{"id":258,"date":"2008-09-04T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T16:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-01-05T16:26:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T14:26:50","slug":"barbaras-gone-and-done-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Barbara’s gone and done it"},"content":{"rendered":"

She posted her Vegetarian 100<\/a>. While I’m still trying to catch up to the Omnivore 100. *sigh*<\/p>\n

The Vegetarian Hundred :<\/p>\n

Strikeout<\/span> : What I won’t eat
\nBold<\/strong> : What I have had
\nBold and Strikeout<\/strong><\/span> : Have had, never again<\/p>\n

1. Real macaroni and cheese<\/strong>, made from scratch and baked – Tanya<\/a> makes great mac&cheese — Oh dear, I hope you don’t mean I need to make the macaroni and \/ or the cheese from scratch?
\n2. Tabouleh
\n3. Freshly baked bread, straight from the oven<\/strong> (preferably with homemade strawberry jam) — Sure, in a black pot on a campfire<\/a>, many times.
\n4. Fresh figs<\/strong> — had a tree at my parents’ home.
\n5. Fresh pomegranate<\/strong> — at Tannie Lizzie’s place (Esterheim) in Montagu<\/a>, many moons ago.
\n6. Indian dal of any sort
\n7. Imam bayildi
\n8. Pressed spiced Chinese tofu
\n9. Freshly made hummus
\n10. Tahini<\/strong>
\n11. Kimchi
\n12. Miso
\n13. Falafel<\/strong> — takeaway only.
\n14. Potato and pea filled samosas
\n15. Homemade yogurt
\n16. Muhammara
\n17. Brie en croute
\n18. Spanikopita<\/strong> — Aaah yes, the ex used to make these. Took up the whole kitchen and the whole day, but my oh my.
\n19. Fresh, vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes<\/strong>
\n20. Insalata caprese
\n21. Stir-fried greens (gai lan, bok choi, pea shoots, kale, chard or collards)
\n22. Freshly made salsa<\/strong>
\n23. Freshly made guacamole<\/strong>
\n24. Creme brulee<\/strong> — I like the Marie Claire Flavours recipe (Recipezaar link<\/a>)
\n25. Fava beans
\n26. Chinese cold sesame peanut noodles
\n27. Fattoush
\n28. New potatoes<\/strong>
\n29. Coleslaw<\/strong>
\n30. Ratatouille<\/strong>
\n31. Baba ganoush
\n32. Winter squash<\/strong> — Butternuts cooked, in foil in the coals, in soup (better than straight pumpkin soup), gems cooked, gems in foil on the fire…
\n33. Roasted beets<\/strong>
\n34. Baked sweet potatoes<\/strong> — in tinfoil in the coals, oooh yes.
\n35. Plantains
\n36. Chocolate truffles<\/strong> — there’s a nice chocolaterie<\/a> outside Tulbagh<\/a>…
\n37. Garlic mashed potatoes
\n38. Fresh water chestnuts
\n39. Steel cut oats — rolled, yes. Steel cut, no.
\n40. Quinoa — I’ve only recently heard about this, but it seems the rage on the USA side of the ocean<\/a>.
\n41. Grilled portabello mushrooms
\n42. Chipotle en adobo
\n43. Stone ground whole grain cornmeal
\n44. Freshly made corn or wheat tortillas
\n45. Frittata<\/strong> — my ex used to make these often.
\n46. Basil pesto<\/strong> — and this, when the basil bushes reached the level of the wall.
\n47. Roasted garlic<\/strong> — what’s a roast without garlic?
\n48. Raita of any type
\n49. Mango lassi
\n50. Jasmine rice<\/strong> (white or brown)
\n51. Thai vegetarian coconut milk curry
\n52. Pumpkin in any form other than pie<\/strong> — in SA we know every form except pie :-)
\n53. Fresh apple pear or plum gallette
\n54. Quince in any form<\/strong> — had a tree in the garden at Amperbo.
\n55. Escarole, endive or arugula
\n56. Sprouts other than mung bean<\/strong> — all kinds available here.
\n57. Naturally brewed soy sauce
\n58. Dried shiitake mushrooms<\/strong> — to give body to veg stews.
\n59. Unusually colored vegetables (purple cauliflower, blue potatoes, chocolate bell peppers\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6)
\n60. Fresh peach ice cream
\n61. Chevre<\/strong> — locavore delight.
\n62. Medjool dates
\n63. Kheer
\n64. Flourless chocolate cake
\n65. Grilled corn on the cob<\/strong> — often. We’re South African. We braai<\/em>!
\n66. Black bean (or any other bean) vegetarian chili<\/strong>
\n67. Tempeh
\n68. Seitan or wheat gluten
\n69. Gorgonzola or any other blue veined cheese<\/strong>
\n70. Sweet potato fries
\n71. Homemade au gratin potatoes
\n72. Cream of asparagus soup<\/strong>
\n73. Artichoke-Parmesan dip
\n74. Mushroom risotto
\n75. Fermented black beans
\n76. Garlic scapes
\n77. Fresh new baby peas
\n78. Kalamata olives<\/strong>
\n79. Preserved lemons<\/strong>
\n80. Fried green tomatoes
\n81. Chinese scallion pancakes
\n82. Cheese souffle
\n83. Fried apples
\n84. Homemade frijoles refritos
\n85. Pasta fagiole
\n86. Macadamia nuts in any form<\/strong>
\n87. Paw paw in any form<\/strong> — don’t like it much.
\n88. Grilled cheese sandwich of any kind<\/strong> — with Marmite<\/a>! Yeah!
\n89. Paneer cheese
\n90. Ma Po Tofu (vegetarian style\u00e2\u20ac\u201cno pork!)
\n91. Fresh pasta in any form<\/strong> — made lasagna once. I’ll get better if I practiced.
\n92. Grilled leeks, scallions or ramps
\n93. Green papaya salad
\n94. Baked grain and vegetable stuffed tomatoes
\n95. Pickled ginger<\/strong>
\n96. Methi greens
\n97. Aloo paratha
\n98. Kedgeree — Tanya’s daughter is vegetarian but eats fish. So… yeah. I quite like the stuff. Edit : Barbara meant the vegetarian version, never heard of it. will hafta research & try.
\n99. Okra
\n100. Roasted brussels sprouts<\/strong> — Tried it the other night, maybe I need to practice, but I prefer boiled.

She posted her Vegetarian 100. While I’m still trying to catch up to the Omnivore 100. *sigh* The Vegetarian Hundred : Strikeout : What I won’t eat Bold : What I have had Bold and Strikeout : Have had, never again 1. Real macaroni and cheese, made from scratch and baked – Tanya makes great mac&cheese — Oh dear, I hope you don’t mean I need to make the macaroni and \/ or the cheese from scratch? 2. Tabouleh 3. Freshly baked bread, straight from the oven (preferably with homemade strawberry jam) — Sure, in a black pot on a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foooooood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}