Here is a snippet of a hilarious conversation I had with my mom yesterday (she called me at work)
...(after much gushing on her part about the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner we prepared)...
Mom: So how are you doing?
Me: Eh... I haven't been feeling so well lately.
Mom: Hoooneeey... you need to eat more protein.
Me: [annoyed] I eat protein!
Mom: You need meat.
Me: Protein doesn't only come from meat. I eat plenty of vegetables and other things.
Mom: What? Like Tofu?
Me: Yes! Tofu has plenty of protein.
Mom: You need meat.
Me: Ugh... I just can't eat meat. It makes me sick.
Mom: WHAA..?! I've never heard of such a thing! Meat making someone sick.
Me: No no no, that's not what I meant. I mean the thought of eating meat makes me sick.
Mom: Who told you that?!
Me: What? Nobody!
Mom: Where did you read that?
Me: Huh? What are you talking about?
Mom: What have you been watching! Nobody says these things.
Me: I just don't think an animal needs to die to feed me. The thought of it makes me sick.
Mom: You make me sick talking like that!
I love my mom. And I think I should be careful with whatever food she gives me because I'm pretty sure she's going to sneak meat into it.
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It's going to be the reverse of that recipe book Jessica Seinfeld plagarized! Your mom is going to make tofurkey , but she's going to blend up sirloin and pork sausage and inject it in.
And you KNOW you're going to find beef jerky skin in your brownies. Keep an eye out!
i'm pretty sure my mom would do the same thing if i became a vegetarian. why is it always about the protein?
I'd like to put my mom and your mom in a room together, with a hidden camera so you and I can watch from afar. Or better yet, let's put them on a reality show together! Dahahaha!
Moms are hilarious...Where do they come up with this stuff...
Too funny...
your mom cracks me up! i wonder what a conversation between her and my dad would sound like??
She's so cute - such a mom with all the worrying and trying to fix everything!
I hear a lot about parent being over-protective about meat like this. It's weird. Meanwhile people die from meat related illnesses all the time. Or they are told to cut back on their meat intake for health reasons.
A conversation with my 8-year old daughter
O - what's a vegetarian?
Me - someone who doesn't eat meat.
O - why wouldn't you want to eat meat?
Me - some people think it's bad to kill animals and other people think it's healthier not to eat meat.
O - well that's crazy. I like meat.
i was vegetarian for a while ... but meals always felt lacking. i know, i know ... there's so much you can make without meat, but seriously ... i didn't realize how much i missed red meat until i gorged myself on an entire cow for steven's birthday dinner at fogo de chow (spelling?)
i still eat more chicken and martinis than anything else. oh wait, what? a martini is not part of a meal? well, i don't know about you but martinis are in my food pyramid!
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