What Do vegetarians Eat On Thanksgiving?

[Parche]

Tofu Turkey?

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Vegans. I thought it was obvious.

:hide: from flvegan because it is his birthday and we shouldn't be teasing him.

[Parche]

2. Tofu birthday cake?

:shrug: :hi:

[siligut]

3. Tofu Turkey is yucko!

I'll have stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, yams, creamed onions, salad, rolls and pumpkin pie. I will cook a Cornish game hen for Mr.Gut and the kitteh this year though, they so enjoy it.

[grasswire]

7. how do you make a vegan pumpkin pie?

Eggs?
Milk?

Do tell.

[siligut]

8. I am not vegan. Sorry.

I do use cruelty free eggs and dairy.

I found this on the web though:

Ingredients:
1 350-g box of silken firm tofu, drained
1 heaping cup of cooked or canned pumpkin
1 to 1 1/4 cups brown or golden sugar, not packed tight (read this first)
dash salt
4 teaspoons blended "pumpkin pie spice" OR:
1 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoons nutmeg
1 pie crust
Method:
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Blend the tofu in a food processor or with a blender until smooth and cream-like, for about four minutes. Stop the machine every once in a while to scrape large pieces of tofu down into the machine's blades. Add the cooked pumpkin and blend some more, again stopping the machine and scraping the mixture down. The result should be a light orange-colored paste with no lumps of tofu.

Put the paste into a large mixing bowl and add the sugar, salt, and spices. Mix well and spoon it into the pie crust; decorate with cheerful shapes of leftover crust, if desired. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until the crusts are dark brown (but not burned).

Serve warm or chilled, plain or topped with whipped cream or ice cream.

[Generic Brad]

37. Cruelty free eggs?

You'd better not be beating them!

[siligut]

48. I just whip the whites!

They deserve it!

[LeftyMom]

40. You know there's really no such thing, right?

[siligut]

47. One part of me knows.

The other part is too fond of cheese. I have been vegan in the past, as was my husband. We have drifted. I will go back, but in the meantime I buy local and certified cruelty free. I do know, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded.

[MarthaMyDear]

24. I use a recipe that uses silken tofu in place of eggs, milk...

...and it's great! :)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

36. I've had vegan pumpkin pie, I have no clue how it was made, but it was excellent

The rest of the people eating it didn't even know it was vegan.

[flvegan]

4. We eat pretty well.

There are lots of pre-made and easily homemade alternatives to turkey, etc. Hell, LeftyMom and I made a vegan turducken together.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. I want a vegan Turducken

My stepdad is making a real Turducken the day after Thanksgiving. That's of no help to me.

[flvegan]

13. Why don't you come over to my house, and we'll make one together?

We can do it if you want to.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

35. Why do I have a feeling you're not talking about Turducken anymore?

[flvegan]

41. Totally innocent invite.

Just spending time with you in the kitchen would be fantastic. Seriously.

Well, that and odds are in my favor. I'm batting 1.000 with chicks I make vegan turducken with.

[DarkTirade]

30. ... that sounds like a mad scientist experiment gone horribly wrong...

or horribly right, depending on how it tastes when it's done. :P

[flvegan]

32. It was excellent!

[LeftyMom]

39. Well, we were drinking and uh, kinda in a good mood, but it was fantastic.

Plus I made stuffing and brown sugar glazed yams.

[DarkTirade]

42. Sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie are the justification for this entire holiday IMO.

:)

[LeftyMom]

43. I made pumpkin pie too. It was fucking fantastic.

[DarkTirade]

46. ... I'm not sure I want to know that much about your pastries...

:P

[LeftyMom]

51. Luckily, somebody did.

:D

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. Actually, I eat lots of stuff

The sides and all that delicious Italian food. I lucked out in that my Irish family married a bunch of Italians, and so, we have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner AFTER a full Italian feast.

[stuntcat]

9. most of the other stuff :)

I have to give up acting vegan for the day because my in-laws won't consider anything good unless it's got some eggs or some fat in it, but I can avoid the actual meat slabs. I'll have the peas and sweet potatoes :9

[Taverner]

10. TOFURKEY!! TOFURKEY!!

[4_Legs_Good]

12. Hey do you really eat those for Thanksgiving?

Do you know how to prepare them well? I've done them according to the instructions several times, and they're never great. I normally really like Tofurkey products, so I have to believe that if I could prepare it properly, it'd be really delicious.

I mean people put a lot of effort into cooking a real turkey, but the instructions here are pretty simple. What if I actually cooked it in a bag with apples and basted it and blah blah blah. Would it be better?

Any tips would help.

David

[flvegan]

14. I wrap it in foil coated in an apricot glaze with pineapples.

It's awesome.

[4_Legs_Good]

17. That sounds great!

I'll try it this year. Thanks!!

David

[flvegan]

21. Now and then, I'll cheat and just use a commercial apricot duck sauce.

Just a cheater tip.

[LeftyMom]

19. Pineapples are gross.

:puke:

[flvegan]

20. Yeah, well you like Star Trek. Your taste is suspicious.

[LeftyMom]

22. I thought it was suspect because I'm dating you.

:popcorn:

[flvegan]

23. It's proof you have *some* taste.

I was told that I look "under 30" today by a girl I work with. She's 24. I've got the macho with the younger girls.

[LeftyMom]

25. Maybe she just wants you to leave her your car in the will.

:P

[buzzycrumbhunger]

15. I second that

The full dinner is brilliant, if only for those cranberry-potato dumplings. If not tofurky, we do lasagna, Mexican feast, or other big spread.

My vegan pumpkin pie:
a punkin, steamed or roasted and puréed
1/2 c. raw sugar or agave syrup
3 T egg replacer w/6 T water
3T WW flour
1 c (or so) soymilk
4 T blackstrap molasses
1 t salt
cinnamon
cloves
ginger
allspice

2 WW or oat pie crusts

Mix thoroughly, dump in shells, dust with more cinnamon, bake @ 350 for 30-45 min. Makes a dark, intensely squashy pie--not as firm as the eggy custard ones Mom made.

[4_Legs_Good]

11. Yeah, pretty much

We generally do all the regular sides, just without meat products, and then I usually make Tofurkey roll thing, which isn't that good, but seems like the right thing to do.

I wish I knew how to prepare them better. I bet if I took as much care with the damned thing as most people do preparing to eat a real bird, it would end up pretty tasty.

David

[LeftyMom]

16. Link to recipe:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5821911&mesg_id=5825819

Plus the usual mashed potatoes, yams, etc, which are all easily veganized.

[madinmaryland]

18. Is that what I think it is??

:hurts:

[MarthaMyDear]

26. I like the commercial Tofurky deli slices...

...but the roast is not too good, IMO.

We tried it one year, now go with Marinated Tofu slices cut thinly and baked in the oven until crisp...use soy sauce or "Braggs" to marinate along with spices...mmm....

[yewberry]

27. I liked UnTurkey, but it's off the market.

Maybe stuffed delicatas or some kind of nut roast, along with most of the usual sides.

Dunno, I haven't figured out this year's menu.

[flvegan]

28. RIP UnTurkey.

Gawd but I loved UnTurkey.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

56. UnTurkey rocked

[Robeson]

29. We starve, while laying in a corner mumbling to ourselves.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

31. Lots of mashed potatos?

eom

[old mark]

33. ...and stuffing with no gravy. nt

[MassLiberal]

34. May I suggest Quorn products?

We call them "fake chicken" at my house, but they also do a yummy fake turkey that we've served for Thanksgiving (we have vegetarians and non- around the table).

Check out the "Turk'y Roast" on this page:
http://www.quorn.us/cmpage.aspx?pageid=461&productrangeid=1

Also REALLY love the Cranberry & Goat Cheese Chik'n Cutlet and Gruyere Chik'n Cutlet (both infused with cheese!! What more could you ask?)...and pretty much anything else on this page. :-)

[buzzycrumbhunger]

54. Yes, you may

The only problem with them is that they're about the size of a big grapefruit and either one of my kids alone can eat a whole one. What we really need is the 25-pound version for people who scoff at the FDA's assertion that a serving of protein should be no larger than the size of your (computer) mouse. The holidays are all about excess, aren't they? :eyes:

[unpossibles]

38. I've never had a Tofurkey, but here's what my wife and I eat

we make vegan gravy, chick'n strips (I think they are Morningstar Farms), mashed taters, green beans, cranberry, and everything else.

It beats my former Thanksgiving ritual: take the day off, avoid my family, get wasted/stoned by 10:00 and painting all day listening to music. Hmm. Maybe it doesn't beat that after all.

[Critters2]

44. Me: Mashed potatoes, sweet corn, cranberry sauce, cornbread,

sweet potatoes (no marshmallows), crockpot dressing, vegan green bean casserole, squash, baked apples, Dutch apple pie, blueberry pie.

I think that should be enough, don't you? I'm cooking this year, for my dad, my sister, and her SO. Wish me well! Now that I look at that menu, I hope I know what I'm doing!

[kentauros]

45. Nothing.

On that day, we all become Breatharians

[Inchworm]

49. Sometime I piss off the porch

I hope noone has quarrels with that. I also think noone should be a word, but that's neither here nor there.

You as nekkid as I?

skr00 heat!

:hi:

[eauclaireliberal]

50. Other vegans

As a carnivore I prefer free range chicken. Ever wonder why the whole family naps after thanksgiving dinner? The store bought turkeys have enough hormones shot in them to change your sex.

[GirlinContempt]

52. Vegetables.

[HEyHEY]

53. a baseball glove counts as an animal

[krispos42]

55. Tofu turducken

And no, I'm not kidding. A tofu chicken inside of a tofu duck inside of a tofu turkey.




I'll be stuffing my face with meaty, saucey, cheesey, spicy Italian food that entire week!

Mmmmmmm... provolone... meatballs... salami... lasagna...









Damn, now I'm hungry.

[RebelOne]

57. I eat everything except the turkey, stuffing and gravy.

There are always plenty of vegetables, plus a variety of desserts to feast on.