garlic styrofoam shrimp

Another day, another show, another instance of people not following the rider that says we're vegetarians.  Not to sound indignant or anything but it's pretty clearly stated that we choose not to eat meat.  So we show up and there's nothing but grilled hamburgers and hotdogs which actually sound really good to me.  My problem is not that I am opposed to meat, I actually love a good steak.  But it's definitely a love/hate thing because I don't get the respect I deserve from a good juicy steak.  It was kind of an intestinally abusive relationship that I finally decided to end. 

So we finally made our way into the circle of someone who could go get some delicious local seafood for us and placed our order, afterwards going out to play the show.  Mmm, we thought as we played our songs, anticipating the delicious goodness from the sea.  So when we came back from the autograph lines we went to find our food only to be told that someone placed our delicious local seafood, encased in styrofoam containers, into the really hot warming trays which had fire beneath them.  Guess what happened to the styrofoam!  Of course it began to melt and smolder up through the food.  So they hand us these bags of food and we took it--graciously and politely--to our table and sadly and unsuccessfully tried to find something that didn't taste like burned plastic.  AND THIS STUFF LOOKED SO GOOD!!!  There was a plate of fried oysters and these awesome looking garlic shrimp and then there was another plate of these big fried cod fillets.  We couldn't really eat any of it.  It was really disappointing.  AAARRRGGH!!!  The frustration.  I smolder like that styrofoam tray.