Veggie jobs
Should vegetarians be allowed to do normal jobs or should they are restricted to their areas of expertise - like knitting open toe sandals from muesli or making faux 18th century smocks to be worn at the sort of festivals that feature lots of musicians with beards (most of them men)?
It was a question that sprang to mind when I received a phone call from a restaurant company's PR who let slip that she was a veggie.
Delightful as she sounded, it struck me that she could not possibly speak authoratively or passionately about a restaurant whose menu, like those of most other restaurants, is dominated by meat.
I know that I, a carnivore, would find it hard to speak with any sort of conviction on behalf of a veggie eaterie. Far better they chose a carrot-cruncher to do the job.
I guess, though, PR is really about bigging up things that mean very little to to those doing to bigging up.
Which is why we journalists are often so dismissive of the spin doctors who bombard us with phone calls and emails.
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Paul Fulford - Features Editor Paul Fulford gives his verdict on the region’s restaurants.
It's a sign of a poor journalist Paul when all you can do is trot out the old, tired stereotypes of vegetarians. It seems as though you didn't have much particularly to say, however, you did forget to mention mung beans and tofu. They're normally in the list of the cliches that people trot out. Yawn!
I quite enjoy tofu, Newbs. It's just that I don'tsee it as a badge to wear to display my moral superiority over those who enjoy eating meat.