tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post4104789984054331169..comments2023-10-14T08:32:48.543-05:00Comments on Wild Rumpus: Meat is Murder. Tasty, tasty murder.PrincessMaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197008991622181061noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-65368712015404556942010-04-28T10:32:18.745-05:002010-04-28T10:32:18.745-05:00Thank you all so much for your encouragement. I h...Thank you all so much for your encouragement. I have to say that three months into this vegetarian identity, I feel very very good about it. The other day I had a super-stressful appointment that I was dreading and I comforted myself by promising myself a cheeseburger as a reward when I got out. However, when faced with choosing a restaurant, I realized I wanted to go home and make an Amy's frozen pizza. <br /><br />I'm glad that I'm easing into this. Fish is still on the menu and neither dairy-free nor vegan are anywhere on the horizon but I know I'll get there eventually. Or, I'll go back and forth if I need to. <br /><br />I'm starting to FEEL like a vegetarian so that even if I make exceptions, it won't negate my core identity.<br /><br />And that's kind of cool.PrincessMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197008991622181061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-44283637965564841592010-04-28T10:24:02.838-05:002010-04-28T10:24:02.838-05:00I found your blog through a comment on APW, and I&...I found your blog through a comment on APW, and I've been reading all of your archives :) <br /><br />I can definitely understand you mourning for food that you won't be able to have if you go veg - I am not veg, but pretty much only because I can't imagine the thought of life without butter or cheese or meat or fish, and ideologically, I would go vegan IF I made the eating change. That being said, we do end up eating veg a lot - a great resource I've found is 101cookbooks.com. We ate the red lentil soup for literally 3 weeks straight before I got tired of it.Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629613700973341958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-48917002191415678722010-03-22T01:32:29.285-05:002010-03-22T01:32:29.285-05:00Be brave. Use salt - good quality, kosher sea salt...Be brave. Use salt - good quality, kosher sea salt. Use olive oil. Raw, added after the meal is cooked. Use fresh herbs, chopped, added through just before serving. Buy lots of vegetables that smell delicious. Add fruit to your cooking (tagine? pear and rocquette salad?). Start to add chilli (dried or fresh - if you don't like spicy food, add a tiny amount!) - brilliant with Italian and Spanish flavours and not just Asian / Indian. <br />Eat colourful food. <br />Dried pulses are for braising and mashing. Vegetables are for salad and stir-fries and roasting and every which way.<br />Ideas? Mushroom risotto. Chickpea tagine with quinces or pears. Red lentil and sweet potato soup with coconut cream and cilantro and chilli. French braised puy lentils with thyme and polenta. Fatoush. Ratalouille. A plate of figs and hard cheese and olives and hommus and flat bread.<br />So many ideas!<br />PS - you've inspired me so much -happy to help anytime you need inspiration in the kitchen!Miss Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249970282584887683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-92190397183465472502010-02-25T08:32:43.572-06:002010-02-25T08:32:43.572-06:00I think you should research 'flexitarian' ...I think you should research 'flexitarian' cookbooks, Flexitarian translates to 'flexible vegetarian'. I find it helps to make the transition, and its easy to appreciate hospitality and have something at someone else's home.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205773572106552812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-31007970970374354432010-02-24T07:14:53.921-06:002010-02-24T07:14:53.921-06:00Rebecca, I did exactly this just over two years ag...Rebecca, I did exactly this just over two years ago. I've pretty much adjusted, I think, but I have had a lot of nostalgic moments: "oh, I used to like to have bratwurst with my dad..." If you want help or dinner suggestions or just to talk, email me or something. <br /><br />It's hard to redefine what "home food" is, because it is so tied up with how we experience our homes and families. I think my becoming vegetarian and having to re-learn how to eat has actually been good for my relationship with F., because we're taking my own food history (which has changed a lot over time but ultimately grew out of the foods my mom taught me to eat) and his food history (a lot of the older generation in his family don't like anything if it's not Indian food) and creating our own rotation of favorite meals. It means cooking is something we usually do as a team, and I view it as part of constructing a new family for ourselves. I think if I hadn't gone veggie, we might just eat separate meals, which would not allow us to have this whole experience.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596800739467565001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-18154993796929017222010-02-19T21:53:03.806-06:002010-02-19T21:53:03.806-06:00Girrrrrl? This will become normal and awesome and...Girrrrrl? This will become normal and awesome and easy for you. Time. <br /><br />Oh! And do not forget the original Moosewood cookbook. That's sort of gospel-y.<br /><br />I'll make a point to post some recipes of my standard things on le blog, in case they're useful to you.<br /><br />hearts and farts,<br />RRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449441195053616361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-53212366456185113332010-02-18T20:47:17.720-06:002010-02-18T20:47:17.720-06:00Thanks for all your support, folks! And the cookb...Thanks for all your support, folks! And the cookbooks! I'm very excited.<br /><br />Mark, I read Consider the Lobster when it was first published in Gourmet Magazine and it rocked my world in more ways then one. I can still remember exactly which toilet I was sitting on and what I could see out the window.PrincessMaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197008991622181061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-89942463226497919602010-02-15T19:34:15.974-06:002010-02-15T19:34:15.974-06:00Rebecca-
Yeah, this is soemthing I still struggle ...Rebecca-<br />Yeah, this is soemthing I still struggle with, since, as Jonathan Safran Foer has written, the only reason for eating meat that really stands up to any scrutiny is "I like it." Is there anyone out there that doesn't realize how monumentally terrible the entire meat industry is for the planet? And your health? And I write this as someone who eats meat only rarely but haven't given it up completely because, well, I really like the way it tastes. <br /><br />Appropriately enough, the wonderfully tasty cheeseburger I had today doen't seem to be agreeing with me at all.<br /><br />More food (ha) for thought? Read David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster" (you can find the entire text online). It's a great piece of nonfiction writing and approaches the issue of causing suffering in the name of desire in typical Wallace fashion, that is to say very intelligently and perceptively.<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-90653478125210893392010-02-15T14:10:05.066-06:002010-02-15T14:10:05.066-06:00I'll make you my chickpea and hominy dinner! E...I'll make you my chickpea and hominy dinner! Easy and yummy...LorindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-30487170175422068352010-02-15T12:23:30.645-06:002010-02-15T12:23:30.645-06:00Right on, Rebecca! I was vegetarian for about 5 y...Right on, Rebecca! I was vegetarian for about 5 yrs (partially thanks to a former girlfriend who was an animal rights activist). It's not as overwhelming as it appears )IMHO at least) and can be very very tasty. Many Indian dishes are vegetarian, for example. Good luck! and good choice!Ti Christophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674387127775162226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-34019750492915185802010-02-15T10:01:28.296-06:002010-02-15T10:01:28.296-06:00Please, please, PLEASE talk with me about this. I ...Please, please, PLEASE talk with me about this. I totally understand what it is to grieve food because you have to/choose to stop eating it.<br />Second ABG's resources, and would add How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman. It's huge, and so if you don't strategize and pace yourself, it can be overwhelming. But it without exaggeration the most useful tool in my kitchen, excluding the appliances. Bloody amazing. Come over and page through it when you can.Jessica Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031934571261945172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942601.post-77944719652858118152010-02-14T16:04:03.706-06:002010-02-14T16:04:03.706-06:00Two super helpful vegetarian resources. One, veget...Two super helpful vegetarian resources. One, vegetarian times. Most big libraries subscribe and they have a feature "30 Minute Meal" section each month as well as "1 Food Five Ways." Both are practical and "everyday" enough to be enticing.<br /><br />Then, the mother of all books, Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. She's fabulous, anyhow, and so concerned about many of the same issues you raised. The book is full color and the recipes are without fail absolutely delicious and generally seasonal. We checked it out of our library every other month for a year and a half before someone had mercy and gave it as a Christmas gift! :)<br /><br />Love to you.ABGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00603257021104542647noreply@blogger.com