Monday, July 13, 2009

Small black vegetarian caviar beans

For some reason, vegetarians tend to be eager to replace everything they are not allowed to eat with something they are allowed to eat in regards to their restrictive diet. They make tofu burgers, tofu cheese, have soya milk and rice milk, have adopted the rice pasta and replaced any other milk or meat based product with something else vegetable made, just to have the same of which they do not want to eat.

While it is smart to supplement diet induced missing nutrients with whatever is available, like calcium, Vitamin B12 and Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats, there is no justifiable reason why a vegetarian would like to substitute something for caviar. On the other hand, there is no justifiable reason why a hamburger needs to be replaced with a tofu burger, if you have decided that you are not going to eat meat, simply don't eat meat, why eat something that tastes even worse than the original product? If you crave meat, eat meat, if you don't crave it, don't eat it, at least be honest to yourself, for your own sake.

Away from the dietary musings, small black vegetarian caviar beans are not in the slightest tasting like caviar. The idea to call something caviar which is actually a bean dish, stems from the black eyed pea Texas caviar, which is more of a salad than a full dish. In a similar manner, black beans are being used in several dishes which are being labeled caviar, but have no real fish roe as an ingredient. While in southern United States caviar may be immediately understood as either Texas caviar or a bean dish, in Europe such a misinterpretation does not happen. Caviar is fish roe, beans are beans; there is no mistake about that and seemingly the glory of inventing such a name, or at least heavily popularizing it - the actual claim to fame is being disputed - in the southern parts of the United States, mainly Texas, goes to Helen Corbitt of the Neiman - Marcus department stores fame.

Helen Corbitt was a chef and cookbook writer from the United States, who worked in the Texas area and was one of the first women to gain recognition in the food business. She was the first female chef to be awarded a Golden Plate Award. While the Texas caviar dish is attributed to her, it seems that many feel that this black eyed peas based dish is a traditional southern offering rather than an invention by a Neiman - Marcus employee.

Linus Orakles
http://www.authorclub.info/

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