Monday, December 28, 2009

A Quick Howdy-Doo Before I Spend the Evening Scratching my Ass on the Sofa...

OK, first off, I totally suck at answering comments, which I know guarentees me a lifetime spot in the Negligent Blogger Hall of Fame. I suck. And I know it.

SO, to the folks who were asking me if my seitan filet mignon can be frozen, my answer to that is, Who the hell knows??  It never lasts long enough around here to get that far. I CAN tell you that it stays good in the fridge, bathing contentedly in it's salty juices for at least a week, so if you need to make it ahead, you have some wiggle room.

In other news, just wanna remind you all that ME <-------- Not Vegan. As my header ↑ indicates, our diet is only 95% vegan. We don't stress too much about the occasional schmear of egg or dairy in our meat substitutes. I live in the middle of nowhere and I've learned that it ain't worth the pain to be that fussy. So although I knew there was egg in the Quorn, that wasn't going to stop me from giving it the ol' college try. Now in regards to actual eggs, well...I have't had one for almost four years.

We discovered a new vegan snack this Christmas, in a Sobey's store located in a part of Nova Scotia even less veg-friendly than ours. (I didn't think that was even possible!) Check out this new line of Canadian goodies from a new company called EVO....



We went for the Mexicali Samoasas, and they were pretty good, I think....they had a great crispiness to them, weren't greasy, and certainly weren't in any way unpleasant. They seemed to lack the spicy OOMPH we like, but then again, I've discovered that few people like their food as fiery as we do. It's a wonder we have any tastebuds left, come to think of it.



The only downside was the price. At almost nine bucks for eight appetizer-sized samosas, I think that unless I hang out my red light and start making a little cash on the side, it will be a while before we sample any of their other items. Four tiny pot pies cost almost ten bucks. Hell, for ten bucks I can make ten times that and have enough money for a few beer on the side!

Nevertheless, never a bad thing to have more vegan options in the freezer case.

Coming Soon-I think I'm going to get cozy with a zucchini this week. (Har Har.) Actually, it was my Mom's idea, but she's a little sickie. For now though, the sofa beckons. Let the ass cheek scratching commence!

1 comments:

The Veg said...

God you crack me up! I can verify that the filets freeze well, but don't put them in the microwave, they get funky and rubbery. At least mine did, ich! My mom has been a vegie for over 10 years but has never had seitan, until I made this for our christmas dinner. She loved it.