Hi /c/vegan,
I just picked up tacos from some cheap Mexican place. They don’t really do anything to cater to vegans but in the past, they basically just gave me extra rice and beans and removed any cheese, cream, or meat.
Today I ordered and they put sour cream on it. I know that this place doesn’t have a vegan sour cream, so it was a mistake.
For a second I thought I wouldn’t eat it, but I got in a moral debate in my head and decided that at this point, the damage is already done, and I tried my best to scrape off all the sour cream and ate the tacos.
Obviously I still consumed a decent bit of sour cream which makes me sad, but I don’t know, I couldn’t see it being more moral to not eat it. And I don’t want to call them back and harass some minimum wage workers about it either, since they’ve gotten it correct in the past.
TL;DR: Cheap takeout had sour cream in it, would you scrape it off and still eat it? Throw it away? Demand a refund?
In my opinion, unless it gives you digestive or other tangible issues, or is physically repulsive to you, it is always morally correct to eat something instead of dumping it.
Even if you morally disagree with what the food is made of it is still better to consume it for nourishment instead of throwing it away, letting its death go to waste.
That being said, i wouldn’t eat something made with meat either. That just doesn’t work for me, I’d be gagging and throwing up during the first bite.