weirdest / worst vegetarian meal ever served?

[Guest guest]

I have yet to have a bad vegetarian meal, really...since I cook/make my own

food now 98% of the time, so if I ever do come across a bad vegetarian meal,

chances are, it will be my own fault, LOL...but I'm sure the stories that

we'll get from this will be VERY entertaining! LOL

 

***Sara***

 

So what's been yours? On an airline, at a function?

 

Mine was on a domestic US airline -- I got a little plastic tray with

2 compartments, 1 filled with steamed carrots and the other with

steamed CELERY (which is truly icky!). Not even a lemon slice to

squeeze over the top. My first thought was that the menu planner had

just broken up with a vegetarian.

 

Peace,

Diane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Bring on the peanut butter sandwiches! I don't know how you were able to eat

what they served to you. That's not a meal, it's leftovers. The least they

could have done is use crisp celery sticks, and stuff it with cheese and

chopped green olives.

 

Joanie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

So what's been yours? On an airline, at a function?

 

Mine was on a domestic US airline -- I got a little plastic tray with

2 compartments, 1 filled with steamed carrots and the other with

steamed CELERY (which is truly icky!). Not even a lemon slice to

squeeze over the top. My first thought was that the menu planner had

just broken up with a vegetarian.

 

Peace,

Diane

[Guest guest]

Mine was also on an airline. It was a block of tofu.

 

, " strayfeather1 "

<otherbox2001 wrote:

>

> So what's been yours? On an airline, at a function?

>

> Mine was on a domestic US airline -- I got a little plastic tray with

> 2 compartments, 1 filled with steamed carrots and the other with

> steamed CELERY (which is truly icky!). Not even a lemon slice to

> squeeze over the top. My first thought was that the menu planner had

> just broken up with a vegetarian.

>

> Peace,

> Diane

>

[Guest guest]

I once made some lemon-rice soup.....disastrous. It is a long standing joke

with DH & I. AmyF

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Our company Christmas dinner was held on " The Queen Mary " and being the only

vegetarian served out of 250 guests I sat and waited for my meal that was

brought out last by the chef himself, everyone looked jealous and started making

comments about the vegetarian getting special treatment and look at that

expensive sterling covered dish. When I lifted the top off, it was a hugh

broccoli forest! Nothing but crowns standing tall with those fancy paper

wrappers around the bottom like they decorate the standing roasts with.....LOL

I didn't say a word. Everyone was in such shock that I ended up with a plate

filled with spoonsfuls of my coworkers rice pilaf and asparagus. The General

Mgr. was very upset, I saw him march off to the kitchen, next thing I know

here's a huge plate of linguine placed before me with an array of stir fried

veggies.

 

That's #1, Now for #2 , I got stuck on jury duty, at lunck I found one fast

food place, I asked for a veggie burrito, I only had a few minutes to hurry back

to court so I open this thing in the car and take a bite, it's a tortilla filled

with lettuce, that's it. Lettuce and nothing else, not even one bean......LOL

They charged me $3 for it too!

Donna

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I had one of those terrible supposed to be veg. meals on a plane once

also.

A packet of peanuts, some veggies sticks and a little plastic bowl of

iceberg with one little packet of greasy blah ranch dressing. Good

thing I had a p & j sandwich in my purse. I had a feeling I might need

it.

Marsha

[Guest guest]

I ate at a Cuban restaurant with my friends. I was served a whole

plate of yucca or malanga or something that tasted like mashed

potatoes gone wrong. They did add some fried plantains on the side.

GeGee

[Guest guest]

I take back what I said about never having a bad vegetarian meal. I have

had one, I just didn't remember till now, LOL. It was in a town about 24 miles

from here, at McDonald's. Mom ordered me a side salad, thinking it would be

like a full-scale salad with lettuce, tomato, carrots, etc., only smaller.

Little did we know, it would just be this little plastic bowl filled with

romaine lettuce with a little mozerella sprinkled on it. I downed it, but if my

mom

and uncle would have let me, I would have went in and screamed at the

manager at the Mickey Dee's, LOL. I could just see it now...

 

" THIS ISN'T A SALAD! THIS IS LETTUCE! LETTUCE AND CHEESE! LAST I HEARD, THIS

WAS NOT A SALAD!!! "

 

Oh well, LOL. Too bad my aunt still didn't work at that McDonald's, I coulda

just complained to her, LOL.

 

***Sara***

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have 2 one was on an airline..I black square of something and a wilted piece

of lettuce. It looked like it had already been eaten.eww.

 

The second was in a fairly nice restaurant, The had a vegetarian platter and I

was think oh boy a platter, seeing i was hungry..it came with all lettuce, half

tomato and a package of crackers...all for 12 bucks....lucky me LOL

AJ

 

 

[Guest guest]

i've enjoyed reading everyone's awful veggie meal experiences. the

nice resaurants seem to be the worst! you would think the chefs'

would be excited at the chance to be creative with a veggie dish. oh

well. hopefully things are changing.

 

a few years ago, a friend (also a vegetarian) and i went to hear linda

ellerbee speak about her battle with addiction. it was at some fancy

hotel in fort worth. we had to pay $15 for the meal and got a plate of

bland steamed carrots and boiled potatoes (other people's meals came

with a baked potato!...which i would have preferred). we had to stop

off for dinner at a tex-mex place on the way home.

 

i grew up in a vegetarian house and my mom was a good cook, but one

time she experimented with some tomato and rice casserole. she worked

on it so long, but it was just awful. we ended up eating peanut

butter and crackers for dinner.

 

susie

[Guest guest]

It just goes to show how ill-informed people can be. I can't understand a

classically trained Chef not knowing any better. Nowadays, we can even go to a

restaurant and order a Gluten Free entrée. Hopefully there is hope for other

Chefs continuing education as well. But it does seem to be a long time in

coming.

 

Joanie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I had to stop on the highway once and this is what I got in a greasy

spoon place.

A plate of canned peas and a stale slice of carrot cake.

The waitress said she hoped the 2 vegetables were ok. I guess the

carrot cake looked like a vegetable to her...:{ Chelsea

[Guest guest]

I hear yo talking. I've had the same experience before. I'm also diabetic

and learned to carry PBJs in my purse. So that was always a life saver.

 

Joanie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Mmmm! I'd rather have a lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise sandwich.

 

Joanie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh I am laughing so hard reading these! Great stories! This one

reminds of my mom's trip to Indiana last summer for her won't say how

many high school reunion. In a small diner, she asked for a veggie

burger and the waitress said " Well, we have a burger with some veggies

ON it. "

 

Diane

 

 

, " chelsea_cheetah "

<chelsea_cheetah wrote:

>

> I had to stop on the highway once and this is what I got in a greasy

> spoon place.

> A plate of canned peas and a stale slice of carrot cake.

> The waitress said she hoped the 2 vegetables were ok. I guess the

> carrot cake looked like a vegetable to her...:{ Chelsea

>

[Guest guest]

I was working away from home this weekend at a venue we have visited

many times before. Things did not bode well for me when we arrived and

one of my colleagues was greeted with the comment that " the vegan lady

doesn't come here any more, does she. " This was an hour before dinner

was to be served. The kitchen staff were rather perturbed to hear that

I was upstairs and when we went down for dinner I was presented with a

plate of undercooked boiled potatoes and overcooked cauliflower.

Fortunately we had stopped off at the supermarket on our way there and

so later on I had a bowl of avocado with fresh lime juice, banana and

strawberries which was an extraordinarily good combination. Nothing

much improved for the rest of the weekend (Saturday's lunch was a few

bits of iceberg lettuce, 4 cherry tomatoes, half a hard boiled egg

(for a vegan?!) and a corn on the cob) so I shall know to be prepared

the next time we are back there in September and take plenty of back-

up provisions.

Christie