Vegetarianism is where I draw the line

As a Bohemian I like to think that I'm fairly open minded. I can deal with varying opinions of extremists. I follow the motto that I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. That is until you've decided to stop eating meat. Then I hate you. A lot. It may come from my traumatic experiences last summer with Vegans but I just cannot hold truck with people who shut themselves off from experiencing the sweet sweet delights that meat has to offer. In fact they make me out right angry.

I think it's because I find them mildly hypocritical. Usually Vegetarians tend to be an open minded experience loving folk - Hitler is the exception that proves the rule. Why would they shut themselves off to such a wonderful culinary world of various foods.

This is why I got so frustrated with my friend Caleb when he announced that he was going Vegetarian. Caleb just got back from four months in India where he so enjoyed the vegetarian life he decided to continue it back in Canada. Despite my attempts to explain to him that being a vegetarian in India is way simper due to their decades of learning how to balance proteins and cheap labour that will cook it for you, Caleb remains oblivious to reason.

I honestly forgot all this when I took him for dinner at my new favorite restaurant - Uncle Ed's. Usually I am extremely wary of any man who is not a direct blood relation requesting that I call him "Uncle" but for Ed I'm willing to make an exception.

It's Ukrainian food. It's Fucking Good Ukrainian food. They make their own perogies so they're stuffed to the brim with cheddar cheese, potatoes, cottage cheese, bacon, and onion. They have these cheese and dilled filled blintzes called "Naleshnyky" that are covered in a cream sauce to die for. Their cabbage rolls make grown men weep. Most importantly they make their own sausage and have a full service deli of carnivorous delights which prompted Caleb to utter one of the single most delightful things I have ever heard come out of his mouth:

"I feel like I've announced to the family that I'm gay and in retaliation they've brought me to a strip club."

This almost makes his vegetarianism worthwhile.

I would like to thank Uncle Ed's for helping me to show Caleb the light, and to our waitress Brenda for giving him a hard time.