Comments on: Vegetarianism in Pop Culture: May 2008

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:57:00 +0000

oh and FYI on another veg in popular culture issue…on the subject of PETA murdering all of its ‘rescued’ animals (and advocatingg the complete elimination of certain dog breeds and 100% kills for stray/feral cats): http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/peta-people-euthenizing-thousands-of.html I used to be a supporter b/c I knew nothing about this stuff. No more! I just mention this b/c PETA is linked to and even advocated so much on veg*n sites, with no footnote at all about this stuff. (They also believe it’s better to kill an animal than make it a pet, even if a rescue’s involved. I blame a cult-like devotion to that crazy egomaniac, Ingrid Newkirk, who writes about how she’d go to shelter work early jsut to kill as many animals there as she could to ‘help’ them. Eek!)

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:03:19 +0000

So what happened!? Now I need to know if the guests were veg or not – and what happened if they were? I’ve gotten sick MANY times from soups and other dishes that claimed to be veg, and turned out not to be. So I can totally emphasize.

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:40:04 +0000

Ramsey did a whole episode on why horse meat was the tastiest shit ever and why even though it’s not allowed for consumption in the UK, he taught folks to get around by going to France and bringing it back during the show. He also laughed when a vegetarian on his Kitchen Nightmares accidentally ate ham in a cheese layer. I do not like this man, sorry.

By: bazu

bazu — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:37:49 +0000

I don’t reserve as much vitriol for Ramsay as I do for Bourdain. (Then again, I don’t reserve as much vitriol for Satan as I do for Bourdain! ;-)

On his show where he saves restaurants, he helped turn around, of all things, a vegetarian restaurant in Paris! He even did some of the cooking! I think vegetarianism is comfortably in his radar, as your clips show. And I too was rooting at the first clip!

Oh, and let’s not forget Oprah in all of this..!

By: vegoftheweek

vegoftheweek — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:02:13 +0000

Serious professional chefs take truthfulness in ingredients seriously. Gordon Ramsey may want to boil vegetarians in the next pot of meaty stew, but he is professional enough to realize how important it is to respect the customer. It would be wonderful if all chefs have this kind of integrity. I had to stop eating at a place where I asked about the stock and even though the item was labeled vegan, I was told by the chef it had a little bit of chicken stock in it. But I had to ask to find this out!!! And this was a tofu dish!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:02:23 +0000

I just got done watching 27 dresses. They made a reference to veganism and vegetarianism, my family all found it funny. They were saying that one of the main characters was vegan, but it was too hard/time consuming. So now he just doesnt eat red meat. And the girl lied and said she loooved tofu. Its nice to see more media, but I agree I would rather positive.

The second clip was awesome. I hope he genuinely cared about the cause and not just the fear of money. I wish they told us if any of the guests were.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:18:19 +0000

Maybe he was more concerned about getting sued or something, but that reaction was pretty amazing. XD

By: Jackie Morgan

Jackie Morgan — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:34:38 +0000

Awesome second clip