DON'T FORGET THE VEGOS
September 1st 2008 14:23
Every god-fearing meat-eater has encountered the same situation before: what to do when you are planning a dinner or BBQ involving meat and plenty of it, and are informed an attendee is vegetarian. Ofcourse, there are many nice vegetarian dishes that can be the centrepiece of an occasion, but it gets tricky when meat is the communal perogative. Well, most vegetarians know what they are walking into when they attend a BBQ or dinner party with their carnivorous friends. They won't be too fussy. Often a nice pizza is a cheap, quick way to satisfy them; Dominos, home-made or store-bought. A nice cheesy, olive and eggplant soaked delight will do fine. Pasta is a fine choice, infact anything italian is, just make sure the ingredients are decent. A nice sandwich can be satisfactory (try using fancy crusty bread, not Wonder White. Don't be shy with the olives, cheese or sundried tomatoes). Other times a variation of the original dish can work well. Cooking a hearty lamb stew? Maybe you can set aside a small pot of stew sans the lamb. Just potatoes, carrots and gravy/vegetable stock. And for the BBQ, a whole slew of gourmet options are there for vegetarians, surprisingly many. Skewers with pieces of potato, eggplant, pineapple, onions, olive, capsicum, all stacked on top of each other. After burning this a little on the pit, they will be marinated in flavour. Experiment with throwing miscellany on the BBQ, fruits and vegetables. Apples, pears, pineapple, tomato (an acquired taste) can all taste great burnt to a crisp. For a simple treat, toast some bread on the barbie. Slather on a baked potato and eggplant and some tomato sauce, it goes down surprisingly well.
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