Vegetarian Runners - Any tips?

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Nellers Aug 2017 12:34pm, 21 Aug 2017 31,600 posts	0 Nellers Quinoa - Huh - What is it good for?;-) Actually I had it with my salad at the weekend and it was fine. Bulgar wheat today. That's a bit nutty and I like it a lot.
Ceratonia Aug 2017 12:38pm, 21 Aug 2017 6,115 posts	0 Ceratonia Cyclops - I remember reading somewhere that the most common "home" in England for urban foxes is under mobile classrooms.
Cyclops Aug 2017 1:04pm, 21 Aug 2017 3,095 posts	0 Cyclops Really? We have one of those... Makes sense.
jacdaw Aug 2017 1:15pm, 26 Aug 2017 1,825 posts	0 jacdaw HappyG, I have some geese, but not sure I would recommend them except for chasing people. They only lay in Spring, and if you aren't going to eat the geese, they are just a cost in feed. Good grazers though. We have chickens and no fox security. No foxes! Occasionally lose some to dogs (and ferrets!). But I have cockerels, so get new young birds every year. The biggest problem is keeping the numbers down (especially young cockerels)... again especially if you won't eat any. I had ducks, but they do make a huge mess, creating mud everywhere. They really need a pond, but rapidly convert it to a poopy mudbath. My Indian Runners were quite good layers, but I am not fond of duck eggs. I don't really like the taste, and although they are great at rising cakes, I think they make quite a rubbery texture. There is also a bit more of a salmonella risk with duck eggs; the shell goes on quite late in the process. I let the runners breed, and ended up with lots of drakes. This was disastrous as they are really vicious with the females, and even each other; drakes are sex maniacs! Is having hens and a cockerel to raise replacement hens, and eating the excess young cockerels once grown, less ethical than buying new hens with day old cockerels going through the mincer? Less ethical than a ovo-lacto vegetarian who eats shop eggs? Discuss.
Nellers Aug 2017 4:34pm, 27 Aug 2017 31,623 posts	0 Nellers Brace yourselves. I'm about to expose my working class credentials. I've bought an avocado. It's what vegetarians do, right? But I'm 47 years old and I've never even tried avocado before. Tell me what the hell i'm meant to do with it quick before my wife moans about me wasting money on silliness! Help me, Fetcheveryone. You're my only hope.😉
Wriggling Snake Aug 2017 4:39pm, 27 Aug 2017 16,095 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Do not get avocado hand. Google avocado gand. You will feel robbed. They are cack.
Little Miss Happy Aug 2017 5:41pm, 27 Aug 2017 306 posts	0 Little Miss Happy If avocados are ripe they are lovely either halved, stone taken out the hole filled with a little blue cheese and nuked for about 30 seconds to melt the cheese or you can mash it and spread it on toast and put a poached egg on top. You can just slice it and add it to salad too - ripe avocado (as in soft but not brown) is delicious but it's hard to get them spot on - if M&S say they are 'ripe and ready to eat' they usually are and Asda have invested a lot of money in technology to sort them into ready now and ripen at home too. You can also make a nice chocolate mousse using avocado or chocolate and avocado cake.
Dvorak Aug 2017 6:01pm, 27 Aug 2017 14,125 posts	0 Dvorak Don't get avocado gland either. Nasty :-o. What I usually do is only buy them if marked down, leave them in the fridge as I don't know what to do either, then thrown them out when they have become unpleasantly squidgy. One time in a French restaurant I had a really nice warmed avocado and, er, something starter. I can't remember what though. There may have been walnuts. Basically, I'm always just hoping that my avocado will magically transform into that dish.
Sharkie Aug 2017 6:07pm, 27 Aug 2017 11,787 posts	0 Sharkie Guacamole! Brilliant stuff - adapt to own tastes. Avocado chocolate mousse 'is' really nice. Lots of online recipes. It's good in all sorts of sandwiches and salads and works especially well with eggs, tomatoes, lime and cheese. Think Mexican and South American in general
jacdaw Aug 2017 6:48pm, 27 Aug 2017 1,826 posts	0 jacdaw Avocado is lovely, just not hot! Guac is one of the nicest things in the world; I recommend Scott Jurek's recipe! But just treat it like any other saladdy thing, sliced up with a splash of lime or balsamic, and you can't go wrong. And it is nice smashed on toast. Or with a strawberry vinaigrette. But that's a bit 1980s. Less sure about it in sweet things; OK, but a bit of a waste.