Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 > We are going on 2nd November to a local fireworks night, run by a > local scout group and I have been able to discuss with the organisers > who have agreed to accept some vegan sausages or burgers on the bbq > (cooked separately from the meat, although most likely will be with > the veggie sausages which contain a minute amount of egg or dairy). I was rather disapointed a couple of saturdays ago, I went to the opening of a new community garden project here in Southend, there was a small barbeque arranged, and an announcement was made that there would be vegeburgers served. So i qued up with 2 of my children for half an hour so, but when we got to the front of the queue immeadiatly observed that although the vegeburgers were on a seperate grill, they were being served up using the same tongs as the meat products, so were consequently covered with dripping animal fats!!! So (even though it was obvious...) I asked if they were using the same tongs to handle the meat as the veggie burgers... the reply was a " yeah? " as if to say whats wrong with that then??? So I replied that they had just excluded (at least) 3 people from being able to eat at the event (best I could think of at the time as I was a bit shocked..). The kids, who were hungry and moaning anyway, then had to have it explained to them that we couldn't eat the veggie burgers, so in the end I took them home and we made our own (which they really enjoyed). I did put in a complaint to one of the project organisers about this incident, but I felt it was a shame as I support the project and intend to have further involvement... BTW the guy I complained to was sympathetic, his reply was that he couldn't believe that they could fuck up on something so basic, and he was going to speak to them about it... Even leaving aside the vegan/veggie issues I can't believe they were unaware of basic food hygene practices on cross-contamination... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 Thanks for the warning Graham, yes that is pretty revolting. Personally I don't mind them cooking the vegan stuff with Linda McCartney's or other veggie bangers and burgers that are nearly but not quite vegan, but I would certainly not like meaty juices and fats dripping on my vegan food. The woman involved in running the fireworks night sounded pretty respectful and says she has a lot of veggie friends and her boss at work is vegan, so let's hope it will be OK. Lesley , " quercusrobur2002 " <grahamburnett@b...> wrote: > > > We are going on 2nd November to a local fireworks night, run by a > > local scout group and I have been able to discuss with the > organisers > > who have agreed to accept some vegan sausages or burgers on the > bbq > > (cooked separately from the meat, although most likely will be > with > > the veggie sausages which contain a minute amount of egg or > dairy). > > I was rather disapointed a couple of saturdays ago, I went to the > opening of a new community garden project here in Southend, there > was a small barbeque arranged, and an announcement was made that > there would be vegeburgers served. So i qued up with 2 of my > children for half an hour so, but when we got to the front of the > queue immeadiatly observed that although the vegeburgers were on a > seperate grill, they were being served up using the same tongs as > the meat products, so were consequently covered with dripping animal > fats!!! So (even though it was obvious...) I asked if they were > using the same tongs to handle the meat as the veggie burgers... the > reply was a " yeah? " as if to say whats wrong with that then??? So I > replied that they had just excluded (at least) 3 people from being > able to eat at the event (best I could think of at the time as I was > a bit shocked..). The kids, who were hungry and moaning anyway, then > had to have it explained to them that we couldn't eat the veggie > burgers, so in the end I took them home and we made our own (which > they really enjoyed). I did put in a complaint to one of the project > organisers about this incident, but I felt it was a shame as I > support the project and intend to have further involvement... > > BTW the guy I complained to was sympathetic, his reply was that he > couldn't believe that they could fuck up on something so basic, and > he was going to speak to them about it... > > Even leaving aside the vegan/veggie issues I can't believe they were > unaware of basic food hygene practices on cross-contamination... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 I hope you enjoy it Lesley. Jo --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release 09/09/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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