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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 22, 2013 - 10:50am PT
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Anyone here burdened with a "paleolithic diet" Thanksgiving?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Nov 22, 2013 - 10:53am PT
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Fletcher nails it. Never heard of the guy, but I'll have to read some of his stuff.
Making a pharmacy delivery to a long term patient, I happened to arrive at lunch time. The large, 3 generation Cambodian family, were all seated on the floor in the living room surrounding a table cloth covered with some very "interesting" looking dishes. The one that caught my eye immediately was the fish heads with huge eyeballs :0
They insisted I stay for lunch. I knew I had to. (A concern was the cleanliness of home and kitchen which I had visited often.) They filled my plate. Oh what to do? I engaged in our limited language conversation, kept my eyes on their happy faces and forked the food up to my mouth. Even without looking I knew when I'd hit the fish with eyeballs......:)
Edit: GDavis, lol. Sure miss working with you and your wonderful sense of humor. Cheers, lynnie
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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Nov 22, 2013 - 11:09am PT
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One of my favorite recipes is simple~
Yellow Split Pea & Mushroom Soup with Kale & Smoked Paprika
Main Ingredients~
1 cup yellow split peas
1 chopped onion
1 clove sliced garlic
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
1 cup chopped kale
1 qt. veggie stock
Spices~
2 bay leaves
1/4 teasp smoked paprika
1/2 teasp salt
2 tblsp grapeseed/olive oil
1. Boil, then simmer for 1 hr: peas, 3 cups water, bay leaves and paprika.
2. Heat oil and saute' onion, garlic, mushrooms.
3. Remove bay leaves, stir peas, stock & kale into onion, mushrooms.
Most of the 'Tofurky' I've had was a rice and veggie mixture wrapped in a textured vegetable protein shell (it's mostly stuffing-kind of like a reverse Beef Wellington). Not a fan due to the processing and additives, but it won't kill ya. Have fun at the dinner.
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Fletcher
Gym climber
A very quiet place
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Nov 22, 2013 - 11:20am PT
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When I lived in Hong Kong and was travelling all over Asia for work, my colleagues in each country I was visiting invariably would delight in taking me to lunch or dinner, sometimes in hole in the wall places, sometimes higher end. They had such joy in sharing their food and what they thought were special examples of their local cuisine. I got to try a lot of strange and interesting stuff. It makes for fond memories and some good stories.
Eric
Edit: That split pea soup sounds good. Will have to give it a try!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Nov 22, 2013 - 01:18pm PT
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Listen to Riley Whna. Eating it every once in a while probably won't kill ya, but tofurkey and other meat substitutes are highly processed and should be avoided. Better to eat organic meat or wild game than that stuff. I'm a bullshitaterian, I eat whole food vegan most the time and game or wild caught fish about once a week (although I also follow the "grandmother" rule; I eat what's served me). You can make really tasty vegan stuff, but you need to get a handle on using different ingredients. It can be difficult. One BS thing I hear all the time is that something is a substitute for cheese or some other non vegan thing. Most the time this is just absolute BS; for instance nutritional yeast as a substitute for parmesan cheese. Either these people have never had good parmesan cheese, or are just lying to themselves about what it tastes like. But that is what I mean about having to use different ingredients as lots of things are off the table so to speak.
Go with the roasted veggies. You can even roast em lightly coated in olive oil with your spices of choice (salt and pepper, chipotle and ancho, cajun, or whatever). Mix the spices and olive oil together in a large enough bowl to fit the vegies and toss the veggies around in it until they are evenly coated. Throw in oven. Or on the grill.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Nov 22, 2013 - 01:59pm PT
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>Keith Leaman-- awesome yellow pea recipe! I will be trying that one soon.
For me, what has always made Thanksgiving special and not just some celebratory meal where the focus is about good eating, is to go around the table and have everyone reflect on what they are Thankful for.
I am Thankful for my supertopo friends and I am thankful for the way this forum provides cool stories and climbing material, and also for how it allows me to procrastinate. ;)
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Fletcher
Gym climber
A very quiet place
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Nov 22, 2013 - 02:32pm PT
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If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice. — Meister Eckhart
Eric
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Nov 22, 2013 - 03:16pm PT
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Daphneeeeeee. Miss you! May be in Bay area endish of January. Shall I email you?
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Nov 22, 2013 - 04:09pm PT
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Yes!!! Lynnie! Please email me. I need advance notice these days so let me know as soon as possible. If I know in advance, I can plan to come to you.
Eric-- yes, love Meister Eckhart. Thanks for reminding me of him.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Nov 22, 2013 - 05:35pm PT
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I went to one last year. I was just fine without the tryptophan buzz. I made a roasted butternut squash soup.
In fact I made a point of not eating a lot and I skipped dessert. I'll be in The Creek next week so I won't hardly know it's happening.
You'll survive....
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Nov 22, 2013 - 05:53pm PT
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VEGAN: Yet one more form of socially structured mental illness.
To address the topic of the thread directly, no I haven't and hopefully never will...
My advice is: buy yourself a nice turkey sandwich to nibble on when no body else is around or looking.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 22, 2013 - 06:35pm PT
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hey there say, brandon_ oh my... well, here's another option:
you could BOTH fast, on that day... and just sit around and share and talk
and get to know each other...
and be thankful that you met...
and--figure out what to cook and eat, AFTER your THANKSGIVING...
:)
that might help, :)
*though, you could have some tea... or a nice salute to each other, with some
juice or wine, i reckon... :)
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nov 22, 2013 - 06:47pm PT
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If a Vegan eats a Vegan are they still a Vegan?
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Nov 22, 2013 - 06:57pm PT
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Technically you have to kill something that is alive in order to live.
I can hear my tomatoes squeak when I pick them.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Nov 29, 2013 - 09:36am PT
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So was it a success?
Hope you didn't have to eat anything too weird
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patrick compton
Trad climber
van
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Nov 29, 2013 - 09:41am PT
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^^^ banz dis!
makes me wanna go vegan.
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HermitMaster
Social climber
my abode
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Nov 29, 2013 - 10:07am PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2013 - 01:16pm PT
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It was a huge success.
The dishes were so good I didn't even think about turkey.
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Aeriq
Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
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Nov 17, 2018 - 08:18pm PT
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Bump.
So Justthemaid has to spend every Thanksgiving in San Fran for her show.
Pretty much every year her host's Jewish Vegan friends invite the whole Dicken's Fair Crew (that are staying at the house) over for their "Vegan Jewish Thanksgiving".
From all reports, the palatability of these meals varies drastically: from dish to dish, and often the whole thing from one year to the next. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.
I just got the call that they are doing the Jewish Vegan Thanksgiving on the weekend, when everyone is "at show" and somewhat relieved they can get a "normal" turkey dinner from Boston Market.
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