<p>so i’m a self proclaimed vegetarian, and I’m a bit worried for davis…</p>
<p>I do understand that the dining halls do accommodate vegetarians and vegans with food options…</p>
<p>I’m just worried that I might be an odd ball (i know, pretty stupid). </p>
<p>What’s the question? Sounds shallow and ignorant, but are vegetarians pretty much welcomed? As in are there more vegetarians at davis than I am assuming?</p>
<p>The dining halls and other food options on campus (and throughout Davis) pretty much go out of their way to accommodate vegetarians. There seem to be a lot of vegetarians, too (although I’m not one of them). Why do you think there aren’t many vegetarians at Davis?</p>
<p>haha. well my ignorant/ naive response would be that there are external factors that criticize my choice of being one (i’m asian… get my drift? ahem mom ahem), and state</p>
<p>“you’re not going to fit in well with kids because you won’t be able to eat with them”.</p>
<p>Yeah. pretty naive, but just got me thinking.</p>
<p>Curious as to how the vegetarian scene is @ davis. :)</p>
<p>well, as a non-vegetarian, I can’t really speak about the “vegetarian scene” haha. But I’m pretty confident that you won’t stand out. There are lots of other people like you. So I wouldn’t be concerned.</p>
<p>You won’t be an oddball. There are certain times that I do not like the meat dishes at the DC, so I wind up only eating some cereal, or make myself a PB&J sandwich. Some of the vegetarian/vegan dishes are actually pretty good as well.</p>
<p>Nobody’s going to talk behind your back about your dietary choices… unless you’re nothing but skin and bones… haha.</p>
<p>When I went to Decision day a couple of alumni invited me to go to a barbecue that was taking place near the center of the campus. Guess what? It was vegan oriented. I think you’ll be very welcome. I don’t think vegetarians are singled out. The menu and meal options accomodate a wide variety of tastes and dietary restrictions (they are required to since meal plans are mandatory for freshman) so you’ll do fine :)</p>
<p>During my D’s orientation parents ate in the dining commons too. I am not a vegetarian but I thought the vegetarian food was GREAT! Lot’s of choices…and no one cares what you eat. You should be in good company at UCD.</p>
<p>I’m also a vegetarian (life-long, woot woot!), and I have heard that there are quite a few of us up at Davis. When I ate at the cafeteria, there was some pretty amazing food, and it was all well labeled so you could distinguish vegetarian/vegan/meat based from one another.</p>
<p>I think there is even some sort of veghead club or something like that, haha
I know a lot of the people in the domes and such have vegetarian bbq’s for the public as well. So don’t worry, you won’t be alone. </p>
<p>Pretty excited for the food actually. I live in a rural area so it’s hard to get decent vegetarian food around here. No more hour long drives to the market! Hooray!</p>