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By bigporch
On Saturday, August 14 the Indianapolis Vegetarian Society (IVS), in partnership with Farm Fresh Delivery, will host their tenth annual Indianapolis vegetarian dinner fundraiser—Savor the Summer Garden.
Indianapolis’ premier door-to-door provider of fresh, organic produce, Farm Fresh Delivery, will supply the event with the finest fruits and vegetables from local summer gardens. This is the second year that IVS has teamed up with a local business to specifically highlight produce that can be grown locally and prepared in non-traditional and delicious ways.
“Eating vegetarian and eating locally are two of the best and easiest ways to get healthier,” said Nancee Reeves a long-time member of IVS and a Savor organizer. “Farm Fresh is a partner that supports the core reason we do Savor, that promoting our own health and supporting our local communities and our larger environment are all connected endeavors.”
The event will be held at Earth House at 237 N. East St., from 1PM to 3PM. Tickets are $12 in advance $15 at the door. Tickets are available at Earth House and at Whole Foods Market or online at BrownPaperTickets. For children ages 4-10 tickets are only $6. Three and under eat free.
“People still ask me, ‘As a vegetarian, what do you eat?’” said Jessica Suhre, Indianapolis Vegetarian Society president. “We eat very well. Having specific rules means vegetarians go out of their way to expose themselves to new foods and unique combinations. We hope that people will come out and see what we’ve learned and share a meal with us in a friendly, laid-back atmosphere.”
Designed around the local, organic fruits and vegetables from Farm Fresh Delivery, the menu from WISH TV 8’s own Chef Wendell will offer delights like Black Bean “Sushi” Wraps with Cilantro Aioli and Creamy Polenta with Toasted Corn..
Booth space for partners and sponsors is available.
For more information call Jim Pavlik at 224.572.8545
By bigporch
I don’t know how many vegans were at the Dine Out last week, nor do I know how many Diners Out partook of Broad Ripple Brewpubs delicious beers for fear of violating their dietary model. But for what it’s worth I thought I would offer a few comments.
First, for the non vegans/vegetarians that might stumble upon this blog and wonder what all the hubbub is about here is a quick rundown.
Yeast is not the problem. All beers contain yeast. Many beers use some sort of filtration system that removes most of the yeast but that wouldn’t satisfy most vegans if they had a problem with yeast. If yeast were an animal then merely using yeast would be problematic, even if it weren’t ingested. But, yeast is not an animal, it’s a fungus.
Rather, the problematic addition to beer would have been isinglass. Isinglass is a cheap and plentiful source of collagen and brewers and vinters use it as a clarifying agent, that is, it helps naturally occurring organic material to coalesce and precipitate out of the beer or wine. British beers, especially British real ales (the ones served from casks), use it almost exclusively. And the Broad Ripple Brewpub makes British beers and always has two cask ales on tap. I feared the worst.
Isinglass is made from fish swim bladders and of course vegans would have a problem drinking beer made with fish.
But, I asked our server that night and she asked the bartender who apparently knows from brewing methods and he said that they don’t use isinglass in their brewing.
Nobody was sure what they did use, and if somebody knows, be sure to chime in, but my speculation is that they use Irish Moss which is a form of seaweed. But I’ll continue to poke my head in on the subject until I know for sure.
By bigporch
I wanted to quickly thank everyone who showed up to last night’s Indianapolis Vegetarian Society Dine Out. It was our largest turnout ever for one of these and that’s very exciting news. I suppose some of the thanks for that goes out to the Broad Ripple Brewpub itself. Their unique, and very vegetarian-friendly pub food menu is accessible and delicious.
As I said, this was our largest turnout for a Dine Out so I do want to apologize for anyone who wanted to sit with us but for reasons of space were unable to. Hopefully you were at least able to run by and say hi to one of us IVS folk and let us know you were there, or told your server that you were there with us.
The purpose of these IVS Dine Outs are two-fold.
- We want to let people, vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike, know how easy it is to be a vegetarian in Indianapolis. Sometimes from afar Indy doesn’t seem like the most cosmopolitan of towns. But we’ve come a long way, a long way, from where we were when I moved here in the spring of 1998. We have enough places like the Broad Ripple Brewpub serving up delicious vegetarian (and vegan) cuisine that there’s no need to fear that making the leap to full- or part-time vegetarianism (veganism) would deprive of you of life’s gastronomical pleasures.
- And of course we want to let restaurants like the Brewpub know that we are out there and that we appreciate what they are doing for us, our health, our community, and our environment by making vegetarian food and making it well. Nothing does more harm to the vegetarian cause than culinary half-measures like taking a pasta dish designed with chicken in mind and then just removing the chicken. Nothing will convince a fence-sitter to become a full-on carnivore like a bland “vegetarian” dish.
And when I said “we appreciate what they do” I mean of course, not that we sit at home with good thoughts about the Brewpub dancing in our heads, but that we are willing to leave our houses and support them with our pocketbooks.
And that’s what you did last night, so thanks for sharing a meal with us. I hope you had as good a time as I did.
Check back here for when and where our next Dine Out will be. Or better yet, put your pick for a good Dine Out venue in the comments below.
PS: What did you eat while and what did you think? If you write a full review of either the dish or the restaurant we’ll publish it here for other vegetarian and vegetarian-curious readers.
By ficklefoe
The next potluck is set for Saturday, July 17 from 12 to 3 at the Indiana Humanity Council located at 1500 North Delaware. Bring a vegan or vegetarian dish and join the fun!
By ficklefoe
The May potluck was great, with a wide variety of foods and a great plant talk from Linda Rosier. I hope to see everyone at the next potluck (and not just because everyone was such a great cook). Some people asked for my vegan chocolate pudding recipe, which is not really mine, but was cribbed from this book on getting your kids to eat vegetables. Here it is, enjoy!
1/4 cup margarine (not all margarine is vegan, so be sure to read the ingredients)
1 cup avacado puree (one avacado = about 1/2 a cup)
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup cornstarch
In a medium saucepan, melt the margarine over low heat. Stir in the avocado puree, sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla. Cooking, mashing with a rubber scrapper to smooth out any lumps of avocado, until the mixture thickens, about 3-4 minutes. Off of heat, gradually stir in the cornstarch. Serve warm
To make puree: put the avacado in a blender (chunk it for ease) and hit puree for about 2 minutes.
If you have recipes to share, please send them my way!
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