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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 23 Nov 2020 10:35

Being an eternal non-waster, when my children were allowed pumpkins for halloween, I always made pumpkin pie with the innards.
With lots of cinnamon, double cream and brown sugar, it was delicious - the only way to eat pumpkin. :-D

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 23 Nov 2020 11:04

I still do roast pumpkin and it is delish.

I usee to make pumpkin scones when Dtr was at home as she and I both liked them.

Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Nov 2020 16:03

I make pumpkin pie but I don't like cinnamon. I just stew it for a bit with sultanas, lemon and ginger and put it between two crusts.

I wouldn't put it in a fish cake though!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 23 Nov 2020 17:24

question on telly today, what dish is parsley sauce served with??my immediate thought was Pie n Mash....but no....

Twas with Fish!!





Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Nov 2020 17:27

It's liquor with pie and mash.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Nov 2020 17:38

Parsley sauce with fish yes but my mum always also served it with gammon.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 23 Nov 2020 18:42

So do I Ann.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 23 Nov 2020 19:20

(sheepishly........um you're right!)

Sharron

Sharron Report 23 Nov 2020 21:32

Thanks Bob, it doesn't happen very often.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Nov 2020 13:33

Back to the original inquiry.

Do you think a bit of chopped gherkin might work? It might be better eaten with them.

What do you think?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 24 Nov 2020 13:39

Wouldn't it depend on what the banana blossom tasted like?

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Nov 2020 13:48

I don't think it tastes like anything but is more for texture although it is in brine.

I have ordered some vegan tuna now as well.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 24 Nov 2020 14:21

Sorry Sharron, I know you are a long time vegetarian but I really do not understand why, particularly vegans, buy stuff that tastes like meat or fish.

Vegans seem not to understand that the creature first had to be killed in order to find out what it tasted like.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Nov 2020 14:55

Most who become vegetarians or vegans have grown up as meat eaters. We have chosen to not eat creatures that have been killed, which is a very big step fpr most.

That we choose to not have life taken or exploited on our behalf as much as possible does not mean that we did not enjoy what we ate before eschewing flesh.

I am constantly trying to replicate food I used to enjoy while following my own philosophy and, moreover, i have heard every one of those pseudo-logical arguments about this over the last forty-five years and this is more than long enough to not even consider replying to them.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 24 Nov 2020 15:00

That is the most honest answer I’ve ever heard.
Although I’m not sure my question could be regarded as pseudo-logical.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Nov 2020 15:24

Believe me, you got off lightly there!

I have heard them all and can usually turn them round on whoever asks it.

As a vegetarian, I have had years of it but now there is a big movement of veganism most of whom are just like I was, young and vehement but being far better catered fo than ever I was, I am getting flack from that direction for not being vehement enough myself.

A vegan FB group turned on me because I said I probably would not make the final step to veganism at my great age.It was hard enough becoming a vegetarian in the first place, when I was keen and didn't mind reading the ingredients on every packet or choosing between cheese salad and cheese salad if I ever ate out.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 24 Nov 2020 16:03

I would have been upset if you had turned on me. It was actually a simple question put by someone who doesn’t understand why.
You explained your reasons well and I said so. There was nothing more to it.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Nov 2020 16:13

Most are being very clever and taking the higher moral ground to make me look ridiculous. Men with short legs and gold rimmed glasses in pubs!

It is unusual for anybody to really want to know the reason why.so I am always ready for action!

Quorn started to make 'steaks' that wee far too much like real meat for me and, evidently a lot of other vegetarians, because they did not make them for long.

After all this time, I don't think I could put meat in my mouth, however, a lot of 'normal' food is constructed, using meat just as an ingredient burgers, bangers, rissoles and, of course, fishcakes and that is what everybody eats. It is just a matter of eating the same as anybody else but with slightly different protein.