One of my vegetarian friends Michael has been married to a Pilipino woman named Lucile.
Lucile was born and educated in Canada and all her relatives including her parents are living in Canada.
When I asked Michael what made him become a vegetarian, he said it started in his university days.
He was reading a book written by a vegetarian, and suddenly he felt sorry for animals eaten by humans.
At first he didn’t eat any meat or fish, but some years later, when his teeth came loose
due to malnutrition, he had to change his mind to allow himself to eat fish at least.
Once, when Michael visited his in-laws over the holidays, he had to let them know
he could only eat vegetables, no meat. His mother-in-law couldn’t believe there was no way to feed
the important guest, her son-in-law.
The mother in law asked Michael to eat some special traditional soup which didn’t have any meat.
Michael asked what’s in the soup. The mother in law’s answer shocked him:
“It’s just some pork liver, intestines, etc. There is no meat at all in there!”
