Vegan Thanks Giving
I have to say I will never make fun of Tofurkey again.
I think the main flaw in Tofurkey is not in the food itself but in its name. It’s hard to take something called Tofurkey seriously, that is until you actually eat it. The Tofurkey I had with fellow vegans Myria and Nate (and company) for our vegan Thanks Giving was actually really good. It even comes with stuffing and gravy. I plan to pick one up to bring to my parent’s house when I visit them over X-mas.
But enough about the Tofurkey, the rest of the meal kicked even more ass. I made roasted garlic mashed potatoes and a pumpkin not-cheese cake. The potatoes were about as good as mashed potatoes can be and the cake was not bad either. It was the first time I’ve attempted to make anything like a cheese cake, and I’m mostly pleased with the end result. Myria and Nate supplied the cranberry relish and sauteed green beans with pecans, and stuffing (in addition to what the Tofurkey came with). Myria also made an spiced apple cake that made my not-cheese cake hide its face in shame. Later on in the evening we had Silk Nog with spiced rum. In short it was everything Thanks Giving should be, and of course everything was totally vegan.
my friend ulf LOVES tofurkey. a few years ago i cooked a turkey over the summer and he brought a tofurkey for the veggies in the crowd. i made mushroom cornbread stuffing to go with it and it was better than my sausage stuffing. tofurkey was still weird but didn’t taste as bad as i had imagined it would. the WEIRDEST part is the tofurkey jerky wish sticks. they should just do without that.
Comment by yichamp — November 25, 2005 @ 1:15 pm
that was the only time i’ve had the tofurky roast, was at your place. and it was really good i thought. but pretty much every veggie i know thinks it sucks and is dry and just skip turkey substitutes altogether for more appetizing veggie main courses.
apparently tofurky is hard to cook so that it isn’t really dry and tough? so kudos to you if you got it right, EFC.
matt’s mom is a vegan. so the veggies ate: spinach mushroom pie, lentil pilaf, steamed broccoli, salad, sweet potatoes, my vegan biscuits, and the vegan pumpkin pie i made (that was so good that we didn’t tell anyone it was made with tofu and they never knew).
Comment by joannaknits — November 26, 2005 @ 8:29 am
I didn’t actually cook the Tofurkey, my friends did. They did tell me that the Tofurkey came with a baste recipe, which they used often.
Comment by consolejockey — November 26, 2005 @ 10:22 am