New Products
One of the most enjoyable parts of vegetarian living is trying new products. I recently ordered Soy Curls from Food Fight!, a vegan grocery store that also does mail order. Soy Curls are a wonderful product – easy to use and delicious. They resemble TVP (texturized vegetable protein) chunks but iare made from “delicately textured” whole soybeans rather than being a refined product like TVP. They can be used anywhere you would use TVP chunks - in stews, soups, barbecue, pot pies, etc., to replace chunks of beef, pork or chicken.
That same order from Food Fight! brought a jar of Cavi*Art - vegan “caviar” made from seaweed. This also turned out to be very enjoyable. People who have had caviar say it tastes very much like “the real thing.” Even as a carnivore, I never had fish eggs - but I love the Cavi*Art! It’s tasty - nice and salty, a bit twangy - and has a fun texture. It would be good at a New Year’s Eve party, with tiny potato cakes, topped with tofu “sour cream,” topped with vegan caviar, and served with a glass of champagne....
I’ll be placing another order soon to stock up on both these products.
Speaking of the coming New Year, vegetarians with an interest in animal rights will enjoy the year-end roundup from Dawnwatch, a Web site that tracks animal-related coverage in mainstream media worldwide. Among other things, the essay makes a case that “2007 was the year of Vegan Chic.” Here’s hoping that 2008 will continue that trend!
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