Calling Vegetarians

That was to Nonu

Oh and BTW the term Jewess is unacceptable. Even worse than doctoress.

I do sometimes cook e.g., rice and dal, which is all veg. - what I want to know from you veggie ladies, is how you see the focus of a dish, which for me would be the meat of course. That's the thing I can't get my fat head round! We omnivores tend to see vegetables as accompaniments.

Marmite the regulation about meat eating was removed in 1964 - fifty years ago.

Very funny Catholics you know. Did you dig them up? [grin\

ffin that's great thanks. Think I'll skip the soup course though, the thought of the one and three year olds with soup, beggars belief!

As for eating food one finds distasteful in order to be polite, thank God I wasn't brought up like that. Even if I had been I think I would have rethought the situation by now.

Anyway, it's a disserve to one's hosts not to let them know beforehand if there are some foods which aren't palatable.

As a host, I would hate to think my guests were struggling to eat the food I had provided.

I'd be interested in a thread on difficult Christian questions but going on past experienced it would soon become a debate between people who believe and those who do not hesitate to say it's all rubbish.

Yep, I shant be posting!

There have been some superb, if very heated, discussions on religion and matters spiritual in the past. Not something in which I have joined very much, but some passionate and often very philosophical debates, which were interesting to read and thought provoking.

You join an open forum, you take your chances. It is not a closed church, thank heavens. Simple.

I 'invaded' the thread because, although I am not a vegetarian, I do eat some meatless meals, I have fed vegetarians (family and friends) and am interested in any tips and recipes. I had a book called 365 Vegetarian Recipes when I was cooking for DD but gave it to a friend who decided not to eat meat or fish.

I look at lots of threads that may not relate exactly to me or my lifestyle because they could be interesting and I could learn something new.

Galen my brain was starting to hurt thinking about recipes for you so I think ffin's suggestions are brilliant.

I think I agree with the principle on the whole.
But I can see where an op is coming from sometimes.

I myself would like to start a thread about some possible difficult Christian questions. But I know it will be derailed[for want of a better word], by non Christians. Not in a nasty way, but is like asking for help on say a difficult knitting stitch, but non knitters will offer opinions.
I would not be too bothered, but it is enough to put me off starting the thread for the time being.

I know there is not some handy corner, difficult or controversial topics can be discussed on here.
I am just musing out loud really.

There were a number of Jewish people where I used to live who would sneak go out for to a cafe for a bacon breakfast but never bring any forbidden meat into the home.

Ariadne Just what I was about to post. Threads often start off on one subject and end up on something completely different - something you will find out soontobe as time passes.

Soontobe For heavens sake! What exactly was the point of your last remark. Anyone is entitled to post on here. It is not just for vegetarians.

The OP was about made by a non vegetarian asking for advice.

My MIL used to work for very orthodox jewess, and was sent out [on the Q.T] for bacon sandwiches .

soontobe people can, and should, post wherever they have something to say, or an opinion to voice! Just because the title of the thread is "Calling all Vegetarians" doesn't automatically debar non vegetarians. We'd never get anywhere if we followed that sort of dictum.

And I think that there is plenty to discuss and in which to join on on this site; we do have slow times, I have seen this over the past few years, and threads that tend to be taken over occasionally, often by very long posts, but on the whole it is OK.

Galen
Start with Watercress Soup

Have some baking potatoes in the oven or do diced potatoes, garlic and rosemary, tossed in oil, in the oven. Both smell wonderful when cooking.

Cold fish/meat + salad with warm dressing
or
Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Baked apples stuffed with walnuts, brown sugar and golden sultanas.

That was to Galen

If you decide to eat meat, fine. But why have so many meat eaters invaded a thread called 'Calling Vegetarians'? Answers on a postcard stuck on your wall

Probably because this site has very few topics to discuss, relative to the number of posters, and the amount of time they have to post.

So if you fancy posting on Gransnet, you may have avoided this thread for a day, but decided to post the next day, if it is a quiet Gransnet day.

I'd present them with plates of fish fingers, chips, peas and beef burgers and let them help themselves!

Smoked salmon salad for you

DD1 once had a boyfriend who told me he wouldn't eat something if it had had a face. I have an acquaintance, Muslim, who is very partial to a bacon butty. I know Catholics who will eat meat on a Friday and then say an extra couple of Hail Marys which apparently makes everything ok. We all do, what we need/want to do. I find some foods inedible on the grounds of texture or chewiness - meat in casseroles, anything fatty, mince and pork come to mind. I tend to stick to chicken, fish, vegetables and salads but as a guest, will eat what is served to me because it would be impolite to decline, although I did draw the line when served a sheep's head with its eyes still in situ . Like others I was taught to 'eat up' and that has stuck with me through life. My children were brought up to do likewise and they all eat just about anything. I don't think we should judge anyone on their food choices.

Oh, and I have an egg allergy!

Darling daughter is pescovegetarian, her oh hates fish but likes meat, youngest DGD is dairy intolerant, eldest DGD seems to be veggie as well. They are coming on Boxing Day.

HELP, WHAT DO I COOK?

I too was brought up to eat what was put in front of me in other people's houses, and as a result, as a child I used to dread going out visiting my parents' friends and relatives. There were certain foods that just used to make me gag, probably more to do with texture than flavour.

As a host I always ask people if there's anything they don't like. It's simply a matter of good manners and consideration - just as a guest, I'd attempt to eat something I didn't particularly like out of consideration for the host's feelings, as a host I wouldn't want a guest to struggle to eat something they didn't like.