I’m back after a Thanksgiving trip. What do vegetarians like myself eat for Thanksgiving? All sorts of things, actually. That said, for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we need a big centerpiece food item. Ideally it will both look festive and taste good. I find this combination to be harder for vegetarians.<\/p>\n
Lasagna or macaroni and cheese is a good filling centerpiece, but doesn’t look like much of anything.<\/p>\n
There are various vegetarian turkey substitutes available. Tofurkey attempts the look-and-taste-good combination, and top that by trying to look like a turkey and even having stuffing. Unfortunately, they fail. Tofurkey slices (which can be bought separately) taste good in a sandwich, but the Tofurkey centerpiece doesn’t really taste very good.<\/p>\n
Quorn sells a nice-tasting vegetarian roast, made out of myco-protein, whatever that is. This tastes good and filling, and even has a turkey flavor. Unfortunately, it looks more or less like a roll of marzipan.<\/p>\n
The most successful vegetarian centerpiece I know is a stuffed pumpkin. It’s not absurdly hard to make–only slightly harder than stuffing an actual turkey. You use a roasting pumpkin, of course, not the usual jack-o-lantern pumpkin which is much larger. The main problem is that you need a pumpkin at just the right level of ripeness, but as far as I know there is no way to tell how ripe a pumpkin is without cutting into it. The pumpkin can be roasted whole, and then sliced at the table. When it works, it’s quite tasty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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