Vegetarianism....

...with a capital V!
These were just some of the pieces of what can best be described as 'wood' that were in my split pea and vegetable soup today. The canteen obviously believes that the more roughage in their soup, the better. This stuff would have poked holes in my gullet if I swallowed it, though the drawing pin is only there for scale, I hasten to add!
Anyway, there are some things that I don't want to eat - and wood splinters are on that list. I daresay you might say I'm being unadventurous - but believe me when I say that I ate several splinters before finally stopping and starting to remove them from my mouth. Fair spoiled the soup for me!