I never did that when i became vegetarian, the thought of the juices being all over what i’m going to eat grossed me out. and I feel if someone is going to get an animal to eat they should atleast not waste it, save it to feed your animals or have someone else eat it.

Not long after dropping meat from my diet, I did do that.
I picked the pepperoni off of a few slices of pizza then ate the slices.
Obviously not a good idea but I quickly realized that and never did it again.

As far as the concept of ‘wasting’ goes… that was not a concern of mine then and would not be a concern of mine now.
Nobody needs pepperoni on their pizza for any reason.
It’s added to the pizza for tradition and flavor.
The wasting already took place in the form of the unnecessary torture and murder of the animals that the pepperoni came from.

I could just as easily argue that the least you could do to show some respect for these poor tortured, murdered animals is not get your jollies by chomping down on pieces of flesh torn from their lifeless bodies.

Think of it this way:
If another insane race of beings arrived on this planet and tortured & murdered you & your family members, would one of your dying hopes be that these insane beings proceed to derive pleasure from chewing on pieces of your dead body?

Of course not.

If there were pieces of human flesh on your pizza, I have a feeling your thoughts would be focused on the murder of that human and not on whether or not you should eat the flesh to prevent ‘wasting’.
In fact, eating the flesh would probably never even be considered.
Burying it out of respect for the dead perhaps, but not eating it.
Try to have that same mentality when food arrives at your table decorated with the flesh of non-humans.

Always remembers that these animals are not below us and they are not our food, regardless of what this ailing culture and these monstrous corporations would like us to believe.

@DrunkTrannyMess Well said! I wouldn’t “just take if off” and my friends/family know that. However there have been a few rare occasions when I’ve had to (e.g. while travelling and knowing I wouldn’t be able to eat for at least another 10 hours).

Usually when stuff like that happens to me I make my own dinner like a veggie burger and some fruit (:
I would give the pepperoni to my brother or just leave it in the box for whoever wants it.

I just don’t eat (I don’t get hungry very often) or order a drink to take the edge off. If they have pasta or something, I’ll order that instead, but usually I just wait until later.

My family gets cheese pizza .. The thought of meat touching my food is sick to me! So we always get cheese.. I have no clue what I’m going to do when I go vegan, get cheeseless pizza.. I guess….. But anywho, you shouldn’t “just take it off!” that’s gross D: … Ask your friends/family to order a cheese pizza for you if they think you will waste a whole pizza, they could always get you a small or self order (I think it’s called that) pizza there’s ways!

I offer this comparison, “if someone shit on your pizza, would you be able to just pick it off?” It’s vulgar and crass, but super effective. I have had several people nod in understanding and have epiphanies regarding vegetarianism when I say this.

Im not Vegan but im veggie(if you know what i mean) and i would NEVER eat a pizza or anything made from a resterant (cant spell),, and peeling off the cheese,, umm no thats not what you do, dont make yourself be in a situation where your not home and hungry.. If Im somewhere and im hungry I just DEAL with it. My gram is always saying to just take meat out of whatever she is making, instead of explaining it to her that i cant because she and gpa will complain, i just make an excuse that i dont like it or im not hungry.. SIMPLE as that….

I dunno i just take the chesse off and put it on my brother’s slice! XP

I wouldn’t eat it. I went to a restaurant and they put cheese on my pasta without telling me they were going to so I sent it back because I couldn’t stand it.

i hate when they say it!it sucks when they forget your vegetarian,especially after 2 years:P

The money is still going to the meat industry to put that pepperoni on your pizza, and whether you throw it away or not – the animal is killed. I’m not saying to eat it, but instead try to make sure it is ordered without! It’s not vegetarian to have meat juices flowin’ all over your pizza any how.

I always pick the cheese off of my pizza no matter what. . . but I never eat pizza with meat on it. I just sit there moping and glowering and being hungry, usually I’ll find something else to eat, like raspberries or watermelon or something that takes off the edge, at least.
So yeahh, that happens to me alltheday. :c

When there is nothing else to eat and I’m starving, I will rip the cheese off of pizza. I make sure I get all of it off then I’ll just eat the crust. I’ll never ‘eat around’ something. I’ll straight up avoid it.