The Vegetarian Hundred

[browngirl]

Let's go for something life-affirming. I saw this in dakiwiboid's journal as well. *waves to her*

Tigers and Strawberries (syndicated to LJ here) has written a Vegetarian answer to The Omnivore's 100. I think I've eaten more of these than off the other list!

dakiwiboid's sensible rules:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
5) Asterisk any items you'd be willing to try but have not yet.
6) Mention the original source
7) Post only behind an LJ cut!

And as ever, I have to add a notation for what I've cooked: I'll use a #.

The Vegetarian Hundred

1. Real macaroni and cheese, made from scratch and baked# [I find making this almost as comforting as eating it.]
2. Tabouleh#
3. Freshly baked bread, straight from the oven# (*grins and waves to Tigerlily*)
4. Fresh figs
5. Fresh pomegranate [YES YES YES.]
6. Indian dal of any sort [i am not fond of lentils.]
7. Imam bayildi
8. Pressed spiced Chinese tofu#
9. Freshly made hummus [I don't love hummus, but I will eat it in restaraunts.]
10. Tahini# [In other things than hummus, even!]
11. Kimchi
12. Miso# [I need to remember to make soup with the miso I have.]
13. Falafel [Also not fond of chickpeas.]
14. Potato and pea filled samosas
15. Homemade yogurt#
16. Muhammara* [I echo Kiwi's comment: "This sounds yummy!"]
17. Brie en croute#
18. Spanikopita# [I love cheese. I love baked cheese.]
19. Fresh, vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes# [I should buy some today.]
20. Insalata caprese#
21. Stir-fried greens (gai lan, bok choi, pea shoots, kale, chard or collards)#
22. Freshly made salsa#
23. Freshly made guacamole [Wasted on me, alas; I don't care for avocadoes. Feed Tigerlily my share.]
24. Creme brulee
25. Fava beans
26. Chinese cold sesame peanut noodles [Don't love, will eat.]
27. Fattoush *
28. New potatoes#
29. Coleslaw# [but only if I make it myself, or at least it's not dressed with mayonnaise.]
30. Ratatouille [In fact, we currently have the closely related caponata in our fridge!]
31. Baba ganoush
32. Winter squash#
33. Roasted beets#
34. Baked sweet potatoes#
35. Plantains # [there should be a designation for "STAPLE FOOD"]
36. Chocolate truffles
37. Garlic mashed potatoes [I live with Wolf, both garlic and potatoes are a given.]
38. Fresh water chestnuts#
39. Steel cut oats#
40. Quinoa# [I didn't love it but I'd be willing to eat it again.]
41. Grilled portabello mushrooms#
42. Chipotle en adobo#
43. Stone ground whole grain cornmeal#
44. Freshly made corn or wheat tortillas [God, the corn ones are good. The apotheosis of corn-as-starch.]
45. Frittata#
46. Basil pesto#
47. Roasted garlic#
48. Raita of any type#
49. Mango lassi#
50. Jasmine rice (white or brown)#
51. Thai vegetarian coconut milk curry
52. Pumpkin in any form other than pie#
53. Fresh apple pear or plum gallette# [I assume they mean 'free form pie' by 'galette']
54. Quince in any form# [Laughs with delight -- you know how mad for quinces I am.]
55. Escarole, endive or arugula
56. Sprouts other than mung bean#
57. Naturally brewed soy sauce#
58. Dried shiitake mushrooms [I don't like them except as a very small part of a soup.]
59. Unusually colored vegetables (purple cauliflower, blue potatoes, chocolate bell peppers…)# [Fractal broccoli, too!]
60. Fresh peach ice cream
61. Chevre#
62. Medjool dates#
63. Kheer#
64. Flourless chocolate cake
65. Grilled corn on the cob#
66. Black bean (or any other bean) vegetarian chili#
67. Tempeh
68. Seitan or wheat gluten# [I don't love tempeh, I don't hate seitan.]
69. Gorgonzola or any other blue veined cheese#
70. Sweet potato fries
71. Homemade au gratin potatoes#
72. Cream of asparagus soup
73. Artichoke-Parmesan dip
74. Mushroom risotto *
75. Fermented black beans*
76. Garlic scapes# [God bless farmer's markets!]
77. Fresh new baby peas#
78. Kalamata olives# [In things.]
79. Preserved lemons
80. Fried green tomatoes#
81. Chinese scallion pancakes#
82. Cheese souffle
83. Fried apples#
84. Homemade frijoles refritos#
85. Pasta fagiole
86. Macadamia nuts in any form#
87. Paw paw in any form* [I assume they mean the Southern US paw paw, not papaya, which I have eaten lots of.]
88. Grilled cheese sandwich of any kind#
89. Paneer cheese#
90. Ma Po Tofu
91. Fresh pasta in any form#
92. Grilled leeks, scallions or ramps
93. Green papaya salad*
94. Baked grain and vegetable stuffed tomatoes [It would take a lot of convincing; the very thought gave me diet-food flashbacks. It just sounds so healthy!]
95. Pickled ginger
96. Methi greens*
97. Aloo paratha
98. Kedgeree* [Kiwi asked that we make it clear this is the lentil and rice version, not the fish and rice version. I've had that.]
99. Okra [SLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME. Give Tigerlily my share of this, too]
100. Roasted brussels sprouts# [Not in a long time; no one I usually cook with/for can stand them. :( ]

Sadly, unlike the Omnivore's 100, I can't see anything on here that I know I introduced anyone else to. I need to get on that.

Comments

I love this one

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

It turns out that most everyone who sees it has eaten tons of the food on this list! tigerberries says that she's leaving it up to someone else to make a Vegan's 100. I imagine that list will surface within a couple of weeks. These lists are so much fun!

I suck.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

My HTML doesn't work, and I don't know why. Specifically, my [/b] tag is not working (where [=<, etc). At any rate, assume that I've eaten something unless it's italicised, crossed out, or asterisked.

[libitina]

1. Real macaroni and cheese, made from scratch and baked# (my first exposure to this was only about 5 years go)
2. Tabouleh (never had a really good version, but I'm willing to keep trying)
3. Freshly baked bread, straight from the oven (If I'm making it, it's only fresh out of the bread machine)
4. Fresh figs# MMmmmm!
5. Fresh pomegranate#
6. Indian dal of any sort#
7. Imam bayildi* I have a recipe
8. Pressed spiced Chinese tofu*
9. Freshly made hummus#
11. Kimchi
12. Miso
13. Falafel (best falafel I've ever had was in my college's cafeteria)
14. Potato and pea filled samosas# (it's always a temptation to pick up a couple on my way to work)
15. Homemade yogurt
16. Muhammara* (I found a good recipe just now)
17. Brie en croute#
18. Spanikopita# (the more spinach, the better)
19. Fresh, vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes# I love my mother's garden
20. Insalata caprese#
21. Stir-fried greens (gai lan, bok choi, pea shoots, kale, chard or collards)# (yes, almost all of those)
22. Freshly made salsa#
23. Freshly made guacamole#
24. Creme brulee (the creme brulee in Washington state was so good that it has pretty much ruined me for creme brulee on this coast)
25. Fava beans*
26. Chinese cold sesame peanut noodles (much better if you just pop them in the microwave for a bit)
27. Fattoush (easy on the mint)
28. New potatoes#
29. Coleslaw
30. Ratatouille#
31. Baba ganoush#
32. Winter squash#
33. Roasted beets# (much better than most other beet preparations I have tried)
34. Baked sweet potatoes#
35. Plantains#
36. Chocolate truffles#
37. Garlic mashed potatoes#
38. Fresh water chestnuts (I really don't like water chestnuts, but I'd probably be willing to get suckered into trying fresh ones in an east asian country - once)
39. Steel cut oats#
40. Quinoa (meh)
41. Grilled portabello mushrooms#
42. Chipotle en adobo#
43. Stone ground whole grain cornmeal
44. Freshly made corn or wheat tortillas (still not a fan of corn meal products)
45. Frittata#
46. Basil pesto#
47. Roasted garlic#
48. Raita of any type#
49. Mango lassi#
50. Jasmine rice (white or brown)#
51. Thai vegetarian coconut milk curry#
52. Pumpkin in any form other than pie# (soup mostly, but other stuff, too)
53. Fresh apple, pear, or plum gallette (I had to add commas; don't judge me)
54. Quince in any form# (I believe this point is all your fault)
55. Escarole, endive or arugula# (college had a great chicken escarole soup - I loved when it came up on rotation)
56. Sprouts other than mung bean#
57. Naturally brewed soy sauce
58. Dried shiitake mushrooms (me neither, but I keep expecting someone to do something amazingly delicious with them)
59. Unusually colored vegetables (purple cauliflower, blue potatoes, chocolate bell peppers…)# (romanesque!)
60. Fresh peach ice cream
61. Chevre
62. Medjool dates#
63. Kheer most mediterranean desserts are not to my taste
64. Flourless chocolate cake
65. Grilled corn on the cob#
66. Black bean (or any other bean) vegetarian chili#
67. Tempeh ...probably
68. Seitan or wheat gluten ew!
69. Gorgonzola or any other blue veined cheese# (I make a mean roquefort dressing)
70. Sweet potato fries
71. Homemade au gratin potatoes (oddly, not a texture I like for my potatoes)
72. Cream of asparagus soup
73. Artichoke-Parmesan dip
74. Mushroom risotto# (easier than pie)
75. Fermented black beans

[libitina]

76. Garlic scapes#
77. Fresh new baby peas# (From the Waverly farmers' market by moot)
78. Kalamata olives# (okay, so I use them in my lemon chicken recipe, but that's it)
79. Preserved lemons*
80. Fried green tomatoes
81. Chinese scallion pancakes
82. Cheese souffle* (Huh. I think the closest I have come to souffle are those corn or spinach ones sold frozen by stouffers)
83. Fried apples#
84. Homemade frijoles refritos#
85. Pasta fagiole (not a fan of the white beans)
86. Macadamia nuts in any form#
87. Paw paw in any form*
88. Grilled cheese sandwich of any kind#
89. Paneer cheese
90. Ma Po Tofu# (A lot! though I've never made this without meat. Well, I've made spicy tofu cubes without meat, but I haven't used a crumbled meat substitute or anything like that)
91. Fresh pasta in any form
92. Grilled leeks, scallions or ramps#
93. Green papaya salad* (I was going to make this, but I waited too long and my papaya wasn't green anymore)
94. Baked grain and vegetable stuffed tomatoes# (think of it like haggis, only with a tomato where the stomach would be)
95. Pickled ginger
96. Methi greens#
97. Aloo paratha
98. Kedgeree*
99. Okra (I'm with you. Someone at the library put out okra for free - and it hurt, but I still wasn't willing to take it)
100. Roasted brussels sprouts# Yum! Make them for me! With bacon! Erm... at my house!

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

94. Baked grain and vegetable stuffed tomatoes [It would take a lot of convincing; the very thought gave me diet-food flashbacks. It just sounds so healthy!]

I've had nice fresh off the vine tomatoes filled with garlic and herbs, mushrooms, and a bit of rice. Top it off with Parmesan, and it's really tasty. You need very fresh tomatoes to make it work properly.

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

http://bercilakslady.livejournal.com/289550.html?mode=reply

My post is liked above. I've eated 89 of the 100, and only dislike one so much that I wouldn't eat it again. I got sick after eating Tempeh, and can't bear the thought. (I don't think getting sick was related to the tempeh, but still, the body says no.)

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

I've at least tried everything on that list except pawpaw and the vegetable thai curry. (Note, I've had plenty of Thai coconut milk curries, but they all had some kind of meat in them.)

In general, I don't like eggplant, avocados, or peppers (bell or hot, though I cna deal with a little bit of the hot ones). So, if it doesn't include those, figure I'd probably eat it again, though some I like better than others. (And this does presume that the version being served isn't triggering my allergy to tumeric.) Also, Muhammara, I've had one place where I really liked it, and one place where it was kind of overwhelmed by the pepper taste. Also, both places I had it spelled it slightly differently in different ways, though I honestly can not remember how it was spelled in each case any more.

It should probably be noted that Ma Po Tofu is often not vegetarian. There are a lot of versions which include groud pork.