Vegan brownies sound delicious! I'd think you'd only need to mention ingredients if you were bringing a dish that contained something that would be dangerous (if certain people were allergic, etc.) I once served a quorn "chicken" salad at a bbq, and the meat eaters were devouring it. I asked them after if they new that they just enjoyed a 100% vegetarian meal. :-)

Unless there are common allergens in the fo od you bring, I wouldn't even mention it u ntil after! But it IS a good idea to ment ion it, can't tell you how many people I'v e heard say, "I had a vegan cake/burger/brownie/etc one time and it was delicious..." It's� �good because if they like it, they'll see� �there is deliciousness beyond animal product s!

We had a neighborhood barbeque, and the thing I brought was raw vegan brownies, with raw vegan chocolate chip cookie dough inside. They were A-MAZ-ING-LY scrupdillylicious. However, the people there were most decidedly NOT vegans, much less raw vegans. I'm afraid if I say something like, "Delicious raw vegan brownies, huh." They might look at me like I have 2 heads or something. So I just kept quiet. Should have I said something, or not? If so, what should I say?

Any farmer spreads cow/chicken/pig poop on the plants through the use of fertilizer. Big bags that say "manure," in fact, in gardening/farming, manure is essential to feeding plants.

So if an animal heeds the call of nature in the field, bacteria from the animal waste could contaminate the grain, which is then harvested and milled into flour."
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I'm not being anti-flour or anything! If you read the FDA's bulletin, it's not just the eggs that make raw flour a potential foodborne illness hazard:

"People often understand the dangers of eating raw dough due to the presence of raw eggs and the associated risk with Salmonella. However, consumers should be aware that there are additional risks associated with the consumption of raw dough, such as particularly harmful strains of E. coli in a product like flour."

“Flour is derived from a grain that comes directly from the field and typically is not treated to kill bacteria,” says Leslie Smoot, Ph.D., a senior advisor in FDA’s Office of Food Safety and a specialist in the microbiological safety of processed foods. So if an animal heeds the call of nature in the field, bacteria from the animal waste could contaminate the grain, which is then harvested and milled into flour."
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Plus let's be real, the biggest danger from eating raw dough is the eggs. Flour is secondary.

Good thing there wasn't any flour in it. Oatmeal is my friend.

The FDA advises people to not eat raw dough: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Cons.../ucm508450.htm

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We had a neighborhood barbeque, and the thing I brought was raw vegan brownies, with raw vegan chocolate chip cookie dough inside. They were A-MAZ-ING-LY scrupdillylicious. However, the people there were most decidedly NOT vegans, much less raw vegans. I'm afraid if I say something like, "Delicious raw vegan brownies, huh." They might look at me like I have 2 heads or something. So I just kept quiet. Should have I said something, or not? If so, what should I say?