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I get mine at Whole Foods. If you don't have a WF, call around to some well stocked health food stores; maybe Trader Joes? They are bit expensive. I'm pretty sure it is vegan; I couldn't find any animal products in the ingredients list. It's so good, even the non vegetarians will like it. Also, there are several packaged gravies that have not animal products.
You can have one delivered, but time is running out, of course. And all this depends on your budget and how much you feel it is fair to go out of your way as the hostess.
But honestly...
When vegetarians are invited to something like Thanksgiving, usually they do not expect to be accommodated. If you are serving traditional fare, they have already mentally decided what they will eat. I promise you, in 99.9% of the cases, it's a non issue.
And for vegan butter, Earth Balance (in the tub; NOT STICKS). It is very close to butter flavor and even my meat and potatoes husband has no problem eating it.
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Originally Posted by nezlie
Without going out of the way to create anything special for this person, what can he/she eat from your Thanksgiving table?
I'd never would have to worry about a vegan though because I would never be close enough to one to invite over to Thanksgiving.
You might be surprised, War Beagle. The Vegan population is growing rapidly, at least partially due to the fact that they live a good bit longer. (And do you happen to be an Auburn Alumnus?)
BUTTER is something a true Vegan won't eat because it comes from an animal source. Just substitute a bit of olive oil, peanut oil, etc., and VOILA! you're pure Vegan. PLUS, from personal experience, it doesn't significantly alter the taste. I've been substituting olive or peanut oil for bacon drippings for a couple of decades now, so I do (in fact) know my head from a hole-in-the-ground about this.
Regards,
-- Nighteyes (a six-foot, 240-lb. MALE cook)
Yes, but the OP wasn't asking about vegans. The OP was asking what a *vegetarian* would be able to eat at your dinner table.
A vegan wouldn't be able to eat much of anything at my table, because I use butter in many of the things I make.
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I read it and I responded truthfully --- I ALREADY have something for them. I already have tofurkey at the meal, I have natural foods prepared simply like green beans, pumpkin soup, squash with brown sugar and cinnamon, and a tofu and cucumber salad.
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Yeah really - the vegan forum is up there *points to the vegetarian/vegan forum*. There is, and never will be a tof..anything, on my table, unless it's toffee made with real dairy butter. Which vegans also won't eat. A vegan might some day be at my table - but I don't know why one would want to. Vegetarians, however, would find plenty to eat at my house. While I do enjoy an omnivorous diet, I actually _like_ a lot of meatless foods and always have something healthy and nutritious to nosh on that doesn't involve consuming animal flesh.
A vegetarian could eat whatever he or she wanted to, including the turkey if desired, but my family's not going to change anything we make to cater to a vegetarian's dietary whims. For a run-of-the-mill vegetarian, I suppose there would be plenty he or she might choose to eat that's not inclusive of the turkey and possibly gravy and stuffing: corn, peas, carrots, salad, green bean casserole, potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, pumpkin bread, yams, wine, cider, rolls, etc.
For a militant vegan? Well, I suppose he or she could sip on a nice glass of filtered water and pray no animal ever died, shed skin or scales or left any form of bodily excretions in the reservoir, because nearly everything is going to have milk, eggs, cheese, butter or in some way would be completely unacceptable. Perhaps some wine or beer if he or she was feeling extra daring. But even those could have been clarified with gelatine, albumen, isinglass, casein or chitosan.
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