one vegetarian coming to my dinner party - what shall I cook?

[bushbaby_de]

I'm trying to think of something that I can easily do a meat and non-meat version of as I personally don't think its a proper meal if it doesn't have meat in it so don't want to cook an all-veggie meal but don't want to do something totally different for the veggie - any ideas please? Thanks

[ummmm]

DT - I hate the taste of salt. It is essential for seasoning...but I can't put it on my food. I cook with it and that's about it. It's never even put out on our dinner table. To me it's a kitchen condiment and should never leave the kitchen...

[welshlibranr]

Stuffed vegetables are lovely!.......you can stuff Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Peppers etc, with either a meaty filling or a veg one, they are so tasty!......if you google, you'll get lots of recipes, and they are easy, and can be prepared in advance!........

[AlBags]

Do you like it streaky .. or salty Karen?

: )

[AlBags]

Hey Welsh! xx : )

[DTCwordfan]

Ummmm, (jokingly), Yahweh should have made you an honorary Jewess, or Allah a Muslim!

I think it holds for virtually everything that of you get things really natural and fresh, they always taste better. I think of all I have been privileged to try in my life, I put fresh grapefruit off the tree up there - so different to anything you buy out of a f and v shop, a costermongers or supermarket......and brilliant with gin or a vodka!

Next to that, asparagus and jersey royals straight off the field and I have a weakness for fresh raspberries (with a homemade meringue and Cornish double cream). On that score, one of the remarkable ones is to taste Callestick ice cream in the shops and then the farm - that is about a mile as the crow flies from here and is something totally different in taste. Having said that, even Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Watersbury, Vermont, tastes very different at source.

[karenmac60]

Hmmm, I'm quite a fan of the salty stuff Al :)

[ummmm]

I don't mind a roast of pork :-)

I don't like cream...it makes me feel sick...

Why did you pick those two subjects DT???

[DTCwordfan]

which two subjects? there were plenty.....you are far fussier than I am!!!

[DTCwordfan]

food that is!

[AlBags]

xx

[bushbaby_de]

God I'm so hungry now after all of these suggestions and debates... might have to pick a suggestion out of a hat! Thanks :)

[DTCwordfan]

But please do not mention the dreaded word "Bananas"

[AlBags]

Cheese on toast and a couple of pickles then : )

Karens up for some of my salty bacon.

[karenmac60]

Yum yum! ;)

[ummmm]

Pork and cream...haha

I didn't think I was fussy...but I am. I don't put it down to fussiness...I put it down to tastebuds. My tongue just doesn't like certain tastes.

Got some oysters in...I like those :-))

[AlBags]

No Ummmm .. I'm a stayer : ) lol

[bushbaby_de]

Well showing my class now... I've just opened a can of dry blackthorn!

[DTCwordfan]

Salmon and Oysters we agree on. I love mussels and any shrimp, lobsters, crabs etc

I am averse to cockles, winkles, having barfed on bad ones...... On clams; well, I won a radio competition quiz in the States - some bizarre historical trivia question that I phoned in. The prize was a restaurant meal on Long Island and I ate bake clams that came back to haunt me......been wary of those, but I do like a really good clam chowder.

[loobylou]

Try Quorn, as a curry - one thing all my lot will eat together (one's vegetarian). Cauliflower in batter with a sweet and sour sauce - you could use meat in the batter for the others.

[pastafreak]

I grew up on Long Island....baked clams--mmmmmmmmm!