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"Choose one protein"

Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:56 am
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91569 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:56 am
Anyone else turned off by this term all restaurants seem to be using now?

just say 'pick chicken or beef'. the 'one protein' thing for some reason nauseates me and makes me think they're trying to serve me soylent green or something.

when did this become a 'thing'?






oh and get off my lawn!
Posted by USEyourCURDS
Member since Apr 2016
12765 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:59 am to
quote:

when did this become a 'thing'?


National Restaurant Menu Verbiage Conference 2018 Las Vegas, NV
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:59 am to
I agree 100%.

It sounds silly and pretentious.
Posted by SmokedBrisket2018
Member since Jun 2018
1544 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:05 am to
How do you recommend they word it if they offer chicken, beef, pork, fish, shrimp?

Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
82743 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:06 am to
Is this in reference to like a build your own bowl/burrito/etc. place? That's the only places I could think that would say that, and it makes sense if they have more than just chicken or beef. Especially if seafood is an option.

I guess they could just say "choose one" and have them all listed..
Posted by SmokedBrisket2018
Member since Jun 2018
1544 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:10 am to
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LouisianaLady


That is what I was thinking. I have only seen this at places like Izzo's.

I agree. List options, say "Choose One"
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18865 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:12 am to
quote:

How do you recommend they word it if they offer chicken, beef, pork, fish, shrimp?


"Choose one meat"
Posted by SmokedBrisket2018
Member since Jun 2018
1544 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:15 am to
quote:

fish, shrimp


Not meat.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91569 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:16 am to
quote:

How do you recommend they word it if they offer chicken, beef, pork, fish, shrimp?


choose from
quote:

chicken, beef, pork, fish, shrimp
This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 10:16 am
Posted by SmokedBrisket2018
Member since Jun 2018
1544 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:17 am to
quote:

CAD703X
quote:

choose from
quote:
chicken, beef, pork, fish, shrimp


I agree

Let's start a petition
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
78094 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:18 am to
I hate the way they use "protein" now as well.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
6035 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:28 am to
weird thing to get worked up over.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18865 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:31 am to
quote:

Not meat.


Both flesh from a living animal. If not meat, would you say they are a fruit or a vegetable? Maybe dairy or grain?
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:47 am to
I use protein that way, therefore I'm not bothered when others do. If it makes you nauseated, that's just silly. Now if I offered you a choice of poo (dog, cat, roach, or rat), that should make you nauseated.
Posted by SmokedBrisket2018
Member since Jun 2018
1544 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:12 am to
quote:

Both flesh from a living animal. If not meat, would you say they are a fruit or a vegetable? Maybe dairy or grain?


Maybe seafood?

Kindof went off the reservation there with fruit veggie dairy and grain.
Posted by BoogaBear
Member since Jul 2013
6997 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:16 am to
Maybe a restaurant with pictures of a little chicken or cow would be your speed?
Posted by whatiknowsofar
hm?
Member since Nov 2010
25893 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:17 am to
quote:

Anyone else turned off by this term all restaurants seem to be using now


No, but I'm not a jackass that looks to complain about every change society makes.
Posted by Celtic Tiger
Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
664 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:18 am to
quote:

National Restaurant Menu Verbiage Conference 2018 Las Vegas, NV


this is where they decided, three years earlier, to specifically list "salt" as an ingredient in menu descriptions written. in. woefully. incomplete. sentences.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91569 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:22 am to
quote:

No, but I'm not a protein that looks to complain about every change society makes.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
91569 posts
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:23 am to
quote:

pictures of a little chicken or cow would be your speed?
pls por favor
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