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The Garlic: Soymilk Hidden In Back of Work Fridge

Every Monday for the month of MoFo I’ll be bringing you breaking news stories from the satirical vegan favorite, The Garlic.

SOYMILK HIDDEN IN BACK OF WORK FRIDGE

Cleveland, OH- Jean Powers, accountant at Crumb, Elliott & Crumb Associates in Cleveland, Ohio, has started hiding her carton of soymilk in the back of the shared work fridge. Her newly opened cartons were mysteriously running out by the end of each week, despite Jean’s frugal usage in her morning coffee.

“At least four co-workers have sneered at my aseptic cartons but it appears some of them are using it behind my back,” Powers reports.

The soymilk was mysteriously drained early for three consecutive weeks. Powers made some quiet inquiries and has been spending an extra fifteen minutes in the shared kitchenette in the mornings but no suspicious activity was observed. At that point Powers decided to take matters into her own hands.

“I put my carton on the second shelf instead of the first, and put the slimy bag of unopened baby carrots in front of it. Those carrots have been in there at least two months, so I’m hoping this solves the problem.”

Tofu Pirate Comics: Answering the Vegan Critics for Vegan MoFo

Awkward Food Photos Veggie Burger Mix

If you are a connoisseur of a good veggie burger as I am, then you know a burger mix is not always the most food photogenic thing one ever did see. I recently got Chloe Coscarelli’s Chloe’s Kitchen from my local public library and was immediately intrigued by her double double drive thru burgers. I like tempeh and I like lentils, so I decided to give it a whirl.

This is a super easy burger recipe to put together, but does require a food processor. You basically mix all the ingredients in the processor until it comes together into a mix that can be formed into patties and pan fried. Simple! But that burger mix turns a light shade of gray-brown and looks like a pile of mush when it comes time to document it for the blog.

This photo needs help!

Photograph that Rubbermaid container on a slab of wood! Remember, wood is good! If you have a rustic wooden background, it will completely complement that burger patty mix. Look at it pop! The juxtaposition is striking. Try it with your awkward food photos!

Food That Looks Like My Cat: Coffee

This is a fun new theme this year for Vegan Mofo! It’s a whole month of Thursdays that feature food that looks like my cat George. This is George.

And sometimes this is George.

Y’all know that I think brown food tastes best, and since George is brown-ish in color and often lays around like a loaf, I decided to do some side by side comparisons to see what foods most resemble George the cat.

My lovely man friend Paul likes his coffee. He likes his fancy coffee, with scales and hand grinders and thermometers and Aero Presses and in this case homemade macadamia nut milk. In the ever present mason jar, no less. I thought it looked like George, so we put it to the test.

The fancy coffee drink it a bit lighter in color than George but not a bad match. George was ultimately not interested in partaking of the fancy coffee drink and continued to sit on the cat rug contemplating deep thoughts.

As Seen On TV: The Rollie Sausage Pancake

It’s Wednesday and that means for the month of September you’ll be seeing my adventures in the world of As Seen on TV. I purchased a Rollie a couple of months ago and you can meet and learn all about him here.

I decided to break in my Rollie by making one of the things suggested in their enclosed recipe booklet: the sausage pancake. A delectable sausage encased in perfectly cooked pancake using vertical cooking technology.

I started out with Tofurky sausage links and a box of Bisquick. I quickly whipped up a vegan version of the pancake recipe on the back of the Bisquick box. Then I skewered one of the Tofurky links and placed it in the Rollie.

Once in, you simply pour in some pancake batter and wait for the magic to happen. It’s a bit difficult to get a good pour into the vertical cooking chamber with the skewer coming out, but I wiped away the excess and then waited and watched. Within a couple of minutes the batter began to rise as promised in the Rollie video.

Unfortunately my batter was rising right out of the vertical cooking chamber, which meant it was not going to cook. I quickly scooped out what I could with a spoon. One of the keys to a successful Rollie is to not overfill the vertical cooking chamber. The cookbook recommends using 1/4 cup of batter, and though that seems slight, when combined with the volume of the sausage it will indeed be enough.

The pancake sausage did not rise out of the Rollie as seen on tv, so I set a timer for roughly 8 minutes and then pulled it out when it seemed ready. Ta-da!

A lightly browned pancake sausage rollie emerged intact. I ate it with a touch of maple syrup for dipping. Was this the best breakfast I have ever eaten? It was not. But I think some adjustments to the basic Bisquick batter would take it up a notch or two. I would use more spray oil next time, and leave it in for a bit longer to try get a better brown on the pancake exterior. But I am happy to have my first Rollie success and look forward to next week’s experiment.

Tasteless Tablescapes: Beach Summer Fun

Tasteless Tablescapes return! This year for Vegan MoFo I want to really concentrate on copying some of Sandra Lee’s best ideas. I found a really HOT beach themed tablescape of hers that used the super fun idea of beach towels as napkins. Towelnapkins!

They’re so big they hang right off the table. This won’t be awkward at all for your guests to use! Look at how beachy that looks! Are we having fun yet or what? For an extra good time, just put out a child’s beach pail and shovel full of BBQ sauce for each guest. Those towelnapkins will absorb any mess!

Vegan MoFo 2014: The Vegan Month of Food

It’s that time of the year again, Gentle Reader! Vegan MoFo 2014, the vegan month of food, is here! In addition to helping out with giveaways on the main MoFo blog I will be doing my own thang here all month. I have daily themes set up for your viewing pleaseure.

Drum roll please……………

Sunday- Iced Tea and a Bagel

Monday- The Garlic

Tuesday-Tasteless Tablescapes

Wednesday- Meet the Rollie

Thursday- Food That Looks Like My Cat

Friday- Awkward Food Photos

Saturday- Tofu Pirate Comics

Stop by all month for fun times and food.

Vegan MoFo 2014 Preparedness

Greetings friends! The new blog has been quiet as of late. I am one of the organizers for this year’s upcoming Vegan MoFo so things will likely stay quiet until September when the MoFo magic starts.

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You can sign up to participate on the main Vegan MoFo blog until August 27th. We’re excited to see who joins in this year.

Don’t know what Vegan MoFo 2014 is? It’s a month where blogs around the world pledge to write about vegan food in some way for at least 20 days in the span of the month, which is September this year. Some people come up with fun themes for the month, some like me do daily themes, and some people write about whatever strikes their fancy for each day. The only rule is that your blog must be vegan food for the entire month of September.

Head on over to our signup form and join in this year! Leave me a comment below so I can make sure to check out your blog as well!