soy chorizo

[Ms T]

Excellent!

Well, I just had a little more of the soy chorizo. I'm not in love with it, but it's been a fun experiment.

Chickpeas, soy chorizo, quinoa, and steamed bok choy

That's bizarrely similar to what I had for dinner, apart from it was real chorizo, and couscous!

 

[D]

That's bizarrely similar to what I had for dinner, apart from it was real chorizo, and couscous!

How was it?

Mine was pretty tasty, though I should have added a little flax seed oil, lemon, lemon pepper...something to enliven the bok choy.

 

[kakuma]

I thought D was saying 'soy chorizo' as in 'I am chorizo' in Spanish

yo soy un cumberland

 

[pogofish]

Any foodstuff without animals product in it is veggie.

That said, cooking an authentic Chinese stir fry, or a Vietnamese Pho, or a vegetarian dahl does take time and effort, so if a veggie relied sometimes on TVP burgers for speed, then it wouldn't be a crime.

I remain to be convinced. A few weeks ago, duck became the latest in a long line of decidedly meaty things that I've seen a "veggie" of some sort manage to rationalise into their diet!

However, issues of personal choice aside. I can agree with many of the choices behind adopting a vegitarian lifestyle - particularly where industrial farming & production methods are concerned but remain completely flummoxed when devotees start buying food that is as industrially processed as the sort they claim to reject. It just seems no better at all? Especially when you consider the use of additives like hydrogenated/hard-fats & foods like Quorn - the most artificial & process-dependant food of all & anything Soy which can surely no longer be considered veggie-acceptable because of widespread crop contamination by GM strains? I've no idea what TVP is but it dosen't sound particularly natural & compromising diet for the sake of speed is surely falling into step with exactly the same system that has devalued much general food production?

All-in, this & its roots (for the modern European/US form anyway) in ninteenth century christian fundamentalism give me more than a little concern that it is at least as much of a religion for those who don't want a named deity, as any sort of practical health/lifestyle choice?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

See post #7

My apologies. Can't even blame early morning for that one.