Would you invite a vegan and a strict meat lover to dinner together?

Yes, I would invite both assuming I knew their temperament!!! I'm a Carnivore much like you are. I can eat veggies & enjoy them, but put a piece of meat on the table & I'll SMILE!!! I've been to Vegan dinners & have enjoyed some excellent food, but as soon as I got home, I dove into leftover steak!!! Personally, I think Vegans & Carnivores are much like Christians & Atheists or Republicans & Democrats, they just need to accept each other for who they are & NOT discuss it!!! You can't convert somebody who does NOT want to be converted. My nephew married a Vegan & we have meat for the rest of the family with plenty of vegetables & vegan casseroles so she doesn't go hungry & it has worked very well for the last 3 years. I have to give her credit though, she has NEVER once tried to convert any of us EXCEPT my nephew. If I knew my Vegan friend was one of those always trying to convert others, I probably wouldn't be inviting them anyway or would point out along with the invite that I felt the conversion should take place some other time!!! The same goes for the Carnivore. I am an avid believer in live & let live. If two adults can't go to a friend's home & act like adults, then neither should be invited!!!

I invite together people who have things in common so that the conversation will be fluid. I have invited many times people who have to eat different types of food, but that is not the conversation piece. Fortunatly I keep all kind of fanatisms away from my life if I can. I eat meat but have friends who don´t. I am an agnostic but have friends that are very observant. I have friends of different political tendencies and they can talk about other things. Many times I invite all my friends for a Spring barbecue. Some of them are vegetarian or vegan. They eat the salads. I suppose it depends on th kind of friends you have. Happy posting!

I have friends from both categories. When having a dinner party I do invite both. The party is meant for entertaining more than the food. I have never had a problem with a friend causing a problem. Just let them know ahead of time.

Yes, I've done this. In fact, I dated a vegan off and on for about eight years. I'm not a vegan. I'm a Pennsylvania meat and potatoes girl. We get along. The trick is to make sure there are mutually acceptable dishes in abundance for both people. Ethiopian food works really well. They have a lot of vegetable entrees with substance. I think a lot of times carnivores are looking for substance as opposed to the actual flavor of meat. The carnivores I know (myself included) really like the feeling of a full belly more than vegetarians do. As long as you can fill everybody's belly, I think you'll be on your way to having a good dinner party with happy guests.

I wouldn't have a problem with this and frankly if these were people I knew and my 'friends' then there wouldn't BE any situation. I don't like annoying or pushy people. To each their own but I don't invite people over just so I can sell tickets to see what happens next - I think if these are people that you know, then they will respect everyone's veiws and not try to cram their own points down another's. Every meal needs balance and respecting what people want is the key to being a good host; however, any dinner guest has to respect the host's home too. No, I wouldn't have a problem. If there was, then I would know who not to invite to my home again.

Sure. We used to have a boss who was vegan. He'd join us during drinking sessions, and parties. And we'd invite him out to dinner. It wasn't so hard because he would order food he can eat, and well, we just ate whatever we wanted to eat. He sticks to his beliefs without trying to convince us to join his crusade. After all, he did it alone, he can finish it alone.

I would be fine with it. I'd just make enough different things so that nobody went away hungry...

Thats going to depend on their attitude. If they are the type that think they are God over what everyone else eats, then no I can't see that happening. They need to be able to accept each others difference.

Some strict vegans can be quite fanatical so you have to be vert careful. If you have a lacto-ovo-vegetarian (eats eggs and milk) you could serve something like spagetti with tomato and cheese sauce, or a salad plate with cheese and eggs (optional cold cuts if you think you can get away with it). Some people who claim to be vegetarian really are not, they "sneak" an hamburger once in a while, or others claim to be vegetarian but eat fish or chicken. So you have to find out how strict they are.

If I knew the people real well I probably would invite them. I would make sure I had plenty of dishes for each of them to choose from. It's not much different than inviting drinkers and non-drinkers to come to a party.

i'm vegetarian and i have never once tried to 'convert' somebody. i have been irritated by vegans who do and by meat eaters who say meat is essential. i certainly would not invite pushy people with opposing views to eat together. same goes for any other beliefs or opinions, not a good idea to invite an evangelical christian, an evangelical muslim and a pushy atheist to the same party unless you enjoy endless arguments.

I have no problem with doing this and have been in this situation many times. I eat mostly vegan (actually mostly raw vegan) but I would have to class myself as a vegetarian as I eat eggs from the chickens that friends of mine own. I do not eat meat and do not agree with eating it, but I used to, so would not put down people who do. The same way that I never put down vegetarians or vegans when I was a meat eater. The last two family Christmas lunches have been a mixture of vegan, raw-vegan and meat dishes and everyone got along fine, respectfully letting each person eat their own dishes. I like to share with people the benefits that I get out of not eating meat, but I try not to force my opinion on them. If people are genuinely interested, then I can talk to them for hours on the subject! It can be a bit like a religion to some though. When it comes down to it, we should be inviting people to functions determined on their personalities and not on what they are eating. The food is only an excuse to get together and share quality time with others in my opinion.

why not and its not really a big problem. all you have to do is prepare both foods made from pure vegetables and foods with meat so they can just choose what they want. and i guess you must have a variety of foods to choose from if you know that you will invite a vegan and a meat lover and avoid talking about whats in vegetables nor in meat nor avoid comparing the two to avoid arguments. better talk ab\\\out different topic.

No I wouldn't do that, I would not want to hear them argue and complain I would much rather enjoy dinner by myself.

Yeah i would do the same. I mean this is a dinner party after all. we don't want folks coming to blows over what we should and shouln't eat.

My husband does not eat vegetables, he's a strict meat eater. His sister is a vegetarian... not vegan, she'll eat eggs and milk and such, just nothing that's been butchered. And they grew up together.. add to that their father is diabetic and imagine the cooking difficulties in their house!! I've had vegetarians over for dinner, while trying to please my meat loving hubby. Aside from his sister I know of 1 other vegetarian who has stayed a weekend with us. It's not difficult as long as you have things that person will eat. When a vegetarian comes over I make sure I have veggie burgers or a Morning Star product in my freezer. Or else I'll make a pasta dish that doesn't involve meat.

I am a vegetarian and so are some of my friends. I have many friends who are strict non-vegetarian. I have been invited with other non-vegetarian friends on dinner but we have never been in an argument on the dinner table about it. Arguments does happen but when we meet outside and it has never turned to a fight. I think it such talks should be consider as view of an individual about veg and non-veg.

Umm... I don't have any problem with eating with both at the same time, but I know that strict vegans are very pushy, and they usually don't respect other's opinions, so that person would be bothering the meat lover all the dinner. If I knew that the strict vegan is going to be respectful, then I would invite them together.

Yes why not.... I will prepare 2 dish so they can enjoy what they love to eat. I gonna ask and explain first both lol. For sure they would understand it. Have a nice day and Happy Lotting..

There is what we call respect for each others likes and dislikes. For example if your a vegetarian seated next to someone who isn't. Then most likely you wont have to say or talk about how good vegetables are compared to what he is eating, that is with respect to what he likes. You may say something good bout vegetables if asked but not for you to start a conversation bout the said food specially it might offend the other person again this is due to your respect for others.It wont be scary at all to invite both a vegan and meat lover specially people tend to have alot of common thing about each other you as a host can raise that as a topic to connect both guests and to promote friendship without having to deal with what they like to eat.