Religious Perception

[debka_notion]

We had dinner with my grandmother and her boyfriend tonight- at what was from everyone else's reactions a quite nice restaurant- but which had exactly 3 regular entrees that I could have. Sort of a pain, but well- for family one does these things.

That said, my grandmother worried rather audibly over my diet- she kept thinking I was a vegetarian, and from there on to other religious topics- she can't seem to understand that I do indeed wear pants. She keeps wanting to take me pants shopping- then saying something about forgetting that I just wear "those long skirts". I've corrected her any number of times. I'm not sure why the idea is so difficult- I wear pants. ALways have, don't see any reason why I'd stop. If I can keep track of people's allergies and often a few of their strong distastes in food- is it so difficult to keep track of my dietary restrictions or similar choices? I know, I'm kvetching. But my family seems to perpetually either just forget that I keep kosher entirely, or presume that I also have all sorts of other dietary restrictions that I haven't chosen at all. I just don't understand the associations.

Comments

[cornflake62.livejournal.com]

How many different kinds of soy milk have you tried? Different brands all have different tastes, and you might like it better with or without vanilla flavoring... I don't actually know you (or maybe I do, I just don't know who you are..), so this must seem kind of random, but I love soy. Soy milk, soy cheese, soy ice cream, tofu.. you name it. And I remember before I developed my milk allergy I didn't like soy milk either. But then when it was the option of soy or nothing, I started having the soy stuff, and now even if I could have dairy milk, I still wouldn't.

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

First, I should explain that I normally drink skim milk. I can handle 1%, but 2% or higher just tastes like heavy cream to me, and I can't stand it. And every soy milk that I've tried (even the "light" ones) is much too thick, like 2% or whole. And besides that, they're all too sweet. I like several other soy products -- tofu, edamame, soy sauce, tofu dogs -- but I find that I'm much less often (though still occasionally) a fan of soy masquerading as other things.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Try diluting it a bit? That's what my mom does with things like orange juice- or well, pretty much any juice because she thinks that they're too sweet.

[skyblue-dreamer.livejournal.com]

I love soy too! Let's play with soy in our kitchen! Yay kitchen!