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[gloomba]

All I'm sayin' is, if I had to eat a beef substitute, it damn well better taste like beef.

That's all I'm sayin'.

[linnea]

I was vegetarian for a damn long time (around 14 years) and for one solid year I was totally vegan. Most of my vegan/vegetarian friends did not eat "meat substitutes". Like Pat, they do not want to pretend they're eating meat.

And Bea, you're spot-on: vegan "cheese" is an abomination. Choose recipes that avoid it entirely. I recommend making enchiladas with no cheese, instead use beans and silken tofu and spices and sauce. Silken tofu is a perfect substitute for anything involving queso fresco or ricotta. Also, cook the corn tortillas for about 10 seconds in hot oil to soften them so they won't break when you're rolling the enchiladas.

[smick]

I ate dinner here last night.

Carlos...if you can't cook for them, you aren't trying.

[side_show]

I ate dinner here last night.

Carlos...if you can't cook for them, you aren't trying.

That food looks damn fine.

Also, yes - cooking vegan is so easy, if you're complaining about it, maybe you were trying too hard.  I have always had a bunch of meals in my repertoire that, upon inspection, turn out to be vegan or are easily adaptable as such.  The only thing I really had to watch out for is curry paste, as some have shrimp paste in them... but if you cook from scratch, it's quite easy to adjust.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Carlos...if you can't cook for them, you aren't trying.

True, but I don't WANT to try.  I don't have vegans over for dinner.

Yay beef, yay Ash.  I actually have a leftover hunk o' steak in the fridge that I almost brought for lunch today. But as I am fighting a cold I decided I'd rather go for pho, which is of course made with BEEF.

[Beatrice]

i got all the fixin's for nachos today, and after we return home from our respective evening classes i'll whip 'em up.  i really love my living situation right now, 'cause i gots this awesome dude to live with who has already helped me get around town and given me solid advice on things to do and to not do.

i'm thinking i'll heat up the beans in various spices and add onions, tomatoes, peppers, fresh garlic and whatever else i can find for just a split second to get it all juicy like.  i ran into him in the bookstore earlier and told him my plans and he offered to make vegan queso but i don't know the recipe he's gonna use.  if it is awesome i will share it.  he made crazy seitan parmesean the other night with the only vegan cheese i've had that wasn't like a four year old took some plastic food from their toy kitchen and put it in your oven when you weren't looking.  i've never been one to butter my noodles but lo and behold earth balance and pasta is the absolute bomb.  as kyle (roomie) said "it's almost too easy." i've been vegetarian for years and the past several months i've cut out straight milk and eggs (and giraffe, which i was eating off and on) and have felt much better.  not so weighed down, sluggish. 

recently i've been avoiding sweet, delicious beer as well since i'll be legal at the end of september and if i can't wait that long i will no longer be able to deny that i have a problem.  but, boy, do these hippies love to drink!

vegan cooking is a bit more fun than regular cooking, but vegan BAKING is where it's at.  anybody want to use those eager summer zuchinnis in some delicious breakfast bread may i recommend ground flax seed as your egg replacer? everything else is easy to switch if needed.  or use those carrots instead. i think i'll try some banana bread soon. 

[Victoria Waterfield]

recently i've been avoiding sweet, delicious beer as well since i'll be legal at the end of september and if i can't wait that long i will no longer be able to deny that i have a problem.

It is a common misconception that drinking beer consistently on a day-to-day basis constitutes a problem. One might as well say that one has a urination problem.

[AlohaDawg]

RICE NOODLE AND BEEF RARE #11! THANKYOU HELLO!

No, no, RARE BEEF and TENDON is the shiznit.