Easily available vegetarian alternative for worcestershire sauce in Welsh rabbit?

Question

I really fancy making Welsh rabbit, a vital ingredient of which I consider to be Worcestershire sauce. But I'll be sharing the meal with my vegetarian girlfriend. Can anyone suggest a good vegetarian alternative that is _easy to find_. I can't seem to get hold of vegetarian Worcestershire sauce anywhere (I live in Edinburgh by the way).

Answer 1

Go to Waitrose in Edinburgh or Holland & Barrett they both sell 'free from' worcester sauce that is veggie&vegan. Mushroom Ketchup is good stuff, I use it in veggie shepherds pie, bolognase etc.

Answer 2

there are quite a few companies making vegitarian versions, but if you can't find them, i would say the soy/hotsauce/mustard would be close.  If your girlfriend doesn't eat fish that is, since thats what is in the sauce, anchovies.

i would think the majority of the vegitarians and vegans would be against the name, even though it dosn't actually contain rabbit.

Answer 3

there's a brand called hazlewood that make vegetarian worcester sauce, im not sure where to get it though (MY PARENTS BUY IT). oops scuse the caps! not all of them say suitable for vegetairans on the bottle, you have to read the ingredients list.  

also try: henderson relish, or angostura (althoughi  havnt tried either of these only the other one.

Answer 4

if they make norfolk sauce i'd try that, most things there are vegetables.

Answer 5

Try a mixture of soy sauce, hot sauce, and dry mustard with a pinch of allspice.  Experiment until you come up with the taste you think your girlfriend will like.

Answer 6

I like Wizard's organic brand worcestershire sauce. I can usually find it at any health food store or even the health food section of major grocery stores. But if you can't find it, here's a link to buy it:

http://www.veganstore.com/?deptid=&paren...

ps this website has tons of vegan stuff!

Answer 7

There are a number of vegetarian and vegan Worcestershire sauces available.

This is one:

http://www.mhfoods.net/sl.html

you can get it at health food shops as well as online, and Holland & Barrett certainly sell a veg*n Worcestershire sauce.

Answer 8

I think you'll find that rabbits, Welsh or otherwise, are not an approved veggie food.  But go for it anyway.

Answer 9

Just put some Soy sauce on hers.

Answer 10

It's hardly a vital ingredient. In fact, it's a very recent addition, and only due to brilliant marketing by Lea & Perrin.

The Welsh name for this dish is caws pobi, which means “roasted cheese”. The first recorded use of this name was in 1547, and is also the earliest known reference to cheese being cooked in the British Isles. The first recorded use of the name Welsh rabbit was in 1725, but its origin is unknown. It may be an ironic name coined because in England the poor man's meat was rabbit, but in Wales the poor man's ‘meat’ was cheese. The Welsh were considered particularly fond of cheese. The first recorded use of the name Welsh rarebit, which is either a corruption of rabbit or a way of indicating that the dish doesn’t actually contain rabbit, was in 1785.

Answer 11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcestersh...

also could use mushroom ketchup (sold in tesco)

http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/vege...

recipe: http://www.fatfree.com/archive/1997/jul/...

Answer 12

Isn't it Welsh Rarebit?

I may be wrong.

Answer 13

A few drop of good quality Balsamic vinegar is nice with cheese, especially with a Welsh Rarebit.