So here is my first foodie post, and appropriately it is a simple (as befits my capabilities) toastie.
I first bought some Greek fasting 'cheese' from the Hellenic Deli at the Queen Vic Markets in June, and promptly left it in a hotel fridge, uneaten and greatly mourned. Finally last weekend I got down there again, and lo and behold, not only was there the cheddar-style I bought last time, but also a feta. I bought both, of course.
The feta was very salty and pretty darn close to the dairy version. It would be almost undetectable in a salad or sprinkled on top of something (undetectable except for the lack of prickings of your conscience, that is).
The cheddar was much more soy-like, but I think better than Cheezly for its spongey texture.
I accessorised my fabulous cheese with the following:
2 pieces of Pott's sourdough bread
Nuttelex
Truss tomatoes
Fresh coriander
Fresh chilli
I had to admit some semi-defeat when the time came to cut the toastie. At my workplace the only knives are in the dishwasher if they're not blunt. As I hacked through the toastie, sawing and poking and jabbing, I reminded myself to bring a proper knife next time, if not just to make a prettier toastie,then to save me the sweat and rage.
... and here was the result:
Sweeeeet!
It was totally delicious despite the hacksaw job on the slicing. The cheese was semi-solid (and I had cut very hefty chunks) and salty, and lost a lot of the soy aftertaste in the raw version which I'm not so keen on.
The coriander was a great accompaniment to the fresh tomatoes and salty cheese.
The best bit was when a piece of cheese that had fallen onto the grill came out all lovely and golden...
I'm thinking vegan saganaki.
I first bought some Greek fasting 'cheese' from the Hellenic Deli at the Queen Vic Markets in June, and promptly left it in a hotel fridge, uneaten and greatly mourned. Finally last weekend I got down there again, and lo and behold, not only was there the cheddar-style I bought last time, but also a feta. I bought both, of course.
The feta was very salty and pretty darn close to the dairy version. It would be almost undetectable in a salad or sprinkled on top of something (undetectable except for the lack of prickings of your conscience, that is).
The cheddar was much more soy-like, but I think better than Cheezly for its spongey texture.
I accessorised my fabulous cheese with the following:
2 pieces of Pott's sourdough bread
Nuttelex
Truss tomatoes
Fresh coriander
Fresh chilli
I had to admit some semi-defeat when the time came to cut the toastie. At my workplace the only knives are in the dishwasher if they're not blunt. As I hacked through the toastie, sawing and poking and jabbing, I reminded myself to bring a proper knife next time, if not just to make a prettier toastie,then to save me the sweat and rage.
... and here was the result:
Sweeeeet!It was totally delicious despite the hacksaw job on the slicing. The cheese was semi-solid (and I had cut very hefty chunks) and salty, and lost a lot of the soy aftertaste in the raw version which I'm not so keen on.
The coriander was a great accompaniment to the fresh tomatoes and salty cheese.
The best bit was when a piece of cheese that had fallen onto the grill came out all lovely and golden...
I'm thinking vegan saganaki.
4 comments:
Hi Rachel I think the food you eat
and write about is womderful.
My name is Hugh I live in Melbourne too, Im not vegan because I have cow milk in my coffee & tea but appart from that
dont have dairy products in my food
as much as I can avoid doig so.
I saw you eat vegimite and wanted to inform
you that I looked at the ingredients recently and it has dary product in it sorry to inform you of this.
Best Regards Hugh
Hi Hugh,
Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you like the food. I'm a bit confused by the Vegemite thing though- could you please let me know which ingredient is dairy? The new type of Vegemite, the infamous iSnack 2.0, has cream cheese in it, but I have never heard of vegans who don't eat original Vegemite. I always use the original (and in fact I wrote this post long before the new type came out!).
Cheers, Rachel
Hey just to be aware - Kolios Fasting Cheeses contain casein which is animal sourced - this company has got it wrong. Unfortunately some people are allergic to casein which is an animal product.
Thanks for your comment Paul. I think if you read on a few
posts, I also discover that Kolios is not vegan, much to my chagrin. I haven't eaten Kolios since this post, back in ... 2008? I noticed another blogger had just sought more confirmation via facebook so I wonder if that brought you here!
Cheers, Rachel
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