Well, we survived our first BBQ cookout on a vegetarian diet! I asked Nathan a couple days ahead of the cookout if he was going to eat any hamburgers or hot dogs. These aren't just any hamburgers, either. They are double patties sealed together with Swiss cheese and ham in the middle. He didn't want any of those so we went to the health market at Hy-Vee to see what they had.We got some frozen veggie patties labeled Parmesan and bruschetta. We also found some soy hot dogs.
The thing that hit me the hardest was the smell of beef on the grill when we arrived. Oh, boy. We ended up putting the frozen veggie patties and soy hot dogs on the grill along with the rest of the burgers and hot dogs. I'm sure they got some beef fat on them sharing grates with the greasy hamburgers.
I double-stacked two veggie burgers on a bun with onions, tomato, pickles and honey mustard. It was edible. The soy hot dog tasted OK, but I couldn't get past biting into it. The snap of the casing of normal hot dogs wasn't there. When you bit into it, it smashed together. I couldn't get past this unusual texture of a hot dog. Nathan preferred the hot dogs to the patties. If I ever buy those patties again, they may have more flavor if I fry them in some butter in a skillet instead of putting on a grill.
By the way, if you leave those things out on the counter for an extended period of time, they turn to rubber. The doberman didn't even want it! That was the joke of the day.
Nathan - Day 8
Me - Day 7
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