Carnivore vs Vegan

Down the road from the farmers market...

Helen: Nice boots. Did the cow die of natural causes?
Grace: I’m sure it did. Vintage, thank you very much. Reduce, reuse, re-wear.
Helen: Touché. But at least my wardrobe doesn’t scream “I gave up meat but kept the wardrobe of a Bond villain.”
Grace: And yours doesn’t scream, “peace, love, and pulled pork”?
Helen: I am at peace—with my food chain. Circle of life. Hakuna Matata.
Grace: Circle of hypocrisy. Hugging trees, wearing plants, then biting into a burger like it owes you money.
Helen: Pu-lease. You drive a gas-guzzler and preach emissions. Your oat milk alone could drain a lake.
Grace: Okay, water wars aside, let’s talk ethics. A cotton-wearing bacon-eating yogi?
Helen: And you’re a leather-bound contradiction. Kale crusader in cowhide.
Grace: You know, we could both just admit we’re doing our best and leave it at that.
Helen: But where’s the fun in that? Brunch on Saturday?
Grace: Only if there’s a vegan option.
Helen: Jonathan’s does a side dish of salad.
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Voice-over
For these two, each always tries to have the last word. Jousting carries judgement. And as Grace, feisty for a vegan, says, “Wouldn’t have it any other way.”

White Easter Rabbit with Eggs

Rabbit prepares eggs.

Vegetarians have to get

protein from somewhere.

And Easter is coming up.

WHITE RABBIT 

WHITE RABBIT 

WHITE RABBIT

Sorbian rabbits paint their eggs more elaborately.

Vegetarianism

Irina makes no bones about her views on vegetarians.

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Interviewer: You mainly serve meat dishes?

Irina: What kind of a life is it without lamb and beef and chicken? How can I make my stock? How can add zing to my dishes?

Interviewer: You don’t do vegetarian dishes at all?

Irina: Oh I can do vegetarian. I can throw together a stuffed eggplant and pass that off as veg. At eight euros a plate it makes a good profit too.

Interviewer: What do you think of people who are vegetarians?

Irina: All that stuff about the body being a temple? No animal protein allowed inside? It’s unhealthy? Let me tell you something. Every vegetarian I know catches cold soon as the sun goes in. Can I get you a lamb wrap?

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