"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> Oh pshaw, on Sun 11 Nov 2007 05:58:01p, Dee.Dee meant to say...
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message >
>>> There are many dishes that use chiles, but "chili", con carne or not,
>>> is generally a dish of its own with certain expected flavors and
>>> textures.
>>>
>>> Most any dish that normally includes meat can also be made without it
>>> unless, of course, it is the meat that is the main ingredient.
>>> Vegetarian versions of some things I do like, but others, including
>>> "chili", I do not. I don't even consider it "chili". :-)
>>>
>>> Some vegetable lasagna is really delicious.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>
>>
>> Has this been said -- I've not read these postings diligently. But,
>> here is the way I used to make vegetarian chili. (I tried the TVSP - or
>> whatever the initials are for it and I didn't care for it.)
>>
>> Freeze tofu (in pieces), thaw them and crumble. Fry the crumbled tofu
>> in oil/fat with your onions as you would normally do.
>> Make your chili as your recipe calls for, or as you like it.
>>
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>

> Dee Dee, that's the first sensible idea I've read in this thread! And
> relatively simple to do, as well.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
>


Dee Dee smiling and wiggling.
:-))))