SC - E-mail for Lyn Parkinson

[James and/or Nancy Gilly]

> >        About the only other things I'm considering are a 
> >      chick-pea dish or a spinach dish but I'm afraid there may be some 
> >      hesitation on the part of the populace.  Thanks!
> 
> You shouldn't worry about that so very much; yes, they have a slight
> weirdness factor, but I was at an event a couple of months ago that
> served a spinach dish that literally ran out.  The trick is just to
> set out some bread so anti-vegetarians have something to occupy them
> (somehow they don't seem to realize that bread is not meat! ;> ) while
> the omnivores and vegetarians have at your spinach and peas!

AHEM! :)  There are a couple of dishes I serve that there's *never* 
enough of - one is hummus (a chickpea/garlic/lemon puree) with pita 
bread, greek olives and feta cheese; and the other is falafel (the 
original Arab veggie burger).  Falafel is best when you can get fresh 
fava beans, but the mix ain't half bad in a pinch (not especially 
when you live in southern Utah and there isn't a Middle Eastern 
restaurant or deli for 180 miles!).

Either of these two can be a main course for a vegetarian, if you 
serve a good salad (tabbouleh perhaps?) along with, and lots of pita 
bread...
> 
> In short -- if you don't serve it forth, nobody will eat it.  If you
> do serve it forth, somebody will eat it.  If you're worried about how
> many people will eat it, make smaller portions.

Make a lot of either of the above; it'll disappear in no time!  Oh, 
and spanakopita (a spinach, cheese & filo pastry pie) is nearly 
always an instant hit, and some of the eggplant and rice recipes are 
delightful!

Rhianwen
Incipient Shire of Ard Ruadh
Almost Kingdom of Artemisia