Vegetarians in the house?

[marasinghe]

12. been where you've been & understand that situation.

as a kid, my Dad was mostly posted in jungle zones. we would hang out with the old tribes-people (who, incidentally, were from the same ethnic stream as the Indian Nagas & the Native Australians); they would share their food -- and it would have been insulting to refuse. the jungle fare, tho' including bugs, reptiles & most varieties of the local fauna, did not bother my omnivorous sensibilities of the time.

now, after years of taking the vege detour, it is rather off-putting to uncover this stuff. not to mention the feelings of betrayal -- whenever the quality of the food that's shoved down our gullets by these con artists, is brought into the open; and appears to be turning into a constant refrain in our lives.