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It's a bit obnoxious. I make this excellent chili for family gatherings and nobody ever calls it just "chili". They always say "vegan chili".

The other day I made some pumpkin bread. When me and my dad went over to my grandmas house, we brought it. My dad announced "She made some vegan pumpkin bread!". Grandma knows I am vegan. So of course if I made it, it will be vegan, no need to state that.

I know this is a really stupid pet peeve that will probably get me downvoted to oblivion, but idk. Maybe someone here also gets it.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Because traditionally both of those recipes are not vegan? Chili is meat based and pumpkin bread has eggs. You didn't make chili and pumpkin bread, you changed the recipes. They feel the need to indicate that somehow.

I don't know your family, so I don't know if they're doing it to be annoying, I guess if they're also calling your salads vegan salads, that would answer the question, but I don't see any harm in them labeling the vegan food you make as vegan food. They still eat it right? They're not shit talking it for being vegan are they?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Chilli con carne is meat based. Traditionally chilli is beans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

"Chili" is a pepper. Chili con carne is the traditional dish. There's no dish called "chili". The version without meat is an adaptation that came later.

[–] RvTV95XBeo 1 points 14 hours ago

"Traditional" depends on where you're from. If OP's family is from the US South, they probably consider traditional chili to be chili con carne.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's one of those things I'm glad people do, not to be offensive, but to be specific.

Prefixing it like that is pretty awesome as someone with a tofu alergy might be fine with chili, but might need a warning when the recipe has been changed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Someone with a Tofu allergy 😂 maybe there's not even tofu inside, I don't use tofu for me chilli sin carne