>> ingredients for a casserole, or a crockpot idea that I can leave
>>> simmering all day long. I've got about 30 - 45 minutes from the time we
>>> get home until I need to have dinner on the table for my daughter.
>>> We're both vegetarian, but not opposed to fake meats or even seafood.
>>>
>>> I was thinking about a tuna casserole for tomorrow. My mom's recipe but
>>> jazzed up: cooked rice, canned tuna, canned shrimp, celery,
>>> waterchestnuts, cream of something soup from a can (I use asparagus),
>>> and a little milk. Salt, pepper, celery salt. Topped with crushed up
>>> potato chips. It goes well with a waldorf salad for crunch and cold.
>>>
>>> Beyond that, I'm at a loss for casseroles that don't feel too heavy -
>>> it's still 83 degrees here right now and pretty damned humid too.
>>>
>>> I know you all can help me! Whatcha got?
>>>
>>> All I know is that I'm tired of take-out chinese food and delivery
>>> pizza.
>>>
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>> I am a bit puzzled - you ask for "dinners for vegetarians" and then talk
>> about tuna casserole. Vegetarians do not eat fish.
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>>

> Here is what I gathered, hoping it is correct:
> Vegans: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products
> at all.
>
I do not think that is correct. A vegan is not a "strict vegetarian," they
are a vegan. The idea of "strict vegetarian" versus "just plain vegetarian"
is silly. You either are or you are not.

>
> Vegetarian: eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat
> or fish or poultry.
>

My point exactly.

People seem to need a term to describe themselves. It's silly, really. If
you eat fish but not mammals or birds, that's fine, but there is no term to
describe you. Calling yourself (I mean "you" in the generic sense, not
personally) a vegetarian in that case is just plain dumb.


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Peter Aitken