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I was sitting in a Chinese restaurant yesterday and overheard the following conversation between the three people at the table next to me:

Person 1: "They have really good Hunan Pork. Oh wait, you don't do pork. Well, the house tofu is excellent."

Person 2: "Is tofu that nasty soybean curd stuff? If so, forget it. I won't eat that stuff."

Person 1 [to Person 3]: "Let's see....you're a vegetarian, right?"

I was choking from laughing and thinking "I wish Fred and Robin were here to see this."

Date: 2004-11-15 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cat-herder.livejournal.com
I call the Bay Area the Land of Difficult Eaters. When I went back to NYC, I mentioned my problem with eating onions to my relatives. I got no accomodation whatsoever, was told that the cranberry sauce and turkey had no onions and was given a helpful suggestion to try Beano (which does work, but in very high doses). In the Bay Area, it is sometimes impossible to dine out with a group of more than three people. In other parts of the country, I think people just regularly shoot their epi-pens, eat their Beano or quietly manage to choose food they can eat without announcing their difficulties to the entire table.

So, when I go to NYC, I carefully read the menu and if I can't share at a Chinese joint, I just don't.

Date: 2004-11-16 12:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashi.livejournal.com
I spend a little of my spare time thinking of places where different Difficult Eaters can eat together. I'm still trying to work in the Atkins eater who just moved into the area.

Did I mention I'm vegan? :)

Date: 2004-11-16 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] figmo.livejournal.com
Salad bars. The low-carb person doesn't get much protein, but they can at least avoid massive amounts of carbs if they stick to veggies.

Date: 2004-11-16 01:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashi.livejournal.com
Hmmm, I've never tried to drag [livejournal.com profile] cheeseboy to a salad bar. They often have cheese sprinkles. If it's American cheese, and they have pasta and ketchup, he might survive there.

A low-carb person could at least add some tofu, though I don't think the one in my group likes it.

Date: 2004-11-16 07:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keristor.livejournal.com
But then you don't get the carnivores (and if salad means the cold green stuff only then not me either -- I will happily eat cooked veggie food but dislike most salad items).

But then I just wouldn't eat much there, and would get a burger or something somewhere else later (or earlier if I knew about it). I agree that picky eaters shouldn't expect to be catered for in a group, either they find something they can eat or they don't eat with that group. I don't do Thai (coconut) or Indian (a certain spice that's used in all UK Indian restaurants) food, for instance, that simply means that I will eat elsewhere if that is where the group is going, or I'll go along and not eat there.

Date: 2004-11-17 02:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] figmo.livejournal.com
The salad bar where I ate just a few minutes ago had, amongst its entrees, "Chicken Pot Pie Stew," "Chili," "Chicken Noodle Soup" (with big chunks of chicken), and "Boston Clam Chowder."

In California we have all-you-can-eat salad bars that also have soups, chili, pastas, pizza, garlic bread, baked potatoes, muffins, and desserts -- all in addition to the salad making stuff and prepared salads.

Date: 2004-11-18 12:15 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'll tell Fred

-- Robin

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