my experience about restaurants lying to vegetarians and sneaking in meat - sherry

[Guest guest]

sherry,

your vegetarian club had a wonderful idea about

sending letters to the restaurants defining what

vegetarian and vegan is and making the points why it's

important to cater to vegetarians. that's really a

positive way to interact with the restaurants and

could really create a win-win situation.

thanks for sharing that with us,

susie

 

--- Sherry Rose <sherry wrote:

 

> Where I lived previously, our vegetarian club sent

> letters to all of

> the restaurants in the small towns offering to list

> them free in our

> newsletter as well as which meals were veg or vegan,

> as long as they

> understood fully the definitions (we sent precise

> definitions of

> each) and would guarantee that the menu items met

> our

> definitions. We also mentioned the allergy thing in

> our letters, and

> we sent self-addressed-stamped envelopes. Boy, did

> we get a huge

> response back! It was great to see what new meals

> most of the

> restaurants added to their menus. Some were

> extremely creative with

> the vegan meals.

>

> One point to include is why it's important for them

> to cater to

> vegetarians and vegans. While we're a small

> minority of diners, we

> usually choose the restaurants for a group. For

> example, I've

> frequently dined with groups of six, eight, or more.

> They always ask

> me where I would like to dine so I can get a decent

> meal. So I

> choose the restaurant. So, the one vegetarian or

> vegan may well

> determine where six, eight, or more people will eat.

> It's a matter

> of economics for the restaurants involved. I would

> suggest working

> with the restaurants you'd like to dine in (though

> don't bother with

> the chains -- they have no autonomy), help them put

> something not

> only suitable but also delicious on the menu, then

> patronize them and

> make sure all of your vegetarian and vegan friends

> know that good

> food is available there.

>

> Sherry in Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Susie, for your kind words ><

 

Sherry

 

At 07:32 AM 3/17/2006, you wrote:

>sherry,

>your vegetarian club had a wonderful idea about

>sending letters to the restaurants defining what

>vegetarian and vegan is and making the points why it's

>important to cater to vegetarians. that's really a

>positive way to interact with the restaurants and

>could really create a win-win situation.

>thanks for sharing that with us,

>susie