Tonight I used a wheat gluten product known as mock duck. It’s a brownish blob formed into a miniature duck-ish shape complete with dimples that works as source of protein when you’re out of duck. I picked it up after coming across it in a recipe for squash curry that sounded good. Tonight was my night to cook, so I walked by Vieng Lao on my way home from work and picked some up. They also have mock chicken, abalone and oyster, but I didn’t see any mock turtle.
Anyway, it wasn’t bad by any means, though duck would have been much nicer. I managed to make a curry that didn’t bomb, and I’ve got lots of leftovers for tomorrow.
Wow… learned something new there! That stuff is CRAZY looking!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wheat_gluten_(vegetarian_mock_duck)_2007.jpg
I was just poking around in our fridge, saw a block of halloumi and wondered if you had ever tried that. Personally, I had never heard of it until we came over here, but I would imagine you can get it in the US. It’s a really firm, salty cheese from Cyprus that can be grilled and used as a protein in vegetarian dishes. We love the stuff, though you can only eat it in small quantities because it’s quite rich and really salty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloumi
Sami will be very pleased to know that you did not eat real duck :) Also, I have to say that halloumi is super tasty.