I am having a 100 pp Vegetarian wedding. I would like to know how many animals are spared to share w guests?!
I would like to let my guests know how many animals they saved that night by enjoying a vegetarian meal for my wedding!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
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on the low end of the scale, the average vegetarian saves roughly 75 animals in a year!. that means that we save roughly !.21 of an animal every day!. that means that we save about !.07 animals per meal!. multiply that by 100 and you've saved 7 animals at your vegetarian wedding!.
on the high end, the average vegetarian saves 100 animals per year!. that means you've saved about 9 animals at your wedding!.!.!.
final result: 7-9 animals were saved at your wedding!. that doesn't sound much, but you could also tell them that if they all became vegetarians for one year, they could save 7,500-10,000 animals collectively!.
thank you for saving those animals!. i appreciate your choice!. also, congratulations!. i wish you and your spouse the best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
on the high end, the average vegetarian saves 100 animals per year!. that means you've saved about 9 animals at your wedding!.!.!.
final result: 7-9 animals were saved at your wedding!. that doesn't sound much, but you could also tell them that if they all became vegetarians for one year, they could save 7,500-10,000 animals collectively!.
thank you for saving those animals!. i appreciate your choice!. also, congratulations!. i wish you and your spouse the best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A "Vegetarian Wedding" sounds like you're having a wedding for 100 vegetarians!. Keep in mind that your guests aren't all vegetarian, so they don't view eating meat as killing vs!. sparing an animal!. To them, it's just dinner!. You can have a vegetarian dinner, but don't advertise it as a "Vegetarian Wedding!." A "Green Wedding" is a little more polite, and doesn't sound like you're trying to tell all your guests they should be vegetarian!. You can tell guests on menus or place cards that you have taken efforts to conserve the environment in your wedding, including featuring a vegetarian menu and an organic cake, or charitable favors!. You want all of your guests to leave feeling valued, and glad they attended your wedding!. You don't want anyone to leave feeling they've received a suggestion on how to live!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
First of all I think it is great that (1) both you and your fiance are both committed to living vegetarian, and that (2) you are willing to live that philosophy, even though not everyone may be 100% in agreement with you!. Kudos! (I'm a veg but my husband is not, and we compromised with a veg choice and a non-veg choice)!.
As for the number of animals not used for food for the wedding, you could probably estimate how many birds would be otherwise served, and have escaped an untimely death!. But, veg though I am, I don't think that you can really quantify this because there will be animal deaths in the harvesting of the grain, soy, etc!. I have a friend who runs a farm and he says the carnage is horrible, after the harvest!. And he raises corn and soybeans!. So your estimation of how many animals will be "saved" is a little false, though I know where you're going with it!. And I give you credit for sticking to your beliefs!Www@FoodAQ@Com
As for the number of animals not used for food for the wedding, you could probably estimate how many birds would be otherwise served, and have escaped an untimely death!. But, veg though I am, I don't think that you can really quantify this because there will be animal deaths in the harvesting of the grain, soy, etc!. I have a friend who runs a farm and he says the carnage is horrible, after the harvest!. And he raises corn and soybeans!. So your estimation of how many animals will be "saved" is a little false, though I know where you're going with it!. And I give you credit for sticking to your beliefs!Www@FoodAQ@Com
You're going to spare a lot of animals, and you might also help others to be vegetarian so the animal saving will continue!.
Don't be put off by the negative remarks you're been getting here!. You are providing good clean healthy meals for family and friends and at probably a higher expense!. You're also letting poeple know that they can still have a decent tasty meal without having to slaughter innocent animals!.
Congratulations for your wedding and have a great vegetarian life!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Don't be put off by the negative remarks you're been getting here!. You are providing good clean healthy meals for family and friends and at probably a higher expense!. You're also letting poeple know that they can still have a decent tasty meal without having to slaughter innocent animals!.
Congratulations for your wedding and have a great vegetarian life!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I vote that Snackie, Ashley, and Chef Ilinni should shut up, and the former two should realize that in these posts, they are the very thing they profess to hate!.
And having said that, I would assume that your friends are probably mostly of a like mind with you and therefore would think this is a GREAT thing, but for those who are not, I think you should make sure that like with any omnivorous wedding, that there is a menu selection card included with the invitation, and that they get a choice of entrees!. They can all be vegetarian choices, but they can choose what they like the most, and they can know where they stand with regard to the menu and what they'll be fed before they RSVP, so that if you have any friends who are as limited as some people here, they can make a choice to attend or not attend based on their preference!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
And having said that, I would assume that your friends are probably mostly of a like mind with you and therefore would think this is a GREAT thing, but for those who are not, I think you should make sure that like with any omnivorous wedding, that there is a menu selection card included with the invitation, and that they get a choice of entrees!. They can all be vegetarian choices, but they can choose what they like the most, and they can know where they stand with regard to the menu and what they'll be fed before they RSVP, so that if you have any friends who are as limited as some people here, they can make a choice to attend or not attend based on their preference!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Zero!.
You are not the only people in your town, city, state, country, the whole world!. The meat industry is not going to "spare" any animal because 100 people are not going to eat meat in a single event!. It would be very egotistical of you to think that someone would actually say" oops there's a vegetarian wedding!! let's not kill x amount of chickens or cows or whatever today"!. Don't fool yourself and certainly not the guests!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
You are not the only people in your town, city, state, country, the whole world!. The meat industry is not going to "spare" any animal because 100 people are not going to eat meat in a single event!. It would be very egotistical of you to think that someone would actually say" oops there's a vegetarian wedding!! let's not kill x amount of chickens or cows or whatever today"!. Don't fool yourself and certainly not the guests!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I have been a vegetarian for 32 years, but I do not think your wedding is a time to preach about vegetarianism!. You wedding should be a vegetarian wedding, but don't cause a scene by talking about how many animals have been spared!. It is doubtful that the 100 people coming to your wedding are all vegetarians!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I wouldn't tell them how many animals have been spared by dinner, but rather focus on the delicious food!. I have taken lots of vegetarian dishes to pot-lucks and such and without fail the FAVORITE food is the one I bring every time!. Just thank them for celebrating this landmark day with you and let your food and your decisions speak for themselves!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is awesome that you are having a vegetarian wedding!. I think that it is important to share your lifestyle with others and you shouldn't have to pay for meat at your wedding if you don't wish to consume it!.
Anyways, I don't know how many animals you will be saving, but you could thank everyone for being supportive of the food choices you made on your wedding day!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Anyways, I don't know how many animals you will be saving, but you could thank everyone for being supportive of the food choices you made on your wedding day!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Ok here's how you figure it out!.
One person probably eats between 1/4 and 1/2 pound of meat at a wedding, so 100 people will eat 25 to 50lbs of meat!. You will have to check with a butcher shop for the pounds of meat per animal, but 50lbs isn't even one cow or pig!. Tell them how many chickens they have saved - about 6 to 12 birds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
One person probably eats between 1/4 and 1/2 pound of meat at a wedding, so 100 people will eat 25 to 50lbs of meat!. You will have to check with a butcher shop for the pounds of meat per animal, but 50lbs isn't even one cow or pig!. Tell them how many chickens they have saved - about 6 to 12 birds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you mix veggie and non-veggie foods the omnivores will consume all veggie food first, out of curiosity and/or their survival instinct takes hold (destroy the competitors' environment while protecting their own)!. Believe me, I've seen this behavior in action at several pot-lucks "Yum, veggie lasagne, that was great, too bad they didn't make more!. Now on to the roast beast!" At one place I worked we had to resort to hiding the veggie entrees so the vegetarians could get first crack at their food before it was scarfed up by the "enemy"!. Two can play this game!Www@FoodAQ@Com
First I want to congratulate you and your lucky guy!. Second, I'm sorry to say that no animals are spared unless you convince your guests to spare them forever!. The impact of a 100 pp wedding on daily slaughter is zero!. Unless you want to marry every day!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
the animals they dont eat at your wedding are being wasted! they have already killed the animals so they just throw them away in the trash! Sorry but your not really saving any animals, but i still think its a good idea to have a vegetiarn wedding! Www@FoodAQ@Com
at least fifty chickens, and depending on the cut of beef 5 to ten cows!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
You really want to start your marriage off by criticizing your grooms family and telling them how many animals they would have otherwise killed!? Not to mention all the children and kids that will be screaming because they are being forced to eat only vegetables!. Screaming children at a wedding would not be what i think most women dream of!.
Perhaps you should take an etiquette class!.
Are you even serious!? You know that if you do that people are just going to laugh and wonder if you did it to be funny at first, and then they'll realize it, and talk among themselves about you, something along the lines of:
"oh!.!.!., she's one of *THOSE* vegetarians, the ones that have that holier than thou attitude and go running out of the supermarket when they walk by the meat aisle"
Wow, i bet your man is a real doormat to have married someone with such a god complex as yourself!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Perhaps you should take an etiquette class!.
Are you even serious!? You know that if you do that people are just going to laugh and wonder if you did it to be funny at first, and then they'll realize it, and talk among themselves about you, something along the lines of:
"oh!.!.!., she's one of *THOSE* vegetarians, the ones that have that holier than thou attitude and go running out of the supermarket when they walk by the meat aisle"
Wow, i bet your man is a real doormat to have married someone with such a god complex as yourself!.Www@FoodAQ@Com