Anyone still eat nut roast?

Question

My brother and myself were out for a few 'lemonades' last night and we were discussing with much mirth and pi$$ taking why and when he went vegetarian many years ago. My stepmother (not the greatest chef in the world) is a very plain cook and was at a loss what to cook for him apart form boiled potatoes, carrots and as a special treat hard boiled eggs with lettuce. After a while she discovered frozen nutroast and thought it was the answer to all her problems with her wayward, rebellious son. For about 2 years it was all she gave him when he came home from college (in conjunction with the boiled potatoes and carrots of course) I think she used to spruce it up with a couple of overcooked, grey, brussel sprouts at Christmas.

Ok I ramble..........does anyone still eat the dreaded nutroast or is it a thing of vegetarian nightmares and left firmly in the 80's with bat wing jumpers and bad hair?

Answer 1

Homemade nut roast is the best, the ones bought in the shops are still great though.

Answer 2

My mum's homemade nut roast is the best, though around the Christmas period I enjoyed a marks and spencers bean and nut roast with cranberry sauce.

Answer 3

Aha - the answer is that people like myself do still eat nut roast, but only if it's homemade.  That ghastly stuff that you get frozen is like munching through an MDF worktop.  I'm not even vegetarian, but there's a really good recipe I know.  Essentially:

1) take breadcrumbs and soak them in tasty vegetable stock (I use beef stock, but there you go)

2) take the finest nuts you can buy, grind them up and mix with the breadcrumbs.  

3) layer the nut/crumb mixture between thick layers of gruyere cheese and sliced, fresh tomatoes

4) cook in the oven until done.

It's fab.

My sister became vegetarian when she was young and idealistic, but after a couple of years she couldn't really remember what the point had been, so she gave up.

Answer 4

haha great story! :)

I looove nuts, but have never tried nut roast. I'll mix roasted nuts in with some meals or sandwiches though. I think they're firmly stuck in the 80's with the jumpers and leggings. I feel bad for your brother.... why didn't he just cook for himself?

::add:: LOL ok beans on toast, nut roast and mash potatoes for ever... poor muppet  ;)

Yes of course beer too. Nuts, beans, potatoes, toast, beer everyone knows that they are the 5 essential food groups.

Answer 5

Yes I still eat nut roast, but my mum makes the best ones.

The ones from Linda McCartney or Waitrose are also very much better now than 10 years ago.

Leek Croustade is still the firm favourite meal for alternative christmas/thanksgiving meals.

Answer 6

I adore nut roast,but only my own home made stuff,the shop bought stuff looks like its the dregs from the bottom of a parrots cage.lol

I can remember they used to call it nut cutlets here in u.k.

Then it was in a box by same company that made sosmix.

even the birds spat it out.lol

I'm surprised you all didn't get so bunged up you exploded or needed a fast jet from pressure washer up the jacksy.lolol.

I adore this question,it shows that we aren't all Gordon Ramsey.

Well,i am,but my swearing is better than my cooking.lolol

Answer 7

Yeah because they look tasty and they become nutritious and healthy.