Would you compromise your veg*nism for a cultural experience?

HECK NO!

I would never eat an animal even to "enjoy" and participate in other cultures. I would never enjoy eating a dead animal. I lived in Italy for close to 2 years and traveled Europe extensively and It would never have occured to me to eat something dead..no matter what. At high tea , just Drink the tea if there is nothing Vegan. The brits make a great tea!

The best I can say Is I never feel like I am missing out by not eating dead animals. I love to travel and even in the USA there are areas as New Orleans which offer unusual cuisine. So would I want to partake in eating gator? ... No ... There is no gray area for me. I would and did participate in Many great events and customs which were Vegan.

Vegan Forever

No, I can still experience the culture without eating meat. I don't even like the taste anymore since becoming a vegetarian, and the one time I decided to only eat seafood when I went out to dinner made me physically sick. So never again. I can still experience high tea without eating the sandwiches. And I can still walk the streets of the Far East without eating the street food. And I can still go to a luau without eating the pig roast. And I can still eat food in England without eating meat pies or fish and chips. And if I was invited to someone's house, I would politely tell them that I'm vegetarian and offer to bring a dish, and just not eat the non-vegetarian foods. You can still experience a culture without eating all of the food they serve. I don't think a cultural experience depends on what food you eat.

I don't. I've traveled to countries where meat is a very big staple, and I still abstain. For example, I went to France and was offered some escargot, and yeah, that'd be pretty awesome to say I've tried it, I still said no and watched my friends' faces get all twisted up. ^.^

Maybe it's because I wasn't always a vegetarian. (Ovo-lacto, btw, so eggs & dairy are ok) I've had fish and I've had meat stuff, but I still chose my lifestyle over having it again.

I think if I were to partake, my guilt would overtake any pleasure I would get from participating in a once-in-a-lifetime cultural event.

No, I would not. Being a vegan means that I'm vegan everywhere I go. A stamp on my passport doesn't give me the freedom or liberty to check my ethics and commitment to living a cruelty-free existance at customs.

I know there are very rich cultural traditions and meals that are unique and are rarely experienced, but there are vegans all over the globe. If I really wanted to try a specific dish, I'd seek out one of my vegan brothers/sisters and experience it that way.

Many cultures actually do appeal to a huge vegetarian crowd. For example, about 40% of India is vegetarian, with many of them being vegan. Veg*nism is a widespread thing because it is much more economical to use plants and animal products instead of slaughtering animals for food, so almost all cultures will allow you to experience their cuisine without having animals in it. :)

Not a chance. Seriously, I'm a vegetarian. I have no desire to eat meat just to experience tea. And in reality, tea doesn't even go with sandwiches. It goes with toast and jam or something.

And bugs on a stick wouldn't do it for me even if I wasn't a vegetarian.

Roast pig? No thanks. Besides the fact that it was once a cute little animal, I've seen a live pig roast before. Honestly, the sight of a dead pig over a fire doesn't work for very many people. Most omnivores, like the ones who don't enjoy hunting, prefer not to see their food being made. When that happens they usually stop eating it.

Meat pies... Uh, sorry, no. Meat pies obviously have meat in them, and I just don't put meat in my mouth.

And fish and chips? The only seafood I liked before vegetarianism was shrimp and squid. But I'm doing just fine without them, sorry England.

And if I was invited over to someone's home, I would kindly ask if they could prepare a meat free dish or I would ask for them not to be offended when I brought my own to share.

Cultural expirences are no good reason for me to compromise my beliefs. In fact, nothing at all is a good reason for me to compromise my beliefs.

Heck yes I would!

I sounded like Napolean Dynamite just then, sorry.

But then, I am not Vegan. It seems if you are Vegan, you did it for a reason. Think about that reason and determine if a cultural experience is worth the trade. I know some of my vegan friends would scoff at the idea, but I totally understand what you are getting at. I am not joking, but when I was in Amsterdam, i smoked hash for the same reason, wow. And I am not trying to be funny, though I am getting off track.

The fact that you are considering it, tells me that you are an intelligent and flexible enough person, not a vegan zealot, and would say that you should probably shelf your veganism in the interest of experiencing different cultures.

I hope that helps, even though I wandered off of food and drink there for a minute.

Oh yeah, and I wanted to add..... I experience once in a lifetime foods here in my country, and they often involve meat, that is why I am not a vegan. Does that make any sense? I hope you don't get picked on too much cuz you sort of "teed it up" for some folk. I am not trying to be smart alecky though, just somehting to think about.

Indian eating places are the desirable for vegetarian foodstuff, yet not unavoidably vegan. they often divide the menu products by potential of "veg" and "non-veg." Lacto vegetarian diets (dairy yet no eggs) are very consumer-friendly in India and eggs are very greater often than not categorised as meat. there is no sneaky addition of broth or animal fat, yet butter and yogurt are consumer-friendly aspects. the sole element in Indian foodstuff that is iffy is varak, a silver coating this is usually utilized in chocolates. some varak is processed making use of animal intestines; and you in no way understand what varak became into made that way and what wasn't. it incredibly is particularly glaring if varak is in foodstuff through fact it appears that evidently like silver. i locate it unusual that Indians are normally very careful approximately what's "veg:" or "non-veg", jointly because it incredibly is form of imprecise on varak. chinese language and different Asian eating places sometimes have little or no vegetarian/vegan selections; it in simple terms relies upon on the eating place.

Personally, I would not. I am sure there are other cultural experiences that do not involve eating, or eating meat for that matter, that will surely allow you to experience that culture. I am a vegetarian, and not vegan, so it would be a bit easier for me to decline certain things, than a vegan...

Just my opinion.

I would not.

While traveling, I've been offered various narcotics, (and occasionally strange "propositions") that were considered part of the culture. I had no urge to partake of those, nor was I tempted by schnitzel in Salzburg, the pig at a luau in Kaanapali, or the puppies in Chengdu.

If one changes beliefs with their surroundings, they never had any beliefs to start with.