Food

[Dimman]

Oh Geoffrey, you might be interested in this. I just discovered dry roasted edamame. Very nice crunchy peanut-like snack that's veggie friendly. And cheap, too. A 4.4oz bag is $1.70. They're so filling that goes a long way too.

You know what else is cheap, crunchy, peanut-like, and veggie friendly?

Peanuts...

[Henry Krinkle]

Some things are better even than the real version. Believe it or not I actually preferred this one soy ice cream to dairy (vanilla, specifically) even before I vegan. Alas however vegan parm is okay, but deffo not better! Cheese will be a hard win.

I'm sorry to hear that. I've been perfecting gluten free bread for my niece, so I know how hard it can be to try to make something that it is not but I would have thought crumbly, salty and vaguely nutty would be relatively easy.

Speaking of that, I am going to start homemade parmesan this weekend. I've sourced some local pastured goat's milk as well as some superior cows milk from one town over. This will be my very first real cheese.

I thought this Tofutti cream cheesealike was pretty decent, but I agree, hard cheese is gonna be hard to copy

[Dimman]

Some things are better even than the real version. Believe it or not I actually preferred this one soy ice cream to dairy (vanilla, specifically) even before I vegan. Alas however vegan parm is okay, but deffo not better! Cheese will be a hard win.

Do you get Daiya vegan cheese in the UK Geoff?

I've never tried it myself, but my cousin works for them and helped develop it (apparently getting it to melt was an epic challenge). They are also a customer of my day job, so I thought I'd give them a shout out.

[geoffbot]

Do you get Daiya vegan cheese in the UK Geoff?

I've never tried it myself, but my cousin works for them and helped develop it (apparently getting it to melt was an epic challenge). They are also a customer of my day job, so I thought I'd give them a shout out.

I shall give it a try - thank you! I've had a few that actually do melt well - this is a toastie I madre

Even with the melt it's probably about half as tastie as dairy cheese, but it's getting there!

[geoffbot]

Oh Geoffrey, you might be interested in this. I just discovered dry roasted edamame. Very nice crunchy peanut-like snack that's veggie friendly. And cheap, too. A 4.4oz bag is $1.70. They're so filling that goes a long way too.

Well that's very considerate of you Raza and no I haven't! I shall give them a try too - thanks bro

[geoffbot]

You know what else is cheap, crunchy, peanut-like, and veggie friendly?

Peanuts...

They can get a bit sickly if you eat too many. I know this because that's exactly what I did last night after a cheeky shmoke with my buddy. I love roasted broad beans, and we gotta get variety in my diet to keep it fun! Salted roasted peanuts are pretty unhealthy too...

[Raza]

You know what else is cheap, crunchy, peanut-like, and veggie friendly?

Peanuts...

These have way more protein and fiber, though. Also. just personally, I've never really liked peanuts by themselves.

[Henry Krinkle]

Here we go. Local quality goats milk and cows milk. 2 gallons in total. A parmesan/ romano type cheese starts on Monday.

[Dan R]

These have way more protein and fiber, though. Also. just personally, I've never really liked peanuts by themselves.

Ah, but peanuts can be modified. There are honey roasted, dry roasted, smoked, chipotle, and so on. I usually get the classic and adulterate them myself. I have a dedicated grinder that has a mix of sea salt and ghost pepper. I take an amount of peanuts in a ziploc and then grind out some salt/ghost. To your flavor of course. Hard to beat IMHO. Just don't rub your eyes until you've washed your hands.

[Dan R]

Here we go. Local quality goats milk and cows milk. 2 gallons in total. A parmesan/ romano type cheese starts on Monday.

I am envious. Then again, I don't have the time to get involved in cheese making. Hats off to you!

Dan