Special Needs and Allergies at Feasts (was: Re: SC - Good Broth)

[Bernadette Crumb]

In a message dated 11/12/99 9:46:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ChannonM at aol.com writes:

<< What are your suggestions about dealing with vegetarians. I am finding a 
 large demand for vegetarian friendly feasts and many dishes ie. frumenty, 
 require cooking in broth. I can't always use "almond milk" either, due to 
 allergy issues and cost. I have made my own meat broth for eons, but havent' 
 worked much with vege type. Would just boiling a whole lotta veges be 
 reasonable? Seems to me I would need to do some sauteing first to build up 
 some flavour. What are others ideas? >>

My solution to this has been to ask the vegetarian members of our shire to 
assist me by providing me with veggie broth.  They routinely keep vegetable 
peelings in the fridge or freezer until they have enough to do a good batch 
of broth for their own use.  I simply tell them how much I think I will need, 
and ask them to note what vegetable bits are in it for the ingredients list.  
When they have not been able to do this, I've resorted to vegetarian 
vegetable bouillon or canned veggie broth (although those usually include 
tomato among the ingredients).
Since veggies often don't get cut or prepared until closer to the actual 
feast time, depending on what is being done with them, it might be little 
more difficult to implement Ras' ever-simmering stockpot for veggie broth - 
but if you kept your own household peelings and started it with them, it 
might work.
Although at least one person on this list doesn't agree with me, I think, if 
the recipe does not specify that it has to be meat broth, and since we know 
that vegetables were boiled for various dishes, that it might be reasonable 
to use vegetable broth for dishes to be served during Lent.  Until I get a 
chance to study any surviving Lenten menus, and see if all of the dishes in 
them use almond milk, or if there are others specifying "good broth", I think 
using vegetable or possibly fish broth to make vegetarian dishes is logical.

Brangwayna Morgan
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