Would You Cancel Your Barbeque because Your Neighbours Were Vegan ?

I think that is awful. Your house, your garden, your rules!!! No one should ever dictate to others. If they don’t like it, move! Simple

I understand that as a vegan they don't like the smell of meat. I have a friend who is vegan and when she comes round we all eat vegan food. However I don't think you can demand that your neighbours don't have a BBQ because you are vegan. Also when it is really hot and you are cooking it is hard not to open your kitchen window. I think they went a bit far threatening to report them.

I agree with all the comments. But it’s made me think more about smokers. Obviously we have some smokers on here. But I absolutely hate walking down my high street into the left over smoke of others. But I can’t do anything about it, apart from try and avoid it.

Lol. The world now. Upset by a smell of meat. I am also upset about amount of cabbages around but do I send a threatening letters to all vegetarians. That's a joke ofc, hopefully snowflakes will not send any letters as I am a bit short tempered

These snowflakes No I would not cancel my barbecue, I would tell them to keep Their windows closed if they didn't like it

I think they should have a hog roast and invite all their neighbour with the exception of the vegan family. I doubt other neighbours would be able to resist and it would create a camaradery for bbq enjoyment in their area. By the end of the summer I bet the vegan family will have wished they had kept their opinions to themselves.

59 next Friday,NEVER smoked. can't stand the smell of it, although as a 10 year old loved the smell of the Cigars our teacher smoked at our Catholic School, HATE the smell of Cannabis but it's EVERYWHERE!!

Uh, no.

I'd cancel bbqs everywhere because charcoal absolutely stinks

No, sorry they can close window or stay in. Maybe that makes me a horrible person, lots of people will be having BBQ this summer, we can't all stop living the life we know.

Is it wrong.. I'd want to have an all vegan BBQ, not mention what we were cooking, wait for them to complain, ask if they wanted to join us and then tell them what it actually was?

See how much they were assuming before asking.

I've been vegan before and wouldn't expect anyone to ever cancel a BBQ simply because I was a vegan. What I eat is up to me and whatever anyone else wants to eat is up to them it's as simple as that.

No, I would not

Its your own personal choice to eat meat or not so no one can or should impose their beliefs on anyone else. I think its them that should keep their windows shut to keep the meat smells out

Strange to expect a neighbour to not have a barbeque because you don't eat meat. I walk past houses cooking their evening meal and you get the smell of meat, when I'm in a town centre and there are stalls cooking and selling food etc you can smell meat. Sometimes a neighbour is having a bonfire somewhere close to me, its not pleasant to smell and I just close the window. Just seems weird that anyone would assume they have the right to stop others from having a barbeque. Personally I'm not keen on barbeques myself they attract too many flies which makes me feel a bit ill. I detest flies. Flies can deposit eggs (i.e. maggots) onto food in an instant. It's quite common for people to ingest maggots at a barbeque although obviously they are extremely small and cannot even be seen. They will be killed by your stomach acid but I still don't like the idea of it. Very small flies landing on food can be killed by the hot oil of sausages etc so a lot of flies are consumed too and other insects. I personally prefer my food cooked inside without insects and maggots.

I'd have them all the more lol just to **** them off

No I wouldn't and iam a vegetation each to there own but it is your garden my next door neighbour cooks stuff in her house that makes me feel sick like her deep fried food it stinks but it's her house not mine so no i would not cancel

What I can’t understand is the vegan family asking the other family to close their window while cooking!! Why doesn’t vegan family close their window if the smell of meat cooking makes them feel sick. I for 1 if I had a garden to barbecue in I’d be doing it every chance I got. There’s nothing like a good barbecue to realise we have some good weather and we need to make the most of it, especially since good weather can be rare in this country. Weathers lovely today and all this talking about barbecues just makes me want to phone my daughters and ask who’s putting the barbecue on.

I'm vegan, I wouldnt expect anyone to cancel.theit bbq, I may decide not to go or go out but absolutely wouldn't expect then to cancel

No, they should mind their own business, send any more threatening letters, and I'd report them for harassment. My garden, my BBQ, my rules

Most Definitely NOT!

If they choose to be Vegan that's their prerogative and I wouldn't invite them to the Barbeque.

BUT I Like All types of Meats and Chicken and so do my friends and my lifestyle is my CHOICE.

I think it’s good to be a nice neighbour and take other people’s feelings into account when hosting outdoors (noise levels etc) but this is ridiculous.

If the vegans aren’t happy about it surely they can keep their windows closed, not expect the people hosting to do that.

absolutely not. I'm sure they wouldn't cancel their vegan barbeque for their nonvegetarian neighbours

Absolutely not. I would let them know if I was having a bbq and it may be noisy with people round, but what we have to eat is our choice. If the smell is offensive to them then they would have the opportunity to close their windows or go out.

No they can bring things to a bbq if they want

No but I would tell them when I was going to have one so they could make other plans

I am vegetarian and I have no issue with people having BBQs lol. They smell nice I just don’t want to eat the meat .

This thread has shown it's the meat eaters who have a problem with vegans/vegetarians, most non meat eating people have said its not a problem......

Why would you cancel your barbeque, vegan people are not stupid they realise that the majority of people eat meat etc .

I know what I would have said and it would have been pheasant

Never really thought about this we don’t really do bbq to be honest

I definitely wouldn't cancel a barbecue because the neighbours don't eat meat. Let them go and live in the countryside with no neighbours.

To be fair S i don't believe many vegans would protest like this

This family just seem a bit OTT regarding their beliefs

I live close to a restaurant , well not that close, but when the wind blows in the right direction you can smell the meat and other foods being cooked

I don't believe this neighbour would be complaining to them about the smells coming from their establishment or asking them to close their windows

They need to think themselves lucky they don't live above a kebab shop

I'm assuming there invite was lost in the post. At best I'd pre warn them if they had washing out but that is as good as it gets for them.

No I definitely would not, it's their choice not mine, they will have to close their windows and put up with it

If our neighbours demanded that my other half would just have more barbeques and probably put the barbeque nearer to their side of the garden.