[Bhurnae]

Following on from O'Reillys meat thread.......
We are being landed with the wifes brother next weekend. He is
A....Welsh
B vegetarian
C doesnt drink
What the hell do we do with him? Is it ok to sit him in the corner and throw him an apple or something like that? Or are there meals that do not require meat? I'm assuming its ok to serve bacon.....

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

 Bhurnae, on May 27 2009, 02:14 AM, said:

Following on from O'Reillys meat thread.......
We are being landed with the wifes brother next weekend. He is
A....Welsh
B vegetarian
C doesnt drink
What the hell do we do with him? Is it ok to sit him in the corner and throw him an apple or something like that? Or are there meals that do not require meat? I'm assuming its ok to serve bacon.....

GO out to eat for every meal. Then it's his problem. Or, take him grocery shopping when he gets there. He can point out good stuff he likes to eat, and you buy it for him. Or, load up on gardenburgers and other frozen veggy delights. That way you can still cook real food, and he gets something unholy and evil but really tasty enough, for what it is.

Or stick some leaves on the end of a hotdog. Tell him it's a new vegetable from America.

[alt146]

Ask him diplomatically for the recipes of his favourite meals. That way you can score brownie points with the in-laws as it sounds like you care about them enough to want to cook their favourite meals. Lots of good pastas dishes dont need meat, baked vegetables and vegetable soups are good, or as RLY says, just buy vegetarian burgers and hotdogs. The only thing you have to remember is to include protein rich vegetables since vegetarians often dont get enough protein in their diets, but if he's only staying a couple of days I doubt it will be a problem.

[Mezla PigDog]

I used to be a veggie so used to cook 2 meals at once quite a lot! If you actually want to feed him nice food, it is best to go down the pasta, curry or chili route and then you can make a veggie one and a meat one at the same time without too much hassle. Just stick extra bulky veg in the veggie one. Roasted peppers or mushrooms for pasta, sweet potato or aubergine for curry and some different types of beans in a chili.

This post has been edited by Mezla PigDog: 27 May 2009 - 09:42 AM

[Bhurnae]

The vegetable curry sounds a good idea, we eat a lot of peppers aubergines etc any way, and I suppose if chicken was cooked seperate, it could be lumped in for us before serving.

[Obdigore]

Yup, lots of pastas you make if you add meat you do it at the end, before you throw the meat in with the sauce, take half the sauce out and set it aside.

Easy.

Vegetable Lasagna (white sauce, spinach) is actually really really good and generally has no meat at all!

Edit - How Vegetarian is he? There are some who do it because they don't like eating animals. Some that do it because they think its healthy will eat fish or/and eggs. Some really crazy ones won't eat dairy products like cheese or milk. I would suggest you find out. (Of course there are the psycho's that won't eat anything that ever cast a shadow, but I hope he isn't that far gone!)

This post has been edited by Obdigore: 27 May 2009 - 01:42 PM

[Abyss]

Cooking for vegheads is actually pretty easy - the internutz is crammed with recipes that are simple, fast, tasty, and can usually be prepped side by side with real food , altho if he's a radical you may have to check ingredients carefully - some fanatics freak out over little things like butter (it comes from a cow! the horror!!!) or bacon.

A really easy one is stuffed eggplants (aubergines). Cut them in half. wash and salt them. Chop up a massive amount of other vegs - whatever you have, peppers, tomatos, 'shrooms, zuchini, bacon, whatever. Add breadcrumbs (and bacon). Hollow out the eggplants, chop up the insides, mix them with the other veg, breadcrumbs or tofu or rice, and bacon, mix the whole thing with tomato sauce, stuff the halves, top with more sauce and cheese and/or bacon if your veghead is okay with that, then cover and throw them in the over and bake at low heat for 3-4 hours (til the eggplant shell is soft).

For the carnivores you can skip the bread/tofu and throw in browned minced meat, chopped up deli meat, leftover chicken, more bacon, whatever.

Keeps for 2-3 days so you can make a veg and a carnivore tray of these and just keep them in the fridge and reheat when needed.


- Abyss, ...because hungry vegheads are no fun to hunt...

[Darkwatch]

To be honest I go with Mezla's suggestion simply because it doesn't involve tofu.
I will never allow tofu to entre my domicile.

[caladanbrood]

When my housemate's veggie girlfriend visits, I spend an hour the day before spiking their potato waffles with mince... so you feed a veggie meat, hidden in non-meat stuff.

[Eddie Dean]

Duct-tape him to your chair and force-feed him assorted meats and cheeses.

[Aptorian]

Feed him fist sandwiches.

[Cause]

His own testicles he is obviously not using them. Meat is not a choice! its a way of life

[cerveza_fiesta]

 Cause, on May 27 2009, 02:10 PM, said:

His own testicles he is obviously not using them. Meat is not a choice! its a way of life

nice one

@bhurnae

My favourite thing is the good ol reliable stir fry, or if you're feeling frisky, a spicy coconut curry. Pad Thai is always a good one too. Those choices are usually pretty good without meat, but if you want just get the firmest Tofu you can find. If its good and firm to begin with and you only cook it a little bit at the end then it gives a faint inkling of chicken texture, which pleases the meat-eaters.

Another trick with the tofu is to stir fry it in some meat-product-free chicken bullion and regular black pepper, then it has a bit of flavour too. Do this just before adding it to the main stirfry/curry/padthai.

I have a bunch of veggie friends and they always seem to appreciate it when the entire meal is veggie and everybody eats the same as them rather than them getting a special side dish. Makes em feel like less of a cripple or something.

EDIT - I forgot my other all time fave

Veggie Lasagne. Use spinach in where the ground beef would normally go. As long as this guy still eats dairy (for the cheese) then you're good...because who in their right mind doesn't like lasagne?

Don't confuse this with veggie pizza...which sucks...terribly ...no matter what.


EDIT EDIT - Can you tell I'm forced to cook veggy a lot?

Make vegy spaghetti sauce from scratch. It will taste awesome and just cook meatballs on the side. Then the meat lovers can add the meatballs to their hearts' content while the vegetarian can be happy too.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 27 May 2009 - 06:45 PM

[Illuyankas]

Here's my recipe for quiche!

1. Take quiche
2. Cook it
3. Throw it out the window
4. Grill a steak instead

It's effective and delicious.

[Abyss]

 Illuyankas, on May 27 2009, 02:51 PM, said:

Here's my recipe for quiche!

1. Take quiche
2. Cook it with bacon
3. Eat bacon, Throw quiche out the window
4. Grill a steak

It's effective and delicious.

Improved.

- Abyss, master chef.

[Bhurnae]

 Obdigore, on May 27 2009, 02:41 PM, said:

Yup, lots of pastas you make if you add meat you do it at the end, before you throw the meat in with the sauce, take half the sauce out and set it aside.

Easy.

Vegetable Lasagna (white sauce, spinach) is actually really really good and generally has no meat at all!

Edit - How Vegetarian is he? There are some who do it because they don't like eating animals. Some that do it because they think its healthy will eat fish or/and eggs. Some really crazy ones won't eat dairy products like cheese or milk. I would suggest you find out. (Of course there are the psycho's that won't eat anything that ever cast a shadow, but I hope he isn't that far gone!)

he is one of the real crazies thAT WONT EAT DAIRY ETC..............scuse nearly lost it

[Bhurnae]

 caladanbrood, on May 27 2009, 04:41 PM, said:

When my housemate's veggie girlfriend visits, I spend an hour the day before spiking their potato waffles with mince... so you feed a veggie meat, hidden in non-meat stuff.

You wouldnt believe it but our local does the "Curry and Pint for a fiver" thing. A couple of weeks ago my Chicken Tikka was given to a Veggie by mistake. when asked how it was she replied "Fantastic".............either her taste buds dont exist or that chicken they feed us doesnt contain a lot of meat

[Adjutant Stormy~]

You could, alternatively, kill him for being an affront to the wrathful bacon gods. And beer gods. There's really not a lot of wiggle room here.

But curry is totally acceptable. I've had 3 veggie girlfriends, and I basically became Indian for the duration, because it was the easiest (and tastiest) most accommodating food.

EDIT: Oh, he's VEGAN. No, you must kill him. Non-negotiable.

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy: 28 May 2009 - 09:16 AM

[Bhurnae]

K....I'm going with Stormy.......I'm just gonna kill him

Edit: wife says no sexy time for at least a week if I kill him.........so its back to the veggie curry idee

This post has been edited by Bhurnae: 28 May 2009 - 10:29 AM

[Traveller]

Tofu is not food. Seriously.

I don't know any vegans that aren't anaemic looking and underweight.

Maybe you should cook some chicken to look like tofu that looks like chicken. You'll be doing him a favour in the long run.