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[Woods Dweller]

I have a very good friend who is going to Rendezvous with me this year. He is a Vegetarian, and I would like to have some good camp Vegetarian recipes. Any help?

 

[Katahdin]

Check on Tofu, lots can be done with it and it taste reasonable ..

 

I have a very good friend who is going to Rendezvous with me this year. He is a Vegetarian, and I would like to have some good camp Vegetarian recipes. Any help?

Did you look at the "Recipes" section of this forum?

Also, the biggest repository of recipes can be found here: http://bfy.tw/TlB

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Also, the biggest repository of recipes can be found here: http://bfy.tw/TlB

Seems like the OP might be looking for grazer recipes that would fit in at a Rendezvous and be adapted to camp fire cooking. Your search is too broad Jack, narrow that puppy down if you please.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Well ship's biscuits, greens with olive oil instead of animal fat, I have knocked out a veggie stew that was "ok"because I roasted all the root veggies first.

 

Also, the biggest repository of recipes can be found here: http://bfy.tw/TlB

Seems like the OP might be looking for grazer recipes that would fit in at a Rendezvous and be adapted to camp fire cooking.

Almost any recipe can be made over a fire, even the one's that are baked. I doubt that there's anything special about "vegetarian rendezvous" recipes. Surely you can Google enough one-pot vegetarian meals that can be cooked over a fire?

Vegetarian mountainmen? (reenacting PETA?) :wink:

 

[coloradoclyde]

If your friend is a veg then you should ask him to plan his meals....almost anything vegetarian can be adapted to the campfire or Dutch oven...

Historically speaking....animal protein has not always been available to the masses..

Tofu is pretty much a 4 letter word. (for vegetarian)

I have a lot of good vegetarian recipes....but it all depends on what you like to eat. Many recipes can be adapted by simply omitting the meat...of course the type of vegetarian you are will make it more or less difficult...e.g. vegan, omnitarian...etc....

Some vegetarians hate the taste and texture of meat......others simply look for a non meat substitute...chopped, cooked chickpeas do a good job of mimicking the texture of hamburger, and are a good supply of protein...

I have a pretty good recipe for vegetarian taco meat that my wife (who is not a vegetarian ) loves...

 

[tenngun]

Jas Townsend in sons offers an 18th cent vegitarian cookbook. Looking on you tube Townsend offers many veggy dishs in his savoring the past cooking vids. Beans and Greenpeas were very common and wide varities of bread and corn bread. Look in to Scots or Irish cooking as several cookbooks offer those dishs many were vegitarian. Provential French cooking would provide some simple soups stews and ragots. The Book of Buckskinning 2 has an artical by Karalee Turney on historic cooking. You can also sub veggy meats for many traditional dishes. Even the British navy built on 'salt horse' and pork had all veggy days.
Will your friend eat cheese or eggs? If so you can do dishs from complex rairbits to simple sliced hard chees and nuts.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Yes, the question really boils down to...what type of vegetarian he/she is and how authentic /period correct they want to be....

Either way, I don't see it as a barrier. After all their are more vegetables than their are animals... :grin:

 

[satx78247]

In camp, for our vegetarian members, I cook a lot of whole wheat bread, cornbread (both baked/fried), pinto & navy beans, rice, fresh/cooked vegetables & often prepare trays of fresh fruit & nuts for "grazing".

IF I knew what you friend normally eats, I could likely offer numerous ideas that work for camp food. = As someone else said here, most anything can be cooked over coals or in a dutch oven, including fruit & cream pies with mountains of fluffy merengue.
(Few things are as tempting on a frosty morn as a thick slice of warm apple pie with a hunk of cheddar & hot coffee.)

yours, satx

 

[coloradoclyde]

Soup...vegetable soups are endless....


Here is my apple galette recipe. It is super easy and serves two.

Apple Galette

1/2 cup flour
pinch salt
1 apple( Gala )
lemon juice
cinnamon
1/4 stick cold butter
1/8 stick melted butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Cut cold butter into small pieces, add to flour and press through a fork until butter is thoroughly mixed mix in salt, refrigerate 5 min. add about 1 tablespoon of cold water and gently mix. refrigerate while oven preheats to 350 f
while oven preheats peel, core, and slice apple and add 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice.
place dough on parchment paper and press into ball then roll out like pizza.
place thinly sliced apple in middle of dough, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Fold dough up over apples pinching and folding as you go.
place galette on cookie sheet in oven @ 350 for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown and delicious.

 

[Sean Gadhar]

Vegetarian mountainmen? (reenacting PETA?) :wink:

No, no Bob I don't think there is anything wrong with your historic demonstration.

I think you did a fine job. :hmm: I just think an all Vegetarian/PETA Rendezvous is a tuff audience for a beaver skinning demonstration. :wink:


:surrender: The author of the above fully admits that Vegetarian dose not = PITA.

And that in general a Vegetarian attending a Rendezvous shows an admirable open mindedness on the part of said Vegetarian. But I still think the above was funny :blah:

 

[coloradoclyde]

The author of the above fully admits that Vegetarian dose not = PITA.

And that in general a Vegetarian attending a Rendezvous shows an admirable open mindedness on the part of said Vegetarian. But I still think the above was funny

It's a common stereotypical fact that many people think vegetarians do it simply for ethical, political or social reasons......but the truth is many do it for health and medical reasons....
For example; I know one person that can't physically digest animal tissue. Another friend gave up meat as a way to control his blood pressure.

 

[Woods Dweller]

:hatsoff: Wow! thanks gentlemen, I got a better response than I thought I would.

 

[Woods Dweller]

It's ok, I don't even know who peta is.

 

[Woods Dweller]

I think Dutch oven meals will be the menu. I might try one of them Turkeyfo I have seen at the store. Thanks

 

[satx78247]

As I said earlier, IF you ask your friend what his dietary restrictions are, several of us "camp cooks" will try to help with recipes/meal plans.

yours, satx

 

[tenngun]

I try to eat food that was used in the cooking styles it was used then. I don't cook chille or spaghetti in camp or on the trail. I have to adopt some changes to fit my diet, I don't think any one looks there.
Some common veggies today were rare to non existent then. Some veggies used then are not real common today. Lots of cooking was done with nutmeg or sugar in main dishes making many things sweeter then I care for. In general they ate tasty food back then and I enjoy it now. There are plenty of veggie dishes that one can do in the correct style with a little twicking to match your friend taste or needs.
I have heard of stich counters, but ain't never heard of pot checkers

 

[tenngun]

1 qt veggie broth on boil, 2 onions sliced thin, in a spider or frying pan using butter or olive oil sutee until brown. Using dried mushrooms that have been soaked and chopped into bite sized pieces. Remove the onion and brown the mushrooms. Add both to veggie stock and bring to a boil, serve over toasted bread or place in bread bowls. You can top with cheese or a soy based cheese and be near to French onion soup. Eggs can be boiled in it or dumplings boiled in it. A salamander can be used to melt cheese, or you can reduce the broth cover with a biscuit dough and bake. Reduce the broth farther and increase the mushrooms you can line a Dutch oven with the dough and fill with mix than cover with topping then bake. You can substitute a pasty dough or a pie dough.

 

[Alden]

I have succotash in the recipes here. Butter and olive oil replace traditional bear grease (or even bacon fat). It's all good. Nutritious. Cheap. And so easy a Mountain Man can make it.
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/1355499/