According to the BBC, Ghent, Belgium "is about to become the first in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week".
Actually, it's only elected officials and public employees who will be foregoing the sweet, succulent flesh carefully aged and lovingly marinated before being grilled to perfection and served with the juices seeping into the trencher in a symphony of flavours that delight the palate and feed the soul. Even then, it has to be voluntary because I can't see any way they could enforce it. Very likely it doesn't include their families either. And private citizens and tourists are exempt. The report implies, though, that only schoolchildren will be forced to give up God's own bounty, but then, they always did suffer first at the hands of trendy totalitarians.
Not that we at Chez Szondy are unsympathetic to the vegetarian cause. I myself plan one day to open a vegan restaurant, though we will serving mayonaisse as well as milk and cream for those who like it in their coffee or tea and there will be meat alternatives for all the dishes since I feel that if regular restaurants have to cater to vegetarian tastes, then it's only fair that we do so for omnivores. Also, there will be cheese platter because we aren't fanatics.
Celebrate diversity, that's our motto.
Labels: Belgium, Food
