Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara,

If I remember rightly, Polenta is cornmeal made into a paste with

water, cooked for a wee while then allowed to set.You slice it and

then grill, bake or fry it.It's almost an Italian Tofu in that it can

take on the flavour of whatever you cook it with.

I seem to remember that it's also an important ingredient in the

holy grail of veganism - the fried breakfast!

Some would say that the grail is actually vegan beer or vegan

sweets but I know better...LOL!

I was a vegan for about 10 years during the 70's and early 80's.

I fell of the wagon big time and have recently jumped back on for

reasons outlined in earlier posts.

You know how it is - wee memories of good vegan munchies keep

popping back!

Nice to meet you anyway,

Mikey x

 

, Tara

<peechysweett71> wrote:

>

> What is Polenta??

>

> Tara

[Guest guest]

Tara,

A cylindrical loaf (not bread) made from cornmeal that can served many different

ways and made with different flavorings. Available in most food stores. Google

'polenta' for more info and recipes. Probably some in our archives.

http://www.milioni.com/Polenta/default1.htm

Enjoy

-

Tara

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:57 AM

Re: Thanks

 

 

 

What is Polenta??

 

Tara

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Good luck Mikey. If the premade polenta is too expensive you can always make

some basic corn meal and just bake or fry it yourself. Might not look as pretty

as what comes in the little tubes, but it will have the same effect.

 

BL

To (deep breath) Deborah, Amy, Roy, Jenni, Brenda-Lee, Thomas, Tracey

and everyone else in the group.

Thanks for all the suggestions for breakfast!I'd never thought of

Polenta - I haven't had it since I visited Italy some years ago.

 

 

[Guest guest]

Polenta is an italian corn meal. They use it like bread and even for crusts on

vegetable pies. These days one can buy it premade in a tube because traditional

polenta is cooked for hours, but it works well enough to make your own by

cooking cornmeal to a glue like consistency and then shaping it how you like. I

prefer to do it with white corn meal, but the traditional variety is yellow.

 

 

BL

 

 

What is Polenta??

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Mikey

 

I had a receipe a while back that called for Polenta, and I couldnt find it at

the grocery store. I finally saw it at Whole Foods store, but still couldnt

figure out what it was for. Ill have to try it sometime.

 

Tara

 

 

 

Mikey <outdemonsout wrote:

 

 

Hi Tara,

If I remember rightly, Polenta is cornmeal made into a paste with

water, cooked for a wee while then allowed to set.You slice it and

then grill, bake or fry it.It's almost an Italian Tofu in that it can

take on the flavour of whatever you cook it with.

I seem to remember that it's also an important ingredient in the

holy grail of veganism - the fried breakfast!

Some would say that the grail is actually vegan beer or vegan

sweets but I know better...LOL!

I was a vegan for about 10 years during the 70's and early 80's.

I fell of the wagon big time and have recently jumped back on for

reasons outlined in earlier posts.

You know how it is - wee memories of good vegan munchies keep

popping back!

Nice to meet you anyway,

Mikey x

 

, Tara

<peechysweett71> wrote:

>

> What is Polenta??

>

> Tara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out these affiliated vegan lists ~

 

http://www.Christian-Vegan-Cooking

http://www.VintageVeganTea

http://www.VeganFoods4HealthyLiving

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for everyones suggestions. When I am off my raw vegan fast I'll

have to try some.

 

Tara

 

Brenda-Lee Olson <shalomaleichemacadem wrote:

Polenta is an italian corn meal. They use it like bread and even for crusts on

vegetable pies. These days one can buy it premade in a tube because traditional

polenta is cooked for hours, but it works well enough to make your own by

cooking cornmeal to a glue like consistency and then shaping it how you like. I

prefer to do it with white corn meal, but the traditional variety is yellow.

 

 

BL

 

 

What is Polenta??

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for responding. I need all the help

I can find.

I too gained alot of weight, I thought I had to eat

alot of cheese and I eat seafood for protein. Now I'

getting off of that as well I just do not like the

taste anymore. I look forward to checking out the

websites you suggested and hopefully I will lose some

of this extra weight.

Thank you again.

--- Maidawg <maidawg wrote:

 

> Hi Dusty. Signing up for this e-list was a good

> idea. Make sure you go

> to the web page and check out the recipe files.

>

> What I would suggest for you as a new vegetarian is

> 1) order one or more

> of the free vegetarian starter kits. See

> http://www.bostonveg.org/go_veggie.html#kits.

>

> Go to this site for information on vegetarian

> nutrition:

>

> http://www.vrg.org.

>

> Check out this site on setting up a vegetarian

> pantry:

> http://www.vegkitchen.com/Veg_pantry.htm

>

>

> Frequently check http://www.vegsource.com, which is

> a portal to all

> kinds of vegetarian information.

>

> In my personal experience, when I first became

> vegetarian I gained

> rather than lost weight because I added more eggs

> and dairy. I did not

> know that you REALLY don't need animal products. We

> have been so

> brainwashed into thinking we do, but we don't.

>

> As far as meals go, vegetarians usually consider

> bean dishes the main

> course. You can opt for transitional foods -

> various kinds of meat and

> fish analogues like veggie burgers and seitan strips

> and TVP/TSP. The

> analogues are processed food and not as healthy as

> beans, sprouts, etc.

> The healthiest vegetarians consider salad the main

> course.

>

> In general, try to have more fresh organic, colorful

> foods (lots of

> phytonutrients). Have less processed foods, eggs,

> dairy. Avoid refined

> carbohydrates and stick with whole grains or

> sprouted grains. Avoid

> solid fats, especially anything with partially

> hydrogenated fats (ie.,

> trans fats). Minimize sugar and especially high

> fructose corn syrup.

>

>

>

>

>

> from Maida

> Citizens for Pets in Condos,

> http://www.petsincondos.org

> South Florida Vegetarian Events,

> http://www.soflavegevents.net

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for responding. I need all the help I can

get. What do you think of tofu? Does it taste good?

I want to try it in some receips but kind of unsure.

I think you are right about dairy and eggs, I'm

finding the more veggies I eat the more dairy and eggs

bother me. I guess there is no winning off you need

to go cold turkey.

Thanks again.

Dusty

--- Maidawg <maidawg wrote:

 

> More to " pompino76 " pompino76. These

> suggestions I am making

> will work for diabetics, according to these doctors.

> Read more on the

> PCRM site about diabetes.

>

>

> from Maida

> Citizens for Pets in Condos,

> http://www.petsincondos.org

> South Florida Vegetarian Events,

> http://www.soflavegevents.net

>

>

>

> Maidawg [maidawg]

> Saturday, June 25, 2005 4:42 PM

> ' '

> RE: Vegetarianism,

> Diabetes and Losing

> Weight

>

> " pompino76 " pompino76 I almost hesitate to

> answer this

> question, since I have my own weight issues and even

> though I know what

> to do, I don't always do what is best for me.

>

> In general, you want to increase nutritionally dense

> foods, including

> good complex carbohydrates and leafy green

> vegetables.

>

> You are sabotaging yourself by continuing with eggs

> and dairy. (I did

> that at first until I learned better!) Do you want

> calcium? Increase

> DARK leafy greens and get more from seeds like

> sesame seeds, eg tahini.

> Are you concerned about protein? You don't NEED

> eggs and dairy.

>

> Check out web pages and books from Dr. John

> McDougall, Dr. Joel Fuhrman,

> Dr. Neal Barnard. You can find info on these

> physicians on VegSource,

> http://www.vegsource.com or on the Physicians

> Committee for

> Responsibility site - http://www.pcrm.org. Check out

> the Vegetarian

> Resource Group http://www.veg.org and learn more

> about nutrition.

>

>

>

> from Maida

> Citizens for Pets in Condos,

> http://www.petsincondos.org

> South Florida Vegetarian Events,

> http://www.soflavegevents.net

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for your help

 

Tom <tguidry wrote:You may want to try using oatmeal

and possibly a little olive oil to put the

patties together. There's a lot of starch in oatmeal the seems to do a

pretty good job. After I form the burgers I generally put them in a HOT pan

which seems to hold it together a little better because of the browning and

hardening of the outside of the burger

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of dusty06282000

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:31 AM

 

TVP

 

 

Hi everybody

 

I have TVP I would like to make burgers with. After I add liquid

what

do you use to hold the TVP together? I would rather stay away from

eggs if possible.

 

Thanks for your help

Dusty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much. It's nice to have a place where you can get help, and not

just another chat room.

 

~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:Hi Dusty. Congratulations on your

choice to go vegan.

We will be here to support you so feel free to ask our

friendly and experienced vegan members any

questions you have on your path.

 

We do have some vegan cheez recipes in our files,

and i believe some tried and true vegan mac & cheez

recipes as well.

 

There are a few good websites for vegetarians

listed in our LINK section. i think many of them have

the sorts of everyday recipes you might be looking for.

Let me also add again that our recipe files here are

full of wonderful tried and true recipes that have

been shared by our members in the past.

Feel free to request any specific recipe you want

and we will do our best to find it and repost it to the

group if you'd like.

 

Here is a direct like to our recipes:

 

 

Here is the direct link to our links section:

/links

 

~ pt ~

 

What is man's ultimate direction in life?

It is to look for love, truth, virtue and beauty.

~ Shinichi Suzuki

~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " dusty06282000 " <

dusty06282000> wrote:

>

> I would like to switch to vegan. Is there a way to make pizza,

> lasagna or macr. and cheese?

> Plus does anyone know of a good website to get everyday receipts?

>

> Thanks for your help

> Dusty

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh you are very welcome. Sometimes we can get

pretty chatty here, but there is always someone to

answer a serious question or offer help. Always feel

free to ask. If we don't know the answer we will do

our best to find out.

namaste

 

~ pt ~

 

For blocks are better cleft with wedges,

Than tools of sharp or subtle edges,

And dullest nonsense has been found

By some to be the most profound.

~ Samuel Butler, poet (1612-1680)

~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~>

, dusty lane <dusty06282000>

wrote:

>

> Thank you very much. It's nice to have a place where you can get help, and

not just another chat room.

[Guest guest]

That is good news! Glad you are feeling better, Shelly.

 

~ pt ~

 

Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth.

~ Mohandas Karamchand [Mahatma] Gandhi (1869-1948)

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, " Shelly " <anislandgirl@c...>

wrote:

>

> ...for the helpful answers to my question about foods to eat when ill.

> I always appreciate the time and thought the group members put into

> their postings. I think I am almost back to normal because I am

> breaking out the vegan cookbooks again! And eating all sorts of

> crunchy stuff!

>

> Shelly

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much, pt!

 

Shelly

 

, " ~ PT ~ "

<patchouli_troll> wrote:

>

> That is good news! Glad you are feeling better, Shelly.

>

> ~ pt ~

>

> Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth.

> ~ Mohandas Karamchand [Mahatma] Gandhi (1869-1948)

> ~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , " Shelly "

<anislandgirl@c...>

> wrote:

> >

> > ...for the helpful answers to my question about foods to eat

when ill.

> > I always appreciate the time and thought the group members put

into

> > their postings. I think I am almost back to normal because I

am

> > breaking out the vegan cookbooks again! And eating all sorts of

> > crunchy stuff!

> >

> > Shelly

> >

>

[Guest guest]

No problem. I think we're all here to help each other.

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " Judy Cozza " <judycozza wrote:

>

> Thanks Tommie - you are a big help here.

> Judy

>

> On 3/5/06, jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote:

> >

> > Sorry, I forgot the onion powder in the cashew gravy. Don't

overdo it

> > or it will give it a sweet taste.

> > Tommie

> > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

I second that !!!

 

Please post any comments you have or changes you make (and so on) to

a recipe and I'll add it to the bottom of that particular recipe in

the files. It really helps to know if someone has tried the recipe

or not.

 

Thanks,

Kim

 

 

 

, " Amy Lovelace "

<loveamy wrote:

>

> I just wanted to say thanks for the recent posts about recipes

people have tried. It is nice to get feed back so we know what to

try next!

>

> Amy L

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ditto what Amy said! I also appreciate the new recipes. The ideas are

great and my family is benefiting! Keep them coming! And a huge THANK YOU

to Kim, also, for updating our files as recipes are posted and keeping such

good track of them.

 

~ LaDonna ~

[Guest guest]

, " Ray " <veganbassman

wrote:

>

> Thanks for the invitation to this, what seems like a marvelous group

> of vegans. Iam a vegan chef and also a bass player , not a bass

> fisherman which some people have mistaken my ID for. LOL

>

Hi Ray,

 

I'm rather new to this list myself. We went vegetarian several years

ago and then my youngest daughter want to go vegan. It was just

easier for all of us to do it! Do you play electric or upright? My

daughter (almost 15) plays double bass (she has an electric too but

she mostly plays her double bass). She loves it!

 

I look forward to your vegan recipes.

 

regards,

nancyd

cooking at: guinnah.blogspot.com

[Guest guest]

I eat my salad and nuts, seeds, or avocado in the evening. That takes

longer to digest. I don't want anything else after that.

 

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

 

rawfood , " Tiffany Beckwith " <tbeckwith

wrote:

>

> Thanks to everyone for their sample menu's and their breakfast fruit

ideas.

> I've been doing really well incorporating more raw foods, however it

is the

> evening that kills me. I tend to have eating explosions around 7-9pm

> Perhaps what I should do is " allow " myself to just eat a half of

watermelon

> or something huge that is raw to save myself from the pb & j on whole

wheat

> that keeps calling my name.

>

> Thanks,

> Tiffany

>

[Guest guest]

Shakti,

 

I think you hit the RawSeattle email list address instead of the

RawSeattle webmaster address... (whoops!)

 

On Jun 28, 2006, at 10:31 PM, Indriya Satya wrote:

 

> Orion,

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

thanks you Suji , I enjoyed reading this post. I share your affinity for Indian

Cuisine.

I have now learned, from an Indian friend of mine, that there are South Indian

food, and North Indian food, kinda like we have here in the U.S. Myfriend

prefers North, and I have no idea of what is what, LOL.

Have you tried Ethiopian food? I tried it once in a restaurant and it was yummy!

 

hugs,

Chanda

-

Sue Christensen

Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:03 AM

Thanks

 

 

Thanks--

I suppose that I should be relieved that I'm down to one son to " worry

over " food-wise and he's pretty willing to try things. He prefers to

eat raw veggies over cooked, so nothing wrong with that. The others

are off to college or often doing other things at this point. I'm

getting closer and closer to the " empty nest " and I'm freaking out a

little. (haha)

 

I became vegetarian years ago in a natural manner--I just couldn't

seem to look at or eat meat products and I really didn't know why.

Then I moved a year later and joined a group on spiritual

quest--vegetarianism was expected and desired to purify the body.

So, I never cultivated an inner outrage leading to an activist

temperament to motivate me to be a vegetarian. OTOH, I have been of

the opinion for years that huge scale/factory farming has been most

unhelpful to the environment, but I do like small scale farms that

hold the stewardship of the earth in their hearts. In the very early

veg stages, I do believe I tried to proselytize vegetarianism

lifestyle to coworkers and extended family, but looking back, I can

see I was a major PITA with a " diet superiority " attitude. (Kind of

like newby religious converts, if you know what I mean.) Nowadays,

my motivation has necessarily changed with my circumstances and

gained wisdom. It's more now a problem of awakening my old

enthusiasm.

 

I haven't bought any new cookbooks in a very long time, but I would

say that my most utilized cookbooks had been the first Moosewood (my

aunt is a founder), the Diet and Recipes for a Small Planet (when I

was really concerned about " complete proteins " for the growing kids),

Tassajara Cookbook (for the drawings and homilies) and American

Harvest. I have many more, but I tend(ed) to use these the most. The

others I would draw a few favorites from here and there. Also, I'm a

believer in simplicity and less is more. I want to taste the main

ingredient and not throw everything but the kitchen sink in. :-)

 

My favorite flavors are in Indian food and it's one of the harder

ones to find (good , that is) in restaurants around here. I used to

love to take a trip to the Indian grocers and pick up spices and odd

things. There isn't a grocer anywhere close to me now, so I don't

often cook this way anymore.

 

(Just a little more intro)

 

Suji

 

(I go primarily by " Suji " instead of " Sue " on line which will make it

easier as I see you already have a " Sue " who posts frequently)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

If you want a good parenting magazine, have you tried Mothering? Sometimes they

have

some WAPF articles about soy, but overall it is a good natural family magazine,

and

pretty vegetarian friendly.

 

~Susan

, Dawn Hubble <dawnhubb wrote:

>

> Thanks to all of you who made me feel I wasn't crazy for being upset about

that

Parenting article. I don't think I will be re-subscribing to that magazine! I

will send my

letter and the article on to some of the groups you all suggested also. I sent

another

letter to the editor with one of their other articles on thin children. It had

stated basically

that children shouldn't be thin and in order to fix it just feed them lots of

dairy and

meat. My letter of course didn't make it into the magazine. Unfortunately,

someone

wrote to them thanking them for that same article and that letter was published.

Why

don't people understand that being thin can be due to genetics too. People

can't seem

to understand that my 13 month old son, who is considered tall and thin (and

also not

really registering on those charts), could possibly be due to my husband's 6'2 "

thin frame

or his father's 6'5 " thin frame. Nope, it must be our diet! I can't even count

how

> many times I've heard " Wow he's so tiny and thin! " But, I know he's healthy

and that's

what counts! Anyway, thanks again to everyone who responded.

>

> -Dawn

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Kiwi is an interesting new parenting magazine; sort of a hybrid between parents

and mothering.

 

Susan <virgo.vegan wrote: If you want a good parenting

magazine, have you tried Mothering? Sometimes they have

some WAPF articles about soy, but overall it is a good natural family magazine,

and

pretty vegetarian friendly.

 

~Susan

, Dawn Hubble <dawnhubb wrote:

>

> Thanks to all of you who made me feel I wasn't crazy for being upset about

that

Parenting article. I don't think I will be re-subscribing to that magazine! I

will send my

letter and the article on to some of the groups you all suggested also. I sent

another

letter to the editor with one of their other articles on thin children. It had

stated basically

that children shouldn't be thin and in order to fix it just feed them lots of

dairy and

meat. My letter of course didn't make it into the magazine. Unfortunately,

someone

wrote to them thanking them for that same article and that letter was published.

Why

don't people understand that being thin can be due to genetics too. People can't

seem

to understand that my 13 month old son, who is considered tall and thin (and

also not

really registering on those charts), could possibly be due to my husband's 6'2 "

thin frame

or his father's 6'5 " thin frame. Nope, it must be our diet! I can't even count

how

> many times I've heard " Wow he's so tiny and thin! " But, I know he's healthy

and that's

what counts! Anyway, thanks again to everyone who responded.

>

> -Dawn

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dawn,

You might want to take a look at Mothering magazine, if you haven't already

discovered it.

Way more opened minded.

Peace,

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[Guest guest]

, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote:

>

> Kiwi is an interesting new parenting magazine; sort of a hybrid

between parents and mothering.

>

Have to second this. I think Kiwi magazine is a great middle ground

between the more militant Mothering, and the too mainstream Parenting.

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

I enjoyed looking at your fur babies too. Animals can be very endearing to our

hearts.

Judy

-

Ellen OConnor

Saturday, November 15, 2008 7:33 PM

Thanks

 

 

Thanks to all who enjoyed my animal. Thank you for allowing me to share.

 

Donna, Maureen, Tendrmoon.

 

You made my day with the compliments.

 

Pete,

 

I am sorry about the change. I am glad you enjoyed the pictures though. Pigs

are so special.

 

Tendrmoon,

 

Honestly,

 

I never planned it this way. I do feel blessed though.

 

Ellen