The writer shares their struggles with adapting to their daughter's 25-year vegan lifestyle, feeling disappointment during family gatherings due to the lack of traditional, non-vegan dishes. Despite their efforts to embrace vegan cooking, they express frustration particularly due to the inability to recreate cherished family recipes. An incident with a synthetic ingredient that caused illness escalates their sense of defeat. The response emphasizes the importance of balancing respect for their daughter’s choices with personal enjoyment, suggesting that non-vegan alternatives can coexist at family events.
I tried hard to make new plant-based desserts with substitute ingredients, but no matter what anybody claims they just do not taste the same.
You characterize this as a battle, but who is fighting? If you want the traditional cakes and cookies at a holiday, what's stopping you from making them for yourself?
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