The Vegetarian Thanksgiving wrap-up!

28 November 2008 in Animal Welfare, Bush, Food, Work | 3 comments

This is America and this is our holiday! The pure American Thanksgiving. We should be proud of this holiday as it symbolizes a great achievement in the name of freedom, a freedom which I still strongly believe in. My uncle took opportunity this Thanksgiving to do some blogging on the Thanksgiving story, while I took the time to discuss the vegetarian twist on my meal.

So what does a vegetarian celebrate with while the family knaws on a bone? Why a vegetarian roast of course! This year I decided to forgo my usual beer-battered veggie roast to one more liking to a traditional roast. I hate the tofurkey style roasts that most vegetarians go haywire for. I’m all about Quorn’s veggie roast.

This year I took the roast straight from the freezer, removed all the packaging and plastic from around the unit and put it in a baking dish submerged in mushrooms, onions and a homemade veggie broth. After a good two hours at 375 I had one delicious slab of soy protein. With the leftover pan full of broth and roast juices, I mixed in some corn starch for some stellar gravy. Cooking the veggie roast this way is probably the closest one will come to blending in with the rest of the turkey-munchers.

In addition to the veggie roast, I also enjoyed some glorified vegan sweet-potato casserole, green bean casserole, some vegetarian stuffing and of-course the cranberry sauce! Mmm, it was delicious.

The second best part to Thanksgiving dinner is enjoying the leftovers for days to come!

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While many people hate Bush, I am glad that he has continued the tradition started by his father in 1989… and I can only hope that Obama will care to do the same.
Bush Pardons Turkey
It looks like the turkeys who are pardoned enjoy quite the lifestyle. :)
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One of the other best things that I’m starting to notice is the perks of working in education! I know the karma is going to come back to me – probably tenfold, but I had to chuckle at my friends and family who were not so fortunate to have the day after Thanksgiving off. I thought of them as I slept in, still full from the night before.

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend and not being crazy stupid on black friday.

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  1. Braden’s avatar

    Braden on 30 November 2008 at 9:08 am

    Nothing like a little cardboard flavored soy protein for Thanksgiving supper, eh? ;-)

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    DJ Drew on 30 November 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Quite the contrary Braden… I am very proud of my cooking and I know how to cook vegetarian food that has succulent flavors. You are just using the typical meat-eaters excuse to defend and make yourself feel good about your Turkey. There are friends who LOVE my vegetarian cooking better than eating meat who can make a better case for the turkey on turkey day.

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    Braden on 30 November 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Indeed. Actually, I don’t even like turkey. No matter how it’s prepared, I always find it dry and tasteless.

    Heck, I never liked turkey for as long as I can remember.

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