Last night, my partner and I attended a themed potluck for Vegans Rock Austin featuring recipes from Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.
We signed up for Curried Udon Noodle Stir-Fry and Potato Latkes. Knowing me, however, I decided to stray away from the recipe as per usual. I don't get it, though! I can't even sacrifice myself for one potluck! I feel bad for not following recipes exactly - even for the first time, you know, just to try it out. Nope, can't do it.
I compare it to people who shoo away from trying my vegan food simply because it's vegan, and I know how offended I get: Yet I shoo away from using simple ingredients that don't sound "good" at the time. I have the same problem with baking as I do cooking. I prefer using egg-replacer, so I'll change every recipe I find that has cornstarch. My apologies to Moskowitz and Romero. I'm sure that your Curried Udon Noodle Stir Fry is amazing! One of the things I should work on this year is learning to trust.
Believe me, I'll be developing a recipe from what I made for the potluck, since it barely resembles that of the cookbook's. It was awesome! It just wasn't what people thought it was!
As an aside, we didn't make latkes because, after buying all the ingredients, we realized that we didn't have a potato shredder. So we made homemade potato chips instead! Yay for deep-fryers! And my apologies to the other vegans at the potluck who actually followed recipes, the food was great.
