Why I became a vegetarian...

[Ned]

I forgot to mention a very important piece of information on seitan.

How to cook seitan

Once you've made your seitan (or purchased it), seitan always needs to be cooked in one way or another, in order to turn it into a delicious vegetarian or vegan meal. A quick pan-fry with a splash of soy sauce or tamari is one way to quickly cook your seitan, and I also like to simmer it with a bit of curry powder and top it off with nutritional yeast if I'm not doing something fancy with it.

Need more ideas? Seitan is great on an outdoor grill or on an indoor grill pan - just slap on some barbecue sauce and heat it on up. Toss some seitan into the pan to get it lightly browned before you add vegetables to make a vegetable stir-fry, add to just about any Thai curry or really any vegetarian curry recipe, or add bits to a soup or stew for a plant-based protein boost.

This should get you started on your first delicious vegetarian dish. The curious and adventurous will be delighted with the result.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Find any post that says what I eat. My username is 'vegetarian taxidermy'.

So, are you saying you are not a vegetarian? That would not be the logical assumption based on your name and posts.

If I said I loved Indian food would that make me Indian?

[Ned]

I think I said everything I wanted to say on this thread and now I will leave it to the howling chorus to entertain themselves with it.

Have at it, kids!

Over and out.

[Melchior]

Find any post that says what I eat. My username is 'vegetarian taxidermy'.

So, are you saying you are not a vegetarian? That would not be the logical assumption based on your name and posts.

If I said I loved Indian food would that make me Indian?

No, but that is a different thing, of course.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

No, but that is a different thing, of course.

No it's not. You said you love every kind of food, so I assume that would include some vegetarian dishes.

[Melchior]

No, but that is a different thing, of course.

No it's not. You said you love every kind of food, so I assume that would include some vegetarian dishes.

Not 'vegetarian', but vegetable. There is a difference. Many dishes that are primarily composed of vegetables or starches have some sauces or broths flavored with meat, or contain small amounts of meat or fish, or abundant amounts of cheese or eggs. Consider eggplant lasagna made with meat, or eggplant Parmesan. These are not 'vegetarian' dishes. It seems to me that cheese and butter would be off-limits to a true vegetarian. I cannot imagine eating purely vegetable dishes with no butter, cheese, or some small amount of animal protein. Spaghetti with tuna-fish sauce is always tasty.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

No, but that is a different thing, of course.

No it's not. You said you love every kind of food, so I assume that would include some vegetarian dishes.

Not 'vegetarian', but vegetable. There is a difference. Many dishes that are primarily composed of vegetables or starches have some sauces or broths flavored with meat, or contain small amounts of meat or fish, or abundant amounts of cheese or eggs. Consider eggplant lasagna made with meat, or eggplant Parmesan. These are not 'vegetarian' dishes. It seems to me that cheese and butter would be off-limits to a true vegetarian. I cannot imagine eating purely vegetable dishes with no butter, cheese, or some small amount of animal protein. Spaghetti with tuna-fish sauce is always tasty.

I've had a vegetarian lasagne. I didn't think I would like it but it was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten.

[David Handeye]

Don't be too hard on me.

Oh no, I LOVE YOU

[Melchior]

I've had a vegetarian lasagne. I didn't think I would like it but it was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten.

Did it have butter or cheese?

[vegetariantaxidermy]

I've had a vegetarian lasagne. I didn't think I would like it but it was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten.

Did it have butter or cheese?

I don't know. It was in a restaurant. I'm not precious when I go to restaurants. I never ask what's in things. People who do that are attention-seekers, unless they have a dangerous allergy to something like peanuts, but they would be better off not eating at restaurants apart from specialty 'allergy' ones (if there are any).

[Melchior]

I've had a vegetarian lasagne. I didn't think I would like it but it was one of the nicest things I've ever eaten.

Did it have butter or cheese?

I don't know. It was in a restaurant. I'm not precious when I go to restaurants. I never ask what's in things. People who do that are attention-seekers, unless they have a dangerous allergy to something like peanuts, but they would be better off not eating at restaurants apart from specialty 'allergy' ones (if there are any).

All I'm saying is that I do like vegetable dishes, but many of them do have some animal products in them (butter, cheese, milk, ground meat, etc.), usually for flavouring.