Can I ask, those of you with family, hubby/partner/kids, who eat meat, do you use the same cooking utensils for their food as you do for yours?

I had a vegitarian Son in Law once who used to come to dinner not only with his own food, fair enough, but his own cooking utensils too

I too have my own dishes and utensils!!

Im not sure how well qualified a priest would be to tell if an animal is diseased, or ill looking,

Pidge not having a go honest am just interested as it is truly something I do not understand

Sorry for cutting into your quote hope you don't mind I know it can be considered rude but its a subject that fascinates me. I just dion't get it, but there are many who have posted who equally just won't get my views but thats what keeps the world turning - variety

Hmm.
I am an ex veggie (again).
I do however only ever eat organic meat. I also only eat organic eggs. I love meat, I love the taste of it and always have and crave it when I am not eating it. My son and OH and dogs all eat...so I have spent years cooking meat then eating quorn!!!

I finally decided to go down the organic meat only route as I think it is an important market to encourage.
I also realised that I was being hypocritical at times....I didn't eat meat/only ate organic eggs from happy chickens...but would eat pasta when eating out (probably made with eggs from battery farmed eggs) or mayonnaise based dishes, or egg fried rice or think in batter (sweet and sour mushrooms). The list was endless. It is very hard to be a 'true' vegetarian...so many things contain animal by products.
So I ahve opted to go organic and try to ensure that the meat I eat is happy meat. I try to source it from local butchers etc (do NOT ask how much the turkey cost...just do not go there...) but otherwise source it in supermarkets. It is a market we should encourage. I believe organic meat has to also be killed in an organic abbatoir..not that it probably makes any difference to the actual slaughtering process, which is the bit that upsets me most.


I have no doubt I will end up going veggie again at some point...but for now I am not. I was just finding it so hard to want to eat meat...and to source truly vegetarian food (especially because I am a traditonal food sort of girl at heart.)


ETA I have only ever been veggie because of animal welfare issues. It has never,ever been because I don't like it. I wish I didn't as it would make life easier!

Oh ok.
I'm a "non believer" or non understander and couldn't get my head around it.
I can understand your views and principles but could never understand why you couldn't use a pan that had not been touched by meat for maybe a week or more.
By You I mean veggies collectively.
This could be why veggies have a hard time, because it could seem a bit fanatical.

Me too I check everything just in case! I am as strict as you too and my kids actually thought Haribo's were called Haribones

Me too I'm afraid And an invite to a BBQ fills me with pure horror

Best way I can describe it is it feels like sharing your bowl with the dog. I am quite discreet in my lunacy though!

SiL used to bring a small disposable BBQ with him. I learned a lot of tricks from him

You have to watch people like a hawk though because they do things without thinking, like turn your stuff with the one they just used for meat! I really don't do social eating these days unless I trust the person totally!