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Vegetarians in Melbourne: Tomato coconut soupCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-49238289375620605562012-09-11T18:38:52.252+10:002012-09-11T18:38:52.252+10:00I'm sure homemade hummus is better, if/when yo...I'm sure homemade hummus is better, if/when you can be bothered to make it. :-)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-2314719189145087532012-09-10T06:26:53.879+10:002012-09-10T06:26:53.879+10:00Laureen, we have to make humus by ourselves over h...Laureen, we have to make humus by ourselves over here ;o) Up to now, I never saw it in any shop....(sorry for my English)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054583766779072226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-8687449606681991982012-09-08T22:17:46.127+10:002012-09-08T22:17:46.127+10:00Well, bizarrely, my local supermarket *does* have ...Well, bizarrely, my local supermarket *does* have two brands of soya schnitzels, and the local bio-supermarket is also fairly well stocked with that sort of thing. So regional Germany isn't really lacking in mock meat, but Asian vegetables, hummus(!) and so on are ridiculously hard to find. And I do live in a city, just a small one! (Sometimes I think Berlin is another planet.)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905529307987104069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-55027802512909598902012-09-08T11:01:23.314+10:002012-09-08T11:01:23.314+10:00Johanna, I have enjoyed guessing at a translation ...Johanna, I have enjoyed guessing at a translation before I transcribe the ingredients and recipes. :-)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-81077234538418896162012-09-08T11:00:10.529+10:002012-09-08T11:00:10.529+10:00leaf - it is lovely and simple! I think it'll ...leaf - it is lovely and simple! I think it'll get a repeat when tomatoes are properly in season. :-)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-57107716836558378222012-09-08T10:57:45.161+10:002012-09-08T10:57:45.161+10:00Lauren - thanks for de-lurking and sharing your tr...Lauren - thanks for de-lurking and sharing your translation skills! It's mighty kind of you to flick through the intro for our benefit. :-)<br /><br />I'm not surprised to hear that the book relies on city-sourced ingredients (and I'm sorry that even coconut milk is rare where you are!). I was hoping for some tips on making Kopps' mock meat and alt-dairy from scratch, but the book just seems to just tell us to go out and buy soya schnitzels. :-/Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-46403076196676035052012-09-07T09:51:49.977+10:002012-09-07T09:51:49.977+10:00that is dedication - hope it brings back happy hol...that is dedication - hope it brings back happy holiday memories - and maybe that the german you picked up in your travels is helpful in looking at the book. Sounds like a great soupJohanna GGGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594201473931487490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-20506707603559121992012-09-07T00:33:07.366+10:002012-09-07T00:33:07.366+10:00Nice short list of ingredients and the soup looks ...Nice short list of ingredients and the soup looks great. That's amazing dedication getting a German cookbook and getting it translated!leaf (the indolent cook)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02265240462060082738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33131521.post-7545647979132227462012-09-06T19:59:48.122+10:002012-09-06T19:59:48.122+10:00I was going to delurk after years of reading for t...I was going to delurk after years of reading for the previous post (finally - something else to do with cabbage!), but since I can actually be useful here, I'm going with this one.<br /><br />I skimmed the parts of the intro available on Amazon.de, and it's not enormously exciting - mostly about how he became vegan, how/when/why he began to cook (connected to the veganism - his mother could manage vegetarian food, but vegan recipes were beyond her), and how his career and restaurants etc developed. There's various tidbits about the figures for products consumed at his restaurants, and it's pleasant enough to read, but not terribly groundbreaking. There's also a certain sense of Berlin hipster about his writing style, which is rather amusing for someone like me living in a much less trendy part of Germany! (I'm a Sydneysider living over in the north west.)<br /><br />Nice looking recipe, except that coconut milk is a pain to find here. (A quick skim suggests that, ingredients wise, the recipe book is targeted more at big city folk. My supermarket, for example, has had lemongrass available precisely twice in the last six months. And pak choi I spotted for the first time this weekend.)<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for years of interesting posts, and I will try to lurk fractionally less in the future!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905529307987104069noreply@blogger.com