Veggies.....can they tell???

[Rowls]

I tip my ethical hat to fatboy for this thread.

A finer cast not seen here in a long while.

Well played, sir!

[AndrewJB]

Looking forward to the next one: Friends coming to stay. Should I tell them about my security camera set up, or just send them a DVD once they’re back home?

[Spijed]

Why not surprise your guests with some(ones) liver, served with some fava beans and a nice chianti!

[AlargeClaret]

The best thing about this thread is the po faced humourless drones who actually thing the OP was deadly serious ffs! It’s a bit of a laugh and a giggle and some meat based jappery thrown in! Anyone would think your chaining muslims to the wall and feeding then pork belly!

[ElectroClaret]

Full keepnet, Fatboy.

Well done, that man.

[HiroshimaClaret]

Couple of veggie friends coming round tonight and Fatboy's cooking.

I had it in mind to do a big tasty spagbol...just checked and there's everything I should need already in the cupboards, including enough pork and beef mince to fill a wheelbarrow.

I'm not enthralled by the prospect of a long trail down to the coop to score a bag of that imitation meat protein muck though...Quorn or whatever they call it.

I'm inclined to just crack on with the real thing and tell them its soya beef...they are always saying you cant tell the difference anyway.

Am I out of order doing this? They aren't the normal woolly hatted bean eaters that go in for that kind of nonsense, so maybe they'd see the funny side if I was rumbled, but they're lifelong herbivores....it's a tough call for me...any advice on offer here??

I`m sure we all want to know, fatboy47...was it a roaring success???? Did they thank you for your kindness and understanding or did they storm out around 8:15pm spitting not only blood but minced meat???

[Spiral]

Most humorous part of this thread is seeing fatboy47 rolling back "should I purposefully be a massive d!ck towards those whom I would call my friends?" to "lol, I'm only trolling!" (via the like function) out of, I presume, shame.

[fatboy47]

OP was genuine, if borne of no little frustration at the number of friends jumping on the bandwagon of one food fad or another.

I make no bones about it, I like my meat, and am convinced a sizzling lamb chop or gently grilled salmon steak would be appreciated were they to be a bit more open minded.....but no , they sit there smirking at the hassle they caused..smug in their self-awarded virtuosity.

The evening went well enough.....unable to get with the quorn thing, and unwilling to cook two seperate dishes, mrs Fatboy retrieved the situation by suggesting that a pile of tasty fajitas with an option of tofu for the awkward squad would fit the bill. Awful, tasteless insipid foreign muck for sure, but I doggedly followed the recipe and the results were well received.

A few flagons of my best home made Guinness later and I slipped my earlier plan into the conversation...expecting some hilarity and thigh slapping laughter..but got little more than a stony silence and a quick change of subject.

They spend weekends in spring grubbing around local hedgerows and pastures rooting out what they call food from the wild..or even foraging..so god knows what delights await me on the rematch...toadstool crumble..seaweed tart...nettle surprise?...the mind boggles...but I will take it on the chin.

[HiroshimaClaret]

OP was genuine, if borne of no little frustration at the number of friends jumping on the bandwagon of one food fad or another.

I make no bones about it, I like my meat, and am convinced a sizzling lamb chop or gently grilled salmon steak would be appreciated were they to be a bit more open minded.....but no , they sit there smirking at the hassle they caused..smug in their self-awarded virtuosity.

The evening went well enough.....unable to get with the quorn thing, and unwilling to cook two seperate dishes, mrs Fatboy retrieved the situation by suggesting that a pile of tasty fajitas with an option of tofu for the awkward squad would fit the bill. Awful, tasteless insipid foreign muck for sure, but I doggedly followed the recipe and the results were well received.

A few flagons of my best home made Guinness later and I slipped my earlier plan into the conversation...expecting some hilarity and thigh slapping laughter..but got little more than a stony silence and a quick change of subject.

They spend weekends in spring grubbing around local hedgerows and pastures rooting out what they call food from the wild..or even foraging..so god knows what delights await me on the rematch...toadstool crumble..seaweed tart...nettle surprise?...the mind boggles...but I will take it on the chin.

Brill entertainment (the post not your table manner). Thanks! I have a tear in my eye with laughter!!!! I hope and pray this becomes a weekly event - `Fatboy47`s Moral Compass Conundrums` or something like that. Toadstool crumble...a comedy classic!!!!

[deanothedino]

Do a fish dish instead?

Should be possible to do a tuna bolognese I'd have thought.

Fish is an amazing vegetable, my favourite

[evensteadiereddie]

And it's unlikely millions of people would coincidentally all opt not to eat meat at the same time. It would be a long term trend, very long term, giving our kind-hearted farming folk plenty of time to wind down and sell off their land or buildings for barn conversions.

[bob-the-scutter]

People can be so cruel and thoughtless. These animals have worked hard all their lives fattening themselves up for our culinary delights. The least we can do is eat them!

[ClaretEngineer]

Just give them a plate of Spaghetti and some sieved sauce.

If they are still hungry, offer them some wafer thin ham.

“Can she have wafer thin ham Barbara?”

[Guich]

OP was genuine, if borne of no little frustration at the number of friends jumping on the bandwagon of one food fad or another.

I make no bones about it, I like my meat, and am convinced a sizzling lamb chop or gently grilled salmon steak would be appreciated were they to be a bit more open minded.....but no , they sit there smirking at the hassle they caused..smug in their self-awarded virtuosity.

The evening went well enough.....unable to get with the quorn thing, and unwilling to cook two seperate dishes, mrs Fatboy retrieved the situation by suggesting that a pile of tasty fajitas with an option of tofu for the awkward squad would fit the bill. Awful, tasteless insipid foreign muck for sure, but I doggedly followed the recipe and the results were well received.

A few flagons of my best home made Guinness later and I slipped my earlier plan into the conversation...expecting some hilarity and thigh slapping laughter..but got little more than a stony silence and a quick change of subject.

They spend weekends in spring grubbing around local hedgerows and pastures rooting out what they call food from the wild..or even foraging..so god knows what delights await me on the rematch...toadstool crumble..seaweed tart...nettle surprise?...the mind boggles...but I will take it on the chin.

Blimey Fatboy. It'd take more than a few Pints for most of us to get through an evening with such seemingly worthy and humourless buddies.
We have some pals where the missus is a veggie, but the pescetarian category and not at all up her own botty. So we always cook a course each and have a real go at making ace fishy food.

That's not bad at all; but Tofu...bloody hell.