Is it time to Outlaw the Vegi Sandwich?

As regular readers of this blog know, I work for a franchisee of a national pizza chain. Recently we introduced several additions to our line of "Oven Baked Sandwiches" Now you can call me names if you must. Call me a sellout or whatever. Fact is that this national chain has kept yours truly employed for the last nine years. I am a loyal employee of the firm as well as a consumer of the product. One of the new sandwiches is a Veggie!

I was working lunch last week and a sandwich was made by mistake. Often we get to eat them rather than waste food. I picked up the sandwich and sank my teeth into it. I found the mixture of flavors interesting, but there was something missing. It was a Veggie sandwich. I do not know about you, but I am classed as an omnivore. I will eat just about anything, fruits, veggies, meats, chicken, seafood etc. I do have a sweet tooth as well. What was missing in that sandwich was the meat! "Where's the BEEF?" Even though I knew it was a veggie sandwich, my mouth, my taste buds and my stomach were not into that sandwich. If you are having something that calls itself a sandwich, it needs meat or chicken to be complete, otherwise it is just a collection of veggies and cheese on a bun. What a waste!

Now some of you will say that to be politically correct, we have to have healthy items on our menu. IMHO not many people who walk into our national chain, call us for delivery, or order online are looking for healthy items. Our specialties include a breadbowl stuffed with pasta, cheese and meat, a slab of baked dough covered in cheese and topped with high fat and high salt meat products, and breaded spiced chunks of chicken breast. What is healthy about those choices? Why do we need to waste space in our store to cater to a very tiny fraction of our business? And while I am at it, have you noticed the move to have chains post calorie counts on the menu? Let's see now a Large national sandwich, fries and a shake. If you do not want to look, I won't tell you. Anyone with any common sense what so ever knows that a diet that is high in pizza and fast foods will make you FAT! The only way I keep my trim figure is lots of exercise and modest consumption of my employers products.

While we are at it, could we please outlaw vegitarians? i am not saying that all of them are nuts. Some abstain from meat for matters of faith and some for true health reasons. The ones who drive me crazy are the PETA folks and the other nazis. Vegitarianism is a hiding place for liberals. Time to root them out of their hiding holes. Like most other liberals, they seek to control our lives. Personally, I would like to do nothing better than to sit down and consume a large meat pizza, wash it down with a coffee, (I do not drink alcohol) and finish my meal with a bowl of gently flavored aromatic tobacco, (substitute for fine cigar)! I would do it right in front of them and then jump into my SUV ( I do not own one) and drive away happy. To watch the steam rise from their ears would be priceless.

That enough for this round. Comments questions, opinions to kokoracer@gmail.com