RampantIvy
If Anita Dobson doesn't eat meat for ethical reasons why is she eating parmesan cheese and dishes that have gelatine in them?
I suppose it's possible that vegetarian cheese was used for her. I hadn't noticed the dishes containing gelatine (too busy glancing at the MN thread?
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I was moaning during the programme that it was mad having someone to judge who was pescatarian and, therefore, couldn't taste half the dishes, but DH rightly pointed out that there'll be other vegetarians - and, very likely, vegans - so it was interesting to see what they might be given.
However, my biggest problem with having her to judge was the way she ate.
She said she was a "picky eater". I took that to mean she was fussy, but she was also literally "picky": poking her fingers into sauces to taste them; trying to winkle out fillings with her spoon to check what they were while holding food in her hands; taking a tiny nibble of her canape so the whole thing fell apart and got over her fingers...
I presume she was scared of coming across something she didn't like, which is fair enough, but being a "picky" eater made her a messy eater and I found her quite unpleasant to watch because of it.