Today, I was eating Campbell's vegetable soup. Halfway through, I started to read the ingredients and found beef broth. I have been a vegetarian for seven years. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I saw my mom sneaking meat into her spaghetti sauce. She told me she sneaks meat into most of the food she cooks. I've been a vegetarian for 8 years. FML
Today, I found out that the so-called vegetarian soy sauce my mom has made for me several times has minced meat in it. FML
Today, after being a vegetarian for 5 years, I found out that my boyfriend of 2 years has secretly been feeding me meat. His reason is that he thinks it's "funny" that I still call myself a vegetarian afterwards. FML
Today, I was eating Jell-O and was reading a fact website, when I read that gelatin is made from the collagen in cow or pig bones. I'm vegetarian. FML
Today, I accidentally bought chicken fingers. I couldn't even make it two days as a vegetarian. FML
Today, after having been a vegetarian for 8 years because I'm opposed to cruelty to animals, I lost a bet and had to eat a whole cheeseburger. I loved it. FML
Today, I found a bone in my sandwich. It was a veggie burger. FML
Today, I opened up a can of tomato soup I'd taken from my parents' house recently. After eating the whole can, I started feeling a little off, so I checked the expiration date. It expired 12 years ago. FML
Today, I made a tasty, healthy plant-based lunch for my family. They ate a few bites, spat it out, and then went to McDonald's "to eat real food, you know, food with meat in it." FML
Today, I defended the dried up things in the cup noodles as being real vegetables, just so that it would appear that I do actually eat vegetables. FML
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Mirorbo 27
Sorry darling, but you ARE supposed to read the ingredients before you buy it. It's no different than if you were allergic to something. ALWAYS read the ingredients if you choose not to eat certain things or cannot, for the sake of your health.
austo97 0
most vegetarians look at the ingredients before eating the food...
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hellokimmiee 5
its vegetable soup, not vegetarian soup! vegetable soup sometimes is made with meat but they call it vegetable soup because all the darn vegatables in it!
Onyx26 0
Soup almost always has beef out chicken broth unless it specifically says otherwise. I am a vegetarian too and I can't ever eat soup at restaurants. Campbells makes a Vegetarian Vegetable soup too but you have to get the one that says vegetarian.
gigglepatch 0
ok I understand everyone and what they are saying. I think debates like these are great! first of all I feel sorry for the op but you really should read the label and try Amy's soups, there all organic and vegetarian!:) I should know, I am one myself. now all of u Hating on vegans/veggies let me just tell you that one person can make a big difference! at my camp (partially because of me) many,a lot of people became vegans or vegetarians so the camp started cooking only organic and fresh meat and also they cook a lot less meat and a lot more vegan dishes! so one person can make a big difference!!!! I understand that you all love meat and think it's very healthy and just can't live without it but your wrong! many animals have been fed hormones that can cause very bad cancers. same with the factory they are in, all the packages have dangerous chemicals in the plastic that your meat is wrapped in. and meat slaughterhouses contribute to about 60% of global warming!!! you know being a vegetarian is actually healthier if you eat right and use meat replacements like tofu or quinoa! also most vegetarians buy there eggs and milk at organic markets. truthfully at first I became a veggie because I didn't like the thought of eating animals or anything that was alive (don't be stupid I don't mean vegetables) but now I understand that there are many other reasons not to eat meat. so if you don't eat meat good for you! I love all my veggies out there
gigglepatch 0
I love all my veggies out there
gigglepatch 0
theninjacat and everyone else but I hope your doing vegan right and eating making good protein and calcium replacements! as you can see I am probably more educated than all of you and I'm only 14 as well and I'm in all college classes at my high school every one is AP. so if you want to eat meat go ahead but I would like to tell you to get educated on what you are eating and maybe buy it at a green market
theRovingMage 0
Gigglepatch, sweetheart, please don't brag about being in college classes and extremely educated for your age. You just make the American educational system look worse, since you don't spell or punctuate at a college level. This is coming from someone who did community college as a substitute for high school, so yes, I know what I'm talking about.
Michyxo 14
Wow... Yeah if you're eating Campbell's vegetable soup, you're eating TONS of meat products. Milk is not even vegetarian. Vitamin D3 (I think that's the one) is derived from fish. Natural/artificial flavors often secretly contain meat. The true life of a vegetarian is limited. Either learn what ingredients are, or stop crying about it.
antiprettysin 0
Eh, I understand it's not the funnest thing to happen, but if you're still sticking to your vegetarian commitment you can chalk this up to a learning opportunity and move on. My friend, who has been a strict vegan for about 8 years now was at a restaurant with vegan options and the waitress set down his seitan fajita in front of another friend, and he ended up getting the beef one. The two didn't realize the switch until about halfway through. Vegan friend shrugged it off , and the two switched back. Clearly his veganism is a big deal to him and he's really strict about it, but mistakes are mistakes and he's not going to beat himself up over an error, it's not going to somehow negate his vegan lifestyle. The most we can do is move on, and learn.
ringothedrummer 4
Oh no! Your life sucks because you took in a tiny portion of beef broth! Unless you are allergic or just really don't like the taste, you should be fine. YDI for not checking the label.
bowlclogger 5
They make a soup called Vegetarian Vegetable Soup. YDI for not purchasing the right one.
TheNinjaCat 10
@Darkmis1 well said @Gigglepatch yeah I'm taking all my supplements and vitamins :D
sarahbear430 0
Please remember that not all vegans are "animal rights people". I started on a vegan diet for weight-loss purposes. I'm 5'8" and a size 4 now and feel great. And if I accidentally eat meat product (ever broth) or dairy, I feel like a fat, bloated pig. Those of you who struggle with weigh-loss should try it. Works great.