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rainwater
Going out with family and/or friends is about sharing and having fun for me, not about making a spiritual, political, ethical statement
it is for the rest of us, which is why Eileen didn't make a political statement, she called ahead, gave plenty of notice to a mediocre chef charging fancy pants prices to come up with more than a salad, we don't go out to fancy restaurants to get a salad.
The world may not have ended for you when you ate vegetarian, but a sentient creature will have suffered for that egg/cream/milk/cheese. If we compromise our beliefs when the going gets tough, then they aren't principles, it's a hobby, I for one will never compromise my beliefs so a chef doesnt have to work for my cash, and my family and friends know that and wouldn't expect me to.
Re: My Raymond Blanc saga
Every person that provides a product or service will have critics. Chefs need to learn to deal with this because not everyone likes food a certain way. For example, if I order a veggie burger with no mustard and it comes with mustard, I'll send it back if I hate mustard because I didn't order it.
Cooking is an art, and artists REALLY need to learn to deal with criticism lol.
I also don't understand why come to a VEGAN forum to talk about going out and eating vegetarian, and it being A-OK!
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I also don't understand why come to a VEGAN forum to talk about going out and eating vegetarian, and it being A-OK!
Because SOMEONE has to be the vegan that eats cheese we all hear about.
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It used be quite hard to get vegetarian food in omnivorous restaurants and the reason that's changed is that vegetarians politely but firmly kept asking for vegetarian food. The implication for vegans seems clear.
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Haha! Oh how I would like to be a fly on that wall... :tongue_ani:
Well PB..drag yourself away from the cowpats, dust down your wings and buzz off to Raymond Blancs because the Vegans are coming :lol2: .. I am taking them up on their challenge to 'show us what they can do' sometime in the next two weeks now I am on the mend.
We will keep you posted
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Excellent, dying to hear the next episode Eileen.
On the plus side, the well-known arts venue I mentioned further up your thread did in fact manage to produce a picnic that seemed completely vegan and tasted nice (though if I were going to quibble I would say it was possibly a little low in protein :).) So these things can work out even when places make heavy weather of it initially.
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but I have to admit, even for me vegan dessert is a challenge, but it would have been better than his! I would like to ask; is it so important to be a perfect vegan all the time? Families and friends are for sharing, laughter, having a good time. I'm not talking about everyday dining, but the occasional celebration.
See, for me, vegan dessert has to be an easy thing. The easiest thing to veganise has to be a crumble (though I've never made it non vegan as I always use vegan marg anyway) and you can tart crumbles up no end. Then you've got pies and tarts - pastry can easily be vegan, with some simple but lush fillings or toppings. It's just a matter of thinking. And if you really want simple, well tonight me and the Fatman had peaches baked in wine with chocolate on top, rich, simple, oh so easy. And those are just things off the top of my head, then you have the internet at your disposal - that is if you're prepared to commit to your customers.
I'm not a 'perfect' vegan (who is perfect?), I'm just a vegan who likes to stick to my principles, and even if I was out with friends and family I would not (knowingly) eat non vegan food, no way.
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See, for me, vegan dessert has to be an easy thing. The easiest thing to veganise has to be a crumble (though I've never made it non vegan as I always use vegan marg anyway) and you can tart crumbles up no end. Then you've got pies and tarts - pastry can easily be vegan, with some simple but lush fillings or toppings. It's just a matter of thinking. And if you really want simple, well tonight me and the Fatman had peaches baked in wine with chocolate on top, rich, simple, oh so easy. And those are just things off the top of my head, then you have the internet at your disposal - that is if you're prepared to commit to your customers.
I'm not a 'perfect' vegan (who is perfect?), I'm just a vegan who likes to stick to my principles, and even if I was out with friends and family I would not (knowingly) eat non vegan food, no way.
You're making my mouth water! Lol
All of those are pretty easy to make, since I've made pies pretty easily and I'm not that big of a chef. Out of all the cakes I've tried to make, chocolate cake is the easiest, all though making frosting can be a bit time consuming, more so than a pie lol. And snickerdoodle cookies are the easiest cookies I've found to make, haven't had any luck with chocolate chip cookies.
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I know I'm probably in the minority but I would happily settle for fresh fruit as a restaurant dessert - but I would expect nice fruit, well-presented, not what Eileen had.
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Cacique
You're making my mouth water! Lol
All of those are pretty easy to make, since I've made pies pretty easily and I'm not that big of a chef. Out of all the cakes I've tried to make, chocolate cake is the easiest, all though making frosting can be a bit time consuming, more so than a pie lol. And snickerdoodle cookies are the easiest cookies I've found to make, haven't had any luck with chocolate chip cookies.
See I'm lazy with cakes, plain victoria sandwiches for the Fatman with jam slapped in the middle (in truth he likes them like that, he does like buttercream too, but is quite happy with just jam).
I am going to make snickerdoodle cookies sometime soon, have a recipe for them - but now, you're making my mouth water. Fancy a meet-up for puddings, cakes and biscuits :-)
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I know I'm probably in the minority but I would happily settle for fresh fruit as a restaurant dessert - but I would expect nice fruit, well-presented, not what Eileen had.
No harpy, you're not. I love fruit, nicely presented too. I think it's a great finish for a meal. My favourite - raspberries, blueberries and pineapple (not nasty hard pineapple either). I'm a raspberry addict really. Could eat punnets of them. Oh and fresh cherries too, yummy.
But fresh fruit is difficult for me as people always seem to give me strawberries and I'm allergic to them.
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Mmm, raspberries! A lot of strawberries aren't that nice these days (although they can be of course) so perhaps you're not missing out so much with those.