Vegetarians are a pain to cook for

So you wouldn't cater for someone with a food allergy? Much the same thing really except a vegetarian or vegan chooses not to eat meat/animal products. You aren't being a friend if you don't respect their believes, so stop being selfish!

if you dont want to cook for vegetarians then dont invite them! simple as. and when you said "Have they looked at their teeth lately? Those pointy ones might be a bit of a clue, because I don’t think the thousands of years of evolution were for nothing!" our teeth are actually more suited for eating like a herbivore not a carnivore(or omnivore).

I once knew someone who made a big deal of being vegetarian (I've no problem with it) but ate fish. I pointed out on a few occasions that you are not supposed to eat any animal, whether it swims or walks. His reply was that the fish had 'had more of a life'. He never did get round to explaining his penchant for leather trousers...

Merlin you sound like a boring old git. I cook the BBQ, summer spring, autumn and if it aint too bad in the winter too, and I do half the cooking the rest of the year too. I spend a lot of hours in the kitchen. Let the wife wash up? Women these days haven't got a clue about cleaning and most of the ones I've met are shy when it comes to washing up - something to do with the current generation no doubt, had it all on a plate I think.. So go smoke yourself you big girls blouse.

im not a vegaterian,but I dont like barbeques..the majority of which are `cooked` by males who normaly dont go near a kitchen at other times of the year and yet suddenly transform into chefs for the summer! if you enjoy barby food ..ok but dont pollute the atmosphere..just let the wife cook it and you wash up..then go outside abd sit in your clean aired garden after!

Your burger is pretty inconvenient for the cow, too.

Your delight in "partaking of dead flesh" reeks of machismo, and is disgusting.

Don't invite veg*ns to your house if you can't make the comfortable. Likewise, don't invite Jews if you think they're "picky" for not eating pork.

Lame.

I am not offended but I am a veggie, my choice is based on my own feelings as I respect yours as much. Each to there own but I would like to point out that veggies or not we are all nice people who might have just wanted to be with you at your BBQ gathering maybe be happy that no matter how stron their own opinion is they still come to spend time with you even at their own expence of disliking the smell, look and reason why people eat something they hold in high regard. Its not like I am attacking you far from it I just wish I knew you cause I get annoyed with the righous ones too and wish they would stop giving us all a bad name That goes for single minded people who cant see my view and dont try to make me welcome. Ps Quorn is not cardboard like any more maybe you could just keep 1 pack of burgers in for them as politeness I am sure you would be very we recieved. :-)
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What I say to vegetarians is "stop being so bloody fussy". Whether it's meat or not, it's all good food. Anyway, vegetarians can be that way if they like but for Goodness' sake, don;t turn up to a barbecue!

Vegetarians are a pain to cook for?Just try cooking for a Vegan.About a year ago I invited a Vegan friend to my Home to watch a football match.I thought beer,chips and Linda Macartney hot dogs would be entirely acceptable.He rejected my budweisers because he could not be totally certain they did not contain animal derivatives.He sent me to the off-Licence to buy Holsten-pils which are apparently acceptable for vegans.After questioning me about whether I had ever cooked meat products in my deep-Fat fryer He rejected the chips.He ate the hot-dogs only after proof-reading all of the various ingredients Lists.

Me and my partner are vegetarian and our reason is because we don't like the idea of killing animals. We often get invited to BBQs, we always check if it's okay if we can bring a small disposable BBQ and our own food - so we don't put anyone out. If not, we are quite happy with salad or a sandwich and couldn't care less what other people eat - their reasons are theirs to own, not ours. When we have a BBQ ourselves, we don't have any other veggie friends, so we cook meat and have a smaller, veggie BBQ for us. All the other stuff in veggie to ensure no contamination and we've had no problems yet. Accept everyone for who they are and like them coz they're them, not coz of what they eat, who they love, who their god is etc. Don't stereotype people - I would have a problem with someone who told me to eat meat, just as much as someone who told one of my friends not to...we're not all the same.

A vegan - well you're an inspiring vegetarian then and not one of the whingy ones that have turned up to my BBQs in the past. If you're bringing you're own non meat stuff to chow and you're not gonna look down your nose at the meat lovers you're welcome at one of my pigouts (sorry) any time!

hi! had a very hearty laugh reading all the comments on the subject above.I am a vegetarian and do visit BBQ for my friends sake or to atleast enjoy with them. It doesn't matter who eats what! until and unless we enjoy the party. I make my own dish and take it along. After all, living life is living for the moment!!!!