Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine #4

[BetteDavisEyes]

I hadn't seen this yesterday, but it is a worthwhile read.

Opinion | Is it really that hard not to laugh at vegans like me at Thanksgiving?

Having my vegan diet ridiculed is frustrating for many reasons, but I'm more offended that my relatives can't come with new material after 25 years.

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“What is that?” someone will ask as I sit at the table with my plate of tofu and kale with nutritional yeast. These words emerge naturally, not out of genuine curiosity but with a look on their face that suggests I dropped a stink bomb. Then, in keeping with the holiday spirit, someone else will make a joke about how they sure are glad they aren’t having what I’m having and, like a Hollywood film, hilarity ensues.

I’m not alone. Countless people who don’t — or can’t (or both) — eat traditional Thanksgiving food such as turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie will be the butt of the joke when families gather around the table on Thursday. But if you’re the one throwing the food insults, be mindful of how your comments make others feel. Or, at the least, come up with better material than my relatives...

 

[iamshadow21]

I hadn't seen this yesterday, but it is a worthwhile read.

Opinion | Is it really that hard not to laugh at vegans like me at Thanksgiving?

Having my vegan diet ridiculed is frustrating for many reasons, but I'm more offended that my relatives can't come with new material after 25 years.

www.nbcnews.com

“What is that?” someone will ask as I sit at the table with my plate of tofu and kale with nutritional yeast. These words emerge naturally, not out of genuine curiosity but with a look on their face that suggests I dropped a stink bomb. Then, in keeping with the holiday spirit, someone else will make a joke about how they sure are glad they aren’t having what I’m having and, like a Hollywood film, hilarity ensues.

I’m not alone. Countless people who don’t — or can’t (or both) — eat traditional Thanksgiving food such as turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie will be the butt of the joke when families gather around the table on Thursday. But if you’re the one throwing the food insults, be mindful of how your comments make others feel. Or, at the least, come up with better material than my relatives...

How hard is it to not be a jerk about someone's food needs? I can understand curiosity about alternate dietary needs, but not outright mockery and rudeness. And yeah, I know that there's a minority of vegans out there being jerks on the internet that spoil it for everyone else, but that's no excuse for being awful to someone you are meant to be family with.

I'd love to be surprised by this, but I have had someone close to me tell me not to bother letting her sister know something had dairy in it, because she didn't believe her sister was lactose intolerant and thought she was only doing it for attention.

As the partner of someone with serious food intolerances that make every restaurant, take away, and meal at someone else's house a Russian roulette that can result in awful side effects, why would she think I would go along with that just because she had a beef with her sister. It costs $0 to not be a jerk, and you might prevent someone getting anaphylaxis or spending a whole day projectile vomiting.

I told the sister about the dairy, and ignored the eyerolls from the other person.

Zero dollars.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I hadn't seen this yesterday, but it is a worthwhile read.

Opinion | Is it really that hard not to laugh at vegans like me at Thanksgiving?

Having my vegan diet ridiculed is frustrating for many reasons, but I'm more offended that my relatives can't come with new material after 25 years.

www.nbcnews.com

“What is that?” someone will ask as I sit at the table with my plate of tofu and kale with nutritional yeast. These words emerge naturally, not out of genuine curiosity but with a look on their face that suggests I dropped a stink bomb. Then, in keeping with the holiday spirit, someone else will make a joke about how they sure are glad they aren’t having what I’m having and, like a Hollywood film, hilarity ensues.

I’m not alone. Countless people who don’t — or can’t (or both) — eat traditional Thanksgiving food such as turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie will be the butt of the joke when families gather around the table on Thursday. But if you’re the one throwing the food insults, be mindful of how your comments make others feel. Or, at the least, come up with better material than my relatives...

This is exactly why we don't accept invitations to my sister's place anymore. Her husband thinks it's a joke that the 3 of us have food allergies. I carry a dang epi pen, that isn't genuine enough for you? That's what I want to say to him, but I don't.

Last year, my sister texted me asking what website did I use to convert recipes to gluten free.....ummmm, what?! I don't remember what my answer was, but I never heard who she needed to convert something for. Nor was I going to ask because I didn't trust myself not to laugh in my BIL's face.

My oldest couldn't come home for Tday so a coworker invited her to their meal. I asked her if they cooked gluten free also. She said yes, they do and they also have to be dairy free, egg free for one lady. My daughter made Pumpkin Blondies. The meal was crispy chicken thighs, asparagus, brussel sprouts with sausage and mashed potatoes, mini pumpkin cheesecakes. So everyone had safe choices.

 

[iamshadow21]

Last year, my sister texted me asking what website did I use to convert recipes to gluten free.....ummmm, what?! I don't remember what my answer was, but I never heard who she needed to convert something for. Nor was I going to ask because I didn't trust myself not to laugh in my BIL's face.

RSBM

You just gave me a good laugh, oh man.

I've been converting stuff to GF since 2004. Since before labels out here legally had to show all the gluten. Since you still had to take a cheat list with all the food additive number codes with you, on paper, because you couldn't google in the aisle of the store on your mobile phone. It took me over ten years to 'fix' the honey tea bread recipe I loved so much (had to change the raising agent from baking powder to bicarb and vinegar) so it wasn't a sunken, pasty mess, and since partner's food intolerances went up to hard mode (no FODMAP), I can't make it at all.

A website to convert things, that's adorable.

Especially since buying a different GF flour mix from your usual can result in a completely different result, even when the base ingredients are the same.

A website. Hah.

Those pumpkin blondies sound amazing, though.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I made this for dinner last night, and it was delicious! I used vegetable broth, and doubled the amount of mushrooms and onions. Definitely a keeper recipe.

You reminded me that I hadn't made the stuffed acorn squash this fall, so we had it for dinner last night. After my rich Lobster Ravioli at Picano's on Thanksgiving, it was nice to eat something earthy and simple. I used a combination of fresh shitake and white mushrooms, Vidalia onion, tri color quinoa (cooked in chicken stock because I had an open carton). When the squash was nearly done, I mixed it in with the other ingredients, spooned it into 4 scooped out squash halves, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, and roasted for another 15 minutes. We each had half and have two more halves for tomorrow. My brother is coming over to watch the Michigan/Ohio State game today and is buying swordfish for DH to grill.

GO BLUE!

 

[iamshadow21]

Our groceries were delivered today, and came with nearly 2kg of chicken maryland pieces that we Did Not Order.

So, here is half of our dinner. We ate the other half, this will be dinner tomorrow.

(Maryland pieces are leg plus thigh with bone in, in case that's a regional term.)

There were five pieces in the bag, cooked two tonight but only split one between us, so the rest of the bag is probably getting frozen! It's a lot of chicken.

 

[anneg]

You reminded me that I hadn't made the stuffed acorn squash this fall, so we had it for dinner last night. After my rich Lobster Ravioli at Picano's on Thanksgiving, it was nice to eat something earthy and simple. I used a combination of fresh shitake and white mushrooms, Vidalia onion, tri color quinoa (cooked in chicken stock because I had an open carton). When the squash was nearly done, I mixed it in with the other ingredients, spooned it into 4 scooped out squash halves, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, and roasted for another 15 minutes. We each had half and have two more halves for tomorrow. My brother is coming over to watch the Michigan/Ohio State game today and is buying swordfish for DH to grill.

GO BLUE!

They won!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

They won!

It's a good thing that Michigan won because when our team loses, DH is usually in a foul mood My brother and DH watched the game in the kitchen with snacks, and I had the game on softly in the den while I read. We had delicious grilled swordfish with salad after the game.

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend. Safe travels if you are doing so.

 

[RusselSprout]

Made a pot of soup yesterday, chicken broth. Its delicious, but I think I'll need to thin it down a bit. Made with chicken thighs, leeks, celery, carrot, broth mix, chicken stock and parsley.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Made a pot of soup yesterday, chicken broth. Its delicious, but I think I'll need to thin it down a bit. Made with chicken thighs, leeks, celery, carrot, broth mix, chicken stock and parsley.

Your soup looks delicious! A bowl of pure comfort Today I'm cooking lentils with carrots, celery, onions in chicken stock with smoked sausage. Not something that I make frequently, but it's nice once in a while.

 

[iamshadow21]

Your soup looks delicious! A bowl of pure comfort Today I'm cooking lentils with carrots, celery, onions in chicken stock with smoked sausage. Not something that I make frequently, but it's nice once in a while.

@BetteDavisEyes , you're making me crave the bean and chorizo soup I used to make all the time, that partner can't eat any more. (Beans and pulses are a problem with FODMAP.)

I used to make a 'pea and ham' soup that was lentils and white beans, too.

Love beans and pulses. Miss them.

 

[killarney rose]

Why not make some for yourself and freeze it in serving sizes for you? You can always make something different for her on those days you have it. I had to learn to do things like that for myself when DH was diagnosed with diabetes some years ago. I still make some things just for me,some just for him, but mostly make things we both can eat.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

@BetteDavisEyes , you're making me crave the bean and chorizo soup I used to make all the time, that partner can't eat any more. (Beans and pulses are a problem with FODMAP.)

I used to make a 'pea and ham' soup that was lentils and white beans, too.

Love beans and pulses. Miss them.

I have a bag of split peas and will make soup with our holiday ham. I also make ham and bean soup with Great Northern or Navy beans. If we have a standing rib roast (Prime Rib) during the holidays, I'll also make Mushroom Barley soup.

 

[iamshadow21]

Why not make some for yourself and freeze it in serving sizes for you? You can always make something different for her on those days you have it. I had to learn to do things like that for myself when DH was diagnosed with diabetes some years ago. I still make some things just for me,some just for him, but mostly make things we both can eat.

This is shaming, but I'm gonna admit to it. Four people live in this house. Me and my partner have a fridge, mum has a fridge and a chest freezer you could fit a couple of bodies in, and housemate has a fridge.

All are crammed to bursting.

The problem with having space, is you cook all those big meals, freeze the leftovers, then they get 'lost'. Also, you think, hey, I already have five half-eaten tubs of ice cream, but I want THAT flavour I don't have. And so you end up with six tubs. *whispers we might have more than six*

This might be compounded by the fact that two of us have major ADHD, one has health problems that include brain fog, and one eats teeny tiny meals because she's had sleeving surgery, and also doesn't remember to eat when she gets depressed.

So, yes, cooking a big batch would be smart, but considering I had to play freezer tetris to fit in the three chicken maryland pieces we haven't eaten from the surprise parcel that came with the shopping delivery, not an option. Until I eat more ice cream, anyway.

As for how we can afford the bills on four large whitegoods, I think it helps that we have a bunch of solar panels.

 

[killarney rose]

I get it. I have a large upright freezer and just cleaned it out. We’ve been eating” lost” items.

 

[iamshadow21]

I get it. I have a large upright freezer and just cleaned it out. We’ve been eating” lost” items.

The major problem with us eating lost items is Mum had the great idea about six months ago to 'organise' the freezer. Which involved her putting all the meals we'd cooked and needed to start eating our way through... at the very bottom.

Yeah.

So, they're impossible for my partner to get to, they're incredibly difficult for me to get to, and well, look up object permanence and ADHD, and also clutter blindness and ADHD if you need an idea how well Mum's doing at eating her way through the meals she can no longer see to know they exist.

(She did the freezer reorganising very early in the morning, before we were awake, like she does a lot of her impulsive, often destructive things, so that we can't stand there telling her what a ridiculous idea it is. Our intense COVID lockdowns that went for months were FUN. I did avoid homicide, but only just. j/k. sort of.)

 

[killarney rose]

I’m ADD myself, so I get where you are coming from. After a lifetime of clutter, lost items and being unorganized, now in my 60s I’ve turned completely to the other extreme. Drives DH crazy.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I was tired of Tday leftovers even tho they're delicious. So I picked up 2 pieces of pizza. Gourmet spinach with tomatoes. So good. Really hit the spot.

Now I want dessert but can't settle on anything. I'm too tired to make anything. Maybe I'll buy a slice of something when I go for treatment tomorrow. It's a rule, should be a law, that one cannot go thru cancer treatment without dessert!

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[Seni]

"It's a rule, should be a law, that one cannot go thru cancer treatment without dessert!"

Totaly agree, but you probably need to reduce sugar as much as you can.

As easy dessert I suggest a banana split with frozen low sugar yoghurt with a diabetic chocolate sauce melted over it and nuts if you like them.

I make a fruit crumble using no added sugar. Nobody noticed the change!

 

[PayrollNerd]

"It's a rule, should be a law, that one cannot go thru cancer treatment without dessert!"

Totaly agree, but you probably need to reduce sugar as much as you can.

As easy dessert I suggest a banana split with frozen low sugar yoghurt with a diabetic chocolate sauce melted over it and nuts if you like them.

I make a fruit crumble using no added sugar. Nobody noticed the change!

If that’s dessert, that’s a hard pass. I don’t eat that much dessert anyway.

I’ve found low fat & low sugar foods have lots more salt & other junk. I bake & cook from scratch due to food allergies. Baked goods here are gluten free made with bean flour.

I usually go to the store and find something for the metal taste in my mouth. I haven’t done that this week. I’m out of Smarties candies but I have some cinnamon hard candies. I’ve been picking at the same chocolate bar for over a month.

Last week it was GF pumpkin cookies. Some with icing and some plain. The youngest took a bunch home. I mailed a package to my oldest. They didn’t quite survive the trip! Ha!