the rules?
what are the rules of etiquette, if any, to be followed when people go out for a dinner or a lunch with a mixed set of non-vegetarians and vegetarians? also, what when there is one vegetarian among many non-vegetarians? and what about the many-one, and the one-one situations? any thoughts? i am a vegetarian, but i was a non-vegetarian for more years than not. i realize it is easy to be biased, given my opinion on the matter in general, so i'd love to hear other thoughts. moreover, i am a perennial believer of the "to each his own" philosophy, but i'd like to know if you can extend it further.
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When in Mumbai, we went out for tem lunches from office very frequently. We were about 15-20 of us, equally divided into veg and nv. The restaurant would have joined tables and made a big table for us, we vegs would take one end of the table, the nvs the other end - for a simple practical purpose.. many dishes were shared - it was for easy splitting.
Both in my grad and post grad college, we were a group of four girls, one was nv, the other three of us was v. The nv girl would take one nv dish, and eat it all by herself, and her other dishes were veg, so that we could all split and share.
Have I answered your question - or horrors.... were you asking somehting else?
no no, i appreciate the comment :). i guess many-on-many is easier to figure. same for one nv to many v. in both cases enough sharing takes place. what about multiple nv and one v? what about one-on-one? in any case, what do you think makes sense in these situations?
i guess one-on-one might be the toughest. Either you get a dish each and perhaps appetizers that can be split, or go for two veg dishes.
oh, happy bday to A!! give her a big hug from me, who she does not know :)
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