Defying The Vegan Police
Feb. 7th, 2023 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI fell off the wagon. I'll clamber back on again but just for an hour or two I was off it.
We were in the shop in Hastings that sells fabrics and handicrafts from India and having a discussion with the owner about veganism. Ailz, Sandra and me, we're all vegans- but not dogmatic ones- and Sandra was saying what a pain the dogmatic ones can be- how they turn into a sort of police- humourless and judgemental and aggressive.
So then we had to go get some lunch- and after a bit of poking around- wound up in the Pump House- a late medieval pub where I know from past experience they do a really good pie with smoked fish and shell fish and a cheese topping. The vegan options were the usual things- you know, chick pea curry etc- and perfectly acceptable but not very exciting, so I turned to Ailz and Sandra and said, "No vegan police in the building, right?" And they said "Absolutely."
"OK," I said, "I'm having the Captain's Pie."
We were in the shop in Hastings that sells fabrics and handicrafts from India and having a discussion with the owner about veganism. Ailz, Sandra and me, we're all vegans- but not dogmatic ones- and Sandra was saying what a pain the dogmatic ones can be- how they turn into a sort of police- humourless and judgemental and aggressive.
So then we had to go get some lunch- and after a bit of poking around- wound up in the Pump House- a late medieval pub where I know from past experience they do a really good pie with smoked fish and shell fish and a cheese topping. The vegan options were the usual things- you know, chick pea curry etc- and perfectly acceptable but not very exciting, so I turned to Ailz and Sandra and said, "No vegan police in the building, right?" And they said "Absolutely."
"OK," I said, "I'm having the Captain's Pie."
