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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #180 - Feb 24^th, 2012 at 12:05am

muso wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 6:44pm:

I make a vegetarian pasta to die for. It includes fresh and sundried tomatoes,chopped mushrooms, capers, sliced olives, coarsely chopped garlic and shallots, with a dash of freshly chopped "basilico" and seasoned to perfection. I make fresh spinach tagliatelli to go with it.

Sounds almost like Pasta Primavera (although I must say I prefer it with plain pasta) - one of my favourites. Have you ever thought about adding pine nuts to it?

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #181 - Feb 24^th, 2012 at 7:07am

Frances wrote on Feb 24^th, 2012 at 12:05am:

muso wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 6:44pm:

I make a vegetarian pasta to die for. It includes fresh and sundried tomatoes,chopped mushrooms, capers, sliced olives, coarsely chopped garlic and shallots, with a dash of freshly chopped "basilico" and seasoned to perfection. I make fresh spinach tagliatelli to go with it.

Sounds almost like Pasta Primavera (although I must say I prefer it with plain pasta) - one of my favourites. Have you ever thought about adding pine nuts to it?

I sometimes add pine nuts too. I forgot to mention that. I also sprinkle buffalo mozzarella on top although that's not easy to come by.

There are many variants to that. It can be very nice with fagioli too (chopped beans)

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #182 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 7:32am

muso wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2012 at 6:44pm:

Vegetarian haggis is really quite tasty. It's certainly a lot more wholesome than the real thing, which uses sheep's lung to add a bit of spiciness. It's similar to falafel in a way.

I make a vegetarian pasta to die for. It includes fresh and sundried tomatoes,chopped mushrooms, capers, sliced olives, coarsely chopped garlic and shallots, with a dash of freshly chopped "basilico" and seasoned to perfection. I make fresh spinach tagliatelli to go with it. .

I'm amazed this thread is still going strong. So much for the Nationals - they pale into insignificance beside a tasty vegetable or recipe.

I saw a cooking show where they made a vegetarian haggis - and it looked so much more appealing than the offal one, but can you still call it haggis if it consists of only vegetables?

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #183 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 6:31pm

Yes you can, Mantra.

Here is a more conventional set of ingredients. Having tasted the original in my time and the vegetarian version, the tastes are very similar. The real taste of haggis is due to the seasoning.

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 small carrot, finely chopped
5 fresh mushrooms, finely chopped
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 cup dry red lentils
2 tablespoons canned kidney beans - drained, rinsed, and mashed
3 tablespoons ground peanuts
2 tablespoons ground hazelnuts
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 pinch ground cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons mixed spice
1 egg, beaten
1 1/3 cups steel cut oats

Now Gray might like to refer to it as a big falafel, but then that's his English heritage showing through. I can't blame him for something he was born with. You've got to show some compassion for them sometimes.

I've seen Englishmen who play a passable Piobaireachd too. Almost as good as the genuine Ceòl Mór. Of course any true Scotsman can tell that they're just wannabe's. Lips Sealed

(I wasn't actually born there, but it's in the blood.)

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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #184 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 6:36pm Ain't nothin' wrong with falafel.
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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102675	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #185 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:18pm Matty won't touch it. It's halal.
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #186 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:22pm I bet he's had his share of kosher salami.
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Frances Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3577 In a Castle in the Hills Gender:	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #187 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 11:15pm Could Grey maybe be vilifying an English dish, I wonder? Apparently the first known written recipe for haggis (referred to as "hagese") is in the cookbook "Liber Cure Cocorum" dating from around 1430 from Lancashire, in England.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #188 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:24am Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 6:36pm: Ain't nothin' wrong with falafel. Exactly, I enjoy a falafel kebab.
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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #189 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:27am

Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:22pm:

I bet he's had his share of kosher salami.

Let's not go there. (It sound like a phallacy anyway.)

This is the Vegetable thread. Please cease and desist with meat innuendos (is that an Italian pun?) around here. Please change the subject to cucumbers, zucchinis etc.

Perhaps eggplants are a safer subject.

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #190 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:52am

Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 6:36pm:

Ain't nothin' wrong with falafel.

Couldn't agree more Annie, but if you make a really big falafel that's what it should be called. You can't call vegetarian ball , a vegetarian haggis. Haggis is a practically 100% meat dish, an offal one at that.

Let's put it another way, if I minced up a load of offal, put in a few spices and made balls out of it would it be right to call it a 'meaty falafel'?

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #191 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 11:13am

muso wrote on Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:27am:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:22pm:

I bet he's had his share of kosher salami.

Let's not go there. (It sound like a phallacy anyway.)

This is the Vegetable thread. Please cease and desist with meat innuendos (is that an Italian pun?) around here. Please change the subject to cucumbers, zucchinis etc.

Perhaps eggplants are a safer subject.
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Ahhhh Aubergine, melanzana or perhaps most properly, (given its Indian origins) Brinjal. truly the king of vegtables. Tip: If pickling in strips half dry in the oven first for an extra chewy texture.

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #192 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 12:51pm

Grey wrote on Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:52am:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 6:36pm:

Ain't nothin' wrong with falafel.

Couldn't agree more Annie, but if you make a really big falafel that's what it should be called. You can't call vegetarian ball , a vegetarian haggis. Haggis is a practically 100% meat dish, an offal one at that.

Oh really? Now would that be the English version that's practically 100% meat? Don't they add onions and oatmeal south of the border?

Vegetarian haggis is free of chickpeas. Falafel is practically 90% chickpeas with a few other essential minor ingredients. All I said was that vego haggis tasted a bit like falafel.

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Re: Vegetable of the week thread
Reply #193 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 3:56pm

muso wrote on Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:27am:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:22pm:

I bet he's had his share of kosher salami.

Let's not go there. (It sound like a phallacy anyway.)

This is the Vegetable thread. Please cease and desist with meat innuendos (is that an Italian pun?) around here. Please change the subject to cucumbers, zucchinis etc.

I can't stop laughing at this. I think there's something wrong with me today.

Has anyone had baby eggplants stuffed with walnuts, garlic and chili cured in olive oil?? They're delicious. Can't remember if I've mentioned them before. I think I have but perhaps it was in a PM.

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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Posts: 7062 Gender:	Re: Vegetable of the week thread Reply #194 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 3:58pm Holy crap. That turned out to be bigger than I thought it would.
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