On 5/21/2014 2:10 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2014 13:54:11 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> I would switch either the jerk chicken or the sweet and sour pork for
>> something else. Both are very unique flavors and don't quite go
>> together. Remember, at a buffet, people are going to load their plates
>> with a little of everything.
>
> I've been in a situation where the vegetarians, all 2 of them out of
> about 30 people, had a shit fit because the omnivores were eating
> "their" food from the buffet.

Having catered in those situations, I had a shit fit, too, because the
omnivores had ample foods to fill their plates with, and yet they
insisted on taking the expensive meat entrees *and* the expensive
vegetarian alternative. That gets very expensive, and the few guests
who could only eat that one thing are understandably angry when other
people beat them to it. It's a tough scenario - trying to provide an
alternative entree for a small minority without having it all end up
on the plates of the majority. Lessons learned: offer at least two
vegetarian alternatives and prominently label them as such - for
example, "for our vegetarian guests".