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, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

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)