i don't think i could eat chicken again now
it's been so long, and whenever it has happened accidentally (happens more often than you'd think, given (i) the number of non-english speaking waiters at events in london; and (ii) the sheer amount of cheese they use at pizza hut) it has made me retch. duck was worse though, jesus that was like a mouthful of warm earth.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:53, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Are you a vegetarian Rachelswipe?

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

yup!
i thought you knew that, god pjm, don't you memorise every single last detail about me and my life?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Ah, my memory is far from photographic these days
As you probably recall, I don't eat red meat (haven't done so since 2003) but I cannot quite bring myself to quit eating chicken.

I still miss bacon though.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Good morrow, sweetness.
Duck is fabulous if correctly prepared.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

hello you
no no no, i am going to start our friday with an argument now!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

The wonderful world of meat
is one I shall never depart from, save upon my death.

When we're married, will I have to eat my foie gras in the garden?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)

so far
i am making you give up meat and smoking. and smoked meat. it's lucky i'm such a catch innit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:08, Reply)

I feel so lucky.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:10, Reply)

i do have some good qualities
i refer you to the DD cup bra and ability to suck a golfball through a hosepipe 5 times a night.

that might be about it though.

oh and my car. i have a nice car. i may have mentioned it before. i may also mention it again on the "waste of money" qotw, but at least it's got looks.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:11, Reply)

I fear you will have to search me nightly
to make sure I've not smuggled any German charcuterie into the house.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:12, Reply)

if you behave yourself well enough (three times)
i might allow it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

*orders an entire wild boar*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Wild?
It was livid.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

the confidence is admirable

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

I was veggie when I went to France
and in the airport I asked the woman behind the counter which of the pizza baguette things were veggie and she kept pointing at the tuna one. Then when I gave up and ordered macaroni cheese, it had ham in it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

A musician friend of mine
had a similar nightmare on tour in Japan. In the end he just gave up and ate fish.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:59, Reply)

we used to have a house in spain
and there were many restaurants where i could literally just eat bread. this is because i do eat fish but i am fussy about things you have to fight with before you can eat them.

my dad (after bollocking me for being so fussy... i was 27 years old...) said to one of the proprietors, "there is nothing here my daughter can eat", and he just stared at me and gave this massive shrug.

france, spain - they don't get vegetarians!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

My mum is veggie and that was her main complaint about France when they went over there on their boat
she said she was sick of eating bread and cheese because even the stuff they call veggie has fish or chicken in it. It's getting better because more young people are becoming veggie, but it's still a long way off!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:06, Reply)

they genuinely don't understand why you would be
mind you, if i had a single principle, i'd find it more difficult. i simply don't like the sinews or the taste in my mouth!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:08, Reply)

that's what one of my pesky friends says
he would happily kick a cat to death.

I'm kidding obviously, he's not batshit mental or anything.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

It least you were able to source plenty of bread for your other bread-related "activities"

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

huh?
oh wait, you mean al and his baguetteporn??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:14, Reply)

Of course.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Spain is particularly bad for this
In one of the tapas bars I went in there were two stereotypical american girls (not the fat stereotype, the thin, blonde, whiny stereotype) whinging that there wasn't a vegetarian menu. The chef obligingly knocked them something together and they bitched and whinged some more because it had ham in it. The guy behind the bar gave them a slowest, blankest look and told them 'but ham isn't real meat! Just pick it out if it bothers you.'
They left.
(berk, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:14, Reply)

^this
In Greece I got something wiht bits of ham in it. I just picked it out. No biggie.
( girlinthehole, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:15, Reply)

They were proper squealing about it
'Like, omigod, that's like, so disgusting'. You could feel the hatred for them coming off people in waves.
(berk, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:17, Reply)

Yeah I picked the ham out of my macaroni cheese
It would just be thrown away if you sent it back anyway so you might as well eat the non-meaty bits. Plus the next meal that came out would have spit on it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I'm going to go back on all I said below about tolerance
and point out that's because the French and Spanish don't waste their time pandering to anyone with the principles of a whiny teenage EMO.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:00, Reply)

This is basically the only redeeming feature of France
Spain, however, I like a lot.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:58, Reply)