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bubblicious47 · 05/11/2023 07:40

Is coming to our Sunday roast dinner today. My son has invited his new gf (great!) but only just told me she's pescatarian. We are having roast gammon with roasties, carrots, broccoli etc. what could I make her (or pref buy - I'm not feeling that great) that would go with the same sides?

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Goldwhisper · 05/11/2023 08:22

I’m pescatarian and much prefer something like this with a roast rather than salmon or vegan alternative to meat 😊
https://groceries.aldi.co.uk/en-GB/p-specially-selected-emmental-asparagus-parcels-400g2-pack/4088600284859

Sexlivesofthepotatomen · 05/11/2023 08:20

Please don't buy a meat substitute, she's pescatarian, get her some fish! There's loads of options, fish pie, any plain fish, salmon Wellington. Get a couple of sauces which you guys would eat and let her pick one.

I'd be so disappointed if I was given a meat substitute, they are all vile

LeakyPipes · 05/11/2023 08:19

My sister, the vegetarian, suggests sardines on toast :)

Thenewnewme · 05/11/2023 08:19

MyGooseisTotallyLoose · 05/11/2023 07:47

Off topic but i know a 'pescaterian' who eats duck...
Because its a water bird 😶😶
But yes the salmon idea.

Ha ha. My young child has just announced she is becoming a pescaterian but can I make her a bacon sandwhich first.

CurlewKate · 05/11/2023 08:18

A piece of fish wrapped in a parcel with a splash of oil and wine and some herbs wrapped in foil and chucked in the oven 20 minutes before you serve. Please no ready meals. You want her to feel welcome!

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bubblicious47 · 05/11/2023 08:12

Whataretheodds · 05/11/2023 07:56

Agree a veggie or vegan Wellington or pie would be good.

Actually salmon en croute would be good - there might be a ready made one in the supermarket.

Do you use animal fat for your roast potatoes?

Only use animal fat at Xmas - have fantastic roasties with olive oil

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Mummumgem · 05/11/2023 08:11

I’m a pescatarian, if I was coming to you today salmon would be my first choice over meat substitute any day, served with cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, steamed veg and I would be in heaven
just make sure you potato’s aren’t cooked in goose fat !

Hotcuppatea · 05/11/2023 08:10

I'd do smoked haddock. It's salty like the gammon and would go well with your veg. Don't get her an ultra processed vegan meat substitute. They're absolutely rank.

Tiredtable · 05/11/2023 08:10

I am pescatarian. A piece of salmon would be great. Veggie sausages also great. Some strange meat substitute thing that you host has got in especially for you and asks eight times whether you are enjoying it when you might not even like it equals stressful. Salmon or veggie sausages are safe options. Don't overthink it.

MyCircumference · 05/11/2023 08:09

there are fussy pescatarians though, who dont like mushrooms for eg, can you ask him what she would like?

Bouledeneige · 05/11/2023 08:09

I'd do salmon. That's what my pescatarian DD has at Christmas.

MyGooseisTotallyLoose · 05/11/2023 08:07

Oooo @GrumpyPanda that's so interesting!!

MurielThrockmorton · 05/11/2023 08:06

Don't get ultra processed meat, substitution options, unless you know that she eats them, many people don't. I'd probably look for something like the mushroom wellington, nut roast, or maybe even stuffed peppers if the flavours go.

Badatthis · 05/11/2023 08:06

Or is it bill?

Badatthis · 05/11/2023 08:05

Definitely beaver steak with a side of duck beak.

GrumpyPanda · 05/11/2023 08:04

MyGooseisTotallyLoose · 05/11/2023 07:47

Off topic but i know a 'pescaterian' who eats duck...
Because its a water bird 😶😶
But yes the salmon idea.

It's just following traditional fasting rules. The 15th century Council of Constance defined "fish" as anything that lives in water, hence including beavers. Allegedly leading some monasteries to drown piglets in their ponds in order to re-classify them. And then there's the apocryphal abbot who solemnly baptized a roast piglet as "carp."

Maybe worth a try for new gf?

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 05/11/2023 08:02

My son usually has a veggie parcel in pastry from Aldi with his Sunday lunch, and he gets an extra Yorkshire pudding. Hope it goes really well.

RampantIvy · 05/11/2023 08:02

DD always has veggie sausages if she goes out for a roast.

Caroparo52 · 05/11/2023 08:01

Don't panic.
It's not too difficult..
if you are having stuffing .. and being a lazy arse myself I mean Paxo, I add few nuts and seeds and even dried fruit to that and voila a nut roast 🙂

mummyh2016 · 05/11/2023 07:59

I'd say salmon but then you'd have to do a sauce with it unless she had it dry! Veggie sausages? At least she could have gravy.

Savi98 · 05/11/2023 07:57

parietal · 05/11/2023 07:54

i'd definitely do salmon. much better than the slightly odd meat substitute options.

I agree, I'm a vegetarian and don't eat meat substitutes because they're pretty grim.

MyCircumference · 05/11/2023 07:56

or some veggie sausages?

my bf dm used to make me an omelette with the roast, it was always huge though

Whataretheodds · 05/11/2023 07:56

Agree a veggie or vegan Wellington or pie would be good.

Actually salmon en croute would be good - there might be a ready made one in the supermarket.

Do you use animal fat for your roast potatoes?

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bubblicious47 · 05/11/2023 07:55

Thanks for all the suggestions. With a houseful of meat loving men I'm always a bit unsure about veggie options even tho I'd like to do more meat free meals

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