Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Just to wish all of you a happy 2008 - I do so hope that it brings all good things for you and your familes and friends! We are spending it rather quietly at home, although we will go out for a meal today. This morning I even got my vegan haggis (yes I know it's traditional for Burns Night - we'll have it then too) ready to go in the oven. It will no doubt improve, as usual, overnight in the fridge and has only to be baked tomorrow (in a *casserole* I assure you!). My husband's mother, I'm told reliably, once made a haggis (the non-veg kind) and it was truly awful (she worked without a recipe, I understand, and wasn't renowned for her cooking) but it stuck in my dh's mind as something he'd like us to make (but veggie of course) soooooo, I make 'haggis' at least once a year It's fun!!!! This year's was truly a collaborative effort, so the time zinged by! I confess I added a good dash of cayenne to the other spices - not to make it really hot, but enough to just pick up the flavour. (I'm a demon for hot spices, as you all know to your peril!) And oh yes, we have the turnips and potatoes to go with the haggis. First course will be a big salad and dessert will be strawberries. AND my dh has a lovely bottle of wine ready to enjoy - it's New Year after all! So what's everyone doing for New Year's eats? Eating out or in? Takeaway or your own or something pre-prepared? Traditional or just what you like best? Or something new? Hey, New Year is a time for grown-ups, so you can pretty well please yourselves, right? Lots of love and huge hugs continuing into the New Year, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Blackeyed peas and cornbread!! I'm getting the fixins today! mmmmm. I like my cornbread thick, fat and almost fluffy as cake. Non veggie people believe in ham along with blackeyed peas and cornbread, but I have had 'good' luck, lol ( I don't believe in luck, I make my own), without the ham for years. As for plans, not sure yet. Would like to have the kids and granddbaby over. Smiles Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 MOROCCAN VEGETABLE COUSCOUS MY HUSBAND IS MOROCCAN SO THAT'S HOW WE BRING IN THE NEW YEAR. I ADD LENTILS AND YUM YUM. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Ruth B. " <magaia006 wrote: Blackeyed peas and cornbread!! I'm getting the fixins today! mmmmm. I like my cornbread thick, fat and almost fluffy as cake. Non veggie people believe in ham along with blackeyed peas and cornbread, but I have had 'good' luck, lol ( I don't believe in luck, I make my own), without the ham for years. As for plans, not sure yet. Would like to have the kids and granddbaby over. Smiles Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 On 12/31/07, Ruth B. <magaia006 wrote: > > Blackeyed peas and cornbread!! Having grown up in the South, that's what I've got waiting for New Year's Day as well. > Non veggie people believe in ham along with blackeyed peas > and cornbread, but I have had 'good' luck, lol ( I don't believe in > luck, I make my own), without the ham for years. I grew up in a vegetarian house so it wasn't until I was an adult that I learned one was " supposed to " put a ham hock or ham bone in the beans. LOL Since half the family is Irish (the other half is Welsh) I've grown up hearing that I was " supposed to " eat corned beef and cabbage for luck on New Year's, but I don't see how anyone could eat something that smells lke that! Ick! .. . . however . . . being as there is vegan haggis (I was just reading about it last night, in fact, as I ended up on the Wikipedia page for " acquired taste " and decided to look through the list) does anyone know if there is such a thing as vegan/vegetarian " corned beef " ? If so, maybe next year I can resurrect my Irish roots. I do love cabbage. :-) Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 On 12/31/07, Pat <drpatsant wrote: > > This morning I even got my vegan haggis (yes I know it's > traditional for Burns Night - we'll have it then too) Ah, and will ye be havin' a wee dram o' whiskey on Burns Night as well? I recommend the peaty goodness of Islay scotch, particularly from the Laphroaig brewery. I may be Irish and Welsh, but I look to the Scots when it comes to celebratory beverages. :-) Sparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hi Pat and all, Bit late for New Year greetings - only just got my internet connection working - but happy new year anyway! Lots of happiness, health and lovely eating. Well, as Marie hinted, traditional New Year celebration in Holland consists of fireworks, champagne and oliebollen (sort of fried batter with raisins etc) none of which are particularly to my taste, so a departure from tradition is quite OK! For us a very non-traditional menu - we got back to Holland the day before yesterday, so we had for the 30th a vegetarian lasagne in a Belgian motorway restaurant, and for the 31st a vegetarian lasagne in the house where we were guests - for the 1st a Chinese takeaway from which I selected the veggy items, and there's still some vegetarian lasagne left for tomorrow! I was intrigued by your account of the vegan haggis - couldn't help recalling that an important part of the traditional haggis is the container for the ingredients which is distinctly non-vegetarian, and wondering what you used instead! Lots of love, Piers , " Pat " <drpatsant wrote: > > Just to wish all of you a happy 2008 - I do so hope that it brings all good things for you > and your familes and friends! > > We are spending it rather quietly at home, although we will go out for a meal today. This > morning I even got my vegan haggis (yes I know it's traditional for Burns Night - we'll have > it then too) ready to go in the oven. It will no doubt improve, as usual, overnight in the > fridge and has only to be baked tomorrow (in a *casserole* I assure you!). My husband's > mother, I'm told reliably, once made a haggis (the non-veg kind) and it was truly awful > (she worked without a recipe, I understand, and wasn't renowned for her cooking) but it > stuck in my dh's mind as something he'd like us to make (but veggie of course) soooooo, I > make 'haggis' at least once a year It's fun!!!! This year's was truly a collaborative effort, > so the time zinged by! I confess I added a good dash of cayenne to the other spices - not > to make it really hot, but enough to just pick up the flavour. (I'm a demon for hot spices, > as you all know to your peril!) > > And oh yes, we have the turnips and potatoes to go with the haggis. First course will be a > big salad and dessert will be strawberries. AND my dh has a lovely bottle of wine ready to > enjoy - it's New Year after all! > > So what's everyone doing for New Year's eats? Eating out or in? Takeaway or your own or > something pre-prepared? Traditional or just what you like best? Or something new? Hey, > New Year is a time for grown-ups, so you can pretty well please yourselves, right? > > Lots of love and huge hugs continuing into the New Year, > > Pat > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Piers wrote: > I was intrigued by your account of the vegan > haggis - couldn't help > recalling that an important part of the > traditional haggis is the > container for the ingredients which is > distinctly non-vegetarian, and > wondering what you used instead! A casserole, Piers - a casserole, I promise you! LOL Love and hugs, Pat ---- Dr Patricia M. Sant http://beanvegan.blogspot.com Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld Vegetarian Spice: Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada 'To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.' Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) ______________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 > Ah, and will ye be havin' a wee dram o' whiskey > on Burns Night as well? Well now, that just might be > I recommend the peaty goodness of Islay scotch, > particularly from the > Laphroaig brewery. Excellent pick. My dh, however, finds there's too much peat in Laphroaig for his taste. > I may be Irish and Welsh, but I look to the > Scots when it comes to > celebratory beverages. :-) Well, especially for Burns Night. For Paddy's Day, however . . . Love and hugs, Pat ---- Dr Patricia M. Sant http://beanvegan.blogspot.com Vegan World Cuisine: http://www.care2.com/c2cvegworld Vegetarian Spice: Vegetarian Slimming: vegetarianslimming Vegetarians In Canada: vegetariansincanada 'To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.' Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) ______________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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