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> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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>>>> "Jude" > wrote in message
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>>>>> 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
>
> Sometimes one does need to describe themselves to some people, one
> sentence, "I'm a vegetarian." That would keep one from ever having to
> decline an invite to "The Lone Star." They could roll their eyes, talk
> behind your back, and that would be it, never having to explain yourself
> again why you didn't want to go here or there, restaurant-wise. I've
> never had to listen to "Why don't you have a steak, don't you want the
> prime rib...." for years. Small price to pay for those few words. :-)
> Dee Dee
>

How about "I don't eat red meat."

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Peter Aitken