Friday, 23 May 2008

Scenes from Galapagos 2

2 of the people in our group were vegetarian. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to like vegetables very much either, and almost every [vegetarian] meal was greeted with the phrase "It just shows a lack of imagination". After 2.5 weeks, so did that comment, and I think I know more about their food preferences than I do my closest friends. Just to share the joy, here's a list of the things they wouldn't eat:

  1. Meat. Obviously. One of them didn't like the taste, and one of them once had a hallucination about boiled chicken....
  2. Fish. Well actually they sometimes eat fish, but only when they're in the mood. The mood never descended, even when we were on a boat being given fish every day. This was followed up by a comment about fish eating vegetarians not really being vegetarians, unlike them. Right.
  3. Eggs. Eggs in things good, eggs by themselves bad.
  4. Milk & yoghurt. See above.
  5. White things. One of them really did announce that they didn't like to eat white things, although she was possibly referring to white sauces/creamy things. Except for ice cream, which is both white and creamy, but cold. So that's ok.
  6. Some vegetables, served in place of the meat/fish. They were worried that they might get a protein deficiency, and thought that the chef could have shown some imagination and served soya or tofu.
  7. Soya. Arrived the following night, but was rejected because it was one of those fake meat products. (See point 1).

2 comments:

Just teejay said...

Maybe you're so called veggis friends that seem ok with regular icecream that peas actually have protein. Peas are considered a pulse so a basic meal of peas and rice will also give the amino acids in the right balance too for a healthy diet...how do I know???..I was once a very committed vegan and with the price of meat as it is thinking...well thinking of going back to it but have kids to consider now

Defying Gravity said...

Thanks Teej. Happy to say that I don't think I'll ever see them again, so won't be able to pass on that information... I expect they don't like peas though!!