As I said in my post on Monday, Sara at I Like to Cook has decided to spend a whole week abstaining from eating meat and after my veg stir fry on Monday I decided to give it a try and join in with the fun.
I will not be abstaining from fish, eggs or diary, only meat.
So here is day three, my evening meals on Monday and Tuesday were not very gourmet but really comforting – Fish Fingers, Oven Chips and Baked Beans. I haven’t eaten fish fingers in ages and when we were shopping on Monday I saw them in the supermarket and knew that I needed a fix!
Yesterday afternoon I went to Freiburg in Germany with my friend Kate and her sister to do some shopping. We wandered around the market at Münsterplatz and in and out of a few shops and then stopped at the Goldener Engel for some lunch.
We all decided to have Flammkuechen (a traditional Alsacian dish simiar to a pizza but with sour cream instead of tomatoes and with a wafer thin base). Francis had a Klassiker which consisted of cour cream, onions, bacon lardons and cheese whilst Kate and I both opted to stink the car out on the way home by having sour cream, leek, onion and garlic. Really yummy!
After lunch we hit the shops for a few hours and then I drove back to Basel. By the time I had dropped off Kate and Francis and got home it was almost 7pm and I was really tired, I didn’t have the energy or motivation to cook anything fancy so I opted for the easy option and had some more fish fingers, they were really good!!
I bought some tofu the other day so I think I will get some egg noodles and make a stir fry tonight or perhaps a mushroom curry. You’ll need to wait and see what I decide later!
gerda | 02-Aug-06 at 9:55 am | Permalink
i have to check if i might be a vegetarian in the closet! now that i am thinking of it … i don’t eat meat very often at all and i am very picky when it comes to what kind of meat i choose.
i have never liked the taste of lamb for example. when my mother would cook it (about once a year, maximum) i would always refuse to eat – even the smell makes me sick! yak!
i also don’t really like beef. only if i have enough vegetables or side dishes i can force myself to eat a few bites. beef is actually not that bad if it’s perfectly seasoned.
and since we mostly had pork when i was growing up i now am sick of this kind of meat too …
oh my gosh, i am a totally spoilt meat eater!
if i cook meat myself – about once in two weeks – it’s always fillets of either turkey or chicken. or i eat fish (i don’t understand so called “vegetarians” who still eat fish … do they grow on trees or what?!?) …
if i scan my qick bites for traces of animal flesh it would be a totally different story of course. i can not resist the odd “schinkenstangerl”(puff pastry with little pieces of ham) every once in a while or really delicious bacon on some sunday mornings …
yeah. i am a carnivore after all …
Pamela | 02-Aug-06 at 10:33 am | Permalink
Gerda – My husband is exactly like you, he eats beef once in a while but HATES lamb, doesn’t like most fish (will eat salmon), doesn’t like pork so survives on chicken and turkey and the odd ham sandwich.
I on the other hand LOVE meat of most descriptions.
As you can see from most of my recipes I mostly cook with turkey or chicken but I do really like pulses and grains (much to Stewarts displeasure).
Since I’m trying to loose weight I thought cutting out the meat this week would help and also encourage me to try and eat more fish.
We’ll see….
Anupama | 02-Aug-06 at 10:33 am | Permalink
Hey Pam, Thanks for the comment on my blog. I just read your post on Vegetarian Week and it made me smile. Thats because according to the Hindu calender it is the Auspicious month of Shravan right now in which I do not eat meat of any kind for the entire month. Some people will even abstain from eating eggs. Its a kind of self control exercise for me more than anything religious. And actully its quite easy because i am not a hardcore non-vegetarian
Pamela | 02-Aug-06 at 10:37 am | Permalink
Hi Anupama,
I have just read your post on Shravan, I love to hear about other cultures and this sounds like a wonderful tradition!
Thank you for sharing it!
Sumitha Shibu | 02-Aug-06 at 2:45 pm | Permalink
Pam I find it very difficult to abstain from eating meat/fish for a whole week.But I know its very good for our body to stop eating them for a while,it cleanses and rejuvenates our system!
Meeta | 02-Aug-06 at 4:15 pm | Permalink
Good on you! I don’t know if I could give up eating meat for a week. Especially all those lovely italian sausages! But I think I am gonna watch you for a while and see how it goes. maybe give it a shot myself.
Paz | 02-Aug-06 at 7:57 pm | Permalink
Good luck on your vegetarian week!
Best,
Paz
Paz | 02-Aug-06 at 8:00 pm | Permalink
P.S. I love lamb. I think it’s the way it’s cooked. I remember growing up as a child and even today, many people I know didn’t like spinach but I always liked it, but it’s because of the way my mom used to prepare it in a very savory way that I never tasted anywhere else.
Paz