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friend is coming over tonight, and the weather would suggest that a barbecue is in order.
unfortunately he is a hippy, but he is a hippy who is bringing me my new bike, so he won't be berated for it.
Any last minute, minimal preparation, minimal shopping, veggie barbecue ideas?
Thinking of doing peppers stuffed with rice (this will take quite a bit of pre-work), or get some massive mushrooms to do with pesto (but that seems like a bit of a cop-out).
Anyone got any inspired ideas?
Dave
Corn on the cob. Veggie burgers, veggie kebabs
Veggie kebabs.
Pepper, onion, mushroom, tomato - on a stick 🙂
If he eats fish,- mackerel
Do him an omelette. He'll understand
BBQ'd Garlic Roasted Cauliflower always goes down well. 😉
I usually do it in the oven, then whack it on the BBQ for 10-20 minutes , making sure the BBQ cover is on, let it smoke up! Lovely!
Peppers stuffed with fetta, garlic, chilli, onion and shroom. BBQd haloumi is always a winner
Can't you get some of those burgers made out of foot fungus?
barbie, right? that says kebab - so tofu cubes, red and green peppers, quartered onion and cherry tomatoes on a skewer and doused with flavoured olive oil and grilled, served in pitta bread with coriander chutney (bunch of fresh coriander, 2 or 3 walnuts, garlic, ginger, fresh chilli (no seeds), lemon juice, salt and pepper all blitzed in a blender to what looks like the right consistency)
.. or lie and tell him they are veggieburgers, honest
As a veggie myself, if you really wan't to be nice to him, get a separate disposable BBQ for veggie stuff only.
Kind of useless having some lush veggie food if you have to stick it next to all that manky lardy meat.
Most vegeburgers cook ok on BBQs, but the breadcrumb coated 'vege-quarterpounder' type ones can have a tendency to fall apart. Skewered vege kebabs are good, all sorts of chunks of veg on a stick.
Check out this [url= http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/vegetarian/vegetarian-barbecue/ ]BBC Recipe link.[/url]
Halloumi and mushroom skewers.... Blummin lush!
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Tikka skewers.... Nom nom nom...
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Pepper and Feta parcels... Gurt Lush!
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Above all, don't be a meat-bore...There are some amazing foods to be eaten as a veggie at the barbecue if only you can use your meat-addled imagination 🙂
Nice one for considering it.
Have fun. 🙂
Hmmm, kinda hungry now.. 😕
I'm sorry, but vegetarianism really does look shite
If he eats fish,- mackerel
No, he is vegetarian. Fish is not a vegetable, ergo, should you include it in your diet, you are not a vegetarian, period.
However, PLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEE let not get into that argument. Sun is out, have a barbie innit 🙂
Pepper and Feta parcels... Gurt Lush!
They look amazing, brilliant side dish for a sirloin!
I usually provide at least two options for Vegetarians when doing a BBQ.
1) Make do 2) or **** off*
*Thanks Jimmy.
I'm sorry, but vegetarianism really does look shite
Yawn...
I'm only expressing an honest opinion. I mean, that stuff looks ok but its hardly......
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is it? 😉
Yawn...
+1
With an added +1 for predictability 😐
You're not allowed two +1's in one post Bravisimo 😛
Yeah Binners, 8 tubes of minced pig C*cks, arse rings and ballcocks, real nice...
Bon Appetit.. 😕
pig C*cks
Let's not bring hora and his beautiful penis into this now.
Anyway, for the OP, anything with halloumi is a winner on a barbie.
Blimey! That was even easier than usual...
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Blimey! That was even easier than usual...
Predictable though...
+5
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Wow, thats a huge vegetable he caught there... 😉
Actually tandori tuna steaks done on the barby are fantastic for the veggie/but not really veggie brigade
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halloumi is fab,
mushrooms with pesto sounds like not copping out to me,
the supermarket quorn burgers especially the piri piri ones are good too,
to be honest any of the above would be nicer for him and indeed your meat eaters than tescos market value pig residue.
Although it's true that a vegetarians by nature shouldn't eat any fish (what with fish meat being , well, meat), don't use the 'fish isn't a vegetable' argument unless you want to look very silly very quickly. Eggs, cheese, apples, etc. also aren't vegetables! 😉
These are really nice and easy to prepare
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/11018/hot-dressed-sweet-potato-fennel-and-feta-parcels
Actually tandori tuna steaks done on the barby are fantastic for people who eat meat
FTFY
kayak23 - Member
No, he is vegetarian. Fish is not a vegetable, ergo, should you include it in your diet, you are not a vegetarian, period.
Most of my veggie mates eat fish. Especially if there's fresh mackerel going on a barbie. Just 'cos you don't like it , there's no need to get touchy.
You don't know what individuals eat until you ask them, many aren't as religious as you. And BTW, check the OP before kicking off in future.
Although it's true that a vegetarians by nature shouldn't eat any fish (what with fish meat being , well, meat), don't use the 'fish isn't a vegetable' argument unless you want to look very silly very quickly. Eggs, cheese, apples, etc. also aren't vegetables!
Ummm, not sure I or anyone else in the entire world ever suggested that vegetarians exist exclusively on things botanically classified as vegetables. 😀 I am aware that apples are not vegetables, fruit is the word you're after(if you don't want to look very silly very quickly that is) 😉
Eggs and Cheese? Not vegetables, not fruit, not fish, but vegetarian? Maybe...
Hey! Fish have feelings too, man!!! I think. Actually I'll have to check. I'm not sure they do. Does anyone know? Has someone got a graph or something? Showing a sliding scale of feelings from heffers to mackerel?
Most of my veggie mates eat fish. Especially if there's fresh mackerel going on a barbie. Just 'cos you don't like it , there's no need to get touchy.
You don't know what individuals eat until you ask them, many aren't as religious as you. And BTW, check the OP before kicking off in future.
I'm not 'kicking off' at all as it happens. Just trying to establish whether or not fish are vegetables much like say, carrots or turnips. I think not, and so I would add that your mates are not vegetarians, what they are if they eat mostly food of plant origin but also some fish I do not know, but vegetarian they ain't. Not trying to be funny or owt, but fish does not perform any part of a vege diet, it just doesn't, its an animal....
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Get a camembert, wrap in silver foil and place on BBQ as it cools down
leave 15mins
dip your crusty bread in - heaven
Now you're not sure what you wrote...Ummm, not sure I or anyone else in the entire world ever suggested that vegetarians exist exclusively on things botanically classified as vegetables.
... is not a vegetable, ergo, should you include it in your diet, you are not a vegetarian, period.
We can all cut and edit dude. What I said was, FISH is not a vegetable, etc. etc....
My point is that the word vegetarian is not literal, it does not mean exclusively vegetables, of course not. However, it does generally mean food that isn't made out of animals which must die to be eaten. I'm sure you know that already really.
Anyway, good luck with the barbie OP.
Ummm, not sure I or anyone else in the entire world ever suggested that vegetarians exist exclusively on things botanically classified as vegetables.
They imply it by there comments regarding fish. Or it can be understandably inferred.
Thanks bigbutslimmerbloke, that's an ace recipe, I'm doing those at the weekend!!
You claimed to be [i]just trying to establish whether or not fish are vegetables[/i] .
Why? No-one said it was. Nonsensical bickering.
Your [i]point[/i] was to start a pedantic argument and criticise others' suggestions, and their friends. Does that make you feel vegetabley superior?
Like I said, if you don't like it, don't eat it. You seem to want to define vegetarian, and vegetables, by what you want to eat.
Other options exist.
Blanch some asparagus then stick it on the grill for a few minutes.
Wonderful.
binners - Member
I'm sorry, but vegetarianism really does look shite
We can but dream of maintaining a physique like yours on our shitty diet 😀
Most of my veggie mates eat fish. Especially if there's fresh mackerel going on a barbie. Just 'cos you don't like it , there's no need to get touchy
most of your mates aint veggies as I am almost certain that fish are classified within the animal kingdom- I am not sureiof this is being touchy or accurate ...what do you think?
FWIW i once met a "veggie" who just did not eat red meat
A separate barbq is a must as i wont eat from the meat one.
I like fruit [ peaches, nectarines, pears, apples, pineapples who cares] in tin foil parcels, pour in some wine, seal and then steamed on top of the barbq. Everyone likes boozy fruit even fish eaters who claim to not eat animals
TBH barbq's are a poor choice for a veggie and I dont really do them for obvious reasons
Baked potatoes also work brilliantly on BBQ's, wrapped up in some foil and cooking away all discreetly like.
+1 for Asparagus, but herby butter on top is a must 🙂
Personally, for barbecues I generally go with non-meat versions of regular BBQ food; so burgers, sausages and the like. I'm not a fan of over-complicating things. IHMO if you're looking at a BBQ and broccoli thinking "how can I combine these two items?" then you're Doing It Wrong.
Veggie kebabs are a good idea, but I'd want to serve that as a side to something burgerish.
Most of my veggie mates eat fish
They aren't vegetarians, then. They're pescetarians. (Or Americans.)
Please stop referring to fish-eaters as 'vegetarians,' it's misleading and makes restaurant owners think that a tuna pasta bake is a great "vegetarian option".
As a veggie myself, if you really wan't to be nice to him, get a separate disposable BBQ for veggie stuff only.
Kind of useless having some lush veggie food if you have to stick it next to all that manky lardy meat.
At the risk of sounding precious I'd actually insist on this (and ideally separate tongues etc), or I'd graciously pass up the food offer. The last thing I want is my food garnished with years of encrusted dead cow build-up and then drizzled with molten lard.
I'm only expressing an honest opinion.
Yet, it was interesting enough to make you come in here and read it and pass comment? Rock 'n' roll, hey?
what do you think?
Mackerel's a good seasonal barbie food, and it was a qualified suggestion "Veggie kebab. Mackerel if he eats fish". It wasn't, and still isn't, established whether the OP's "hippy" mate likes it. So there was no need to start a row, ending a comment "period" and using a line of SHOUTING CAPS. That's touchy.
most of your mates aint veggies
Possibly 😉 But of those that are...
I'll continue to call them veggies (or hippies 😉 as per the OP) if that's how [u]they[/u] define their diet: whether they be pesco-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian or other. It's common usage in English that they're all sub-categories of the same larger generalisation. Even strict lacto-ovo vegetarians are contributing to the slaughter of chicken and cattle stock through sexing, so it's all much of a muchness. Although it now appears there could be one distinct vocal subcategory, precious-vegetarians 😉
OP, hope the barbie's worked out good.
you and your PESCETARIAN friends can use words inaccurately if you wish
but it just makes you all stupid 😉
veg·e·tar·i·an? ?[vej-i-tair-ee-uhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
a person who does not eat or does not believe in eating meat, fish, fowl, or, in some cases, any food derived from animals, as eggs or cheese, but subsists on vegetables, fruits, nuts, grain, etc.