Buffets and Vegetarian options.

[perhapsiwill]

The last buffet I went to there were meat options and veggie options, great.
Unfortunately the meat eaters enjoy eating non meat food too, as they should, but this meant that as I was not first in the queue, the veggie options were gone and only meat left. Apart from some cakes.

I am not blaming the people who eat meat, the veggie options were attractive, but why does whoever provides the buffet not realise that the meat eaters don't always only eat meat!? There were only three vegetarians out of forty people.

This is not the first time by the way. Anyone else get this?

Living no, I'm pointing out that both omnivores and vegetarians were catered for. One of the pescatarian buffets was hosted by a vegetarian, who took other preferences into account. The other buffets were corporate events.

The only food that I think of as 'vegetarian' and would avoid at buffets is stuff containing obvious meat substitute stuff eg. vegetarian sausages or quorn. Everything else is just food. It wouldn't occur to me not to eat eg. a cheese sandwich in case a veggie wanted it. I eat a cheese sandwich every day for my lunch and don't see why I should have to switch to some kind of weird processed meat which I don't like.

The organisers should either provide mostly meat-free food, or label a section of it as 'for vegetarians only' to ensure that the 3 out of 40 get something they like. If something is deliberately labelled then obviously you know to stay away but it's not reasonable to expect 40 omnivores to limit themselves to foods containing meat (of a type they may not like or normally eat) to ensure that 3 vegetarians get something to eat.

Vladmirs, are you choosing to miss the point or really not getting it? People can eat dogs, snails, brains, fried bollocks, worms etc and some people do -it's all edible. It's your choice not to (if you don't that is). Just the same as I don't have any dead animals.

When I do a lunch for training delegates I make it 3/4 vegetarian regardless of their meal persuasions
it seems to work fine that way

And yes, catering can be less than ideal sometimes. Ive often ended up just with salad/crisps etc rather than an actual meal. Including a recent wedding when my veggie main (preordered) was a bit of fried veg (onions, carrots etc).

Of course it is ridiculous. 3 veggies and a plate of 12 quarter sandwiches. 3 meat eaters with 12 quarter meaty sandwiches. Should be 4 quarter sandwiches each. All meat eaters take 2 meat and 2 veg and there just 6 for the veggies to share. And a plate of 6 non-eaten meaty sandwiches that they then tuck into whilst we are sat there thinking 'what a bunch of greedy cunts

I refuse to believe you are serious. They are not "greedy cunts" (what a fucking way to talk about people!), whoever catered fucked up!

Vegetarians are telling meat eaters that they are ONLY allowed to eat meat, and not vegetables. Then on the next veggie thread you'll say "why don't meat eaters at least try to eat less meat?"

I don't HAVE to eat only meat because there is meat there, and you are insane to suggest i do.

Vegetarians are telling meat eaters that they are ONLY allowed to eat meat, and not vegetables. Then on the next veggie thread you'll say "why don't meat eaters at least try to eat less meat?"

I don't give a shit about what you eat, but if I replied to an email saying I was veggie, and they ordered a half and half buffet because half the people said they were veggie, then that is our food to eat not theirs.

If they wanted veggie food, then they should have emailed, not just scoffed everything they can get their hands on.

Are you serious? If I want to eat a salad sandwich I should email the organise to tell them that I eat things OTHER THAN MEAT?

You're having a fucking laugh now. Nobody is this bizarre. I know people like to make out vegetarians are odd, but they aren't. Only the ones who think like that!!

Blame the cheapo entitled gits who seem to think it's not antisocial to skimp on food at their own wedding. In my culture it's considered rude if food ran out on your wedding day - to the point that the families in question would struggle to show their faces.

TBH I used to home made pizzas for parties (Dominoes etc did not exist back then)
One Vegan, one vegetarian, two meat
and the vegan one was always finished before the vegans had dragged themselves out of the pub