I have tried to think of an analogy regarding the OP. If you ordered a bacon roll, and got a beefburger, and the caterer said 'what's the difference, it's all meat isn't it?', you might be excused for expecting said caterer to know the difference between bacon and beef. Perhaps my analogy is clumsy, but if you're in the trade of serving vittles to people you ought to know, or be trained to know, what you're serving...oughtn't you?
The reason I asked about the pie was that the poster giving the menu just said vegetarian pie. I wasn't initially after anything but a tea, saw that and thought I'd like a pie. If they had put cheese and onion pie I wouldn't have bothered as I don't particularly like them. My point really is that it's unimaginative to just have this as the veg choice and if it's advertised as a vegetarian pie at least the team leader should know if it is or isn't. There are several choices for meat eaters, why shouldn't I expect what's on offer to me to be what it purports to be?
Because you're the minority and there's less demand for veggie products at a football stadium. It wouldn't make financial sense.
What would actually happen if a vegetarian ate some cheese that turned out to be proper cheese and not vegetarian cheese?
'Proper' cheese?
Yeah. You know. Cheese for normal people.
Chizz, I don't get you. You flag away like mad when people use a commonly used term to describe probably the most ant-social, lawless group of people in the UK and yet you post the above comment because someone chooses to not eat meat. Whilst I don't get the whole veggie thing myself, it does smack of double standards.
The reason I asked about the pie was that the poster giving the menu just said vegetarian pie. I wasn't initially after anything but a tea, saw that and thought I'd like a pie. If they had put cheese and onion pie I wouldn't have bothered as I don't particularly like them. My point really is that it's unimaginative to just have this as the veg choice and if it's advertised as a vegetarian pie at least the team leader should know if it is or isn't. There are several choices for meat eaters, why shouldn't I expect what's on offer to me to be what it purports to be?
Because you're the minority and there's less demand for veggie products at a football stadium. It wouldn't make financial sense.
Completely missing the point RR. If you advertise something for sale then it has to be as described. Otherwise you are breaking the law.
It is really not difficult to offer a tasty veggie option that would appeal to everybody. Cheese and Onion is rarely, if ever tasty in my experience.
The reason I asked about the pie was that the poster giving the menu just said vegetarian pie. I wasn't initially after anything but a tea, saw that and thought I'd like a pie. If they had put cheese and onion pie I wouldn't have bothered as I don't particularly like them. My point really is that it's unimaginative to just have this as the veg choice and if it's advertised as a vegetarian pie at least the team leader should know if it is or isn't. There are several choices for meat eaters, why shouldn't I expect what's on offer to me to be what it purports to be?
Because you're the minority and there's less demand for veggie products at a football stadium. It wouldn't make financial sense.
Completely missing the point RR. If you advertise something for sale then it has to be as described. Otherwise you are breaking the law.
*** starts thread about hot dogs at the ground not being canine****
What would actually happen if a vegetarian ate some cheese that turned out to be proper cheese and not vegetarian cheese?
'Proper' cheese?
Yeah. You know. Cheese for normal people.
Chizz, I don't get you. You flag away like mad when people use a commonly used term to describe probably the most ant-social, lawless group of people in the UK and yet you post the above comment because someone chooses to not eat meat. Whilst I don't get the whole veggie thing myself, it does smack of double standards.
Was just going to post something similar. From now on I will be taking Chizz's righteous indignation with a large pinch of salt. Or just ignore him.
What would actually happen if a vegetarian ate some cheese that turned out to be proper cheese and not vegetarian cheese?
'Proper' cheese?
Yeah. You know. Cheese for normal people.
Chizz, I don't get you. You flag away like mad when people use a commonly used term to describe probably the most ant-social, lawless group of people in the UK and yet you post the above comment because someone chooses to not eat meat. Whilst I don't get the whole veggie thing myself, it does smack of double standards.
I see no sexual innuendos or swearing here, only a sensible reasoned post.
What would actually happen if a vegetarian ate some cheese that turned out to be proper cheese and not vegetarian cheese?
'Proper' cheese?
Yeah. You know. Cheese for normal people.
Chizz, I don't get you. You flag away like mad when people use a commonly used term to describe probably the most ant-social, lawless group of people in the UK and yet you post the above comment because someone chooses to not eat meat. Whilst I don't get the whole veggie thing myself, it does smack of double standards.
I see no sexual innuendos or swearing here, only a sensible reasoned post.
What have you done with Dave Mehmet?
I had to go back up the posts as well as i thought the quoting must have gotten mixed up.
I have tried to think of an analogy regarding the OP. If you ordered a bacon roll, and got a beefburger, and the caterer said 'what's the difference, it's all meat isn't it?', you might be excused for expecting said caterer to know the difference between bacon and beef. Perhaps my analogy is clumsy, but if you're in the trade of serving vittles to people you ought to know, or be trained to know, what you're serving...oughtn't you?
I have a better one: If you ordered a bacon roll, and you got a bacon roll, and you said to the caterer- "Is this bacon from free range pigs, raised in the shadows of mount Snowden, fed on a diet of only acorns and unicorn sweat, in a field of lavender and hope, loving massaged every day with a chameleon whilst having it's balls tickled with a phoenix feather?". He would probably say: "Fucked if I know mate, it's a fucking bacon sandwich - you should have eaten before you came out..." .
I have tried to think of an analogy regarding the OP. If you ordered a bacon roll, and got a beefburger, and the caterer said 'what's the difference, it's all meat isn't it?', you might be excused for expecting said caterer to know the difference between bacon and beef. Perhaps my analogy is clumsy, but if you're in the trade of serving vittles to people you ought to know, or be trained to know, what you're serving...oughtn't you?
I have a better one: If you ordered a bacon roll, and you got a bacon roll, and you said to the caterer- "Is this bacon from free range pigs, raised in the shadows of mount Snowden, fed on a diet of only acorns and unicorn sweat, in a field of lavender and hope, loving massaged every day with a chameleon whilst having it's balls tickled with a phoenix feather?". He would probably say: "Fucked if I know mate, it's a fucking bacon sandwich - you should have eaten before you came out..." .
I think my analogy is better than yours, everybody knows Unicorns don't sweat.
I have tried to think of an analogy regarding the OP. If you ordered a bacon roll, and got a beefburger, and the caterer said 'what's the difference, it's all meat isn't it?', you might be excused for expecting said caterer to know the difference between bacon and beef. Perhaps my analogy is clumsy, but if you're in the trade of serving vittles to people you ought to know, or be trained to know, what you're serving...oughtn't you?
I have a better one: If you ordered a bacon roll, and you got a bacon roll, and you said to the caterer- "Is this bacon from free range pigs, raised in the shadows of mount Snowden, fed on a diet of only acorns and unicorn sweat, in a field of lavender and hope, loving massaged every day with a chameleon whilst having it's balls tickled with a phoenix feather?". He would probably say: "Fucked if I know mate, it's a fucking bacon sandwich - you should have eaten before you came out..." .
I think my analogy is better than yours, everybody knows Unicorns don't sweat.
They do in Snowdonia. Welsh men put them in the same category as sheep.
The reason I asked about the pie was that the poster giving the menu just said vegetarian pie. I wasn't initially after anything but a tea, saw that and thought I'd like a pie. If they had put cheese and onion pie I wouldn't have bothered as I don't particularly like them. My point really is that it's unimaginative to just have this as the veg choice and if it's advertised as a vegetarian pie at least the team leader should know if it is or isn't. There are several choices for meat eaters, why shouldn't I expect what's on offer to me to be what it purports to be?
Because you're the minority and there's less demand for veggie products at a football stadium. It wouldn't make financial sense.
Completely missing the point RR. If you advertise something for sale then it has to be as described. Otherwise you are breaking the law.
It is really not difficult to offer a tasty veggie option that would appeal to everybody. Cheese and Onion is rarely, if ever tasty in my experience.
Please tell me this thread isn't about to go down the route of 'the club are acting illegally because they didn't know if it was vegetarian cheese or not'?
Was it sold as a "vegetarian" pie? Or as a "cheese and onion" pie?
If it was sold as a vegetarian pie, it should be safe to assume that it *is* vegetarian; and therefore asking whether it is vegetarian or not should not be necessary.
If it was sold as a "cheese and onion" pie, you can't assume it's vegetarian. So, if you ask, and the server doesn't know, then, sorry to say, it's just hard luck.
The reason I asked about the pie was that the poster giving the menu just said vegetarian pie. I wasn't initially after anything but a tea, saw that and thought I'd like a pie. If they had put cheese and onion pie I wouldn't have bothered as I don't particularly like them. My point really is that it's unimaginative to just have this as the veg choice and if it's advertised as a vegetarian pie at least the team leader should know if it is or isn't. There are several choices for meat eaters, why shouldn't I expect what's on offer to me to be what it purports to be?
Because you're the minority and there's less demand for veggie products at a football stadium. It wouldn't make financial sense.
Completely missing the point RR. If you advertise something for sale then it has to be as described. Otherwise you are breaking the law.
It is really not difficult to offer a tasty veggie option that would appeal to everybody. Cheese and Onion is rarely, if ever tasty in my experience.
I totally get that point TT. I was referring to iainment's point that should be further options for veggies. That just isn't going to happen in a football stadium.
Was it sold as a "vegetarian" pie? Or as a "cheese and onion" pie?
If it was sold as a vegetarian pie, it should be safe to assume that it *is* vegetarian; and therefore asking whether it is vegetarian or not should not be necessary.
If it was sold as a "cheese and onion" pie, you can't assume it's vegetarian. So, if you ask, and the server doesn't know, then, sorry to say, it's just hard luck.
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What next, Tesco's ketchup and not Heinz?
If you ordered a bacon roll, and got a beefburger, and the caterer said 'what's the difference, it's all meat isn't it?', you might be excused for expecting said caterer to know the difference between bacon and beef.
Perhaps my analogy is clumsy, but if you're in the trade of serving vittles to people you ought to know, or be trained to know, what you're serving...oughtn't you?
Fill your (synthetic) boots
It is really not difficult to offer a tasty veggie option that would appeal to everybody. Cheese and Onion is rarely, if ever tasty in my experience.
Was just going to post something similar. From now on I will be taking Chizz's righteous indignation with a large pinch of salt. Or just ignore him.
Vive le vegetarian!!!!!!
What have you done with Dave Mehmet?
I had to go back up the posts as well as i thought the quoting must have gotten mixed up.
(Or whatever the vegetarian version of ham is).
I don't think I can cope with any more...
If it was sold as a vegetarian pie, it should be safe to assume that it *is* vegetarian; and therefore asking whether it is vegetarian or not should not be necessary.
If it was sold as a "cheese and onion" pie, you can't assume it's vegetarian. So, if you ask, and the server doesn't know, then, sorry to say, it's just hard luck.
hard cheese surely.
not sure whether it's relevant in this debate but has anyone considered whether the cow the cheese came from was a sexist?