To cook spuds in goose fat for vegi BIL at xmas

[MeMudmagnet]

I'd imagine most vegi's would think IABVU?

DH's family are with us for Christmas. They'll be 11 of us to cook for and BIL with obviously need something to replace the Turkey, no problem.
He'll also need separate gravy, hardly any bother.
I usually make a couple of stuffings and make sure one is meat free, again, no bother.
He also likes to have some vegi sausages to replace the pigs in blankets.

I like to do a good job with xmas dinner and I love doing the spuds in goose fat.
I ponder over this every time we have them for xmas. It's a PITA having to pretty much cook a separate vegi dinner alongside a traditional one, find space in the oven and get all the timings right.

Would it really hurt, for one day, if he was unknowingly more flexible?

The rest of the year when we see them, I just make something vegi for all of us, but this is xmas dinner and I like going to town a bit.

So;
a. Would he notice?
b. Would it be really, really bad?

bullshite cupcakes

most vegetarians would not touch gelatine with a barge pole and rennet i think not

your attitude stinks

i cook for my kids every night and and least two lunches a week

5 meat

1 vegetarian

what is the deal. as for the poster that said 'stick a jacket potato in' I might be tempted to tell my sil to stick her jacket spud where the sun don't shine if that was my xmas dinner

why should he suffer for his beliefs?

I haven't read through the 303 posts from the start of this thread, but I feel it important to point out: some vegetarians cannot digest meat, even if they are unwittingly fed it. If you want to trick BIL, that is up to you MeMud, but remember he might get very very ill.

Plus, it is dishonest and I doubt he'd do the same to you if you found yourself in his situation. We vegetarians tend to be tolerant of other people's needs, possibly as a result of having to guard our own so carefully.

Hilly, she's not feeding him meat but fat from animals (and also apparently agreed not to cook his spuds in goose fat some time ago). He won't lack the enzymes to digest fat.

Notanotter, I think the jacket spud suggestion (certainly early on in this thread) was instead of the roast spuds not as a whole meal. If its all too much hassle, microwave a jacket potato then crisp it up by rolling it in olive oil and salt before baking it for a few minutes. A bit of packet stuffing made in advance and frozen would be OK if its too much trouble to make some veggie stuffing. Soften some onion in lots of butter then add to the stuffing mix to make it taste a bit more home-made. You could then bake it with the potato. Not exactly haute cuisine but way better than tricking him

Quite frankly I can't understand why potatoes roasted in duck/goose fat are supposed to taste better.

I always do mine in olive oil because that is what I always have in the house anyway and I don't find that potatoes roasted in animal fat taste any better or are any crispier.

To use goose fat is dishonest, underhand and disrespectful. I would just use oil for all your roasties and defy you or your guests to be able to taste the difference.

ha ha i can see why you are tempted!!!! bloody veggies eh

I think YANBU.

What he doesn't know won't hurt him, right?!

My mistake duchesse, sorry.

It's not just unreasonable; it's also DEEPLY offensive.

I am a life long veggie. I exist now; only because I've never been fussy. I can't/wont eat flesh. Can't stomach it; never could, never will.

I eat roasties cooked alongside whatever meat, never complain; although I do my own at home without meat.

It's the height of disrespect to invite someone to your home, and then not respect their (pre advised) dietary preferences.

The measure of A good cook/chef can be discerned by how they deal with vegetarians.

If they can't cook interesting vegetarian dishes; they won't do much better on any other dishes.

I would respect every preference for any invited guest; whether that be Jewish, Muslim, Vegan, Vegetarian or nut allergies.

An invitation is extended with grace; and accepted with pleasure.

Sorry, but the mere thought of eating potatoes roasted in the fat from a dead bird makes me want to throw up. I'd definitely smell/taste the difference. In your defence, I think you're going out of your way to give hime a vegetarian equivalent of everything else. Tell him what you're cooking that's actually veggie-friendly and let him bring anything he thinks is essential for his Christmas experience himself. I'd always prefer to bring my own to a carnivorous household, but then I'm not a very trusting person!

YABU and this has been done many times before, I'm sure.

Don't do it - it's rude.

follyfoot yes i know....

tell you what do lovely jacket spuds for everyone LOVELY