Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by PurpleQuestions84

I really wanted to like them but i couldnt get over the texure...

I can completely understand this. It is odd. I just tried to think of them as a different kind of noodle, and not meant to have the same texture as traditional pasta.

[Greco]

Hi Veggie Lovers,

Well, I have what I think is a dumb question, but I must ask it...background, I now have an electric stove with, get this, a glass top, no burners...so, question, how does this affect the cooking, steaming, etc? I'm not using it yet, but like to prepare before hand. Region where I'm living now is nothing but electric everything! Have they not thought of sustainability? OK, I don't want to rant, but am interested in information about cooking on this glass top electric stove.

warm regards, Greco

[kittygrrl]

humbug! There is just no truly yummy substitute for carb-rich noodles

[nycfem]

I kind of agree and just at least make them complex carbs- whole grain noodles and try to go for less noodles, more veggies.

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

humbug! There is just no truly yummy substitute for carb-rich noodles

[Greco]

Actually, spelt noodles are good, with texture that is pretty much like "regular" pasta.

Greco

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

humbug! There is just no truly yummy substitute for carb-rich noodles

[nycfem]

Whole-grain spelt pasta is BB's and my favorite, though that is carbs, just the healthier, complex kind

Originally Posted by Greco

Actually, spelt noodles are good, with texture that is pretty much like "regular" pasta.

Greco

[Sun]

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Whole-grain spelt pasta is BB's and my favorite, though that is carbs, just the healthier, complex kind

Also high in protein. A good clean source of nutrition. Do you have a brand that you can suggest?

[Sun]

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

humbug! There is just no truly yummy substitute for carb-rich noodles

Ok this made me lol. Nice to see Hello Kitty in agreement with you.
I am with you on this but I do like some of the whole grain noodles it just took me a while to develop a taste for them.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Greco

Hi Veggie Lovers,

Well, I have what I think is a dumb question, but I must ask it...background, I now have an electric stove with, get this, a glass top, no burners...so, question, how does this affect the cooking, steaming, etc? I'm not using it yet, but like to prepare before hand. Region where I'm living now is nothing but electric everything! Have they not thought of sustainability? OK, I don't want to rant, but am interested in information about cooking on this glass top electric stove.

warm regards, Greco

Hi Greco,

My experience is that glass top stoves heat up fast and keep the temperature pretty steady. So my advice is not to walk away from anything that you are cooking until you get used to it. You will not have the quick change control over temps as you would with gas. So if you are bringing a pot down from say, boiling to simmering you may need to remove the pot from the burner for a few minutes to let the temperature adjust. Also cleaning the glass can be a challenge. They scratch up easily. There are certain non abrasive cleaners that you can buy however.

[Greco]

Thanks Sun your reply is exactly the information I was looking for...another bit of a learning curve.

Greco

Originally Posted by Sun

Hi Greco,

My experience is that glass top stoves heat up fast and keep the temperature pretty steady. So my advice is not to walk away from anything that you are cooking until you get used to it. You will not have the quick change control over temps as you would with gas. So if you are bringing a pot down from say, boiling to simmering you may need to remove the pot from the burner for a few minutes to let the temperature adjust. Also cleaning the glass can be a challenge. They scratch up easily. There are certain non abrasive cleaners that you can buy however.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Greco

Thanks Sun your reply is exactly the information I was looking for...another bit of a learning curve.

Greco

Happy to help Greco. I had to learn the hard way, so I hope that you have better luck than I did. lol. When I lived in San Francisco I had one of those glass top stoves. Guessing it was safer to have electric than gas in earthquake central, but oh how I was grieving not having gas. The other thing is that I am used to flipping things in the pan for saute' and that is hard to impossible to do and not scratch the glass so I had to remember that one. Not easy to break an old habit like that.

[Greco]

I do that as well when sauteing so here we go...why anyone would have electric stove when gas, wood exists I'll never know...smiling, so I'll let you know how it goes, may have to live on green smoothies instead of cooking anything...just kidding.

Thanks again Sun, Greco

Originally Posted by Sun

Happy to help Greco. I had to learn the hard way, so I hope that you have better luck than I did. lol. When I lived in San Francisco I had one of those glass top stoves. Guessing it was safer to have electric than gas in earthquake central, but oh how I was grieving not having gas. The other thing is that I am used to flipping things in the pan for saute' and that is hard to impossible to do and not scratch the glass so I had to remember that one. Not easy to break an old habit like that.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Greco

I do that as well when sauteing so here we go...why anyone would have electric stove when gas, wood exists I'll never know...smiling, so I'll let you know how it goes, may have to live on green smoothies instead of cooking anything...just kidding.

Thanks again Sun, Greco

In my case it was an apartment in an earthquake zone so a lot of places did not use gas. Less chance of fire if an earthquake hit. Which it did while I was there but that was a mild one.

Give me a wood or charcoal fire any day!