{"id":3586,"date":"2011-07-09T17:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2011-07-10T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T22:18:08","slug":"vegetarian-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/vegetarian-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last week or so, I’ve had, or created, several opportunities to eat vegetarian versions of meat dishes. On Thursday, for lunch, I had a sandwich made from slices of mushroom-pecan pat\u00e9, really just vegetarian meatloaf, leftover from the first small plates buffet<\/a>. It was a good, traditional, sandwich – the pat\u00e9, grainy mustard, lettuce and tomato. The same night, for dinner, I had barbecued seitan<\/a> on a bun at the co-op’s annual membership meeting. I was one of about 3,000 people who enjoyed the free meal. Tonight, I’m turning the tabouli that I made 4th of July weekend into veggie burgers – with a can of refried beans and lots of breadcrumbs. The recipe also includes a yogurt-red-onion-mint-cucumber sauce to serve with. I think I’m going to try Heidi’s recommendation to make the burger the bun<\/a> –<\/p>\n

We’re also going to have rhubarb-strawberry crumble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rhubarb-strawberry crumble<\/p><\/div>\n

After eating, I’d have to say that tonight’s veggie burgers<\/a> were probably the least tasty of the three – they were mostly brown, and mushy textured. The recipe included nuts, which is what gives the mushroom-pecan pat\u00e9 a good texture – but I think the walnuts in these burgers were just overwhelmed by the beans and being pureed in the food processor. And I used a can of refried beans in lieu of the whole pintos called for – plus, I made the burgers from leftovers – it’s probably still worth a try with fresh ingredients. And, I still have high hopes for the crumble.<\/a> Which were fulfilled. I increased the sugar just enough (since rhubarb’s tarter than strawberries), the Nigella Lawson<\/a> trick of adding leavening to the topping worked a charm (the principle being that if you add leavening, the topping rises when baked – so you have more topping, that’s crispy & light, without adding more butter, flour, or sugar, heavy-ing everything, and risking upsetting the ratio), and the orange zest & juice were a good sub for lemon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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