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[Vector]

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[ggamer]

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THAT WAS THE PLAN
to give you a HUNGRY
and you got one

[timferius]

Mmm McDonald's Sausage & Egg McMuffin
...
What? DON'T JUDGE ME!
OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

[flame99]

By the way, I ended up making some sausage and kale soup, minus the sausage. I'll see if I can dredge the recipe back up at some point. I recommend you replace the sausage with beef or something, if not just leave it out completely.

[Rose]

If you can find processed vegetable protein somewhere, you can use them where you normally use meat chunks for a decent vegetarian dish.

[Osmosis Jones]

While I'm not a vegetarian, several of my friends are, and they rave about seitan. Depending on the variety, it's even possible to get it with texture reminiscent of chicken. It's pretty much pure gluten from wheat, and apparently has a lot more body than tofu.

On that note also, please don't ever use tofu for meat replacement... it's a wonderful product, but it shouldn't be treated as something that it isn't, and every dish I've ever had that tried to use tofu in place of meat has ended up a horrendous abomination against cooking. You can use it as the protein source in a dish, by all means, but it's not something that can be done without changing other parts of the recipe as well.

[Sappho]

While I'm not a vegetarian, several of my friends are, and they rave about seitan. Depending on the variety, it's even possible to get it with texture reminiscent of chicken. It's pretty much pure gluten from wheat, and apparently has a lot more body than tofu.

On that note also, please don't ever use tofu for meat replacement... it's a wonderful product, but it shouldn't be treated as something that it isn't, and every dish I've ever had that tried to use tofu in place of meat has ended up a horrendous abomination against cooking. You can use it as the protein source in a dish, by all means, but it's not something that can be done without changing other parts of the recipe as well.

Agreed. Tofu is awesome, but it is nothing like meat. Seitan is indeed amazing. I've also had good experiences with other types of "soya meat," though I'm not sure what they're called in other countries. For example, you can get soy hamburger patties that taste great, and the texture is so similar to meat that if you have some toppings on there, you might not even notice the difference. Around here, you can get bags of dried soya meat chunks that you just rehydrate and add to food. I like to get the smallest ones and throw them in pasta sauces; it's just like ground meat. And all these veggie substitutes have the added advantage of generally being a hell of a lot cheaper than meat! Which is why I almost always cook veggie meals.

If you don't like meat substitutes, there's always lentils and beans. Learn how to make a simple lentil curry or dhaal and you'll always have an amazing veggie recipe ready to go. I personally have a great kidney bean recipe: fry up onions, garlic, and mushrooms in olive oil with dried basil, add a can of red beans (rinse them first and then add some extra water to remove some of the excess salt that always comes in those cans) and a sprinkling of flour and dash of soy sauce. While it's cooking and the sauce is thickening up, cook up either some rice or pasta to serve it on. When the grain is ready, the beans should be ready too. Voila! 10-15 minutes of cooking, and you can easily make as much or little as you like. I've always had compliments on this one, and it's super easy.

[Orange Wizard]

We've got all those weird soy-based meat substitutes over in my realm. They are absolutely terrible. They bear semblance to meat that has been processed a few dozen times.
That said, they usually don't taste too bad, and it's certainly cheaper than the slaughtered alternative, so I guess it balances out.

[Helgoland]

I hate it when people try and give me meat substitutes.
"But you're vegetarian, you're supposed to like this!"
Well guess what, well-meaning relatives, friends, and aquaintances, if I liked the taste of meat, I would eat meat.

[Akura]

Seeking a substitute for my creamer for a morning, I added some milk, cinnamon, and a few drops of vanilla extract. The result was blasphemy. Utter, delicious blasphemy.

I think I used a little too much cinnamon, though. And I would love to get some pumpkin flavor in that.

[Bauglir]

Steam explosions are not very delicious, I've found, but they do make for a marvelous source of adrenalin. In related news, if you notice that your hard boiled egg is not done, for the love of God, do not finish the other in the microwave. It does not do the yolk's texture any favors.

[Arx]

And if you do do it, have a care and punch a hole through the yolk with a knife first, or you will be cleaning egg off the inside of your microwave. The shells make the most amazing mortar tubes, and the contents are a nightmare to get off the roof.

[Neonivek]

I've always wondered because I kind of want cheaper and Tasty sushi...

But how do you make proper sushi anyhow? One thing I noticed is that home made sushi seaweed is often too tough.

[Bauglir]

And if you do do it, have a care and punch a hole through the yolk with a knife first, or you will be cleaning egg off the inside of your microwave. The shells make the most amazing mortar tubes, and the contents are a nightmare to get off the roof.

Oh, I had the sense to take it out before it exploded in the microwave, trust me. Not till I bit into it did that fucker go off.

[Osmosis Jones]

Oh, I had the sense to take it out before it exploded in the microwave, trust me. Not till I bit into it did that fucker go off.

While I understand that this was no doubt a traumatic experience for you, I'm sorry, but I straight up burst out laughing at that imagery.