Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

Hi,

We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
wife eats fish.

Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?

Thanks,

Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

Jon wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
> do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
> wife eats fish.
>
> Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?

troll alert!

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

On Feb 17, 3:29 am, Jam Sandwich <ja...@not.inv> wrote:
> Jon wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
> > do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
> > wife eats fish.
>
> > Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?
>
> troll alert!

Come on. I'm not a troll. I'm a long-time usenet user with a recent
history of using my real, current gmail address when posting. I've
posted/lurked in rec.food.veg off and on since 1993! (Google's search
so cool.)

Seriously. We're worried about having all sorts of tripe, etc. being
part of normal Italian dishes. We'd like to stick to lacto-ovo, with
the possible slight foray into shellfish.

Does anyone have any advice? We've only found one veggie restaurants
in the guidebooks. And, eating margherita pizzas and gelato for a
week doesn't seem practical or appetizing (well, after the first few
days at least!). We're big fans of "americanized" Mediterranean food
and "americanized" Italian food, but are wondering if we're going to
have dolmas and spaghetti on the same menu.

Thanks,

Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

Jon wrote:
>
> On Feb 17, 3:29 am, Jam Sandwich <ja...@not.inv> wrote:
> > Jon wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
> > > do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
> > > wife eats fish.
> >
> > > Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?
> >
> > troll alert!
>
> Come on. I'm not a troll. I'm a long-time usenet user with a recent
> history of using my real, current gmail address when posting. I've
> posted/lurked in rec.food.veg off and on since 1993! (Google's search
> so cool.)

Then you should be aware how vegetarians feel about eating fish and why
you can't possibly call yourself vegetarian

> Seriously. We're worried about having all sorts of tripe, etc. being
> part of normal Italian dishes. We'd like to stick to lacto-ovo, with
> the possible slight foray into shellfish.

shellfish? vegetarian?
way too fishy!

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

According to <jonceramic@gmail,com >:
>Does anyone have any advice? We've only found one veggie restaurants
>in the guidebooks. And, eating margherita pizzas and gelato for a
>week doesn't seem practical or appetizing (well, after the first few
>days at least!). We're big fans of "americanized" Mediterranean food
>and "americanized" Italian food, but are wondering if we're going to
>have dolmas _and_ spaghetti on the same menu.

I've always found Italian to be one of the most vegetarian-friendly areas
of food around. Pasta with pesto, tomato-based or cream-based vegetable
sauces, or plain tomato (I've never found a cheese sauce in Italy, though);
pizza with an assortment of toppings - watch out for the neve bianca, which
turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads and
cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.

The things to look out for are soups - I had a great vegetable soup one
day that wasn't on the menu, but the waiter suggested it and promised it
was vegetarian, although you will find a lot use ham bones - and risotto
(typically uses chicken stock).

--

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

On Feb 18, 9:28 am, co...@riffraff.plig,net (Vicky Conlan) wrote:
>watch out for the neve bianca, which
> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads and
> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.

Oh know, runny cheese, we'll have to watch out! LOL.

> The things to look out for are soups - I had a great vegetable soup one
> day that wasn't on the menu, but the waiter suggested it and promised it
> was vegetarian, although you will find a lot use ham bones - and risotto
> (typically uses chicken stock).

Sounds about like the hazards of eating in US restaurants! :) We
find, as does everyone else I'm sure, that you can pretty much assume
when you're out that the odds of having some kind of meaty broth in
soups and some meals in pretty high. So, a lot of times, it just
depends on our mood if we're interested in risking it or not.

Thanks, Vicky.

Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

According to <jonceramic@gmail,com >:
>>watch out for the neve bianca, which
>> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads and
>> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
>Oh know, runny cheese, we'll have to watch out! LOL.

Seriously, it was weird. Completely white pizza, no tomato, very thin crust,
and the cheese didn't set the entire meal. I ended up leaving half cos it was
just so rich. It's one of those things that starts off really tasty and seems
like a great idea, but it's just too much.

>Sounds about like the hazards of eating in US restaurants! :) We

Probably similar.

>find, as does everyone else I'm sure, that you can pretty much assume
>when you're out that the odds of having some kind of meaty broth in
>soups and some meals in pretty high. So, a lot of times, it just
>depends on our mood if we're interested in risking it or not.

In general, I've found the waiting staff to be as helpful as they can,
you just may have to specify for things like soup that you mean it hasn't
been made with meat bones, as some people wouldn't count that as 'meat'.

The handy thing if you don't speak Italian is that most people seem to be
learning English and looking for every opportunity to practise on anyone
they can! (Very frustrating if you're trying to learn Italian though)
--

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

On Feb 19, 5:37 am, co...@riffraff.plig,net (Vicky Conlan) wrote:
> According to <joncera...@gmail,com >:
>
> >>watch out for the neve bianca, which
> >> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads and
> >> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
> >Oh know, runny cheese, we'll have to watch out! LOL.
>
> Seriously, it was weird. Completely white pizza, no tomato, very thin crust,
> and the cheese didn't set the entire meal. I ended up leaving half cos it was
> just so rich. It's one of those things that starts off really tasty and seems
> like a great idea, but it's just too much.

Just wanted to follow-up for posterity...

Eating veggie in Rome was simple for Lacto-Ovo folks. The #1 cheap
tourist item was margherita pizza (of various degrees of quality.)
With pasta's a close second.

There are also grocery stores. il Grande was a chain, plus look for
places named "supermercado", and if you look while in Rome itself,
they're even hidden in the buildings around the Pantheon, etc. Yup,
there are groceries tucked in those little nooks and crannies with
full lines of grocery food and very reasonable prices. (i.e. get your
full-size Coke there for 1 euro, instead of a teeny one for 3 euro at
the restaurant.)

We found walk-up vendors selling delicious small foccacia(?)
sandwiches with veggies and small pizza's with just tomato's, cheese,
basil (classic margherita) just about everywhere. Hint, if it's a
weekday at lunch time, go where the locals are going.

And, "vegetariano" is the word when asking if dishes are safe or not.
Ask "par-leh englese?" first. If not, or they speak just a little,
ask, phonetically - "eeze OK pour vegetariano?" (it's ok for a
vegetarian) "Si?" (yes?) "Ah, grazie!". (Oh, thank you.)

Thanks for the advice, Vicky!

Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

simple: lacto ovo isn't vegetarian... it's an attachment tackied onto the
vegetarian classification that is a serious joke.


why?




keep the animals out of it.



"Jon" <jonceramic@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:b0c5d0e5-2824-4e73-86d7-ef5fdde40f4e@59g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> On Feb 19, 5:37 am, co...@riffraff.plig,net (Vicky Conlan) wrote:
>> According to <joncera...@gmail,com >:
>>
>> >>watch out for the neve bianca, which
>> >> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted
>> >> breads and
>> >> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
>> >Oh know, runny cheese, we'll have to watch out! LOL.
>>
>> Seriously, it was weird. Completely white pizza, no tomato, very thin
>> crust,
>> and the cheese didn't set the entire meal. I ended up leaving half cos
>> it was
>> just so rich. It's one of those things that starts off really tasty and
>> seems
>> like a great idea, but it's just too much.
>
> Just wanted to follow-up for posterity...
>
> Eating veggie in Rome was simple for Lacto-Ovo folks. The #1 cheap
> tourist item was margherita pizza (of various degrees of quality.)
> With pasta's a close second.
>
> There are also grocery stores. il Grande was a chain, plus look for
> places named "supermercado", and if you look while in Rome itself,
> they're even hidden in the buildings around the Pantheon, etc. Yup,
> there are groceries tucked in those little nooks and crannies with
> full lines of grocery food and very reasonable prices. (i.e. get your
> full-size Coke there for 1 euro, instead of a teeny one for 3 euro at
> the restaurant.)
>
> We found walk-up vendors selling delicious small foccacia(?)
> sandwiches with veggies and small pizza's with just tomato's, cheese,
> basil (classic margherita) just about everywhere. Hint, if it's a
> weekday at lunch time, go where the locals are going.
>
> And, "vegetariano" is the word when asking if dishes are safe or not.
> Ask "par-leh englese?" first. If not, or they speak just a little,
> ask, phonetically - "eeze OK pour vegetariano?" (it's ok for a
> vegetarian) "Si?" (yes?) "Ah, grazie!". (Oh, thank you.)
>
> Thanks for the advice, Vicky!
>
> Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

oh yeh, evil america.


sigh.






"Jon" <jonceramic@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:59b5bd39-1d2c-4018-b6c1-e8eaa0e35b78@s19g2000prg.googlegroups,com ...
> On Feb 18, 9:28 am, co...@riffraff.plig,net (Vicky Conlan) wrote:
>>watch out for the neve bianca, which
>> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads
>> and
>> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
>
> Oh know, runny cheese, we'll have to watch out! LOL.
>
>> The things to look out for are soups - I had a great vegetable soup one
>> day that wasn't on the menu, but the waiter suggested it and promised it
>> was vegetarian, although you will find a lot use ham bones - and risotto
>> (typically uses chicken stock).
>
> Sounds about like the hazards of eating in US restaurants! :) We
> find, as does everyone else I'm sure, that you can pretty much assume
> when you're out that the odds of having some kind of meaty broth in
> soups and some meals in pretty high. So, a lot of times, it just
> depends on our mood if we're interested in risking it or not.
>
> Thanks, Vicky.
>
> Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

funny.. i love it how restaurants are trustworthy at all.


even the vegan ones are highly questionable.


but some will sell their souls to defend some of those places...


i've not come across one yet that their claim sticks.




"Vicky Conlan" <comps@riffraff.plig,net > wrote in message
news:fpc863$289l$1@magenta.plig,net ...
> According to <jonceramic@gmail,com >:
>>Does anyone have any advice? We've only found one veggie restaurants
>>in the guidebooks. And, eating margherita pizzas and gelato for a
>>week doesn't seem practical or appetizing (well, after the first few
>>days at least!). We're big fans of "americanized" Mediterranean food
>>and "americanized" Italian food, but are wondering if we're going to
>>have dolmas _and_ spaghetti on the same menu.
>
> I've always found Italian to be one of the most vegetarian-friendly areas
> of food around. Pasta with pesto, tomato-based or cream-based vegetable
> sauces, or plain tomato (I've never found a cheese sauce in Italy,
> though);
> pizza with an assortment of toppings - watch out for the neve bianca,
> which
> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads
> and
> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
>
> The things to look out for are soups - I had a great vegetable soup one
> day that wasn't on the menu, but the waiter suggested it and promised it
> was vegetarian, although you will find a lot use ham bones - and risotto
> (typically uses chicken stock).
>
> --

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

i love it...

how nearly 80% of vegan cheese even... has casein in it.




just a mention to the cheese converso.




"Vicky Conlan" <comps@riffraff.plig,net > wrote in message
news:fpc863$289l$1@magenta.plig,net ...
> According to <jonceramic@gmail,com >:
>>Does anyone have any advice? We've only found one veggie restaurants
>>in the guidebooks. And, eating margherita pizzas and gelato for a
>>week doesn't seem practical or appetizing (well, after the first few
>>days at least!). We're big fans of "americanized" Mediterranean food
>>and "americanized" Italian food, but are wondering if we're going to
>>have dolmas _and_ spaghetti on the same menu.
>
> I've always found Italian to be one of the most vegetarian-friendly areas
> of food around. Pasta with pesto, tomato-based or cream-based vegetable
> sauces, or plain tomato (I've never found a cheese sauce in Italy,
> though);
> pizza with an assortment of toppings - watch out for the neve bianca,
> which
> turned out to be an entire lake of runny white cheese!; assorted breads
> and
> cheeses, and a whole host of yummy puddings.
>
> The things to look out for are soups - I had a great vegetable soup one
> day that wasn't on the menu, but the waiter suggested it and promised it
> was vegetarian, although you will find a lot use ham bones - and risotto
> (typically uses chicken stock).
>
> --

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

but you don't realize this is a vegetarian forum.




shellfish... jesus h. christ already... that's an animal... let alone the
whole laco-ovo shit.


lacto- MILK! mooo- animal.. called a bovine.. like a COW it's alive...

ok.... won't go into the whole milk is evil shit...

you can find that site online.. milksucks,com or something.


ovo! egg.... farmed eggs mostly you know mass produced.. bawk bawk.. yep...
chickens sucking the ass of life to give us eggs.. caw caw ugh sickness
and in health to fried omlettes do we fart.

find out why eggs are not good either....

ya know?

egg farms? come on do the research.... you know stepping in here acting
like this will get you trashed.

pasta? heh... oh no it never ends....

it urks me off to no end how there's many classifications of vegetarians..
but why?

if ya eat animal product or any processed element that has processed
additives it's got animal in it...

thus you're not a vegetarian.


makes me just as mad at those vegans who eat much vegan processed foods who
don't read their labels....

many vegan processed foods if you're not careful..... you will pick them up
and eat them only to be eating something with additives that are from even
trickled down over processed animal biproduct.... or not even that much
but it's still from animal.

if you don't eat an animal.. it's not saving the animal.... they'll become
something that someone will eat.

or wear.... or pour onto something to keep the rain from ruining it....

i claim i'm vegan but mostly i do that as a food explaination to my health
situation.

it's just easier.

but i'm sure there's evil amiss with me.. as usual... hell using the net
probably destroys an animal life just to keep it in operation... in my
home...

that's too detailed......


but to come in with the top shelf obvious crap... duh shellfish..

oh i love it when they do that i'm a vegetarian but i like fish they no
feel pain duh no fish farming ever happens duh....

pheh.


so.... you eat shellfish.....

hip hip horray.


why are you here asking? go to a forum of rome or shellfish and ask...

i'm sure they also eat veggies.. since many do.

mediterranean food sucks ass also.




"Jon" <jonceramic@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:7fd934e1-4f1f-47c8-aef9-64435d2827e5@n77g2000hse.googlegroups,com ...
> On Feb 17, 3:29 am, Jam Sandwich <ja...@not.inv> wrote:
>> Jon wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
>> > do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
>> > wife eats fish.
>>
>> > Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?
>>
>> troll alert!
>
> Come on. I'm not a troll. I'm a long-time usenet user with a recent
> history of using my real, current gmail address when posting. I've
> posted/lurked in rec.food.veg off and on since 1993! (Google's search
> so cool.)
>
> Seriously. We're worried about having all sorts of tripe, etc. being
> part of normal Italian dishes. We'd like to stick to lacto-ovo, with
> the possible slight foray into shellfish.
>
> Does anyone have any advice? We've only found one veggie restaurants
> in the guidebooks. And, eating margherita pizzas and gelato for a
> week doesn't seem practical or appetizing (well, after the first few
> days at least!). We're big fans of "americanized" Mediterranean food
> and "americanized" Italian food, but are wondering if we're going to
> have dolmas _and_ spaghetti on the same menu.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

According to <higherelvisarchy@elvispresleywithonea,com >:
>pasta? heh... oh no it never ends....

Go on, I'll bite - what are you claiming isn't vegetarian about pasta?
--

Re: Eating Lacto/Ovo/Shellfish in Rome?

ugh, i have no idea why these dorks classify themselves with vegetarians.


you eat animal of any kind... stop calling yourself a vegetarian...


next thing the meatatarians will call themselves...


bawk-bawk-moooo!-oink-oink-octo-gonial-fish-fuck-in-it-lactomarmalaid-vegetarian-sidedish-frenchfries-saturday-coorslite-cholesterol-omleteomnivore.


"Jon" <jonceramic@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:85bd7fd3-20b9-4bfd-ac8f-fc3d1ead25b2@o77g2000hsf.googlegroups,com ...
> Hi,
>
> We're Lacto Ovo vegetarians who will be travelling to Rome soon. We
> do eat scallops, shrimp, and other invertebrate seafood. Rarely, the
> wife eats fish.
>
> Any recommendations on eating Veggie while in Rome?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon