Thinking vegan when I am no vegan

A friend of mine has been very concerned about eating in Bethesda even before she gets accepted into the NF2 clinical study program. She swore to eat vegetarian out of her religious belief and may have some strict requirement as to what constitutes vegetarian food.

This got me worried because my own mother is a versatile vegan. When there was no wok that has not been used to cook meat with, she would make a simple sandwich out of cheese, lectuce, and tomato. She also takes canned soup and pasta as long as there is no meat in it. You get the idea.

If my friend gets accepted into the study, I may take her to a grocery store to buy vegetables and other ingredients to cook. Hopefully, we will get to stay somewhere that we can cook because with her kind of strict requirement, her food will need to be cooked. Sandwiches and microwaves won’t do.

I found a place through the internet that might be good for poor travellers like us. The Maryland Food Co-op runned by student volunteers.

Maryland Food Collective
University of Maryland Student Union
Campus Dr. & Union Dr.
College Park, Md.
301-314-8089

“Mostly vegetarian shop with vegan sandwiches under $4.00 and some groceries. Located on the University of Maryland campus. Take the free College Park Shuttle Bus from the College Park Metro station.

I like the fact that there is free shuttle from a subway station. So we will just have to pay for the train ticket.

The summer term opening hours were….

Monday – Friday
7:30a.m. – 3p.m.

Saturday
10:30a.m. – 5p.m.

Sunday
12p.m. – 6p.m. (no sandwich line)

We don’t know what their Fall opening hours are, but it looks like best time to go is on weekends because there will be medical appointments to rush to on weekdays. Not to forget, there will be jetlag to fight in between appointments.

Man. Now I wish there was an Eddie in Bethesda. Jetlag or no jetlag, we can get to anywhere with Eddie driving. HeeHee.