50 States, 50 Vegan Dishes: New Jersey
June 5, 2012 at 10:00 am | Posted in 50 States 50 Vegan Dishes | Leave a commentTags: vegan, 50 States 50 Vegan Dishes, vegan dishes, 50 states, french fries, fries, cheese fries, gravy fries, Daiya, chickpea gravy, silky chickpea gravy, Isa Moskowitz, Appetite for Reduction, New Jersey, Jersey, MTV, Jersey Shore, sweet potato, yam, russet potato, turnip
Oh, Jersey. You don’t represent yourself well. Look at the MTV show Jersey Shore.
I hate that show. It is most offensive because I am Italian, born and raised. My great-grandfather Silvio immigrated in the early 1900s to pave a better life. And then these … people (for lack of a better word) disgrace the ethnicity.
I also grew up with the joke, “Let’s bomb Jersey and give Pa. a beach.” LOL. (Sorry to all those from New Jersey.)
I will say this, though, they know how to do french fries (and apparently tanning and clubbing.)
When I saw the words “disco fries” on my list, I was intrigued. I LOVE fries. No, I L-O-V-E fries. I loved getting cheese fries when I was younger, and I bet I would still love them now. And I have never had gravy fries, let alone CHEESE, gravy fries!
50 States, 50 Vegan Dishes: Virginia
May 21, 2012 at 9:00 am | Posted in 50 States 50 Vegan Dishes | 1 CommentTags: 50 states, 50 States 50 Vegan Dishes, Better than Bouillon No Chicken Base, Brunswick Stew, chick'n, chicken, Gardein, Georgia, okra, states, tomatoes, vegan, vegan dishes, virginia
Projects get out of hand, time slips away. This has been my life since I posted the original 50 States, 50 Vegan Dishes post!
I have started farming again, thinking about decluttering my apartment, hosting a yard sale, among so many other things.
The finished Brunswick Stew, in my crockpot
But I DID start the project, and it was with Virginia: Brunswick Stew.
This was in honor of my three-year anniversary trip to Damascus, Virginia, at the beginning of May. You can read all about that adventure here.
When I did an online search for recipes to veganize, I was confronted with a problem: Both Virginia and Georgia claim they were the creators of the stew. You can read about the history at this Wikipedia page.
The main difference I concluded was the Virginia variety was more tomato-based and was more soup-like. Also, they prefer chicken (also rabbit. ew. ) Also, there are a variety of vegetables each person says to put in, weather it is succotash, lima beans, okra, potatoes and corn, to name a few.
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